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Openings & Previews
365 Days/365 Plays Suzan-Lori Parks' yearlong theater project, a cycle of 365 short plays, offers free one- to ten-minute performances from a great variety of performers in venues across the city. Week 11, through Sun. Jan. 28: Seattle Arts & Lectures, Seattle Public Library, Delridge Branch, 5423 Delridge Way S.W., 3 p.m. Wed. Jan. 24-Fri. Jan. 26; also Seattle Public Library, Ballard Branch, 5614 22nd Ave. N.W., 2 p.m. Sat. Jan. 27-Sun. Jan. 28. Week 12, Mon. Jan. 29-Sun. Feb. 4: Outsider's Inn Collective at Elliott Bay Book Co., 101 S. Main St., 7 p.m. each night. See www.365seattle.com.
Animal Farm The actors also play instruments in Ian Wooldridge's musical adaptation of Orwell's allegory. Youth Theatre Northwest, 8805 S.E. 40th St., Mercer Island, 232-4145 ext. 109, www.youththeatre.org. $11-$15. Opens Fri. Jan. 26. 7 p.m. Fri.-Sat., 2 p.m. Sat.-Sun. Ends Sun. Feb. 11.
The Bacchae "Don't piss off Dionysus" would be the main take-away of Euripides' tragedy. Meany Studio Theater, UW campus, 543-4880. $8-$15. Previews 7:30 p.m. Sun. Jan. 28 & Tues. Jan. 30. Opens Wed. Jan. 31. 7:30 p.m. Wed.-Sat., 2 p.m. Sun. Ends Sun. Feb. 11.
The Baker's WifeStephen Schwartz's musical about a May-December romance in Provence. I'd like to publicly point out that the press release contains no performance times, ticket prices, or venue info. Civic Light Opera, 7400 Sand Point Way N.E., 363-2809, www.clo-musicaltheatre.org. $25-$35. Pay-what-you-can preview 8 p.m. Thurs. Jan. 25. Opens Fri. Jan. 26. 8 p.m. Fri.-Sat., 2 p.m. Sun.; also 7:30 p.m. Thurs. Feb. 8. Ends Sun. Feb. 11.
Darfur Stories SEE THE WIRE, THURSDAY.
Endurance Linda Keeney's one-woman show of songs and stories. University Presbyterian Church, 4540 15th Ave. N.E., 325-6500, www.ticketwindowonline.com. $12-$15. 7 p.m. Fri. Jan. 26 only.
A New Brain Talk about making lemonade: William Finn, suffering from what he feared was a brain aneurism, used the experience as inspiration for a new musical, co-writing the book with James Lapine. Contemporary Classics at Ethnic Cultural Theatre, 3940 Brooklyn Ave. N.E., 800-838-3006, www.brownpapertickets.com. $10-$15. Opens Thurs. Jan. 25. 8 p.m. Thurs.-Sun. Ends Sun. Feb. 4.
The Runner StumblesA theological murder mystery. E.E. Bach Theatre, McKinley Hall, Seattle Pacific University campus, 281-2959. $8-$10. Opens Thurs. Jan. 25. 7:30 p.m. Thurs.-Sat., also 2 p.m. Sun. Feb. 3. Ends Sun. Feb. 3.
Shakespeare and the Actor's Voice A workshop for actors, taught by Ellen Taft. The Valley School, 301 31st Ave. E., 323-6983. $35. 1-5 p.m. Sat. Jan. 27.
Tape Three high school friends and a dark secret converge in a motel room in Lansing. The New Space, 17517 15th Ave. N.E., Shoreline, 425-220-7365, www.myspace.com/newspaceshoreline. $8-$10. Opens Fri. Jan. 26. 8 p.m. Thurs.-Sat. Ends Sat. Feb. 10.
Trumpet of the SwanA one-hour stage retelling of the E.B. White tale of a mute swan and how he solves his problem. Book-It Repertory Theatre at Seattle Public Library, Ballard Branch, 5614 22nd Ave. N.W. Free. 11 a.m. Sat. Jan. 27.
The Twilight Zone Stage adaptations of two episodes of the TV suspense classic which center on writing: "The Obsolete Man" and "A World of His Own." Theater Schmeater, 1500 Summit Ave., 1-800-838-3006, www.brownpapertickets.com, www.schmeater.org. $10-$12. Opens Fri. Jan. 26. 11 p.m. Fri.-Sat. Ends Sat. Feb. 17.
Last Chance
The Comedy of ErrorsDirector Stephanie Shine is resetting Shakespeare's identical-twin/mistaken-identity comedy in a 19th-century seaport filled with pirates and wenches. Seattle Shakespeare Company at the Center House Theatre, Seattle Center, 733-8222, www.seattleshakespeare.org. $18-$33. 7:30 p.m. Thurs.-Sat., 2 p.m. Sun. Ends Sun. Jan. 28.
Mental. . . for now "Songs and psychoses are the bill-of-fare in an evening of hysterical catharsis and '...all-out non compos mentis.'" Crepe de Paris, 1333 Fifth Ave., 623-4111, 800-838-3006, www.brownpapertickets.com. $20 (show only), $48 (w/dinner). 8 p.m. Fri.-Sat. Ends Sat. Jan. 27.
No Exit L'enfer, c'est les adaptations? Sartre's play gets a photographic/musical/theatrical reworking by Emerald City Scene at Northwest Actors Studio, 1100 E. Pike St., 800-838-3006, www.brownpapertickets.com, 841-1846, www.emeraldcityscene.org. $10. 8 p.m. Thurs-Sat. Ends Sat. Jan. 27.
The Sorcerer's Apprentice Lost in an enchanted forest, young Charles is taken under the wing of Miss Marguerite, a powerful sorceress conversant in animal, vegetable, and mineral. But when Charles disobeys her orders and uses "the craft"—in the process nearly inundating her workshop—he's given his walking papers. In an effort to regain her trust and take back the coveted position, he must battle with demons, a giant, and the evil Big John King. On his side are a trio of pontificating plants and a wily groundhog with a special penchant for blueberry tarts. For this story, author OyamO has borrowed from far-ranging sources, from Lucian Samosata (a Greek satirist from AD 150) to Goethe and Disney. It magically comes together in a production that emphasizes harmony with nature and the ways in which what comes around goes around. Sets, especially those depicting Miss Marguerite's enchanted grounds, provide lots of hidden interest—from bebopping vegetation to all-seeing trees. Even the stars take flight. A four-piece live band accompanies the magic and madness with New Orleans-style swing and jazz that will have the young and not-so-young grooving in their seats. Seattle Children's Theatre, Seattle Center, 441-3322, www.sct.org. $16-$32. 7 p.m. Fri. Jan. 26, 2 & 5:30 p.m. Sat. Jan. 27. Ends Sat. Jan. 27.SUZANNE BEAL
