According to Coyote

Drama,Childrens Theatre

Seattle Children`s Theatre

Seattle Center (Queen Anne),Seattle
Opening Night: 3/14/08
Closes: 5/11/08
A collection of Native American trickster lore. Written by John Kauffman. Performed by Gene Tagaban.

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

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.

CHESS - The Musical

Music

Redwood Theatre

Eastside Cities (of Seattle),Redmond
Opening Night: 4/25/08
Closes: 5/10/08
The story of an American chess champion, his Russian opponent who defects to the west, and a Hungarian born American who transfers her affections from the American to the Russian without bringing happiness to anyone.

Extended Dates For The Shark and The Worm

Drama

Emerald City Scene

West Seattle
Opening Night: 5/2/08
Closes: 5/3/08
ECS presents two dark comedies that are as cool as ice cream and fine as wine. These provocative world premieres ask questions that will leave your head spinning long after you leave the theatre.

Fair Play

Drama,Comedy

University of Washington School of Drama

University District,Seattle
Opening Night: 4/27/08
Closes: 5/11/08
Fair Play

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.

Ghost Sonata

Drama

Open Circle Theater

Capitol Hill,Seattle
Opening Night: 4/11/08
Closes: 5/10/08
In this otherworldly realm a sensitive boy encounters a mummy, ghosts, the living dead, and a vampire all suffused with the lyrical beauty of August Strindberg's writing. An astounding, haunting night of theater you won't soon forget.

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!

Jet City Improv

Improv,Comedy

Wing-It Productions

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

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!

London Suite

Comedy

Bellevue Civic Theater

Eastside Cities (of Seattle),Bellevue
Opening Night: 5/2/08
Closes: 5/10/08
Following in the footsteps of last years Plaza Suite, this show takes you across the Atlantic to a lovely hotel in London where, once again, the audience gets a glimpse into the lives of the various people who check in and out of the same suite over a pe

Marco Polo and the Prince of Timur

Childrens Theatre
FREE or PWYC EVENT!!

Seattle Public Theater

Greenlake,Seattle
Opening Night: 5/2/08
Closes: 5/4/08
Marco Polo's adventures in the fabled court of Kublai Khan fascinated the world 7oo years ago, and they carry the power to enthrall us today. Spectacle, intrigue, disguises and breathtaking escapes create a wonderful adventure tale.

Mawungira Enharira

Music,Performance Art

Whidbey Island Center for the Arts

Langley
One Night Only: 5/2/08
Traditional Mbira Music from Zimbabwe

MISS SAIGON

Drama,Musical Theatre

Tacoma Musical Playhouse

Tacoma
Opening Night: 4/11/08
Closes: 5/4/08
In the turmoil of the Vietnam War, an American soldier and a Vietnamese girl fall in love only to be separated during the fall of Saigon. Their struggles to find each other end in tragedy for her and a fighting chance for the child he never knew he had.

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.

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.

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.

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 Conference of the Birds

Drama

Key City Public Theatre

Port Townsend
Opening Night: 4/18/08
Closes: 5/10/08
An allegorical tale leads us on the journey of the human spirit in its quest for truth. Based on a 12th century Persian poem, adapted by JeanClaude Carriere and Peter Brook. Familyfriendly entertainment.

The Cure at Troy

Drama

Seattle Repertory Theatre

Seattle Center (Queen Anne),Seattle
Opening Night: 4/3/08
Closes: 5/3/08
Nobel Prize winning poet Seamus Heaney brings all his powers of imagination and skill to a classic Greek adventure in The Cure at Troy.

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 Highest Tide

Drama

Book-It Repertory Theatre

Seattle Center (Queen Anne),Seattle
1st Event: 4/15/08
Opening Night: 4/18/08
Closes: 5/10/08
Its summer and 13yearold, fourfoot eightinch, staturechallenged Miles OMalley is doing what he loves bestcombing the tidal beaches of the Puget Sound in the middle of the night.

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!

Voice of the Americas

Poetry,Staged Reading

Broadway Center for the Performing Arts

Tacoma
One Night Only: 5/2/08
Unforgettable poetic exploration of a nation in search of itself.

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

You Can't Take It With You

Comedy

Paradise Theatre

Gig Harbor
Opening Night: 4/25/08
Closes: 5/11/08
At first the Sycamores seem ma, but it is not long before we realize that if they are mad, the rest of the world is madder. In contrast to these delightful people are the Kirby's.