Directed by Niclas Olson Ten strangers are summoned to a remote island. None of them know each other, all of them have a dangerous past they need to keep secret, and each of them are now in the carefully laid trap of a murderer. As a storm rages outside, the group becomes completely cut off …
The Threepenny Opera A Play with Music Based on John Gay’s THE BEGGAR’S OPERA By Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill in collaboration with Elisabeth Hauptmann English translation of the dialogue by Robert MacDonald English translation of the lyrics by Jeremy Sams January 29th, 7:00pm January 30th, 7:00pm January 31st, 2:00pm & 7:00pm Performed and produced …
“…somebody/anybody, sing a black girl’s song, bring her out to know herself to know you…” By Ntozake Shange Directed by Michelle Matlock Join the circle as seven women share their stories and find strength in each other’s truth, passion and humor. This fusion of poetry, dance, music and song explodes off the stage and touches …
Music! Art! Acting! More Music! It’s our annual celebration of local artists with Kathy Gore Fuss (painting), Jill Barnes (song & emcee), John Serembe (monologue written by Bryan Willis), Holly Reeves (cello), Christian Carvajal (travel writing), Kathleen Byrd (Olympia’s new Poet Laureate), Jami Heinricher (Design – Sherwood Press), and Jennifer Hermann (Piano). It’s a fast, …
Falling, now playing at Olympia Little Theatre (OLT), is 70 minutes of edge-of-your-seat intensity, a roller coaster of love, fear and laughter with no intermission. If there were an intermission, the audience’s total immersion into the Martin family would be weakened; if it were any longer than 70 minutes, the actors would be physically exhausted and the audience emotionally so. As it is, the time flies by at warp speed and the audience is left depleted, yet thoroughly satisfied.
Fully Vaxxed at Olympia Family Theater is one of the funniest, most distinctive and important theatrical events out there. It’s a campaign that will continue and move to other towns after its run at OFT. It’s a plea and a lesson on the importance of vaccinations in the time of COVID-19. It’s a performance of three bilingual, one-act plays running two weekends at OFT, then touring the state.
The arrival of artistic director Lily Raabe to Olympia Family Theater (OFT) means big things for the family entertainment company in spring of 2022. Two mainstage shows open days apart, followed by the long-awaited debut of a musical mystery by Oly playwright Ted Ryle.
In OLT’s “The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley,” Mr. and Mrs. Darcy are hosting a Christmas party. That creates endless work for the servants downstairs, but the real hitch is the impending arrival of Mr. Darcy’s sworn enemy, Mr. Wickham.
by Molly Gilmore for OLY ARTS After a hiatus last summer, outdoor Shakespeare by Animal Fire Theatre is back with the romantic comedy Much Ado About Nothing, opening June 30 in the Water Garden on the east side of the Capitol Campus. The free production will take audiences back to Hollywood during the Roaring ’20s. …