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  • The 39 Steps

    The 39 Steps
    Centerstage Theatre 3200 SW Dash Point Rd, Federal Way, WA, United States

    Spies, Slap-Stick, Clownery, and Romance Centerstage Presents  The 39 Steps   By John Buchan & Patrick Barlow Directed by Angela Bayler March 27 - April 19, 2026 Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm, and Sundays at 2:00pm   FEDERAL WAY, WA—Mix a Hitchcock movie with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python, toss ...

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    $21 – $47
  • The Vanguard Generation: African American Artists, 1880-1918 with Daniel E. Atkinson

    Lacey Timberland Library 500 College St SE, Lacey, WA, United States

    Discover the remarkable first generation of African American artists and performers whose contributions helped shape popular culture. Active after the Civil War and before World War I, many of these artists were the first in their families to be born out of bondage or to attend college—overcoming tremendous hardship in defiance of Jim Crow laws. ...

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    Free
  • The 39 Steps

    The 39 Steps
    Centerstage Theatre 3200 SW Dash Point Rd, Federal Way, WA, United States

    Spies, Slap-Stick, Clownery, and Romance Centerstage Presents  The 39 Steps   By John Buchan & Patrick Barlow Directed by Angela Bayler March 27 - April 19, 2026 Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm, and Sundays at 2:00pm   FEDERAL WAY, WA—Mix a Hitchcock movie with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python, toss ...

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    $21 – $47
  • MCE: The Searching Soul

    The Washington Center for the Performing Arts 512 Washington St SE, Olympia

    Join us for a profound and moving musical journey. The Searching Soul pairs the lyrical brilliance of Felix Mendelssohn with the soaring, spiritual depth of Ralph Vaughan Williams. Accompanied by an orchestra, this concert explores music that reaches for meaning, hope, and transcendence.

    $18 – $38
  • Bold Voices: The Children

    Bold Voices: The Children
    State Theater 202 4th Avenue East, Olympia, WA, United States

    The Children is the first staged reading in the 2026 Bold Voices series. A post-show discussion will follow both performances Retired nuclear physicists Robin and Hazel attempt to maintain normalcy as the world outside teeters in the aftermath of a disaster. When a former colleague arrives with an unsettling proposal, they are forced to confront the ...

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    $30
  • The 39 Steps

    The 39 Steps
    Centerstage Theatre 3200 SW Dash Point Rd, Federal Way, WA, United States

    Spies, Slap-Stick, Clownery, and Romance Centerstage Presents  The 39 Steps   By John Buchan & Patrick Barlow Directed by Angela Bayler March 27 - April 19, 2026 Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm, and Sundays at 2:00pm   FEDERAL WAY, WA—Mix a Hitchcock movie with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python, toss ...

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    $21 – $47
  • Bold Voices: The Children

    Bold Voices: The Children
    State Theater 202 4th Avenue East, Olympia, WA, United States

    The Children is the first staged reading in the 2026 Bold Voices series. A post-show discussion will follow both performances Retired nuclear physicists Robin and Hazel attempt to maintain normalcy as the world outside teeters in the aftermath of a disaster. When a former colleague arrives with an unsettling proposal, they are forced to confront the ...

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    $30
  • The 39 Steps

    The 39 Steps
    Centerstage Theatre 3200 SW Dash Point Rd, Federal Way, WA, United States

    Spies, Slap-Stick, Clownery, and Romance Centerstage Presents  The 39 Steps   By John Buchan & Patrick Barlow Directed by Angela Bayler March 27 - April 19, 2026 Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm, and Sundays at 2:00pm   FEDERAL WAY, WA—Mix a Hitchcock movie with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python, toss ...

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    $21 – $47
  • 2026 Arts Olympia Arts Walk & Springtime Showcase

    2026 Arts Olympia Arts Walk & Springtime Showcase
    119 Washington Street, Rockway-Leland Building 119 Washington Street, Olympia

    Local Art Group,  Arts Olympia, will be featured at 2026 Arts Walk in Downtown Olympia. They are a group of emerging artists, each with their diverse and unique style of visual art.  The show will include paintings, sculpture, ceramics, varying in style. mediums and subject matter. The show will run thru Arts Walk weekend, including ...

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    Free
  • Theater Artists Olympia presents “Anna Considers Mars”

    Theater Artists Olympia presents “Anna Considers Mars”
    TAO at Oly Theater 412 Jefferson St. SE, Olympia

    In Ruben Grijalva’s Anna Considers Mars – a play part science fiction, part family drama, and part hilarious comedy with a dark streak – Anna faces the possibility of a life-long dream to go to Mars while bumping up against a host of moral dilemmas here on earth. Anna is hopeful that there, with a ...

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    $20.
  • 2026 Arts Olympia Arts Walk & Springtime Showcase

    2026 Arts Olympia Arts Walk & Springtime Showcase
    119 Washington Street, Rockway-Leland Building 119 Washington Street, Olympia

    Local Art Group,  Arts Olympia, will be featured at 2026 Arts Walk in Downtown Olympia. They are a group of emerging artists, each with their diverse and unique style of visual art.  The show will include paintings, sculpture, ceramics, varying in style. mediums and subject matter. The show will run thru Arts Walk weekend, including ...

    Read more

    Free
  • Theater Artists Olympia presents “Anna Considers Mars”

    Theater Artists Olympia presents “Anna Considers Mars”
    TAO at Oly Theater 412 Jefferson St. SE, Olympia

    In Ruben Grijalva’s Anna Considers Mars – a play part science fiction, part family drama, and part hilarious comedy with a dark streak – Anna faces the possibility of a life-long dream to go to Mars while bumping up against a host of moral dilemmas here on earth. Anna is hopeful that there, with a ...

    Read more

    $20.