The Golden Door: an American immigrant song cycle at Seattle Open Arts Place (Formerly known as 18th & Union)

Composer and director Shaudi Bianca Vahdat brings her timely project The Golden Door: an American immigrant song cycle to the Central District’s Seattle Open Arts Place. 

DATES AND TIMES: 

Friday, July 18, 7:30pm

Saturday, July 19, 7:30pm

Sunday, July 20, 2pm

The Golden Door is a new musical theatre song cycle based on the real words of people in American immigrant communities. A cast of five standout Seattle musical theatre performers, joined by a live band, brings to life a series of songs drawn from interviews conducted by Vahdat with members of BIPOC immigrant communities across the U.S. Using these interviews, historical documents, and her own identity as a second-generation Iranian-American, Vahdat has crafted a show that honors, explores, and celebrates these diverse stories.

These performances are presented as a co-production with Seattle Open Arts Place, and serve as an encore of a popular performance originally presented through the Artists at the Center program on the Seattle Center Armory Stage in June 2025.

Prefer a livestream? Tickets to a livestream of the July 19 performance, available on-demand until July 26, can be purchased at this link.

The show is approximately one hour, with no intermission. The venue is accessible for those using wheelchairs.

CAST

Adele Lim

Becca Mercado

Caitlin Sarwono

Matthew Reyes

Melisa Cedillo

COMPOSER, LYRIC ADAPTOR, PIANIST and DIRECTOR

Shaudi Bianca Vahdat

PERCUSSIONIST

Alan Echison