Intiman Theatre News

The 5th Avenue Theatre has announced that Jay Woods will join its artistic leadership team as Associate Artistic Director - Artist Engagement.

Sound Theatre Company has announced that after three high-impact years with us, Co-Artistic Director Jay Woods will embark on an exciting new role. Effective March 2022, Woods will become The 5th Avenue Theatre's Associate Artistic Director - Artist Engagement.

-Intiman Theatre is thrilled to announce the cast and ticket sales for THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP, A PENNY DREADFUL by Charles Ludlam and directed by Jasmine Joshua (they/them).

Pulling mostly from typically cis-male roles in musical theatre, Beyond the Binary promises to provide unequivocal proof that trans actors belong on stage, and that we should step aside to make room for them.

Artists Rep's Board of Directors, along with Executive Director J.S. May and Managing Director Kisha Jarrett,  have begun succession planning and are collaborating to ensure a smooth artistic leadership transition. In the midst of the transition, the non-profit organization launches its return to in-person production with its 39th season of intimate, provocative theatre.

Intiman Theatre and BECU have partnered to create the “Angels in Seattle: Arts Advocate Awards” which will be distributed on the first day of HOMECOMING Performing Arts Festival.

Intiman Theatre has released the full performance schedule for HOMECOMING Performing Arts Festival.

Intiman Theatre will invite the entire city to join in and celebrate the return of the live arts in a safe, outdoor setting at HOMECOMING Performing Arts Festival!

Malika Oyetimein, director of Merrimack Repertory Theatre's critically acclaimed video production of Fannie Lou Hamer: Speak On It! last fall, will serve as the company's Artist in Residence for the 2021-22 Season, according to Courtney Sale, the Nancy L. Donahue Artistic Director, and Bonnie J. Butkas, Executive Director.

Intiman Online will present a reading of UNDER BIG PINEY Thursday, June 24th to benefit the Southern Poverty Law Center. Written by John Jiler and developed over the past year by the Actors Studio and with director Leah Gardiner, this online reading will be performed by an array of award-winning actors including Tim Blake Nelson and Gloria Reuben.

STARFISH Project, one of Intiman Theatre’s arts education programs, is reaching the culmination of its’ sixth iteration. The high school students involved are pleased to invite the public to view their work, created remotely during COVID during the 2020-21 school year.

Intiman Theatre invites you to join a #SharetheLove campaign event: Writing Fantasy Worlds & Creating the Black Superhero.

Intiman Theatre invites you to a #SharetheLove campaign event: “New Play Development as a Tool for Community Building.”

Intiman Theatre announces a free #SharetheLove panel conversation: Building Back Bolder: Creating an Equitable Arts Recovery.

Effective immediately, Sound Theatre Company has appointed Shermona Mitchell and Andrea Kovich as Board President and Vice President, respectively. Also recently instated is Rebecca Alhadeff as Secretary.

The undergraduate theatre training programs from three Seattle institutions, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle University, and the University of Washington, present Uncharted Waters, a virtual tri-production of two plays: William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, and a new devised work responding to the themes of Twelfth Night.

Seasoned nonprofit executive and trusted advisor to nonprofit boards, Amy Zimerman, has joined Intiman Theatre as the new Managing Director. She will lead the organization alongside Artistic Director, Jennifer Zeyl, and Board Chair, Jasmine Mahmoud.  

Steep Theatre will welcome several new members to its ensemble of artists. Laura Alcalá Baker, Debo Balogun, Chris Chmelik, Destini Huston, Omer Abbas Salem, and Joe Schermoly are Steep’s newest Ensemble Members. All six of these artists have played pivotal roles in Steep’s artistic development over the past several years, and the company is honored to have them involved in shaping the organization’s future.

Ahead of its 2021 season, Sound Theatre looks to the future with new executive-level leadership. They have named Jay O' Leary-Woods as Co-Artistic Director, effective immediately. She will lead alongside founding Artistic Director Teresa Thuman. 

Artistic Director Marya Sea Kaminski and Managing Director Lou Castelli, along with Pittsburgh Public Theater's Board of Trustees, are committed to using the current pause in in-person programming in the wake of Covid-19 as an opportunity to imagine and secure a bright artistic future for the organization.