Join us for a weekend of sinful opulence, satirical comedy, and over-the-top bawdy burlesque at the Inaugural Pacific Northwest Burlesque Festival. Performers from across the country will be tantalizing their tail feathers and strutting their sequins across the historic Capitol Theater stage. Our fierce and extravagant headliners Moscato Extatique and […]
Need a good laugh? Our signature comedy series means good times with friends or a unique date night. This month we welcome Mo Mandel! Best known for making over 40 appearances on CHELSEA LATELY and hosting truTV’s BARMAGEDDON, Mo has also made numerous appearances on CONAN, THE LATE LATE SHOW, […]
Strap in for Murder for Two at Harlequin Productions, 90 minutes of mayhem and laughter — not to mention singing and a lot of amazing hijinks on the piano. Two actors, Jon Lutyens and Katherine Strohmaier, play more than 13 characters in a tour-de-force escapade for both.
Need a good laugh? Our signature comedy series means good times with friends or a unique date night. Featuring Sterling Scott with Jaren George and Emcee Amanda Arnold! The stand-up you love, in the intimacy of the Black Box! Recommended for ages 18+
Its been over a year since TUSH! Burlesque hit the stage- and what better time to remind you of what you’ve been missing than the Holiday Season? We’ve got a brand new beautiful venue and an exciting cast of guests from both north and south – all ready to show […]
Fans of Monty Python, Mr. Bean, and Dr. Seuss… Grab your teacups! It’s time to reunite in-person, and in laughter, as Off-Broadway Comedians and London’s 3-time IMPRESARIO Award-Winners, James & Jamesy, bring their outrageously funny and brilliantly inventive Christmas comedy classic O Christmas Tea tour to Olympia this holiday season! […]
Bring out your crew for a night of big laughs as the Center hosts a semi-final round of the popular Seattle International Comedy Competition! Up to 10 comedians will face-off with short, humorous sets while the judges decide who moves on based off audience response. This is an epic skirmish […]
Celebrate the centennial anniversary of three films from the silent kings of comedy: Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, and Charlie Chaplin. These giants of the silver screen share the stage in our collection of comedy films, all released in 1921. Thrilling early film techniques plus comedic and cinematic inspiration come together […]
By Alec Clayton Actor, director, writer and educator Christian Carvajal has written a play that will have a reading at La Vida Wine Bar in Lacey. Carvajal’s brand-new, comic script is loosely based on Volpone by Elizabethan and Jacobean playwright Ben Jonson and features the talents of actors Heather Christopher, […]
by Christian Carvajal for OLY ARTS When writer Joseph Kesselring commenced work on his most famous of a dozen plays, he intended it as serious drama. Its setup may even have been inspired by grisly murders in Connecticut. Now, over 75 years later, the Broadway draft of Arsenic and Old […]
