Big Love

Drama,Comedy

Balagan Theatre

Capitol Hill,Seattle
Opening Night: 4/24/08
Closes: 5/17/08
If we cannot embrace one another what hope do we have of life?

Black Eyed Blonde

Improv,Comedy

Unexpected Productions

Downtown,Seattle
Opening Night: 5/8/08
Closes: 6/12/08
Murder, intrigue, improv! Black Eyed Blonde is an improvised show done in the style of the 1940's film noir classics!

Defending the Caveman

Comedy

Broadway Center for the Performing Arts

Tacoma
Opening Night: 5/15/08
Closes: 5/25/08
Broadway's smash comedy about the ways men and women relate that will have everyone roaring with laughter and recognition.

Elton John and Tim Rice's AIDA

Musical Theatre

Village Theatre

Eastside Cities (of Seattle),Issaquah
Opening Night: 5/14/08
Closes: 7/6/08
An enslaved Nubian princess. A privileged daughter of an Egyptian Pharaoh. The soldier they both love. And a love triangle that could alter history forever.

Fathers and Sons by Michael Bradford

Drama

ACT Theatre

Downtown,Seattle
1st Event: 4/25/08
Opening Night: 5/1/08
Closes: 5/25/08
What is it to be a father, a son, a husband and a man? A production of the Hansberry Project at ACT, Fathers and Sons is a thoughtful, rich and poignant meditation on these eternal questions.

I AM MY OWN WIFE

Drama

ArtsWest

Opening Night: 5/14/08
Closes: 5/31/08
SEATTLE PREMIERE! WINNER, PULITZER PRIZE. WINNER, TONY AWARD, BEST PLAY OF THE YEAR. Nick DeSantis stars as Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, whose harrowing tales of survival from the Nazis and the East German Communists are nothing short of breathtaking.

KPC presents: Defending The Caveman

Comedy

Kirkland Performance Center

Eastside Cities (of Seattle),Kirkland
Opening Night: 5/14/08
Closes: 5/17/08
Kirkland Performance Center presents: Defending The Caveman

Lease: Seattle's Own Rock Opera

Musical Theatre,Improv

Wing-It Productions

University District,Seattle
Opening Night: 5/1/08
Closes: 6/20/08
An unscripted rock opera about Seattle, its inhabitants and stereotypes. This parody of RENT and LA BOHEME (but with a Seattle twist) comes from the creators of Jet City Improv.

Little Women

Drama,Musical Theatre

Village Theatre

Everett
Opening Night: 5/2/08
Closes: 5/18/08
An all new lovingly adapted musical version of Louisa May Alcott's beloved novel brings the timeless tale of the March family to vivid life.

Living Dead in Denmark

Drama,Comedy

Pork Filled Players

International District,Seattle
Opening Night: 5/1/08
Closes: 5/24/08
Zombies! Shakespeare! Kung fun action! The unauthorized action adventure sequel to HAMLET!

Medea Knows Best

Drama,Comedy

Nebunele Theatre

Capitol Hill,Seattle
Opening Night: 5/8/08
Closes: 5/25/08
Completely unfaithful to Euripides' classic tragedy, this take on Medea explores gender roles, relationships, and the power of unreasoning faith through the lens of a 50's television show. DooWop chorus, disturbing leading lady: an uneasy dark comedy.

Neil Simon's RUMORS

Comedy

Olympia Little Theatre, Inc.

Olympia
Opening Night: 4/25/08
Closes: 5/18/08
Neil Simon's sidesplitting, doorslamming anniversary party interrupted by a missing wife, a lawyer coverup, and a flesh wound. The party guests arrive and soon nobody can remember who has said what about whom.

Other Places by Harold Pinter

Drama

The Community Theatre

West Seattle,Seattle
Opening Night: 5/8/08
Closes: 5/31/08
Harold Pinter's Other Places employs three short plays to explore the struggle of defining ourselves, our lives, and our relationships, especially through the penumbra of truth.

Over the River and Through the Woods

Comedy

Taproot Theatre Company

Greenwood,Seattle
1st Event: 5/14/08
Opening Night: 5/16/08
Closes: 6/14/08
A story about a young Italian American man leaving New Jersey to pursue a career in Seattle, and his two sets of grandparents who conspire to get him to stay.

Shining City

Drama

Harlequin Productions

Opening Night: 4/24/08
Closes: 5/17/08
What begins as an awkward encounter between a fledgeling therapist and a man who claims to have seen the ghost of his recently deceased wife becomes a struggle for understanding that will shape and define both men for the rest of their lives.

Spokesong

Drama

Seattle Public Theater

Greenlake,Seattle
1st Event: 5/15/08
Opening Night: 5/16/08
Closes: 6/8/08
For those who loved last season's triumph Travesties comes a play full of songs, magic tricks, and bicycles. Spokesong will delight you and capture your imagination.

The American Pilot

Drama

Theater Schmeater

Opening Night: 4/24/08
Closes: 5/24/08
Theater Schmeater presents the West Coast Premiere of David Greig's The American Pilot, directed by Artistic Director David Gassner.

The Diary of Anne Frank

Drama

INTIMAN Theatre

Seattle Center (Queen Anne),Seattle
1st Event: 3/21/08
Opening Night: 3/26/08
Closes: 5/17/08
Intiman launches its season with the original Pulitzer Prize winning stage adaptation of Anne Franks diary, starring Lucy DeVito as Anne.

Unexpected Theatre

Improv,Comedy

Unexpected Productions

Downtown,Seattle
Opening Night: 2/22/08
Closes: 1/31/09
Explores movie, theatre, and literary genres unscripted as well as a multitude of improvisational formats from satire to spoof, from silly to serious! Improv doesn't get any better than this!