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Sound Theatre Joins Theatre Puget Sound's Space4Arts Resident Theatre Cohort
by Blair Ingenthron - Feb 17, 2024

Sound Theatre has joined Theatre Puget Sound's Space4Arts Resident Theatre Cohort, finding a permanent home at Seattle Center Armory. Learn more about the partnership here!

Cleveland Public Theatre to Present Theatrical Benefit For Ukraine
by Blair Ingenthron - Dec 2, 2023

Cleveland Public Theatre will present 'Buried Words, Seeds of Hope,' a theatrical benefit for Ukraine. Proceeds support organizations aiding Ukrainian survivors.

Diversionary Theatre Reveals Cast and Creatives For DRAGON MAMA
by Stephi Wild - Sep 1, 2023

Diversionary Theatre announces the cast and creative team for its production of Dragon Mama by Sara Porkalob, directed by Andrew Russell.  Dragon Mama will run September 14 through October 8 on Diversionary Theatre’s mainstage at their home in University Heights.  

Unreleased Grateful Dead Concert to Screen at Park Theatre
by Blair Ingenthron - Oct 29, 2022

One of the most iconic concerts of the legendary Grateful Dead band will be shown around the world on November 1 and 5. The Park Theatre in Jaffrey will present this piece of rock history in its 333-seat Eppes Auditorium with 27-foot wide screen and 17-speaker surround sound.

Seattle Rep Selects D.A. Navoti as Second Native Artist-in-Residence
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 22, 2022

Seattle Rep has has selected its second Native Artist-in-Residence, D.A. Navoti, a multidisciplinary storyteller, writer, and composer. This Seattle Rep program aims to highlight Native voices and educate audiences through art, discussion, and community engagement.

Queer|Art Announces The Winner Of 2022 Barbara Hammer Lesbian Experimental Filmmaking Grant
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 9, 2022

Queer|Art, New York City's home for the creative and professional development of LGBTQ+ artists, has announced the winner of the 2021 Barbara Hammer Lesbian Experimental Filmmaking Grant, collaborative duo, Desireena Almoradie and Barbara Malaran. The New York City-based duo will receive a $7,000 cash grant, as well as studio visits with members of the judges panel in support of their creative and professional development.

Sound Theatre to Kick Off GASLIGHT PROJECT Series Featuring Cast Talkbacks, Comedy Sets & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 7, 2022

Summer is going to be gaslit - again. Months after a May 14 close of GASLIGHT (Angel Street)'s run, Sound Theatre will launch a “Gaslight Project,” a community-wide event series to explore expressions of “gaslighting” in a contemporary world.

WELCOME TO INDIAN COUNTRY Begins At The Cedar Thursday, August 11, Tickets On Sale Now
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 27, 2022

Hennepin Theatre Trust announced that it is partnering with The Cedar Cultural Center and Native American Community Development Institute (NACDI) to present Welcome to Indian Country at The Cedar Cultural Center (416 Cedar Ave., Minneapolis) on Thursday, Aug. 11 at 7:30 p.m. 

Seattle Rep's First Native Artist-In-Residence Announced
by Stephi Wild - Sep 1, 2021

Seattle Rep today announced that it has selected its first Native Artist-in-Residence Arianne True, a local poet and folk artist. Through the Native Artist-in-Residence Program, Seattle Rep aims to highlight Native voices and educate audiences and its staff through art, discussion, and community engagement.

Renowned Performance Duo Lelavision Curate A Week Of BIPOC-Forward Art In Seattle
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 17, 2021

On August 27-September 5, 2021, Lelavision will animate West Seattle's Westcrest Park with BIPOC-centered performances, kinetic musical-sculpture, eco-art installations and workshops, wellness offerings, and science panels to cultivate our health as a community. 

The Broad Stage Presents Rita Dove and Tracy K. Smith in POETRY AT THE CROSSROADS
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 28, 2021

The Broad Stage presents two United States poet laureates, both Pulitzer Prize winners, in Rita Dove and Tracy K. Smith: Poetry at the Crossroads, on Thursday, May 20 at 6pm PT, presented in partnership with esteemed Los Angeles based publisher Red Hen Press.

Seattle Accessibility Podcast OPENING DOORS Launches Season 1
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 7, 2020

Seattle Cultural Accessibility Consortium in partnership with Jack Straw Cultural Center, launches a new podcast titled Opening Doors to address accessibility issues in arts and civic life.

The Broad Stage at Home Presents Red Hen Press Poetry Hour Regarding Feminism
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 16, 2020

The Broad Stage and esteemed LA-based publisher Red Hen Press continues season two of the Red Hen Press Poetry Hour with an online episode on Thursday, September 24 at 6pm PT in which host Sandra Tsing Loh leads a program with five unique artists about the intersections between feminism, performance, identity and poetry in the time following the #MeToo Movement.

Matt Forde Adds Four Additional London Shows of His Stand-Up Show, 'Brexit Through The Gift Shop'
by Kaitlin Milligan - Jan 4, 2019

As we enter the New Year with Britain's impending departure from the European Union creeping closer, leading political comedian Matt Forde will further render the complexities of our tumultuous times with four additional London performances of his critically acclaimed and continually evolving stand-up show, Brexit Through The Gift Shop. Following two raucous performances at The Southbank Centre which kick started his 25 date nationwide tour in December 2018, Matt returns to this venue on the 7th and 12th March and will play Westminster's The Other Palace on the 28th January and the 19th March.  

Star of UNSPUN, Matt Forde, Embarks on Nationwide Tour
by Macon Prickett - Feb 27, 2018

Following a sold-out and critically acclaimed Edinburgh Festival Fringe run, the UK's leading political comedian and star of Dave's award-nominated Unspun Matt Forde is taking his new show on a nationwide tour from 25th March – 8th June which includes a run at London's Soho Theatre from 3rd-7th April. In turbulent political times, find the funny side of the worldwide political shitstorm as Matt picks apart the rhetoric, reacts to our Conservative/DUP/Labour/SNP (delete as appropriate) government and celebrates the best and worst coming out of Westminster. Now with added Trump

Velocity presents Next Fest NW: DISRUPTION
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 17, 2017

Velocity presents Next Fest NW 2017: Disruption a weekend celebrating Northwest artists as inter/national innovators in contemporary dance and dance cinema. This year's Next Fest NW artists create new work in response to the theme of disruption. In Seattle's rapidly changing landscape, how will this generation of young artists respond to the question what does it really mean to be disruptive in these times ?

VIDEO: Dead & Company Perform 'Jack Straw' on LATE SHOW
by Caryn Robbins - Nov 17, 2017

On last night's LATE SHOW, the band Dead & Company made a pitstop at the Ed Sullivan Theater amid their Dead & Company Fall Tour 2017 to perform 'Jack Straw' for the studio audience. Watch the appearance below!

Matt Forde Announces Guests for 2017 Political Party Podcast Christmas Specials
by Caryn Robbins - Nov 15, 2017

Following 2016's sold out Christmas Special featuring Ed Balls & Alastair Campbell, Matt Forde's critically-acclaimed Political Party returns to London's Leicester Square Theatre for two live festive podcast recordings

Bad Quarto Productions' ANNA KARENINA LIVES Opens This Week
by BWW News Desk - Oct 18, 2017

Bad Quarto Productions, a theatre company specializing in performing modern theatre using Shakespearean staging techniques, will open it's latest production: Anna Karenina Lives!, a new vaudeville-style musical comedy by Germaine Shames, this October 21st and 22nd at 353 W. 48th St. in Midtown Manhattan.

Previews Begin this Week for Bad Quarto's ANNA KARENINA LIVES
by BWW News Desk - Oct 10, 2017

Bad Quarto Productions, a theatre company specializing in performing modern theatre using Shakespearean staging techniques, will hold preview performances of Anna Karenina Lives!, a new vaudeville-style musical comedy by Germaine Shames, this October 14th and 15th at 353 W. 48th St. in Midtown Manhattan.