Kelly Kitchens News

Seattle Public Theater (SPT) at the Bathhouse has announced its 2014-15 Mainstage season featuring two Pacific Northwest premieres and a world premiere play penned by a Gregory Award winning playwright.

Seattle Public Theater's (SPT) Youth Program presents a treasure trove of classic fairy tales cast into a modern context with Bluebeard's Wife: Dark Fairy Tales Re-Imagined for Our Time, directed by SPT Artistic Associate, Kelly Kitchens.

Seattle Theater Writers, a critics' circle of local theater writers and reviewers, today announces the 2013 slate of nominees of the third annual Gypsy Rose Lee Awards, theater awards devoted to recognizing excellence across the economic spectrum of professional Seattle theaters.

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Voting is now underway for Seattle! We have a record number of votes in already, but if you haven't voted yet, click here to vote! If you have voted already, tell your friends.

Voting is now underway for Seattle! We have a record number of votes in already, but if you haven't voted yet, click here to vote! If you have voted already, tell your friends.

Audience favorite Patrick Lennon returns as the sometimes sanguine, frequently surly David (AKA Crumpet the Elf) in Joe Montello's adaptation of The Santaland Diaries, David Sedaris' witty and sardonic chronicle of the holiday season. The Santaland Diaries previews December 5th, and runs December 6th to 24TH, 2013 at the historic Bathhouse Theater on Green Lake.

Seattle Public Theater (SPT) cautiously welcomes back the horrible Herdman family for another assault on our seasonal sensibilities in The Best Christmas Pageant Ever at the historic Bathhouse Theater on Green Lake.

Seattle Shakespeare Company kicks off its schedule of Wooden O free, outdoor summer plays - Henry V and The Tempest - which will run tonight, July 11, continuing through August 11. During Wooden O's 20th Anniversary both plays will perform in park venues throughout King County (please see attached schedule). All performances are free and open to the public. Donations are heartily encouraged.

Seattle Shakespeare Company announces its schedule of Wooden O free, outdoor summer plays - Henry V and The Tempest - which will run July 11 through August 11. During Wooden O's 20th Anniversary both plays will perform in park venues throughout King County (please see attached schedule). All performances are free and open to the public. Donations are heartily encouraged.

The Custom Made Play Project announces the artist lineup for the second project: Emily Conbere (Playwright), Kelly Kitchens (Actor), Betsy Schwartz (Actor) and Rebecca Olson (Actor, Producer). The second project will begin development in summer 2013.

I've always been leery of transplanting locales and time periods of classic plays just because we can. Naked 'Macbeth', 'Romeo and Juliet' in a high school, cartoon lions in Africa doing 'Hamlet'. Often times it's just to shake things up and lends nothing to the story. But the current production of 'The Taming of the Shrew' from Seattle Shakespeare Company setting those battling lovers in a Trailer Park not only works but is also completely inspired. In an era of reality TV showing rednecks right and left, a story of feuding siblings, ball busting women and swaggering men is a perfect fit. And while I usually hate reality TV for it's mocking of people it feels are inferior, this production shows no hate or contempt for the trailer park set but revels in their joy and boisterousness and invites you to laugh right along WITH them. And laugh you do!

A rowdy, rural romance takes the stage when Seattle Shakespeare Company presents a revival of its popular trailer park version of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shew. Originally produced in 2009 as part of the company's outdoor Wooden O shows, The Taming of the Shrew will be brought indoors to the Playhouse at Seattle Center April 25 through May 12. Director Aimee Bruneau along with many of the original cast members return for the revival.

THE TAMING OF THE SHREW by William Shakespeare, directed by Aimee Bruneau will open April 26 at the Playhouse at Seattle Center (formerly Intiman), 201 Mercer Street, Seattle, Washington. The production closes Sunday, May 12, 2013. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

For its upcoming 2013-14 season Seattle Public Theater (SPT) invites audiences to unearth a keepsake box full of gems that examine and celebrate class, chaos theory…and cupcakes. Four plays, Broke-ology, American Wee-Pie, Gidion's Knot, and Arcadia, plays that look deeply into history, legacy, and the things we hold dear.

A rowdy, rural romance takes the stage when Seattle Shakespeare Company presents a revival of its popular trailer park version of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shew. Originally produced in 2009 as part of the company's outdoor Wooden O shows, The Taming of the Shrew will be brought indoors to the Playhouse at Seattle Center April 25 through May 12. Director Aimee Bruneau along with many of the original cast members return for the revival.

Four free performances March 15, 16 & 17 at the historic Bathhouse Theater on Green Lake. Donations are encouraged, and go to support SPT's Youth Scholarship Fund.

Theresa Rebeck has made a name for herself with her rich and engaging characters on stage and most recently with her look into the underbelly of theater with her hit TV show, "Smash". And along those lines her play "The Understudy" currently playing at Seattle Public Theater manages a fun and illuminating look into show business as well. And while the play doesn't always have the most original concepts out there, this production manages some finely layered performances from its ensemble cast.

Seattle Shakespeare Company will celebrate 20 years of free Shakespeare in the parks this summer with productions of the Henry V and The Tempest. Performances of both productions will begin on Thursday, July 11 and will run through Sunday, August 11, 2013.