Left on Yellow Brick Road, created and performed by Sherif Amin, and directed by Kate Myre, is one of the solo performance shows of Springshot Festival at 18th & Union theatre and staged for three nights from April 11th to 13th. Left on Yellow Brick Road  reminds its audience several aspects of loving someone and […]

The Best Christmas Miracle is Just Waking Up!

On a very stormy night, when the winds were blowing, when the rain was pelting down and branches were scraping not just the roof of my car but even the hood, I had the pleasure to participate in a heart-warming but irreverent “participantry” hosted by Sugar Plum Gary aka Emmett Montgomery, in the small intimate space at 18th and Union. It was one hour of sheer delight, as Sugar Plum Gary dressed in a bright red onesie answered questions from the audience about Santa Claus and Christmas.

“First, just listen.” This simple, powerful phrase invites the audience of Neit/her He Nor They/r into an intimate space of euphoria and heartbreak, passion and devastation, tragedy and humor. Director Evan Price directs in this sequence of monologues, contemporary and classical, each chosen to represent a facet of gender. Four transgender and non-binary actors dazzle […]

Do you have a question about Christmas? If you’ve ever suffered from the Christmas blues, Sugar Plum Gary is here to tell you you’re not alone. Sugar Plum Gary is our weathered guide into the dark and secret world of Christmas that feel-good Christmas movies and tinsel try to cover up. Seattle comic Emmett Montgomery […]

Inspired by William Shakespeare’s classic play, The Tempest, Y York’s Sycorax is a powerful monodrama independent of the influencing work, that premiered at 18th & Union last night on Capitol Hill.  Directed by Mark Lutwak, an experienced freelance director, Y York’s play wrestles with major themes of revenge and forgiveness while noting how race, gender, […]

As the summer blockbusters start to roll out, Macha Monkey Productions presents a small-scale story that’ll get big laughs at 18th & Union. …And Starring Claire From Hollywood, a new comedy by Jim Moran, is full of humanity, heart, and humor, all in a small town Pacific Northwest setting.
… And Starring Claire From Hollywoo” tells the story of a D-list Hollywood actress, the titular Claire, who returns to her hometown on the Oregon coast…

Hosted by 18th & Union, Seattle folk singer, Aaron J. Shay, invites audience members to join him for a night of music and stories, but what the audience leaves with is much more powerful. On first glance, the production’s set looks a bit bland – a music stand with a piece of cardboard saying “This […]

Caught One-Handed Come home with Noah–a confused kid with sticky fingers who’s caught between a cross and hard place. Gleefully skipping through fire and brimstone, this shockingly true solo show tickles plenty of funny bones while serving as a catalyst for discussing sexuality, delusion, and endurance. Caught Red-Handed. 18th & Union Theatre, 1406 -18th Ave, […]

What really happens when two childhood friends become writers and one puts the other in their novel?

The Harper Lee and Truman Capote relationship is one of the most famous literary friendships in the world. The unique aspect of the friendship of Truman Capote and Harper Lee was that, unlike most literary friendships, which usually start as adults or students, their friendship started in childhood, before each evolved into two of the most critically acclaimed, best selling and famous authors of the 20th Century. As a result, most of us are familiar with Truman Capote’s childhood, not from anything Capote wrote, but from the character Dill in Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. But in A Christmas Memory, Capote himself tells the story of his childhood in Monroeville, Alabama.

Drugstores are Full of Euphemisms.

“Slipknot” is not an inappropriate word for this outstandingly performed and well-crafted solo play which opened at 18th & Union, (formerly New City) this weekend. Slip refers to casual jobs one just innocently “slips” into without realizing the knots which will bind us as we keep working at them day by day, week by week, month by month until we feel our brains have been reformatted to do only that one thing. Andrew Litzky’s superlative performance was, for me, a once in a life-time experience, because it was without a doubt not only the best solo performance I have ever seen, but probably, the best solo performance I will likely ever see.