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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 12, through Sun. Feb. 4: Outsider's Inn Collective at Elliott Bay Book Co., 101 S. Main St., 7 p.m. each night. Week 13, Mon. Feb. 5-Sun. Feb. 11: SiS Productions, various locations and times. See www.365seattle.com.
Aesop's Fables"The Raven and the Swan," "The Lion and the Mouse," and "The Tortoise and the Hare," told with music (some by Ann and Nancy Wilson). Thistle Theatre at Northwest Puppet Center, 9123 15th Ave. N.E., 523-2579, www.nwpuppet.org. $8.50-$10.50. Opens Fri. Feb. 2. 7:30 p.m. Fri., 1 & 3 p.m. Sat.-Sun. Ends Sun. Feb. 18.
Altar BoyzSEE THE WIRE, TUESDAY.
Avalanche Readings of eight new plays in this minifestival. Seattle Dramatists at Erickson Theatre, SCCC campus, 1524 Harvard. $4 for one reading, $8 for a day, $12 for both days. Noon, 2, 4, & 6 p.m. Sat. Feb. 3-Sun. Feb. 4. only.
Blue Door Confronted by his ancestors' ghosts, a professor is forced to address his cultural history and their legacy in Tanya Barfield's play. Seattle Repertory Theatre at the Leo K Theatre, Seattle Center, 443-2222, www.seattlerep.org. $10-$40. Previews begin Thurs. Feb. 1; pay-what-you-can Mon. Feb. 5. Opens Wed. Feb. 7. 7:30 p.m. Tues.-Sun., 2 p.m. Sat.-Sun. Ends Sun. March 4.Also, the Rep will host a free "StageVoices" chat with Barfield and Amy Wheeler, 5:30 p.m. Sat. Feb. 3.
A Clockwork Orange: Remixed SEE THE WIRE, THURSDAY.
The Equation Charles Waxberg's play skips through time, to Depression-era New York City and back, to unearth a mystery. Balagan Theatre at the Capitol Hill Arts Center Showroom, 1621 12th Ave., 800-838-3006, www.brownpapertickets.com, www.balagantheatre.org. Opens Thurs. Feb. 1. 7:30 p.m. Thurs.-Sat., 2 p.m. Sun. Ends Sat. Feb. 17.
The God Committee One heart and four patients who need it—how will the docs decide? Taproot Theatre, 204 N. 85th St., 781-9707, www.taproottheatre.org, 292-ARTS, www.ticketmaster.com. $23-$32. Previews 7:30 p.m. Wed. Jan. 31-Thurs. Feb. 1. Opens Fri. Feb. 2. 7:30 p.m. Wed.-Thurs., 8 p.m. Fri.-Sat., 2 p.m. Sat. Ends Sat. March 3.
Salt and Pepper Are Married A reading of Bret Fetzer's new screenplay (when does this guy sleep?), in which a psychiatrist tries to run her patient's love life. Capitol Hill Arts Center, 1621 12th Ave., 388-0569, www.capitolhillarts.com. $5 suggested donation. 7:30 p.m. Mon. Feb. 5 only.
The Sisters Rosensweig Wendy Wasserstein's look at three Jewish sisters. Bainbridge Performing Arts, 200 Madison Ave. N., Bainbridge Island, 842-8569, www.theplayhouse.org. $15-$18. Pay-what-you-can preview 7:30 p.m. Thurs. Feb. 1. Opens Fri. Feb. 2. 7:30 p.m. Fri.-Sat., 3 p.m. Sun. Ends Sun. Feb. 18.
Stories from an Atlantic Night Café SEE LONGENBAUGH ON THEATRE. One-man mostly-improvised story-monologues from the acclaimed Mike Daisey, recent recipient of a lavish New York Times Sunday arts-section profile. Capitol Hill Arts Center, 1621 12th Ave., 388-0569, www.capitolhillarts.com, 800-838-3006, www.brownpapertickets.com. $20-$25. 7 p.m. Sun. Feb. 4 only.
Last Chance
Freehold Studio Series New theatrical work, from dance to spoken word to clowning, in a four-week series under the rubric "From Revolution to Love." The final week, among other things, gathers Shakespearian monologues under the rubric "Murderous Women." Freehold's East Hall Theater, Oddfellows Hall, 1529 10th Ave., 2nd floor, 323-7499 x14, www.freeholdtheatre.org. Suggested donation $13. 8 p.m. Thurs.-Sat., 2 p.m. Sun. Ends Sun. Feb. 4.
Gone with the Wine A spoof of—well, you can figure that out yourself. Breeders Theater at E.B. Foote Winery, 127B S.W. 153rd St., Burien, 242-3852. $20 includes hors d'oeuvres and tasting. 7 p.m. Fri.-Sat., 2 p.m. Sun.; also 7 p.m. Wed. Jan. 31 and 1 p.m. Sun. Feb. 4. Ends Feb. 4.
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. 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. 7:30 p.m. Thurs.-Sat., 2 p.m. Sun. Ends Sun. Feb. 3.
Titus Andronicus Shakespeare's bloodiest play ends with a body count of 14 wretched souls, two of which are killed off in the first five minutes. Famed general Titus Andronicus (the virile Lyam White) returns victorious from war and is crowned the new emperor of Rome. He relinquishes the title to the former emperor's eldest son, the foppish, flamboyant Saturninus (hilariously realized by Curtis Eastwood, a regular Schmeater player). After being shunned by Titus' daughter Lavinia (imbued with melancholy by Heather Gautschi), Saturninus instead takes the hand of Titus' nemesis: Tamora, Queen of the Goths, formerly Titus' prisoner of war (wickedly portrayed by Juniper Berolzheimer), who wields her newfound power to exact revenge on Titus, who killed her eldest son without mercy. Director Beth Peterson effectively transposes this slightly abridged version of "Titus" to the Wild West (since "the United States was founded through cunning and ruthless acts inspired by greed and the lust for power," she writes) and provides a dramatically-lit finale which makes an entertaining end to a creative Shakespearian interpretation. Balagan Theatre at Capitol Hill Arts Center, 1621 12th Ave., 800-838-3006, www.brownpapertickets.com, www.capitolhillarts.org. $9-$15. 7:30 p.m. Thurs.-Sat. Ends Sat. Feb. 3.TIFFANY WAN
