Review: 5th Avenue’s ‘Afterwords’ relentlessly plucks at the same underdeveloped note
5th Avenue's "Afterwords" fails to meaningfully grapple with topics like grief and addiction. But a talented cast shines.
Dusty Somers
Washington Ensemble Theatre’s ‘Tin Cat Shoes’ takes an appealingly odd look at meaning of work
WET's first full-length live production since the pandemic is shiny, sugary and gleefully nonsensical.
A Shakespearean power struggle gets transplanted to high school hallways at Seattle Rep
Mike Lew's “Teenage Dick," a reimagining of Shakespeare's “Richard III," is onstage at Seattle Rep through April 3.
Slippery, spooky ‘The Thin Place’ opens soon at ACT Theatre
"The Thin Place," opening later this month at ACT Theatre, is by Lucas Hnath, known for his cerebral and formally adventurous plays.
Review: An icon/assault survivor struggles with a choice in Macha Theatre Works’ ‘The Fifth Wave’
The world premiere of “The Fifth Wave,” presented by Macha Theatre Works, finally makes it to the stage. It runs through Feb. 27 at West...
Review: In ‘Hotter Than Egypt’ at Seattle’s ACT Theatre, dividing lines get fuzzy
"Hotter Than Egypt" marks the fifth world premiere staging at ACT Theatre for Seattle playwright Yussef El Guindi. It's a lighter effort than some of...
2 Shakespeare plays to be performed entirely by artists of color in Seattle
Seattle Shakespeare Company's “Drum and Colours” program, which features a cast made up entirely of people of color, pairs “Hamlet” and “As You Like It,”
A common bond is tested in ArtsWest’s ‘Monsters of the American Cinema’
Now on stage at ArtsWest, this world premiere production sketches a vivid characterization of a loving if suddenly tenuous bond between father-figure (Lamar Legend, who...
Seattle playwright Yussef El Guindi tackles the interpersonal and political in ‘Hotter Than Egypt’
In the plays of Yussef El Guindi, the Egyptian-born Seattle writer, characters from different backgrounds fumble for common ground. His latest, “Hotter Than Egypt,” opens...
‘He is irreplaceable’: Village Theatre’s Robb Hunt to retire after 43 years
There’s never been a Village Theatre without Robb Hunt. He was part of a group that founded the Issaquah-based institution in 1979 and, at the...