As You Like It - Shakespeare in the Park

Outdoor Theatre
FREE or PWYC EVENT!!

Key City Public Theatre

Port Townsend
Opening Night: 8/1/08
Closes: 8/17/08
Chance encounters and entangled love affairs bring both comedy and satire to the timeless dilemma of city versus country life. KCPT's annual Shakespeare in the Park production outdoors at Port Townsend's beautiful Chetzemoka Park.

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.

Comedy of Errors

Childrens Theatre
FREE or PWYC EVENT!!

Seattle Public Theater

Greenlake,Seattle
Opening Night: 8/15/08
Closes: 8/17/08
Double your pleasure, double your fun! Its a mad, mad world, especially when Shakespeare busts out the two sets of identical twins. This frothy romp ranks among the Bard's best for hilarity, with beautiful verse and a wealth of funny lines. Performed b

Crazy for You

Musical Theatre,Comedy

Twelfth Night Productions

West Seattle,Seattle
Opening Night: 8/7/08
Closes: 8/17/08
Twelfth Night Productions presents the new Gershwin musical comedy, Crazy for You. This high energy comedy includes mistaken identity, plot twists, fabulous dance numbers and classic Gershwin music.

Godspell

Musical Theatre

UPAC Theatre Group

Ballard,Seattle
1st Event: 7/31/08
Opening Night: 8/1/08
Closes: 8/16/08
GODSPELL: a joyful celebration of community

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

Intimate Exchanges by Alan Ayckbourn

Comedy

ACT Theatre

Downtown,Seattle
1st Event: 8/15/08
Opening Night: 8/21/08
Closes: 9/14/08
A brilliant comedy for two actors playing six characters in 8 separate plays with 16 different endings, Intimate Exchanges is a wise and witty consideration of the relationship between our desire for change and the ways that life interprets it for us.

Jet City Improv

Improv,Comedy

Wing-It Productions

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

JOHNNY MERCER...UNDER THE STARS

Musical Theatre,Outdoor Theatre

Tacoma Musical Playhouse

Tacoma
Opening Night: 8/15/08
Closes: 8/17/08
Johnny Mercer, the award winning creator of timeless standards and the founder of Capitol Records, is responsible for more than 1000 of your favorite songs from film and stage. Hear them presented by TMP!

Lettice and Lovage

Comedy

Merc Playhouse

Eastside Cities (of Seattle),Twisp
Opening Night: 8/15/08
Closes: 8/30/08
The creative historian and the stuffed blouse square off, both mourning past glories and defending their personal approach to the present. A spirited comedy!

Little Red Studio - The White Show

Party,Performance Art

Little Red Studio

Cascade (South Lake Union),Seattle
Opening Night: 5/31/08
Closes: 8/16/08
Delve into bygone eras with themes of lost innocence and summer romance.

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!

Pippin

Musical Theatre

ArtsWest

West Seattle,Seattle
Opening Night: 8/12/08
Closes: 8/23/08
The musical story of a young prince who refuses to allow his life to be ordinary

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!

Shrek the Musical

Musical Theatre

5th Avenue Theatre

Opening Night: 8/14/08
Closes: 9/21/08
Once upon a time in a land not so far, far away a new musical begins its journey to Broadway. SHREK THE MUSICAL will play an exclusive World Premiere engagement at The 5th Avenue Theatre August 14 September 21, prior to opening on Broadway Fall of 2008.

Snow White and The Seven "Each One Teach One"

Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center

Opening Night: 8/14/08
Closes: 8/17/08

The Little Dog Laughed

Comedy

INTIMAN Theatre

Queen Anne,Seattle
1st Event: 8/15/08
Opening Night: 8/20/08
Closes: 9/13/08
Douglas Carter Beane's Tonynominated play is a comedy about Hollywood how it keeps its actors in the closet and its scripts straight.

The Nexus Project: 10-Minute Play Festival

Comedy

Next Stage

Capitol Hill,Seattle
Opening Night: 8/16/08
Closes: 9/7/08
12 world premieres! 12 Seattle playwrights pen ten minute plays inspired by one of their favorite charities

The Tempest

Childrens Theatre
FREE or PWYC EVENT!!

Seattle Public Theater

Greenlake,Seattle
Opening Night: 8/15/08
Closes: 8/23/08
It wouldn't be summer without Shakespeare at the Bathhouse. We are such stuff as dreams are made on...! Performed by SPT's 1418 year olds.

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!

Urinetown

Childrens Theatre

Seattle Children`s Theatre

Seattle Center (Queen Anne),Seattle
Opening Night: 8/15/08
Closes: 8/23/08
A satirical look at a world without resources and a culture out of ideas and inspirationyou may just pee your pants laughing.

URINETOWN

Musical Theatre,Comedy

Paradise Theatre

Gig Harbor
Opening Night: 8/8/08
Closes: 8/24/08
One of the most oproariously funny musicals in recen years, URINETOWN is a hilarious tale of greed, corruption, love and revolution in a time when water is worth it's weight in gold.

Willy Wonka, Jr.

Stage Door Productions

Opening Night: 8/14/08
Closes: 8/16/08

Workshop sneak preview of “837 Venice Boulevard

Performance Art

Key City Public Theatre

Port Townsend
Opening Night: 8/14/08
Closes: 8/16/08
Faye Driscoll Dance Company's newest work to be premiered in New York City this fall is 837 Venice Boulevard. It is a dance theatre piece about the impossibility of a consistent self, performed by Micheal Helland, Celia Rowlson Hall and Nikki Zilacita.

Zaslove's “Rock & Roll A Midsummer Night’s Dream”

Musical Theatre,Outdoor Theatre

Kitsap Forest Theater (Mountaineers Players)

Bremerton
Opening Night: 8/2/08
Closes: 8/24/08
Enjoy Shakespeares comedy of mistaken identities in this rollicking adaptation featuring classic Fifties pop tunes. The words are Shakespeares but the characters sing and dance the night away in this accessible, witty and funfilled show.