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.

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.

Late-Night Improv

Improv

Taproot Theatre Company

Greenwood,Seattle
Opening Night: 5/23/08
Closes: 6/13/08
LateNight Improv for dads and grads and anyone who loves them!

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.

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!

Market Ghost Tour / Gum Wall Rally

Outdoor Theatre,Improv

Unexpected Productions

Downtown,Seattle
Opening Night: 5/23/08
Closes: 12/31/08
Enjoy spooky history in the Pike Place Market followed by Gum Wall Rally Comedy Show!

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.

Mercy Ride

Drama,Performance Art

Little Red Studio

Cascade (South Lake Union),Seattle
Opening Night: 5/22/08
Closes: 5/24/08
This production is the culmination of four months of collaborative and individual new work creation by a team of 13 female performing artists curious about sexuality and gender.

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

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Drama

Lakewood Playhouse

Lakewood Towne Center (Lakewood),Lakewood
Opening Night: 5/23/08
Closes: 6/22/08
McMurphy is a charming rogue who contrives to serve a short sentence in a mental institution rather than prison. He soon runs into trouble with the fierce Nurse Ratched.

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.

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

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.

STONE SOUP THEATRE Presents “Outside The Box

Drama,Festival

Stone Soup Theatre

Opening Night: 5/22/08
Closes: 6/1/08
OUTSIDE THE BOX 2008 Stone Soup Theatre's Second Annual Playwrights Festival

Take Me With You

Drama,Comedy

Balagan Theatre & Starving Artists

Opening Night: 5/22/08
Closes: 6/1/08
The latest show from the worldrenowned Starving Artists Theatre Company!

The 10,000 Things

Drama

Washington Ensemble Theatre

Capitol Hill,Seattle
Opening Night: 5/23/08
Closes: 6/16/08
A mysterious messenger. A frustrated writer. A clock in the desert that will keep time for 10,000 years. A play that changes itself over time.

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 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 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