Updating Volpone for the 21st Century
By Alec Clayton Actor, director, writer and now public school teacher Christian Carvajal has written a play that will have a reading at La Vida […]
Shakespeare’s The Tempest Storms into Olympia’s Port Plaza
THEATER REVIEW by Alec Clayton for OLY ARTS The Tempest — third and final of this area’s outdoor-summer-Shakespeare plays — opened Thursday, August 15 at […]
All 100 Fires: Experimental Theater by Theater Maestra Donna Oblongata
by Ned Hayes Olympia has professional theater, amateur theater, family theater and community theater. Yet we are often bereft of truly experimental genre-busting theatrical adventures. […]
Come to the Fun Home
By CHRISTIAN CARVAJAL Fun Home, a musical based on the 2006 graphic memoir by Alison Bechdel, is coming to South Puget Sound Community Theater (SPSCC). […]
Local Theater Makes It Big
Tacoma Little Theatre’s production of The Pillowman took top honors at the American Association of Community Theatre Region IX competition in Spokane this year and is going to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania for the national finals in June.
Theater Review: Tiny Tim’s Christmas Carol at Olympia Family Theater
THEATER REVIEW by Alec Clayton for OLY ARTS What really happened to make Ebenezer Scrooge change his mind about Christmas, or did he really change […]
Better Angels: The Great Work Arrives
THEATER REVIEW by Christian Carvajal for OLY ARTS What an inspiring, majestic mountain director Lauren Love scaled with her production of Tony Kushner’s Angels in […]
“Ruthless!” Premiers at Harlequin Productions
by Tom Simpson On August 16, Harlequin Productions opens the musical Ruthless! – The Stage Mother of all Musicals. Ruthless! is a unique all female musical. […]
Olympia Little Theatre Celebrates 79th Season
By Melissa Avril Harris Olympia’s oldest live theater continues its tradition of offering diverse, theatrical experiences that appeal to both actors and patrons. Its 79th […]
Creative Theatre All-Stars
By MOLLY GILMORE Creative Theatre Experience is a summer program for young people, yet its season offers a chance to see mature work by local, […]