Trustus Theatre Presents Fest24 Homecoming
Trustus Theatre will host FEST24: Homecoming online in October. This virtual experience will provide a new take on the theatre's popular 24-hour theatre event that was last presented in 2018 for a standing-room-only public performance. Six playwrights, six directors, and twenty-four actors will produce six new virtual one-acts over the course of three weekends.
Winners Announced For The 5th Avenue Theatre Awards
It was the most anticipated night of the year by high school theater programs across the state of Washington: The 17th Annual 5th Avenue Theatre Awards Honoring High School Musicals, proudly sponsored by Wells Fargo with additional support from Alaska Airlines. Presented at The 5th Avenue Theatre, more than 2,000 teenagers, many in costumes representing their schools' musical theater productions, cheered for their peers as they performed musical excerpts and accepted awards honoring top student achievements in musical theater. The acclaimed event, directed this year by Kat Ramsburg, handed out awards in 21 categories ranging from Outstanding Overall Musical Production to Outstanding Lobby Display.
ANATOMY OF A HUG Opens November 9 At The Sherry
Amelia has a job selling memberships to a charity that rescues kids in countries overseas. She's invested the rest of her life in her beloved television shows, which provide her an emotional haven.
ANATOMY OF A HUG Opens November 9 At The Sherry
Amelia has a job selling memberships to a charity that rescues kids in countries overseas. She's invested the rest of her life in her beloved television shows, which provide her an emotional haven.
Washington State High Schools Glam it Up at The 16th Annual 5th Avenue Awards: Honoring High School Musical Theater
It was the most anticipated night of the year by high school theater programs across the state of Washington: The 16th Annual 5th Avenue Awards Honoring High School Musical Theater, proudly sponsored by Wells Fargo with additional support from Alaska Airlines. Presented at The 5th Avenue Theatre, nearly 2,000 teenagers, many in costumes representing their schools' musical theater productions, cheered for their peers as they performed musical excerpts and accepted awards honoring top student achievements in musical theater. The acclaimed event, directed this year by Kat Ramsburg, handed out awards in 21 categories ranging from Outstanding Overall Musical Production to Outstanding Lobby Display.
Seattle Honors High School Theater at 15th Annual 5TH AVENUE AWARDS
It's the Tony Awards of Washington state high school musical theater: the 5th Avenue Awards. On Monday, June 12, nearly 2,500 high school students filled Benaroya Hall up to the balcony as they watched their peers do their school proud on stage. 16 different high schools were nominated for awards, some of which extend beyond the typical category. 21 categories: some expected (outstanding choreography, outstanding performance by an actress), some unusual (outstanding lobby display), and between each award were live musical samplings, if you will, by fully costumed nominees a la the Tonys.ward were live musical samplings, if you will, by fully costumed nominees a la the Tonys.
Photo Coverage: Meet the Company of Primary Stages' MORNING IN AMERICA
Beginning one week after the election, Primary Stages commissioned a collection of over 70 pieces written by a diverse array of playwrights from their artistic community. Each artist crafted a short monologue from the perspective of a character in America on the morning of November 9th. Undertaking MORNING IN AMERICA acutely reflects the responsibility and capability of a non-profit, artist-focused organization to respond directly and rapidly to current events. Through readings, talk-backs and roundtable discussions, Primary Stages strives to create an accessible and energetic space where artists and audiences can come together as a community to share their stories and process their experiences.
The Bridge Initiative Co-Founders to Speak at Convention in Denver
After receiving local and national attention for The Bridge Initiative's inaugural efforts to further gender parity in the Valley, Tracy Liz Miller and Brenda Jean Foley are speaking at the Statera Conference in Denver on Sunday, October 16th (http://www.staterafoundation.org/conference/). The conference aims to unite theatre leaders, practitioners, students, advocates, and audience from around the country in a conversation about gender balance with the goal of taking 'action to bring women into full and equal participation in the American theatre.'
The 14th Annual 5th Avenue Awards Honoring High School Musical Theater are Announced!
Excited high school students, educators and supportive friends and family members packed McCaw Hall to celebrate The 14th Annual 5th Avenue Awards Honoring High School Musical Theater. The highly anticipated event, directed by Kat Ramsburg, handed out awards in 21 categories ranging from Outstanding Overall Musical Production to Outstanding Lobby Display. The crowd eagerly cheered for Washington's finest teenage performers as awards were accepted, local celebrity presenters spoke and nominated students performed musical excerpts from their acclaimed shows. This Tony Awards style program hosted by The 5th Avenue Theatre is proudly sponsored by Wells Fargo with additional support from Alaska Airlines and The Boeing Company.