The Washington Center Celebrates a New Interior and Equipment After a Multi-Phase Renovation Project
The Washington Center celebrates a brand-new interior look, increased seating and new equipment.
Review: The Moors at South Puget Sound Community College
There is evil afoot on the dark and stormy English Moors. And outlandish humor in SPSCC’s “The Moors” by Jen Silverman.
Review: Dragons Love Tacos at Olympia Family Theater
Dragons Love Tacos at Olympia Family Theater is a whimsical and fiery play suitable for all ages based on the popular children’s book.
Review: Leaving Iowa at Olympia Little Theatre
Olympia Little Theatre takes audiences on a trip in search of America with the Brownings, a typical family then and now.
Halloween at Harlequin
You are about to spend an evening with Edgar Allan Poe in a play by Olympia playwright Bryan Willis, plus a reading of a new short story by Olympia’s own Jim Lynch in a one-night-only Halloween celebration at Harlequin.
The Armory Creative Campus: An Inclusive Collaborative Space for the Olympia Arts Community
Olympia begins planning of city arts space.
REVIEW: Fun Home at Harlequin Productions
Harlequin Productions ends their 2021-2022 season with the riveting musical “Fun Home” based on the autobiographical graphic novel of the same name by Alison Bechdel.
REVIEW: The Secret Garden at Olympia Family Theater
Olympia Family Theater with String & Shadow Puppet Theater is performing a modern adaptation of “The Secret Garden.” This one is set this year in the Pacific Northwest and written by award-winning playwright Mabelle Reynoso with a Latinx perspective. And it has punk rock music, talking creatures, magical plants and puppets.
A New Season of Resilience for Live Theater in Olympia
Harlequin Productions calls its 2023 season a “Resilience Season.” That appellation could well apply to all local live theater after more than two years of Covid. Here’s a great season preview for all local theaters, including Harlequin, Olympia Family Theater, Olympia Little Theatre, Broadway Olympia, and SPSCC.
REVIEW: Twelfth Night, or What You Will, at Squaxin Park
by Alec Clayton What better way to welcome theater lovers to the newly named Squaxin Park (formerly Priest Point Park) than a riotous evening of Shakespeare at sunset? It’s even better on a grassy slope with a scrim of trees and a peek of Puget Sound in the background. The […]
