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Cast and Creative Team Set For FAT HAM at Seattle Rep


by Stephi Wild - March 15, 2024

Seattle Rep has announced the cast and creative team for their upcoming production of Fat Ham, a reimagining of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet set at a Southern Black family cookout....

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.  ...

Seattle Shakespeare Company's Announces Co-Director and Change of Dates For THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR


by A.A. Cristi - October 09, 2023

Seattle Shakespeare Company announces a change of dates for their production of 'Merry Wives' and introduces a new co-director....

Book-It Theatre to Close its Doors After Final Season Show


by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 28, 2023

Recovery from the pandemic and a business model that doesn’t work in today’s environment are at the core of Book-It Repertory Theatre’s decision this week to cancel production planning of its 2023/24 season....

Seattle's Book-It Theatre Will Close After 33 Years


by A.A. Cristi - June 27, 2023

Recovery from the pandemic and a business model that doesn't work in  this environment are at the core of Book-It Repertory Theatre's decision this week to  cancel production planning of its 2023/24 season. ...

Review: SOLARIS at Book-It Repertory Theatre


by Jay Irwin - June 20, 2023

One thing that can be said about Book-It Repertory Theatre, Dear Readers, is that they know how to surprise and thrill. Their 2016 productions of “The Brothers K” still live rent free in my head. So, when I heard they were tackling a novel such as Stanislaw Lem’s “Solaris”, currently playing at the ...

Book-It Welcomes Interim Artistic Director


by Stephi Wild - May 12, 2023

Book-It Repertory Theatre has announced Kelly Kitchens as its Interim Artistic Director. Kitchens takes over for Gus Menary, who was Artistic Director from 2019-2023, and will be relocating to Chicago after directing Solaris, the final show in Book-It’s 2022-2023 Season....

Book-It Repertory Theatre Welcomes Kelly Kitchens As Interim Artistic Director


by A.A. Cristi - May 11, 2023

Book-It Repertory Theatre has announced Kelly Kitchens as its Interim Artistic Director. Kitchens takes over for Gus Menary, who was Artistic Director from 2019-2023, and will be relocating to Chicago after directing Solaris, the final show in Book-It's 2022-2023 Season. ...

Composer Huang Ruo Conducts BOUND, A True Story Of Navigating Life As A Second-Generation Immigrant


by Blair Ingenthron - April 27, 2023

Seattle Opera closes its 2022/23 season with the West Coast premiere of Bound, a new chamber opera from composer Huang Ruo and librettist Bao-Long Chu that premiered at Houston Grand Opera in 2014....

Cast Set for THE SQUIRREL PLAYS U.S. Premiere at Mirror Stage


by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 13, 2023

Mirror Stage has announced full finalized cast for the U.S. premiere of The Squirrel Plays by award-winning playwright Mia McCullough and direction by Suzanne M. Cohen....

Past Shows

Solaris
Solaris
6/14 - 7/9/2023


For the scientists aboard the space station orbiting Solaris, the strange new planet is a manifestation of their life’s work – a dream come true. ...

Austen Unbound
Austen Unbound
11/30 - 12/18/2022


Austen Unbound  is Book-It Repertory Theatre’s first long-form improvised play. At each performance of this show, the ensemble will create an entirely new story, set ...

2020-21 Audio Book-It Season Subscription


Bold adaptations of extraordinary stories brought to you in an all-audio format. 5 brand new shows to experience, enjoy, and count on. Share a subscription ...

Childfinder - Audio Play
10/28 - 6/30/2021


Barbara is a telepath who walked away from the organization that was exploiting her gift for finding children with psychic potential. But now they've come ...

Mañanaland - Audio Play
2/1 - 6/30/2021


In a lyrical and warmhearted adventure for the whole family, we meet a boy who wants to grow up faster than his Papá is ready ...


Oscar Wilde, one of our favorite wits and celebrated scoundrels, gives us an hilarious satire at the intersection of American and British sensibilities. Full of ...


The masterful N.K. Jemisin weaves an intriguing spy thriller with a thread of steampunk and a touch of Sapphic romance. Lush, daring, and sultry, this ...


In 1893, the British public was horrified to learn that Sherlock Holmes had perished in a deadly struggle with the arch-criminal, Professor Moriarty, at Reichenbach ...

Possum Magic
4/1 - 5/30/2021


Hush loves being invisible! She can be squashed by koalas, slide down kangaroos, and stay safe from snakes. It’s a great life—until Hush realizes that, ...

Koala Lou
2/1 - 4/30/2021


Koala Lou loves being an older sibling, but misses having her mother all to herself. She decides to sign-up for the gum tree climbing event ...

Dreamers
1/2 - 3/3/2021


The Reader’s Theatre script will be in Spanish, English, and a bilingual version (pronunciation support video provided). “Books became our language. Books became our home. ...

Octopus Stew
10/15 - 12/31/2020


Superhero-loving Ramsey and his grandmother are in for a giant adventure when they attempt to cook up a family favorite, octopus stew. Based on the ...

The Turn of the Screw
2/12 - 3/8/2020


By Douglas Jones. Based on the novella by Henry James. Genuine chills are provided in this tale of a governess, left in charge of a ...

Howl's Moving Castle
11/29 - 12/29/2019


Myra Platt; lyrics: Justin Huertas; music: Justin Huertas....

Everything is Illuminated
9/11 - 10/6/2019


adapt: Jonathan Safran Foer from Simon Block; dir: Aaron Posner....


Decadent Victorian London: The socialite Lord Henry seduces the beautifully boyish Dorian Gray, into a double life of pleasure, murder and excess. Unlike Lord Henry, ...

The Maltese Falcon
2/8 - 4/2/2018


adapt: Jane Jones, Kevin McKeon from Jane Jones, Kevin McKeon; dir: Jane Jones. Nordo's Culinarium:...

Welcome To Braggsville
6/7 - 7/2/2017


adapt: Josh Aaseng, Daemond Arrindell from T. Geronimo Johnson; dir: Josh Aaseng. World Premiere...

A Movable Feast
2/8 - 3/26/2017


adapt: Jane Jones, Judd Parkin from Ernest Hemmingway; music: Annastasia Workman; dir: Jane Jones....


adapt: Myra Platt from David James Duncan; dir: Myra Platt....


adapt: Myra Platt from David James Duncan; dir: Myra Platt....

Emma
12/2 - 1/3/2016


Emma (or Emma: A Play in Two Acts about Emma Goldman, American Anarchist, its full title) is a play by historian and playwright Howard Zinn ...


adapt: Jane Jones from Raymond Carver; dir: Jane Jones....

Slaughterhouse-Five
6/9 - 7/3/2015


For tickets and more information, visit the website....

Little Bee
4/22 - 5/17/2015


adapt: Myra Platt; dir: Myra Platt....

The Dog of the South
2/11 - 3/8/2015


adapt: Jane Jones; dir: Jane Jones....

Center Theatre:
6/5 - 7/13/2014


The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay adapt: Jeff Schwager; dir: Myra Platt....

Truth Like the Sun
4/23 - 5/18/2014


adapt: Jane Jones; dir: Jane Jones. World Premiere...


Center Theatre: adapt: David Quicksall; dir: David Quicksall....

Circumbendibus: Jesus' Son
11/5 - 11/24/2013


West of Lenin: adapt: Jeff Schwager; dir: Josh Aaseng....

She's Come Undone
9/18 - 10/13/2013


adapt: Kelly Kitchens; dir: Kelly Kitchens....


Jones Playhouse at the University of Washington: - adapt: Myra Platt; dir: Myra Platt....


Center Theatre at the Armory: - adapt: Jane Jones, Judd Parkin; dir: Jane Jones....

Anna Karenina
2/5 - 3/3/2013


Center Theatre at the Armory: - adapt: Kevin McKeon; dir: Mary Machala....

Novel Workshop Series
1/17 - 1/20/2013


Jones Playhouse at the University of Washington: -...


dir: Linda Whitney. State Theater:...

Prairie Nocturne
2/7 - 3/4/2012

Videos


Fat Ham in Seattle Fat Ham
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Aladdin in Seattle Aladdin
Paramount Theatre (4/24 - 4/28)
The Cher Show in Seattle The Cher Show
First Interstate Center for the Arts(Formally INB Performing Arts Center) (5/18 - 5/19)
The Fantasticks in Seattle The Fantasticks
Village Theatre (4/27 - 5/19)
What an Impossible Idea in Seattle What an Impossible Idea
Free Range Theater (4/25 - 4/28)
Once on This Island in Seattle Once on This Island
Village Theatre (5/14 - 6/16)
Into the Breeches! in Seattle Into the Breeches!
Red Curtain Arts Center (4/12 - 4/28)
Trio Bistro in Concert! in Seattle Trio Bistro in Concert!
Whidbey Island Center for the Arts (5/17 - 5/17)
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