12th Annual Playwrights' Festival

Festival

Key City Public Theatre

Port Townsend
Opening Night: 2/22/08
Closes: 3/9/08
Emerging Jefferson County playwrights Judith Glass Collins, Sandy Diamond and DD Wigley premiere their awardwinning plays from the 2007 One Act Play Competition. Three one acts, three directors, three casts!

All About Albee: Zoo Story & Finding the Sun

Drama

Stone Soup Theatre

Opening Night: 2/13/08
Closes: 3/9/08
An Evening Of Albee: Zoo Story & Finding the Sun Director Mary Machala brings Albees obscure oneact, Finding the Sun, and his wellknown The Zoo Story to the Stone Soup stage.

Barefoot in the Park

Comedy

Village Theatre

Everett
Opening Night: 3/7/08
Closes: 3/23/08
One of Neil Simon's best comedies, Barefoot in the Park is a breezy delight, loaded with laughs as Paul and Corrie learn about life, love, and surviving wedded bliss.

BFE by Julia Cho

Drama,Comedy

SIS Productions

Capitol Hill,Seattle
Opening Night: 2/22/08
Closes: 3/16/08
SIS Productions presents the West Coast premiere of B.F.E., a panoramic view of self identity and relationships written by awardwinning Korean American playwright Julia Cho.

Cinderella

Musical Theatre,Childrens Theatre

SecondStory Repertory

Eastside Cities (of Seattle),Redmond
Opening Night: 3/7/08
Closes: 3/22/08
How could dreary little Cinderella, locked into a closet by her Ugly Stepsisters, possibly become the Belle of the Ball? Oh, it could happen

COWGIRLS

Musical Theatre,Comedy

Paradise Theatre

Gig Harborw
Opening Night: 2/29/08
Closes: 3/16/08
If practice is the way to get to Carnegie Hall, how could one possibly end up at Hiram Hall, a country music palace, in Rexford, Kansas?

Gibraltar

Drama

University of Washington School of Drama

University District,Seattle
Opening Night: 2/24/08
Closes: 3/9/08
Gibraltar

Hello Penis: a man-ifesto

Drama,Performance Art

Little Red Studio

Cascade (South Lake Union),Seattle
Opening Night: 3/5/08
Closes: 3/9/08
Hello Penis: a manifesto is a dynamic two man play that explores the complexities of masculinity in contemporary American society.

How? How? Why? Why? Why?

Drama

Seattle Repertory Theatre

Seattle Center (Queen Anne),Seattle
1st Event: 3/13/08
Opening Night: 3/19/08
Closes: 4/19/08
Kevin Kling, a regular NPR contributor, uses his great skill for riveting and hilarious storytelling to examine how tragedy can positively define a persons lifeand a culture.

Improv Specialty Classes

Drama,Improv

Unexpected Productions

Downtown,Seattle
Opening Night: 3/2/08
Closes: 3/30/08
Hone your improvisation skills! The Grab Bag: 5 different teachers, 5 different Sundays! Work on your improv scenes and get critiqued by the best! Beginning of the End: It can be difficult getting a scene started then having it lead to a great ending.

Intimate Apparel

Drama

Harlequin Productions

Opening Night: 2/28/08
Closes: 3/22/08
The story of Esther, a 35 year old single black seamstress in ragtimeera New York, stitches together a life making exquisite lingerie for wealthy socialites and women of illrepute.

Mr. Marmalade

Comedy

Washington Ensemble Theatre

Capitol Hill,Seattle
Opening Night: 2/22/08
Closes: 3/16/08
Lucy is a fouryearold girl with a very active imagination. Unfortunately, her imaginary friend Mr. Marmalade doesnt have much time for her.

MY ONE & ONLY, The Gershwin Musical

Musical Theatre

Tacoma Musical Playhouse

Tacoma
Opening Night: 2/22/08
Closes: 3/16/08
Song and dance and glorious Gershwin!

Romeo & Juliet

Drama,Comedy

Balagan Theatre

Capitol Hill,Seattle
Opening Night: 2/28/08
Closes: 3/22/08
The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy

RUR (Rossum's Universal Robots)

Drama

Open Circle Theater

Opening Night: 2/22/08
Closes: 3/22/08
So once the robots outnumber us, what happens when humanity starts arising within the robots? Is it merely a glitch to be eradicated or are we the glitch.

The Exile Project

The Exile Project

Capitol Hill,Seattle
Opening Night: 3/7/08
Closes: 3/16/08
What is forgiveness? What is justice?

The Hundred Dresses

Drama,Childrens Theatre

Seattle Children`s Theatre

Seattle Center (Queen Anne),Seattle
Opening Night: 2/22/08
Closes: 4/6/08
Based on the book by Eleanor Estes, The Hundred Dresses is a story of courage and friendship. When immigrant Wanda is teased so badly her family leaves town, Maddie is wracked with guilt. Can she find the courage to stand up to her bullying friends?

The Imaginary Invalid

Drama,Comedy

Seattle Repertory Theatre

Seattle Center (Queen Anne),Seattle
Opening Night: 2/21/08
Closes: 3/22/08
Quicktongued, lively, fastpaced Moliere at his best.

THE SWEETEST SWING IN BASEBALL

Drama,Comedy

ArtsWest

Opening Night: 2/20/08
Closes: 3/15/08
SEATTLE PREMIERE! A riveting, funny tale about an artist who plunges into a slump and takes inspiration (and a new identity) from troubled baseball star Darryl Strawberry. The moral? Be all that you can be. Even when you're being someone else. My oh my.

The Wizard of Oz

Musical Theatre

Northwest Savoyards Musical Theater Society

Everett
Opening Night: 2/22/08
Closes: 3/9/08
THE WIZARD OF OZ...classic and timeless musical theater

THEATRESPORTS - the Original Improv Show

Improv,Comedy

Unexpected Productions

Downtown,Seattle
Opening Night: 8/3/07
Closes: 12/31/09
HAPPY 25TH ANNIVESARY SEATTLE THEATRESPORTS!! Get ready to watch two teams of improvisers duke it out in a fastpaced, comedy battle royale.

Young Jean Lee's Theater Company

Comedy

On the Boards

Seattle Center (Queen Anne),Seattle
Opening Night: 3/6/08
Closes: 3/9/08
A blunt and hilarious take on Korean American heritage and colliding cultures by a rapidly emerging NY playwright.