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| | Birds of Play
By Tanya Gagné, Elena Brocade and Laura Lippert
Directed by Tanya Gagné
July 10th -19th, 2025
A contemporary circus cabaret directed by the world famous Tanya Gagné in collaboration with Elena Brocade and Laura Lippert, all three women working professionally in the industry around the globe for over 20 years. Exploring forms of flight, fashion, alchemy, magic, mayhem, mastery and mystery delivered in a joyful celebration of freedom and fearlessness. This piece is recommended for ages 12 and up.
Runtime: 70 minutes, no intermission | Buy tickets |
| | Grasping
Conceived by Melodie Gorow and Stephanie Cadd
July 16th, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Balance Productions connects west coast movers, and inspires them to create and showcase their work. This is their first production where they will be bringing together various movers to explore and research the concept of grasping. In all the things we reach for in our lives, what journeys have served us and our community, and what things have held us back, but are no less important on our path? Each piece will be the performer's unique take of the theme which they will explore through, dance or contortion.
Runtime: 60 minutes, no intermission | Buy tickets |
| | Shadows Under the Market
Conceived by Maggie Lee
Written by Kelleen Conway Blanchard, Maggie Lee, Darian Lindle, Matt Smith, and M. Yichao
Directed by
A Seattle Public Theater Education Department Production
August 1st - 9th, 2025
Strange, mysterious entities have always lurked below the streets of Pike Place Market, but they usually keep to the shadows, just out of sight…until now. Something is causing the malevolent energy to spiral out of control, and it’s up to a ragtag group of teen summer employees to stop it. On top of that, the bumbling paranormal agency sent to eradicate the problem only keeps making things worse! They’ll need to figure out how to deal with these dark apparitions (and each other) before the Market is swallowed in shadows forever. A new original horror comedy anthology written for actors ages 14-18.
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| | Jurassic Parking Lot
By Jeff Schell and Ryan Dobosh
Directed by Mark Siano
A co-production with The Habit and Seattle Public Theater
August 20th - September 14th, 2025
From the creators of Titanish and A Very Diehard Christmas comes a new bawdy comedy
with dinosaurs.
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| | Stage of Fools
By Joy McCullough
Directed by Amy Poisson
A co-production with Macha Theatre Works and Seattle Public Theater
October 3rd - November 2nd, 2025
A small feminist theater company, struggling to survive, thinks they have found their golden goose. They make bedfellows with a retired action movie star who wants to play the titular role of King Lear, Shakespeare is not their thing but with the promise of a percent of his Net Worth, they take the plunge. Things don’t go as planned and these artists find out the hard way about the art of inflating one’s own worth.
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| | Cozy Little Murders
Organized by Caitlin Frances
Sunday, October 19th, 2025 at 7pm
An evening of murder themed short stories, directed and read aloud by some of Seattle’s top talent? Mix a little Miss Phisher with a little Agatha Christie and splash of Edgar Allan Poe for inspiration and you have some darkly fun tales to start off the witchy-wintery season. YES, PLEASE!
Runtime: 90 minutes, including intermission | Buy tickets |
| | A Very Die Hard Christmas
By Jeff Schell and The Habit
Directed by Mark Siano
A co-production with The Habit and Seattle Public Theater
November 14th - December 21st, 2025
Yippie Ki Yay, it's a Christmas miracle! Coming back this holiday season, from the comedy writers that have had Seattle in stitches for decades, comes A Very Die Hard Christmas, a musical parody that is sure to blow the roof off the joint. Sketch writers from The Habit team up with Seattle Public Theater to create this holiday comedy perfect for those who like their Christmas entertainment with lots of action, 80s jokes, smooth soft rock jams, and snarky German terrorists.
Runtime: 105 minutes (includes one intermission)
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| | Illuminating the Dark: An Evening of Short Stories
Sunday, December 7th, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Seattle Public Theater presents Illuminating the Dark! 5 magical, heartfelt, and comedic short stories read aloud by some of Seattle’s top Actors on one special night. Come in from the cold, get a hot cup of cocoa and let your imagination wander as our talented readers spin their tales.
Runtime: Under 2 hours including intermission. | Buy tickets |
| | Haunted Holiday
Tuesday, December 16th, 2025 at 7:30 PM
New ghostly Christmas stories written and read aloud by Seattle’s own Author/Actors Kelleen Conway and Scot Augustson. Add to that a short adaptation of “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens and a special poem by Paul Mullin read aloud by Seattle Actor Evan Whitfield and it’s an evening you won’t want to miss. Come in, get a hot cup of coco and enjoy.
Runtime: 125 minutes including intermission | Buy tickets |
| | Li
By Wei He
Directed by Christie Zhao
A co-production with SIS productions and Seattle Public Theater
January 16th - February 8th, 2026
Li, a mid-career thief from Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, suddenly finds herself taking on too much responsibility. She breaks into an apartment and ends up emptying her pockets to feed its old, blind and starving resident. She gets a phone call from her estranged brother, a college professor in New York City, who tells her that he’s dying from cancer and now it’s her job to take care of their mother. With three mouths to feed, Li has to reconsider her career choice. Can her street smarts help her survive? A play with a radio, a hen, and a really good fart joke.
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| | The World Looks Different Sitting Down
(a self-produced one-person show)
Written and performed by Teal Sherer
Directed and choregraphed by Jessica Wallenfels
February 20th - March 1st, 2026
From the dark alleyways of Hollywood to surprising celebrity engagements, the life of a working actor is filled with highs and lows. Add a wheelchair into that mix, and you enter the world of Teal Sherer, an actor, mom and disability advocate living a normal, extraordinary life as a wheelchair user. The World Looks Different Sitting Down is a tale of confronting the world at crotch level to bust open misconceptions and limitations. Whether it's falling in love while learning to surf or navigating mommy groups who were all about pushing strollers, Teal tells her story with humor, candidness, and vulnerability. Audiences will leave the show with an expanded view of disability in the world as they witness a fight to not be inspirational but simply to be seen.
Free to the public, a workshop with a post-play discussion. The writer/producer/performer is seeking feedback. Donations gladly accepted.
Runtime: 75 minutes, no intermission. | Buy tickets |
| | Hurricane Diane
By Madeleine George
Directed by Annie Lareau
March 20th - April 12th, 2026
Meet Diane, a permaculture gardener dripping with butch charm. She's got supernatural abilities owing to her true identity—the Greek god Dionysus—and she's returned to the modern world to gather mortal followers and restore the Earth to its natural state.
Runtime: 2 hours and 15 minutes, including intermission | Buy tickets |
| | Youth Voices
March 23rd, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Join our Teen participants as they share their journey through the process of making a personal story into a theatrical piece and develop an original work.
Runtime: 60 minutes with no intermission | Buy tickets |
| | Aviatrix
Book and lyrics by Angela Poe Russell
Music and lyrics by Dionne McClain-Freeney
Directed by Amy Poisson
May 15th - June 7th, 2026
Determined to make something of herself, a girl from rural Texas dreams of flying. But it’s 1917 and flight schools don’t accept women, much less one who is Black and Native. Refusing to take no for answer, Bessie Coleman charts a most unique path, making her legacy — aviation legend.
Runtime: 2 hours and 30 minutes, including intermission | Buy tickets |