Regional Dystopia
Café Nordo’s new production envisions the calamity of corporate control in Cascadia 2046.
Rock & Representation
Benjamin Benne’s newest play wittily dives into rock and representation.
Faith, family, and feminism lie at the heart of this new play by Ayad Akhtar.
Malika Oyetimein and Myra Platt’s production portrays Angelou through the ages.
Fall Arts
A conversation with ACT’s John Langs on whether old dramas should keep getting restaged in Seattle.
Retaken Identity
In her one-woman show, the artist/activist plays multiple generations of her family.
Catch the show on porches across Puget Sound.
Stage Review
The tale of twisted fates in the United States lacks the clarity to tell an effective tale.
Backstage
The director’s take on a story of black resilience strategically engages with white audiences.
Playing Alison Bechdel in a Broadway musical is the latest in the actor’s history of allyship.
Stage Review
Two queens coach the clueless in this hilarious peek into an integral form of queer art-making.
Seattle Public Theatre engages with one end of homelessness while missing the other.
Ebo Barton and Sarah Rosenblatt’s queer social-justice play invited the cast to shape its story.
David Byrne’s spectacle-driven musical engages with the political history of the Philippines.
Flitting between WWII Japan and the present-day U.S., the play connects the dots of a sterotype.
If the idea is to “challenge and change,” critically engaging with century-old material is necessary.
