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ENGLISH Comes to ArtsWest in April


by Stephi Wild - March 06, 2024

ArtsWest will produce the 2023 Pulitzer Prize winning play ENGLISH by Sanaz Toossi. This co-production with Seda Iranian Theatre Ensemble will be directed by Seda co-founder, Naghmeh Samini. ...

ArtsWest to Present BORN WITH TEETH by Liz Duffy Adams Beginning Next Month


by Blair Ingenthron - January 06, 2024

ArtsWest will produce Born with Teeth as the third production in their 2023-2024 Season. Written by Liz Duffy Adams and directed by Artistic Director, Mathew Wright, this two-hander features Michael Monicatti as Christopher Marlowe and Ricky Spaulding as William Shakespeare. Get all the information ...

SNOWED IN Comes to ArtsWest This Month


by Stephi Wild - November 07, 2023

This holiday season, ArtsWest will present the world premiere of Snowed In, a new holiday musical by Corinne Park-Buffelen and ArtsWest Artistic Director Mathew Wright.  ...

SOMETIMES I DREAM... Kicks Off 2023-24 Season at ArtsWest


by Stephi Wild - August 11, 2023

ArtsWest Playhouse announces the first show in the 2023-24 Season, 'Sometimes I Dream...'. Kicking off this season is the comedy Matt & Ben, by Mindy Kaling (The Office, Mindy Project) and Brenda Withers. ...

ArtsWest Announces Season Opener: MATT & BEN By Mindy Kaling & Brenda Withers


by A.A. Cristi - August 09, 2023

ArtsWest Playhouse announces the first show in the 2023-24 Season, 'Sometimes I Dream...'. Kicking off this season is the comedy Matt & Ben, by Mindy Kaling (The Office, Mindy Project) and Brenda Withers....

Velocity Dance Center Announces Fall 2023 Season


by Blair Ingenthron - July 01, 2023

The season features new projects by Meg Foley (PHL), Amy O'Neal (LA), Alyza Delpan-Monley (SEA), and our next cohort of Pacific Northwest-based artists. ...

The Williams Project Presents CHAMPAGNE + SODOMY: The Art And Crime Of Oscar Wilde


by A.A. Cristi - June 20, 2023

This summer, The Williams Project launches a sumptuous and audacious theatrical experiment, Champagne + Sodomy: The Art and Crime of Oscar Wilde, with a two-week-only developmental workshop production....

HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH Returns to Seattle This Month


by Stephi Wild - June 06, 2023

ArtsWest will present the final show in its 2022-23 Season: BEGIN IT – Hedwig & the Angry Inch (by John Cameron Mitchell with music and lyrics by Stephen Trask). This groundbreaking rock musical will return to the ArtsWest stage after five years with its original star, Nicholas Japaul Bernard in the...

ArtsWest to Welcome New Managing Director Inji Kamel


by Blair Ingenthron - May 28, 2023

The Board of Directors at ArtsWest has announced that Inji Kamel is joining the team as ArtsWest's new Managing Director effective May 22, 2023.  Her ties within the arts community, broad experience in theater management and production, and deep commitment to the same values ArtsWest holds made her ...

Five Seattle Premieres Set for ArtsWest's 2023-2024 Season


by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 22, 2023

ArtsWest has announced their 2023-2024 season SOMETIMES I DREAM…, with five productions – all Seattle premieres – featuring the work of Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwrights, new collaborators, and the premiere of a brand-new holiday show specially built for Seattle....

Past Shows


Featuring five new songs from powerhouse playwright/composer/lyricist Justin Huertas, A VERY MERRY KRAKEN TEA PARTY follows the characters of Justin's 2019 ArtsWest hit THE LAST ...

Sunset Baby
9/26 - 10/20/2019


Dominique Morrisseau; dir: Jeffrey Hayden....


ArtsWest: book: Justin Huertas; lyrics: Justin Huertas; music: Justin Huertas....

Office Hour
5/2 - 5/26/2019


Playwright Julia Cho returns to The Public with a taut new drama about a teacher and student desperate to change the narrative of who they ...

John
3/14 - 4/7/2019


Annie Baker; dir: Matthew Decker....

M. Butterfly
1/24 - 2/17/2019


Winner of the Tony Award, the Drama Desk Award and the Outer Critics Circle Award as Best Broadway Play. A brilliant theatrical tour de force ...

JANE EYRE
11/15 - 12/23/2018


Charlotte Brontë's great love story comes to life with music to lift your heart and set your spirit soaring. This beloved tale of secrets and ...

Skeleton Crew
9/20 - 10/14/2018


As the Great Recession of 2008 begins to decimate industries across America, the once-gleaming “Motor City” has lost its luster. At one of its still-standing ...

Kiss of the Spider Woman
6/7 - 7/8/2018


book: Terrence McNally; lyrics: Fred Ebb; music: John Kander....

Hir
3/1 - 3/25/2018


After a dishonorable discharge from the military for drug-related offenses, Isaac returns home from Afghanistan, expecting to confront his abusive father, protect his mother and ...

Peerless
1/18 - 2/22/2018


Jiehae Park....

The Nance
10/26 - 11/19/2017


Douglas Carter Beane; dir: Dennis Lickteig....

The Who & the What
9/7 - 10/1/2017


The Who & The What tells the story of Zarina, a brilliant and outspoken Pakistani-American writer, who goes to great lengths to please her family, ...

SWEENEY TODD
6/1 - 7/1/2017


Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler, is a darkly gripping musical thriller that has garnered numerous accolades, ...

Frozen
4/20 - 5/14/2017


For the first time in forever, experience the musical phenomenon that has taken the world by storm! Based on the Academy Award-winning animated feature film, ...

Milk Like Sugar
3/2 - 3/25/2017


Kirsten Greenidge. ArtsWest Playhouse and Gallery:...

Mothers and Sons
1/19 - 2/11/2017


Mothers and Sons is a timely and provocative new play that explores our evolving understanding of family in today's world. At turns funny and powerful, ...

PETER AND THE STARCATCHER
11/17 - 1/1/2017


Tony-winning Peter and the Starcatcher upends the century-old story of how a miserable orphan comes to be The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up (a.k.a. ...

PETER AND THE STARCATCHER
11/7 - 12/25/2016


Tony-winning Peter and the Starcatcher upends the century-old story of how a miserable orphan comes to be The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up (a.k.a. ...

Peter and the Starcatcher
11/17 - 12/23/2016


Tony-winning Peter and the Starcatcher upends the century-old story of how a miserable orphan comes to be The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up (a.k.a. ...

Peter and the Starcatcher
11/17 - 12/23/2016


Tony-winning Peter and the Starcatcher upends the century-old story of how a miserable orphan comes to be The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up (a.k.a. ...

Ghosts
9/22 - 10/23/2016


With its frank discussion of relationships, morality, and family values, Henrik Ibsen's masterpiece caused a sensation on its debut. In Morris Panych's vital new translation, ...

Ghosts
9/22 - 10/23/2016


With its frank discussion of relationships, morality, and family values, Henrik Ibsen's masterpiece caused a sensation on its debut. In Morris Panych's vital new translation, ...

Death Of A Salesman
4/28 - 5/29/2016


The tragedy of a typical American - a salesman who at the age of sixty-three is faced with what he cannot face: defeat and disillusionment. ...

VIOLET
3/3 - 4/5/2016


Winner of the Drama Critics' Circle Award and Lucille Lortel Award for Best Musical when it premiered Off-Broadway in 1997, and then on to a ...

Really Really
1/21 - 2/14/2016


Paul Downs Colaizzo....

AMERICAN IDIOT
9/10 - 10/11/2015


American Idiot is a sung-through rock musical based on the concept album of the same name by rock band Green Day. After a run at ...

LITTLE WOMEN
11/29 - 12/29/2013


Based on Louisa May Alcott's own family experiences (and novel), LITTLE WOMEN , follows the adventures of Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy March as they ...

LITTLE WOMEN
12/4 - 12/29/2013


Based on Louisa May Alcott's own family experiences (and novel), LITTLE WOMEN , follows the adventures of Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy March as they ...

BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON
10/17 - 11/10/2012


strongBLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON/strong tells the story of America's first political maverick. A.J. kicked British butt, shafted the Indians and smacked down the Spaniards all ...

Evil Dead: The Musical
Evil Dead: The Musical
10/20 - 11/20/2010


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