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.
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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: Hedwig and the Angry Inch at Harlequin Productions
The rock musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch, with text by John Cameron Mitchell and music and lyrics by Stephen Trask, started as a performance in drag clubs and became an international phenomenon. It’s now playing at the State Theater of Olympia’s Harlequin Productions, starring Adam Rennie as Hedwig and Mandy Rose Nichøls as Hedwig’s husband and assistant, Yitzhak.