Aviatrix
Book and Lyrics by Angela Poe Russell
Music and Lyrics by Dionne McClain-Freeney
Directed by Amy Poisson
May 15 - June 7, 2026
Determined to make something of herself, a girl from rural Texas dreams of flying. But it’s 1917, and flight schools don’t accept women, much less one who is Black and Native. Refusing to take no for an answer, Bessie Coleman goes to extraordinary lengths to make her dream of flying a reality.
Runtime: 2 hours and 30 minutes with an intermission
MOVIE NIGHT WITH MAGIC THEATER SEATTLE
The Big Lebowski
May 19 | 7:00 pm
Standard price ticket: $40
Sliding scale: $10-$100
Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.
Runtime: 1 hour and 57 minutes with an intermission
This event is a collaboration between the Magic Theater and Seattle Public Theater, a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating transformative theater experiences.
Runtime: 1 hour and 50 minutes with an intermission
The Distillery New Works Festival
June 11-14, 2026
BLOOD/SUCKER
By Anamaria Guerzon
Directed by Sophia Franzella
Thursday, June 11th, 2026 at 7 PM
Mr. Galay is fighting to save his Asian American history class for next semester, while students Elias and Abby are just fighting to graduate. But there is something hungry lurking in the walls, watching them...BLOOD/SUCKER is a bloody political satire/horror play about the public school system, and those it feeds off of.
The Ballad of the Unfallen
By Maggie Lee
Directed by Amy Poisson and Alanah Pascual
Friday, June 12th, 2026 at 7 PM
For generations, the Temple of the Lightning Eel has been a legendary school for the fighting arts, but also a safe haven from the outside world, where old rivalries between clans threatens to start a new civil war. But when a desperate young woman surviving an unthinkable tragedy seeks refuge at the temple, it threatens to tip the delicate balance of neutrality and plunge them into the heart of the conflict. Meanwhile, an earnest bard struggles to record the truth of the events through her song, faced with the harsh reality that history can be skewed by whoever shouts the loudest. A new play with music and movement, set in the fantastical world of Sheathed.
The Holy Blessed Mother Lover Orphanage for Unwanted Girls
By Shanna Allman
Directed by Melanie Godsey
Saturday, June 13th, 2026 at 11 AM
It’s 1981 at the Holy Blessed Mother Lover Orphanage for Unwanted Girls where headmistress Ms. Wimple shepherds her horde of disposable darlings into womanhood - that is, until the wealthy and recently widowed Mrs. Teeters arrives and determines that it is in fact her calling to mentor the girls. Will Ms. Wimple realize her dream of one day sipping Mai Tai's on the beach? Will Mrs. Teeters' achieve her lasting legacy? And what about the girls' dreams? Never fear, my little cavities, it's the 1980s and women can be president, too! - theoretically speaking.
SCRIBE, or The Sisters Milton, or Elegy for the Unwritten
By L M Feldman
Directed by Adrienne Mackey
Saturday, June 13th, 2026 at 3 PM
SCRIBE imagines the poet Milton’s relationship with his 3 kept-barely-literate daughters, while he was blind & outcast & composing Paradise Lost and they were transcribing & homemaking & coming of age. Fantastical & unflinching, SCRIBE probes the relationship between genius, privilege, and labor, and mourns the enormity of unmade art by the voices we’ll never get to hear. Set during 17th-century England’s social volatility—and ours, too, now—SCRIBE voices the story of 3 children growing up in the shadow of the canon, of society, and of its cultural and historical legacies.
Hazzard
By Kelleen Conway Blanchard
Directed by Kayla Walker
Saturday, June 13th, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Based on a true story, Hazzard looks at the horrific murder of a young heiress at the turn of the century in Olalla, Washington. Dr. Linda Hazzard was a Naturopathic Doctor that touted the fasting cure. Her book and fame allowed her to build a Sanitorium in Olalla, Washington and treat patients by fasting them and then profiting from their deaths. She was found guilty of manslaughter for killing at least 15 people for financial gain.
Refuse it: A Black Woman’s Guide to 21st Century Rage
By Phanésia Pharel
Directed by Xochitl Clare
Sunday, June 14th, 2026 at 11 AM
REFUSE IT: A BLACK WOMAN’S GUIDE TO 21ST CENTURY RAGE explores the lives of Black women who reject the status quo. Through a kaleidoscope of vignettes, these women confront the costs and benefits of living radically under the persistent weight of the past. Darkly comedic and unapologetically defiant, REFUSE IT asks: If society has truly progressed and living conditions are undeniably better, why don’t we feel better?
If nobody does remarkable things
By Emma Gibson
Directed by Amanda Rountree
Sunday, June 14th, 2026 at 3 PM
2016: Anna is a rising climate activist. But as the world turns orange and the birds begin to retreat, so too does Anna, to a rural cottage by the sea, to mourn both the death of her mother and the loss of her one great love. 2030: in the middle of a category 6 dust storm, a cargo ship takes refuge in the local harbor. Joel is on board and he needs somewhere to stay. Anna thinks they should rescue him but Paul’s not so sure. Not after what Joel did 14 years ago. A fierce new play about forgiveness that explores what happens when we reach the point of no return.
MOVIE NIGHT WITH MAGIC THEATER SEATTLE
Do The Right Thing
June 19 | 7:00 pm
Standard price ticket: $40
Sliding scale: $10-$100
On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.
Runtime: 2 hours with an intermission
This event is a collaboration between the Magic Theater and Seattle Public Theater, a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating transformative theater experiences.
Runtime: 1 hour and 50 minutes with an intermission