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Lollyville: The Workshop
Fri May 24 at 8 pm.Theater
Lollyville is a communal village entirely inhabited by women, and one ghost. Playwrights Bret Fetzer and Juliet Waller Pruzan weave a modern fairytale about loneliness, love, and school reports about ladybugs. Talkback with the playwrights and director Kristina Sutherland to follow. Macha Monkey Productions at $10.
33 Variations
Wed-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 3 pm. Through May 25.Theater
Nominated for five Tony Awards, Moises Kauffman's play is a drama set in New York City and Austria about a mother and a composer separated by 200 years. $10-$45.
Team of Heroes: No More Heroes
Thurs-Sat at 8 pm. Through May 25.Theater
Writer Alexander Harris and director Jaime Roberts return with (almost all of) the original cast members for the final installment in the superhero trilogy about "the underbelly of doing good," which Paul Constant has described as "a superhero movie made on a tiny theater budget." $5-$20.
The Temperamentals
Thurs-Sat at 7:30 pm, select Sun matinees. Through May 25.Theater
A play by Jon Marans about a love affair between two of the founding members of the Mattachine Society, the first sustained LGBT rights organization in the US. The title comes from the early 20th-century usage of the word "temperamental," which is slang for "homosexual." "An eminently likable docudrama about gay identity in the age of Eisenhower" (New York Times). $12-$20.
Three Billy Goats Gruff
Fri at 7:30 pm, Sat-Sun at 1 and 3 pm. Through May 26.Theater
A puppet version of the classic fable about three goats who attempt to cross a bridge, guarded by a troll. Thistle Theater company uses Bunraku, full-body, and rod puppets, designed and built by Brian Kooser. Featuring two puppeteers and original music. $8-$10.
Grey Gardens
Tues-Wed at 7:30 pm, Thurs-Fri at 8 pm, Sat at 2 and 8 pm, Sun at 2 and 7 pm. Through June 2.Theater
"Directed by Kurt Beattie, Grey Gardens is a musical based on the fascinating real-life story of Edith and Little Edie, a mother and daughter from the wealthy Bouvier-Beale clan, once great socialites (and cousins of Jackie O) who became fallen, cat-food-snarfing shut-ins. Act one (the problem!) takes place in July 1941, when the Bouvier-Beales are living high on the gilded hog in their still-glorious Hampton estate. This part of the legend is necessary for context, to introduce the family, and to properly frame their fall. It needs to be, you know... there. But it is not worth fully one-half of this darn-nigh-three-hour show. And it is definitely not the most interesting or important part of the Grey Gardens story." (Adrian Ryan) $55-$77.
In the Land of Rain and Salmon, Jewish Voices of the Northwest: 1880-1920
Sun June 2 at 2 pm.Theater
Washington State Jewish Historical Society and Book-It Repertory Theater present a theatrical adaptation of Family of Strangers, Building A Jewish Community In Washington State and other stories. Narratives in the book by Molly Cone, Howard Droker, and Jacqueline Williams with others follow the challenges and triumphs of Jewish families that arrived in Washington state between 1880 and 1920. $18-$36.
Fela!
Tues-Thurs at 7:30 pm, Fri at 8 pm, Sat at 2 and 8 pm, Sun at 1 and 6:30 pm. Through June 2.Theater
The (mostly) true story of Fela Kuti, the Nigerian musician and activist who helped create Afrobeat, a blend of jazz, funk, and Yoruba music. His unusual living situation (he lived in an urban commune with 27 wives) and outspoken political critiques made him a target for the Nigerian military, which attacked and killed some of his family and bandmates. (During an attack on the commune, Kuti's mother was flung out of a window and killed.) Directed by Bill T. Jones, the musical mostly focuses on Kuti's sonic inventiveness and the generation of Africans he inspired. $20-$85.
Three Billy Goats Gruff
Sat-Sun at 1 and 3 pm. Through June 2.Theater
A puppet version of the classic fable about three goats who attempt to cross a bridge, guarded by a troll. Thistle Theater company uses Bunraku, full-body, and rod puppets, designed and built by Brian Kooser. Featuring two puppeteers and original music. $8-$10.
Two Rooms
Thurs-Mon at 8 pm. Through June 3.Theater
A dramatic work by Lee Blessing (A Walk in the Woods) about Lainie, who imagines negotiating conversations with the U.S. State Department and press about her husband, who is being held hostage in Lebanon. Produced by Confrontational Theater Project. $10.
The Language Archive
Thurs-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. Through June 9.Theater
Twin stories by Julia Cho about love and language, in which a linguist can't talk his way out of divorce and an indigenous tongue is threatened with extinction due to a lover's spat. Directed by Shana Bestock. $10-$29.
One Act Plays by Tennessee Williams
Wed-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. Through June 9.Theater
University of Washington graduate students Tina Polzin and Leah Adcock-Starr directed five one act plays by Tennessee Williams, featuring an ensemble cast of graduate and undergraduate students. $10-$20.
Murder Abbey
Wed at 8 pm. Through June 12.Theater
Upright Citizens Brigade comedian Kate Hess parodies the BBC's Downton Abbey entirely on her own and with period costumes. The Daily Beast calls it one of the "six best Downton Abbey spoofs." $10.
Cloud Nine
Thurs-Sat at 7:30 pm. Through June 14.Theater
Rogue Theatrics presents Caryl Churchill's well-known 1979 queer-feminist-political play. In Act 1, a Victorian-era family plays out their drama in colonial Africa. In Act 2 we see the same family with genders reversed in 1970s London. $15-$20.
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305 Harrison St
Seattle (Downtown)
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The Twilight Zone: Live!
Thurs-Sat at 8 pm. Through June 15.Theater
Rod Serling's scripts are brought to life by director Tim Moore and an ensemble cast in a boozy, cheerful atmosphere. This round features the episodes "I Shot an Arrow into the Air," "It's a Good Life," and "The Night of the Meek." $18-$23.
Bach at Leipzig
Wed-Thurs at 7:30 pm, Fri at 8 pm, Sat at 2 and 8 pm. Through June 15.Theater
Set in 18th-century Germany, Itamar Moses (Outrage, Celebrity Row, The Four of Us) composes a fictional story—structured like a fugue—about J.S. Bach vying against German organists who play dirty as they all reach for the position as prime organist and musical director. $20-$40.
Quickies: Volume 14
Fri at 8 pm, Sat at 4 and 8 pm. Through June 15.Theater
The return of Live Girls! annual short play festival featuring women playwrights. $15-$20.
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409 Seventh Ave S
Seattle (International District)
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Sandbox One-Act Play Festival
Thurs-Sat at 8 pm. Through June 15.Theater
The Sandbox Artists Collective presents new one-act plays written by Scot Auguston, Elizabeth Heffron, Paul Mullin, and Emily Conbere. Directed by Julie Beckman, Carol Roscoe, Annie Lareau, and Andrew McGinn. $15.
Thought Experiments on the Question of Being Human: Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Thurs-Sat at 7:30 pm. Through June 15.Theater
Five scientists who work in the field of robotics or artificial intelligence teamed up with a local playwright. Their results are five short plays, each providing a unique perspective on the question of being human. Each performance is followed by a scientist-led conversation with the audience. Infinity Box Theater Project at $5-$17.
SMOKED!
Thurs and Sun at 7:30 pm, Fri-Sat at 8 pm. Through June 16.Theater
"SMOKED! is marketed as an homage to the genre-defining spaghetti westerns of Sergio Leone, best known for the Man with No Name trilogy. Ray Tagavilla gamely invokes Clint Eastwood's stoic, irreverent stranger, riding into a troubled town in the grip of a big bad boss. Two of the dishes elicited actual pain. The spring vegetable 'spaghetti' (read: coleslaw) came with mozzarella 'meatballs' rolled in powdered olives, a combination so salty it hurt. The smoked alfalfa-hay popcorn was impressive only from a scientific standpoint, as each kernel carried such an intense cigarette-smoke sensation that it stung the lungs." (Kim Fu) Cafe Nordo at $60-$80.
Mating Games: 9 Short Comedies about Love, Sex, and the Science of Desire
Fri-Sat at 8 pm. Through June 22.Theater
An ensemble cast and team of directors and playwrights present nine new short plays about sex, romance, and attraction. Seattle Playwrights Collective at $10-$18.
Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth
Thurs-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. Through June 23.Theater
British schoolboys and Cold War-era Czechoslovakian actors are the new characters in Tom Stoppard's interpretations of two tragedies by Shakespeare. Sound Theater Company at $5-$25.
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