.Peter Pan

Musical Theatre,Comedy

Central Theatre Ensemble

Opening Night: 5/9/08
Closes: 5/18/08
Family fare; suitable for kids of all ages.

Aladdin & The Magic Lamp

Musical Theatre,Childrens Theatre

SecondStory Repertory

Eastside Cities (of Seattle),Redmond
Opening Night: 5/2/08
Closes: 5/18/08
A brandnew Sprouts musical! A boy, a lamp, and the wishgranting Genie inside

Annie Get Your Gun

Musical Theatre

Seattle Musical Theatre presented by Civic Light Opera

View Ridge (Sand Point/Magnuson Park),SEATTLE
Opening Night: 5/9/08
Closes: 5/25/08
This is the ageless Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better love story of sharpshooters Annie Oakley and Frank Butler with an amazing Irving Berlin score.

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?

Busytown

Childrens Theatre

Seattle Children`s Theatre

Seattle Center (Queen Anne),Seatt
Opening Night: 4/25/08
Closes: 6/15/08
SCTs world premiere musical based on the beloved stories of Richard Scarry.

Central Heating Lab: Black & Tan - A Juke Joint

Poetry,Music

ACT Theatre

Downtown,Seattle
Opening Night: 5/3/08
Closes: 5/24/08
This Live After Hours Jazz and Poetry Show will feature a weekly house band consisting of a wide variety of local jazz artists and styles past and present with a special emphasis on avantgarde experimental jazz & free improvisation.

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.

GUM WALL RALLY

Improv,Comedy

Unexpected Productions

Seattle
Opening Night: 1/20/08
Closes: 1/25/09
Spontaneous theater that mixes the shorter games associated with Theatresports with an edgier, story based long form comedy!

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.

Jet City Improv

Improv,Comedy

Wing-It Productions

University District,Seattle
Opening Night: 1/4/08
Closes: 12/27/08
Seattle's Best Comedy.

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!

Mark Morris Dance Group and Seattle Symphony

Music,Dance

Seattle Theatre Group

Seattle
Opening Night: 5/16/08
Closes: 5/18/08
In celebration of Mark Morris Dance Groups debut at The Paramount Theatre, Seattle Theatre Group (STG) is proud to present Mark Morris seminal masterwork, the groundbreaking, eveninglength L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato.

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.

My Fair Lady

Musical Theatre

Centerstage Theatre

Federal Way
Opening Night: 5/9/08
Closes: 6/1/08
MY FAIR LADY: one of the truly great musicals

Naked Ladies

Comedy

Annex Theatre

Capitol Hill,Seattle
Opening Night: 5/16/08
Closes: 5/31/08
Spin The Bottle performanceart duo Gude & Laurance find a briefcase labeled NAKED LADIES, but have no idea what's inside

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.

Northwest New Works Festival

Festival,Performance Art

On the Boards

Opening Night: 5/9/08
Closes: 5/18/08
Over the course of 2 weekends on 2 stages, audiences see nearly 20 brand new performances and worksinprogress, each under 20 minutes!

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.

Phaedra by Matthew Maguire

Drama

Outsider`s Inn Collective

Wallingford,Seattle
Opening Night: 5/8/08
Closes: 5/17/08
A Seattle premiere of Phaedra by Matthew Maguire, a contemporary response to Racine's classic.

Quickies 9: Six short plays one refreshing evening

Drama,Comedy

Live Girls!

Opening Night: 5/2/08
Closes: 5/24/08
Quickies features six exciting new short plays from ladies all over the country, with tons up and coming local talent and fabulous gratuitous entertainment.

S2

Comedy

Annex Theatre

Capitol Hill,Seattle
Opening Night: 5/9/08
Closes: 6/7/08
A metatheatrical romp through postmodern consumer culture

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.

The Secret Garden

Mainstage Season Presenting Sponsor: U. S. Bank

Bainbridge Performing Arts

Opening Night: 5/8/08
Closes: 5/25/08
Elegant, entrancing....The best American musical of the Broadway season. Time

The Shaft

Drama,Comedy

Eclectic Theater Company

Capitol Hill,Seattle
1st Event: 5/5/08
Opening Night: 5/9/08
Closes: 5/24/08
Daniel and John are trapped between life and death, stuck in an elevator. They've never met before today. They're already sick of each other. And they have more in common than they realize.

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.

Unexpected Stories: Improv comes to Redmond!

Improv

SecondStory Repertory

Redmond
Opening Night: 5/2/08
Closes: 5/17/08
SecondStory Repertory actors & Seattles longest & largest running improvisation group, Unexpected Productions, team up to bring you 24 nights of hilarious familyfriendly improvisational comedy!

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!

WELL

Drama,Comedy

Repertory Actors Theatre (ReAct)

Capitol Hill,Seattle
Opening Night: 5/2/08
Closes: 6/1/08
Lisa Kron's hilarious acclaimed new play about illness & her relationship with her mother