Theater

In 2011, Stone Soup Theater debuted the Double XX Fest, a festival of plays written and directed exclusively by women. And they're back, baby. Join Stone Soup for the Double XX Fest 2.0, running from April 19th through May 6th. This isn't your run-of-the-mill, sit down and watch the play and then go home kind of festival. Double XX Fest 2.0 blankets Seattle with 3 weeks of plays, cabaret, spoken word, a 24 hour All Female Play Fest, workshops, solo performance and full-length…

There's a bit of the voyeur in all of us, isn't there? A draw to those certain pieces of literature that offer a glimpse into someone else's private tragedy or sorrow. Horton Foote's Pulitzer Prize-winning play gives the audience more than a glimpse--its characters break down the human condition blatantly, emphatically and simply. I could touch their pain and feel the tension. I wanted to move the few feet from my seat onto the set of the Kidder family living room and…

Stone Soup Theatre announces The Double (XX) Fest, a festival of plays written and directed exclusively by women, April 7 - April 24th. And no, get your head out of the gutter. I said DOUBLE X (XX) as in DNA, chromosomes & all that.  I did not say triple X,  cheeky monkey.  The (XX) Fest continues in the tradition of the now-defunct Mae West Fest, which ran for nearly a decade.  But the (XX) Fest goes a step further. It's a…