Composer-coach Shaw tackles ‘House of Mirth’
Terry Shaw’s musical version of Edith Wharton’s “House of Mirth” opens March 4 at Timberline High School. The new musical has a cast of 20 and a 17-piece orchestra.
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Celebrating Creative Theatre Experience and Kathy Dorgan
After forty years of productions, and with the upcoming retirement of longtime Artistic Creative Theatre Experience Director Kathy Dorgan, the board of directors invites the community to celebrate at the Anniversary Gala on Saturday, March 11. Students, parents, alumni, supporters, and the business sponsors will join to reminisce on the past collaborations, performances, and creative moments, all while looking forward to the next 40 years and beyond.
OFS Presents: THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW – AT MIDNIGHT! Featuring Riff Raff’s Street Rats
The Rocky Horror Picture Show is back at the Capitol Theater with live shadowcast by Riff Raff’s Street Rats and audience participation! Patrons are encouraged to engage with the film by dressing up and purchasing prop bags for audience participation. Sorry, no outside props are allowed. Come be a part of the longest-running midnight movie …
Building Madness by Kate Danley
Professional World Premiere and Winner of the Panowski Playwriting Award Max and Paul are just trying to keep their architecture company afloat, but they accidentally hired the mob to build a police retirement home. They may never get the project done in this screwball comedy, but they are most definitely building madness. If you love …
Baby – a Funny and Powerful Musical About Expectant Mothers at Broadway Olympia Productions
“I love the show so much,” said actor Carolyn Fry. “It’s a really lovely exploration of three of many, many pathways to parenthood, which is such a personal journey for everyone. There are so many scenes that are relatable for so many people regardless of their circumstances.”
Women of a Certain Age
After putting their dreams on hold to raise families and build careers, Bev, Max, and Lulu are ready to grab life by the mic, reclaim their college dreams of being singing sensations, and compete for glory on the hit TV singing competition American Starmaker! They’ve rehearsed for weeks and nothing is going to stand in …
OFT whipping up fresh Tales
“One day there is nothing, and the next day there are six brand-new plays,” said storyteller and impresario Elizabeth Lord, who is curating the festival, which last happened in 2018. “It is mind-boggling. These plays can now be performed elsewhere. They will be scripts that live.”
Review: Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery Harlequin Productions at the State Theater
Harlequin Productions’ “Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery,” an “adventure in theater making itself,” theater magic itself, that will take children of all ages on a giddy, breath-taking, uproarious ride, over, under, behind, and through the fourth wall, stopping at nothing that does not surprise, astonish, and delight you.
Review: Jerome Bixby’s “The Man from Earth” Tackles Life, Love and Philosophy at Olympia Little Theatre
Science fiction writer Jerome Bixby’s “The Man from Earth” explores the nature of life, culture, faith, philosophy, and human history through the lens of John Oldman, who has lived countless lifetimes, ten years at a time. Olympia Little Theatre’s production of “The Man from Earth” was originally penned as a screenplay by Bixby.
House of Mirth: A New Musical by Terry Shaw
House of Mirth is based off of Edith Wharton’s novel of the same title. Lily Bart is the center of New York elite. Surrounded by wealth and it’s trappings, she is penniless and looking for love…and a husband. Unfortunately, love and a husband don’t come in the same person in this society. House of Mirth …