Harlequin Productions is at 502 Washington Street SE, Olympia, WA.
A group of five people—James L. This, Scot Whitney, Linda Whitney, Phil Annis and Ronna Smith—got together in 1991 and decided that they wanted to produce a more challenging style of theater than was available locally. We wrote our mission statement, pooled our start-up capital—a whopping $400 cash—and began producing individual shows at the Washington Center Stage II, a “black box” venue that seated about 100. Seventeen months after beginning our capital campaign, we opened the doors on the beautifully remodeled State Theater. Suddenly we had a theater, a mortgage and a staff. Our budget jumped from $150,000 annually to $750,000. Our full-time staff increased from one to eight. To keep up with the bills and the building, we knew we had to increase income, so we planned to expand from a four-show season to a six-show, year-round season, but the first year we panicked and added two additional shows for a total of eight. And these were not small shows. It was as close as we ever came to failing as a result of driving all human beings involved to near collapse. Then… a bunch of years passed, during which no one has had the time to keep this up to date. But that’s how it started.
Videos
Fat Ham
BAGLEY WRIGHT THEATER (4/12 - 5/4) | ||
Once on This Island
Village Theatre (5/14 - 6/16) | ||
Trio Bistro in Concert!
Whidbey Island Center for the Arts (5/17 - 5/17) | ||
World Premier New Play Brown Bodies on a Blue Earth
The Underground Theater (4/19 - 5/12) | ||
The Fantasticks
Village Theatre (4/27 - 5/19) | ||
Frozen
First Interstate Center for the Arts(Formally INB Performing Arts Center) (7/24 - 8/4) | ||
Mother's Day Improv Comedy Show
Unexpected Productions (5/12 - 5/12) | ||
The Cher Show
First Interstate Center for the Arts(Formally INB Performing Arts Center) (5/18 - 5/19) | ||
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