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Passengers-A unique experience at Seattle Rep

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Acrobatics at the Rep

If you’ve always been enchanted by the concept of sonder: the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own, you will be amazed and affected by Seattle Rep’s Passengers. As the title suggests, Passengers is about the complex inner lives of passengers. Passengers is performed by The 7 Fingers, an acrobatic and theater arts collective based in Montréal. The script is comedic and thoughtful. The acrobatics are astounding. If you enjoy thought experiments, people-watching, circuses, and/or electro swing jazz (music by Colin Gagné), you would enjoy Passengers.

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The World-Premiere of Lydia and The Troll!

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Ever wondered what’s the story behind the Fremont Troll?

Seattle Rep presents the long awaited world premiere of Lydia and the Troll with the wonderful talents of Justin Huertas, Steven Tran and Ameenah Kaplan. Expanding and exploring classic Seattle folklore and landmarks, Lydia and The Troll tells a beautiful and moving story about growth through the challenges of relationships and self-doubt. An absolute must-see for its relatability and excellent musical production.

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How August Wilson Learned What He Learned

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The beautiful and humourous trials and tribulations of a black man in America.

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival has does it, yet again, with the outstanding production of August Wilson’s How I Learned What I Learned. Directed by Tim

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Standing Ovation for I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

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Juliette Carrilo’s I Am Not Your Perfect Daughter will make you laugh for two hours while also reaching deep into your heartstrings with its honest representation of grief, generational trauma, social inequalities, familial expectations and the struggles of undocumented and 1st generation immigrants in the United States. Based on Erika Sánchez’s novel, Seattle Rep’s latest production – which is also the West Coast premiere of the play – centers around Júlia, a 15-year-old Mexican American grappling with the death of her older sister, her parent’s expectations, her dreams of becoming a famous writer and her own coming of age.

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Irreconcilable History and Fiction in Mr. Dickens and His Carol

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Seattle Rep brings Samantha Silva’s acclaimed Mr. Dickens and His Carol to the stage for this Holiday season. The performance is expressive, dynamic and character-driven, with a cast of actors and stage choices that carry the story with ease. First published as a novel in 2017, Silva’s narrative explores the creation of Charles Dickens’ ever-famous A Christmas Carol while, in a Scrooge-like fashion, also going into the past, present, and possible future of the author himself. However, what is not immediately clear is that this is a fictional narrative that, in this case, leans more into fiction than accurate history.

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Seattle Rep’s “Ghosts” Translates Ibsen for A Post-Pandemic Audience

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With the return of theatre after the pandemic, there has been a shift in the types of shows being brought onstage. Recent productions have been keen to examine the relationship between societal expectations and mental health. It is no surprise then, that Seattle Rep’s new translation of Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts cathartically addresses these themes.

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The Importance of Being Earnest-Online Reading

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An Evening with Earnest

Seattle Rep is delighted to present An Evening with Earnest, a live virtual benefit performance on Thursday, June 25, featuring an uproarious reading of selections from The Importance of Being Earnest. The brilliant cast and director Casey Stangl are joining together for one night only to present their pared-down rendition of this Oscar Wilde classic, in addition to titillating trivia, a Q&A, and plenty more tomfoolery.

An Evening with Earnest Thursday, June 25, 2020 at 7 p.m. PT

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August Wilson’s Jitney at the Seattle Rep

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Life under Stress

Were I as eloquent as August Wilson, I might be able to articulate how great his masterpiece, Jitney, was but unlike Wilson, I am no Shakespeare. Suffice it to say production, presented at Seattle Rep, was an incredibly memorable evening filled with poetic wit, gripping characters, fantastic original music, astounding visual effects and a story which captured the dreams and struggles of the African American community at a particular moment in history. But like all great drama, its themes were universal. And then there was the humor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Tiny Beautiful Things Dazzles at Seattle Rep

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In her program notes, director Courtney Sale bemoans the arduous task she is given of staging Tiny Beautiful Things. In an imagined letter to the author Cheryl Strayed, Sale writes, “I am a bit terrified and a little angry you aren’t a play like I know a play.” Her concern is well founded: how in the world do you turn the give and take of Strayed’s advice column into a coherent stage production? Turns out Sale needn’t have worried. Playwright Nia Vardalos has done a marvelous job of adapting Strayed’s 2012 book into an effective stage piece. With the aid of a topnotch cast, the Seattle Rep’s Tiny Beautiful Things is a one-act play filled with moments of hilarity as well as heart tugging drama. Its hundred minutes fly by in a wonderfully entertaining night of theater.

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