We’ve Battled Monsters Before is a masterful exploration of Filipino identity, spiritualism and folklore. A musical in-production directed by Mathew Wright, We’ve Battled Monsters Before follows siblings Diego (Justin Huertas) and Adarna (Rheanna Atendido) throughout several significant moments of their relationship and lives.
Head Over Heels is a novel by Jeff Whitty, which was adapted into a musical by James Magruder. This high
Let’s make one thing very clear from the get-go: Seattle’s very own Justin Huertas is one of the most imaginative and original playwrights currently living on this planet! The Last World Octopus Wrestling Champion, now in its world premiere at Arts West, is filled with enough wildly creative ideas to fill four or five scripts. Here, Huertas employs sci-fi/fantasy ideas to work as a vehicle to present very real human dilemmas involving maternal love, gay and lesbian relationships and just general youthful angst. “Octopus”’ is enacted by a highly talented five member cast and director Mathew Wright has packaged a fast moving, spirited and often heading spinning one act. Though the work feels a bit cluttered in certain spots, Huertas continually provides thought provoking and insightful takes on a whole range of modern concerns.
Kirsten Greenidge’s award-winning coming-of-age story, Milk Like Sugar, is a moving examination of class, race, and gender through the life of a teenage girl. With a stellar cast and beautiful design, Malika Oyetimein’s directorial debut for ArtsWest is a production you won’t want to miss.
Milk Like Sugar is the story of three young women of color living in the inner city. On Annie’s sixteenth birthday, she and her friends make a pact to get pregnant and have babies together as soon as possible. They see this as an easy path to unconditional love and baby shower swag, but things quickly get more complicated…
Malika Oyetimein brings her strength as a director and her passion for telling the historically untold stories of people of color to ArtsWest for the first time with Milk Like Sugar…
“We don’t have the right to expect happiness.” Nor should you, if you’re going to see Richard Eyre’s adaptation of
