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Summer of Revenge

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At 18th and Union Theatre in Capitol Hill, this weekend just on the cusp of summer, Pacific Play Company has debuted their selection of short original plays compiled within an anthology-style production entitled Summer Magic: Tales of Revenge directed by Buddy Todd. Though these twenty plays differ from each other in many ways, as the title suggests, they are ultimately connected by the transient theme of revenge, which explores the many different manifestations and meanings associated with the act.

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Puppeters for Fears coming to Seattle and Olympia

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Warning: Puppet Show, not for Children!

Beginning July 6, Puppeteers for Fears, Oregon’s only dedicated puppet musical horror troupe, will bring its original show, Cthulhu: the Musical!, on the road to Seattle, Olympia and other cities throughout the NW for performances on the company’s “Back From the Dead,” 2023 summer tour.

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Cost of Living-Explores multiple meaning of the phrase

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Directed by Teresa Thurman, one of Seattle’s most eminent theatres, Sound Theatre Company, has opened Cost of Living, a play with great relevancy to our current epidemic of isolation and loneliness. Taking place in New York City, the title not only refers to what it costs in dollars and cents to live in Manhattan and its boroughs, but also the emotional costs of simply living.

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The Standby Lear: Beautiful Rumination on Fear and Opportunity

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The Standby Lear, directed by Terry Edward Moore, is a beautiful story of a husband and wife in the acting world, providing opportunity for intense reflection on what living life on standby entails. While starting out as a lighthearted comedy based upon the Shakespearean tragedy, the show quickly transforms into an emotional examination of love and fear in an actor’s life.

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Thoreau at Home

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Thoreau at Home and his One World at a Time
Thoreau at Home, written by David Wagoner, is brought to life through the performance of Todd Jefferson Moore and the direction of Richard E.T. White. The musical accompaniment is done by Peter Richards, and the stage management by Emily Grierson. It is put on at 18th & Union in Capitol Hill, January 19th-21st at 7:30 p.m. and January 22nd at 4:30 p.m.. The play invites you to feel as if you are engaging in conversation with Mr. Thoreau, discussing the sublime qualities of nature while lamenting upon the horrors of commonplace disrespect for the natural world.

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Not / Our Town: New or Old Play?

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Most people probably know Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, winner of a Pulitzer, a Tony, and a Drama Desk award. With thousands of productions from high school theatre to Broadway, it even has a street in New Hampshire dedicated to it. If you don’t know it, don’t worry, you can still watch Pony World Theatre’s production without a hitch, as it sets up its audience with a summary of the original Our Town before diving into their rendition. Wilder’s play takes place in the small town of New Hampshire, Grover’s Corners, where nothing really happens in the relative peacefulness of the early 1900s. As such, the play is about community and small towns and appreciating even the uneventful in life.

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PREVIEW: BLACK D*CK MATTERS

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“Provocative title aside, it is a serious, compelling, and timely theatre piece.”
Tyrone Brown, Director and Producer

Brownbox Theatre: Re-Imagined Black Theatre is proud to present the premier of Black D*ck Matters, by Kathya Alexander, award winning co-writer of Black to My Roots: African American Tales from Head and the Heart. According to the press release “It is a series of monologues that explore: 1) why Black d*ck matters 2) Black manhood in the context of American history 3) how Black male intimacy is intrinsically tied to social injustice and oppression 4)Black male relationships since the #BlackLivesMatter movement 5) how police brutality, and the criminal justice system are all common experiences for Black men regardless of their social standing.”

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