“My head hurts,” Nyx, the mythological Greek goddess of night, repeats throughout Northwest Original Works’ production of Good Water, the latest work of up-and-coming playwright Jessica Moreland and director Max Koh. The world as we know it has ended, ravaged at our own hands by the effects of climate change. Nyx is the last of the gods. There is nothing, no one, left. No wonder her head hurts.
Greed is Good
Under the director of Brennan Murphy, Seattle University will stage a revival of David Mamet’s 1984 Pulitzer prize winning play Glenngarry Glen Ross at Seattle University’s Lee Center. The play depicts two days in the lives of four desperate Chicago real estate agents, who are prepared to engage in any number of unethical, illegal acts—from lies and flattery to bribery, threats, intimidation and burglary—to sell real estate to unwitting prospective buyers. It is based on Mamet’s experience having previously worked in a similar office.
Seattle Shakespeare Company’s latest adaption of Comedy of Errors began last weekend and has put a new twist on the classic concept, with its small ensemble cast of five actors playing eighteen different characters at once.
An Affair to Forget
Strong Waters, the latest offering from local playwright Claire Zaslav and director Margaret VandenBerghe at 12th Avenue Arts, treads old water in its cliched and at times unintentionally bizarre portrayal of a rekindled love affair.
Chaos due to mistaken identity
Directed by Jimmy Shields, Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors, opened this past weekend at Seattle Center. First performed on the Feast of Holy Innocents ( December 28th) in 1594, at the Hall of Gray’s Inn, one of the inns of court, in 1594, it has been adapted many times into plays, musicals and opera.
Punchbowl
Gather ’round the Punchbowl! This interactive dance show is engaging audiences in a setting filled with movement, community, snacks, and libations. Think of it like a local house party… Except it’s more artsy and way less sticky.
30 days. Alone. Nothing but booze. Can she survive?
‘It Girl’ Amethyst Crystal has just arrived on XXX Island to film what she thinks is the hottest new reality dating show… but is actually a hardcore solo survival challenge.
And Now for something from the Deep Blue Sea
Drunken Owl Theatre will open a run of four performances in three days of Marine Mammals and Their Mythical Mates production. Playwrights Carolynne Wilcox, John C. Davenport, Scot L. Bastian and Kevin Finney offer their takes on mermaids and seals, selkies and sea lions, with four ten minute plays. Poets Pamela Hobart Carter and Mike Hickey will raise the cool factor, and the Bard Owls will provide a musical backdrop.
Greed is Good
Under the director of Brennan Murphy, Seattle University will stage a revival of David Mamet’s 1984 Pulitzer prize winning play Glenngarry Glen Ross at Seattle University’s Lee Center.
The play depicts two days in the lives of four desperate Chicago real estate agents, who are prepared to engage in any number of unethical, illegal acts—from lies and flattery to bribery, threats, intimidation and burglary—to sell real estate to unwitting prospective buyers. It is based on Mamet’s experience having previously worked in a similar office.
“Does anyone have a question about Christmas?”
Emmett Montgomery’s Sugar Plum Gary answered this year’s first show’s batch of questions in the sold-out space at 18th & Union on the night of Friday the 15th. The beloved character has returned to the stage to share the true meaning of Christmas as December 25th approaches: the fully gut-wrenching truth only the sole survivor of Santa’s visit to the Rankin Bass Home for Unfortunate Children could fully grasp.
