14/48: the world's quickest theater festival

Festival

One World Theatre

Seattle Center (Queen Anne),Seattle
Opening Night: 7/19/08
Closes: 7/27/08
Fresh off winning the 2008 Mayor's Arts Award, 1448: the world's quickest theater festival comes roaring into summer at the Seattle Center House Theatre. More than 75 of Seattle's most fearless theatre artists will create 14 plays in 48 hours.

A Streetcar Named Desire

Drama

INTIMAN Theatre

Seattle Center (Queen Anne),Seattle
Opening Night: 7/3/08
Closes: 8/2/08
Acclaimed Seattle director and newly appointed Intiman Associate Director Sheila Daniels makes her Intiman debut with the masterpiece by Tennessee Williams.

Adventures in Mating

Comedy

Theater Schmeater

1st Event: 6/26/08
Opening Night: 6/27/08
Closes: 8/9/08
Theater Schmeater presents Joseph Scrimshaw's Adventures in Mating, directed by Teri Lazzara.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Comedy

Open Circle Theater

Capitol Hill,Seattle
Opening Night: 7/12/08
Closes: 8/10/08
Open Circle present's Lewis Carroll's classic in it's original form FREE at Volunteer Park this summer!

Angels in America Part I: Millennium Approaches

Drama

Absurd Reality Theatre

Opening Night: 7/24/08
Closes: 8/9/08
Angels in America

ANGELS IN AMERICA: PERESTROIKA

Drama

Repertory Actors Theatre (ReAct)

University District,Seattle
Opening Night: 7/17/08
Closes: 8/10/08
ReAct is honored to present Tony Kushner's masterpiece gay fantasia on national themes

As You Like It

Outdoor Theatre,Comedy
FREE or PWYC EVENT!!

Eclectic Theater Company

Various
1st Event: 7/13/08
Opening Night: 7/18/08
Closes: 7/26/08
All the worlds a stage and all the men and women merely players.

bare: a pop opera

Drama,Musical Theatre

ArtsWest

West Seattle,Seattle
Opening Night: 7/9/08
Closes: 7/26/08
A gripping and provocative pop opera about students during their senior year in a private Catholic boarding school.

Beauty Idol

Childrens Theatre,Comedy

Seattle Children`s Theatre

Seattle Center (Queen Anne),Seattle
Opening Night: 7/24/08
Closes: 7/26/08
This comic look at our societys obsession with, and skewed view of, beauty comes through the inevitable combination of a Junior Miss America Pageant and American Idol.

Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Musical Theatre

Taproot Theatre Company

Greenwood,Seattle
1st Event: 7/9/08
Opening Night: 7/11/08
Closes: 8/23/08
Get swept away by the exuberance and joy of this Tony Award winning musical. People of all ages will love this classic story of two friends, a raft and their quest for freedom on the mighty Mississippi. A journey into America's spirit is at its heart.

Blood Squad Lives!

Improv

Eclectic Theater Company & Blood Squad Presents

Capitol Hill,Seattle
Opening Night: 3/1/08
Closes: 12/27/08
Blood Squad presents improvised horror films as suggested by titles from the audience.

Cam Jansen

Childrens Theatre

Seattle Children`s Theatre

Seattle Center (Queen Anne),Seattle
Opening Night: 7/24/08
Closes: 7/26/08
With its iconic characters, intriguing mystery, and nostalgically truetolife camp setting, this is the perfect summertime show!

Coriander

Comedy,Music

Breeders Theater

Burien
Opening Night: 7/11/08
Closes: 7/27/08
A new comedy with music about living in the land of process.

EIGHT TO ONE

Drama
FREE or PWYC EVENT!!

Living Engaged Radical Theatre (LERT)

Capitol Hill,Seattle
Opening Night: 7/18/08
Closes: 7/26/08
Three Original Works about the Iraq War and the fallout thereof

Elton John and Tim Rice's AIDA

Musical Theatre

Village Theatre

Northern Cities (of Seattle),Everett
Opening Night: 7/11/08
Closes: 7/27/08
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.

Erotic Shorts

Drama,Comedy

Little Red Studio

Cascade (South Lake Union),seattle
Opening Night: 7/25/08
Closes: 7/27/08
An evening of theater centered around themes of the erotic...

GREASE

Musical Theatre

Tacoma Musical Playhouse

Tacoma
Opening Night: 7/11/08
Closes: 8/3/08
TMP presents the Rydell High School Class of 1959 and GREASE with live orchestra; full sets, costumes and choreography. As of Jul 21, SEVERAL REMAINING PERFORMANCES ARE SOLDOUT, CALL THE BOX OFFICE FOR DETAILS & AVAILABILITY.

Greater Tuna

Comedy

SecondStory Repertory

Eastside Cities (of Seattle),Redmond
Opening Night: 7/25/08
Closes: 8/23/08
Theres some mighty strange goins on in the tiny town of Tuna, Texas and local radio station OKKK brings it all to you, live and on the air.

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!

Hamlet - Shakespeare in the Park

Drama,Outdoor Theatre
FREE or PWYC EVENT!!

GreenStage

Opening Night: 7/12/08
Closes: 8/16/08
2008 marks GreenStage's 20th Anniversary of presenting FREE Shakespare in the Park

interlace [falling star]

Drama,Comedy

Annex Theatre

Capitol Hill,Seattle
Opening Night: 8/1/08
Closes: 8/30/08
A scifi adventure that speaks to the divine potential in all of us

Into The Woods

Musical Theatre,Music

Ovation! Musical Theatre Bainbridge

Bainbridge Island
Opening Night: 7/18/08
Closes: 7/27/08
Ovation! Musical Theatre Bainbridge presents the Stephen Sondheim modern classic, Into The Woods through July 27th, with orchestra.

Jet City Improv

Improv,Comedy

Wing-It Productions

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

LENI

Drama

Strawberry Theatre Workshop

Capitol Hill,Seattle
Opening Night: 7/10/08
Closes: 8/9/08
Sarah Greenman's play journeys deep inside the mind and media of Leni Riefenstahl to discover why art can be a dangerous business.

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!

Most Extreme Ninja improv Challenge

Improv,Comedy

Wing-It Productions

University District,seattle
Opening Night: 6/7/08
Closes: 9/6/08
Watch as dishonored Ninja fight to make you laugh!

On the Meditation of Man and Dinosaurs

Comedy

Backwards Ensemble Theatre Company

International District,Seattle
Opening Night: 7/10/08
Closes: 7/26/08
By Zach Adair. An exploration of the composition of human identity.

Quiet Monkey Fight

Improv,Comedy

Eclectic Theater Company & Quiet Monkey Fight

Capitol Hill,Seattle
Opening Night: 5/30/08
Closes: 12/12/08
Our Summer Series! Come see improv like you've never seen it before, featuring a group chemistry that has been recognized by and featured at international festivals!

Romeo and Juliet

Drama,Outdoor Theatre
FREE or PWYC EVENT!!

Seattle Shakespeare Company

Opening Night: 7/11/08
Closes: 8/1/08
In wartorn Verona occupying forces have turned the streets into a battlefield. Yet in this culture of violence hope emerges when two strangers discover a love that makes them forget their bitter hostility. Romeo and Juliet is a clarion call for peace and

Studio East presents GREASE!

Musical Theatre,Dance

StoryBook Theater / Studio East

Eastside Cities (of Seattle),Kirkland
Opening Night: 7/25/08
Closes: 7/27/08
Studio East's 11th Annual SUMMER TEEN MUSICAL!

The K of D, an urban legend

Drama,Comedy

Pistol Cat Productions

Capitol Hill,Seattle
Opening Night: 7/17/08
Closes: 8/9/08
The K of D begins one hot, sticky summer in a lonely corner of Ohio when the local teenagers begin to note some startling occurrences around their small town.

The Tengu of Kami

Childrens Theatre
FREE or PWYC EVENT!!

Seattle Public Theater

Greenlake,Seattle
Opening Night: 7/25/08
Closes: 7/27/08
A Japanese samurai play with swordfighting, about a young girl who runs away from being 3rd wife to join bandits, a runaway prince, and a Pucklike demon creature to save herself and the forest.

The Wind in the Willows

Outdoor Theatre,Childrens Theatre
FREE or PWYC EVENT!!

Theater Schmeater

Capitol Hill,Seattle
Opening Night: 7/12/08
Closes: 8/9/08
Theater Schmeater presents Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. Adapted & Directed by J. D. Lloyd.

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.

Twelfth Night - Shakespeare in the Park

Outdoor Theatre,Comedy
FREE or PWYC EVENT!!

GreenStage

Opening Night: 7/11/08
Closes: 8/16/08
2008 marks GreenStage's 20th Anniversary of presenting FREE Shakespare in the Park

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!