If you haven't had a chance to catch it yet, this weekend is your last chance to see Stone Soup Theatre's Durang7 production, a set of one-acts by the playwright Christopher Durang. We haven't seen the production, but we've acted in at least a couple of the included plays in our day and the scripts alone recommend the show. He's got a funny, satirical wit. John Ned of Stone Soup recently dropped Durang a few questions in e-mail. Here's what he…
Take a stroll round the lake this weekend and check out some theater in neighboring Green Lake: Friday, November 13 at 7pm and Saturday, November 14 at 2pm and 7pm Seattle Public Theater’s Youth Ensemble presents Lebensraum By Israel Horowitz All youth productions FREE (with suggested donation to the education program) Seattle Public Theatre at the Greenlake Bathhouse (Free Parking) 7312 W Green Lake Dr N SPT’s high school ensemble asks “What if?” in the Seattle premiere of a daring and…
When was the last time you went out and saw live theater? Perhaps it will come as no surprise to hear that when we were in high school, we were in the drama club. We're pretty sure we were the president or something. In the course of our four acned years, we performed in a dozen or more plays, more than a few by Christopher Durang: Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You, The Actor's Nightmare, etc. They were always…
Want to meet one of your neighbors? How about Ryan Childers? He lives on 45th St down near Latona. By day, he's a preschool teacher. By night, he's Mellersh Wilton, an uptight and businesslike British gentleman following his wife to a villa in Italy. At least that's the character he's playing in Taproot Theater's production of Enchanted April. Ryan, who was born in Port Angeles but moved to Seattle 6 years ago (and to Wallingford 2 years ago), has been acting…
Sometimes we feel sorry for the U District because it doesn't have a blog of its own (and because it must be tough to put up with that stale beer smell). Anyway, that's why we'll sometimes run stories about what's going on over there, even though we try to focus on Wallingford. Kris asked us to mention that the UW Drama School is having a free open house for their newly renovated Jones Playhouse (4045 University Way NE) this Friday, October…