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Patty Gone’s Queer Romance Novel Reflections
The artist’s upcoming residency at Mount Analogue explores the cultural impact of pulpy romantic fantasy.
Becs Richards
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TeenTix Fosters the Next Generation of Arts Critics
Youths are engaging in critical arts thinking via the local nonprofit’s Press Corps Intensive.
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The Sunset of Masculinity
Hir at ArtsWest gives trans voices a stage to dismantle the normative.
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BenDeLaCreme’s Queer, Freaky, and Flirtatious “Gaylord Manor”
The high-camp cabaret approaches horror from a queer perspective.
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Onerus’ Sci-Fi Theatre Cautions a Tech-Centric Future
Café Nordo’s new production envisions the calamity of corporate control in Cascadia 2046.
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‘las mariposas Y los muertos’ Explores Hipster Appropriation in the Pitchfork Era
Benjamin Benne’s newest play wittily dives into rock and representation.
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Ayad Akhtar’s ‘The Who & The What’ Takes a Philosophical Lens to Love and Islam
Faith, family, and feminism lie at the heart of this new play by Ayad Akhtar.
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“I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” Deftly Adapts the Brilliant Memoir for the Stage
Malika Oyetimein and Myra Platt’s production portrays Angelou through the ages.
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Dusting the Crust Off ‘The Crucible’
A conversation with ACT’s John Langs on whether old dramas should keep getting restaged in Seattle.
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Sara Porkalob’s ‘Dragon Lady’ Is a Celebration of the Legacies That Made Her
In her one-woman show, the artist/activist plays multiple generations of her family.
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A Bilingual Production of ‘Proof’ Centers Latinx Theater Makers and Accessibility
Catch the show on porches across Puget Sound.
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“American Archipelago” Struggles to Tie Isolated Stories into One, Cohesive Narrative
The tale of twisted fates in the United States lacks the clarity to tell an effective tale.
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Malika Oyetimein’s ‘Hoodoo Love’ Places the Story in the Audience’s Laps
The director’s take on a story of black resilience strategically engages with white audiences.
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New Century Theatre Company Leaving 12th Ave. Arts, Artistic Director Steps Down
New beginnings for NCTC.
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Kate Shindle on the Queer Activism That Led Her to ‘Fun Home’
Playing Alison Bechdel in a Broadway musical is the latest in the actor’s history of allyship.
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A Straight Man in Dire Straits Tries Drag in ACT’s ‘The Legend of Georgia McBride’
Two queens coach the clueless in this hilarious peek into an integral form of queer art-making.
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Grand Concourse and the Limits of Care
Seattle Public Theatre engages with one end of homelessness while missing the other.
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‘Rising Up’ Blends Fact and Fiction in Hopes of Transformation
Ebo Barton and Sarah Rosenblatt’s queer social-justice play invited the cast to shape its story.
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Here Lies Love’s Disco Dictatorship
David Byrne’s spectacle-driven musical engages with the political history of the Philippines.
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Keiko Green’s ‘Nadeshiko’ Explores the Nuanced History of Idealized Japanese Beauty
Flitting between WWII Japan and the present-day U.S., the play connects the dots of a sterotype.