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The Moors
By Jen Silverman
Directed by Annie Lareau
March 22 - April 14, 2024
Isolated on the moors, two sisters, a maid, and a mastiff live in a desolate mansion teeming with secrets. When a hopeful governess is summoned and a curious moorhen arrives, expectations are turned on their head.
The Moors is a deliciously dark comedy full of intrigue and manipulation.
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Once More, Just for You
Written by Maggie Lee
Directed by Amy Poisson
February 2 - 25, 2024
The only foolproof way to fix past mistakes is time travel, right? That’s what Rae, an eccentric inventor with a ramshackle basement time machine, is counting on. But she’s not planning to topple governments or change the course of history; she’s just going to fix one small thing. How hard could that be? But just because you know which path not to take doesn’t mean things will end up where you planned. Once More, Just for You is a curious new play about inexplicable connections through time and space, the intrinsic cost of sacrifice, and the infinite metaphysical paradox of loving and letting go.
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MACBETH: A ROCK MUSICAL
Adapted By Lisa Tricomi
Lyrics By Joe Popp
Directed By Amy Poisson
Music Directed By Nick Bringhurst
October 13 - November 5, 2023
The witches' prophecy swallows Macbeth whole and a murderous nightmare begins. Can Macbeth upend fate? In this all femme punk rock telling of a classic Shakespearean Tragedy, MacBeth's foul greed and hunger for power distorts his actions.
The Forgotten History of Mastaneh | مستانه: تاریخ فراموشان
Written and directed by Naghmeh Samini
September 22 - 24, 2023
The Forgotten History of Mastaneh takes place in an all-girls high school in 1987 Iran, eight years after the revolution that permanently altered the course of the country’s history. We see the path of three young people’s lives change as they are impacted by the rules forced upon them, the revelation of the many secrets held by their families, and the Iran-Iraq war. Their secrets lead to an entanglement with the school Principal, a woman who is also keeping many secrets of her own. This play tells the story of the reality of so many young women in Iran, women who are striving for normalcy and are finding their inner truth and freedom.
- Seda Iranian Theatre Ensemble
Photo Credit: Truman Buffet
Titanish
By Jeff Schell and Ryan Dobosh
Directed by Mark Siano
August 10 - September 17, 2023
From the creators of the sell-out super hit "A Very Die Hard Christmas" comes a comedy so colossal it can only be called "Titanish". Crashing onto the shores of Green Lake this August, this musical parody (that lampoons the epic film) will showcase the wit and creativity that The Habit Comedy writers are acclaimed for. Winner of the 2022 Broadway World Critic's Choice Award for best new musical.
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Hometown Boy
By Keiko Green
Directed by Annie Lareau
May 5 - 28, 2023
James hasn’t been back to his rural Georgia hometown in over a decade, but reluctantly returns to check in on his father, whose behavior has become worryingly erratic. And since the South has a way of holding onto secrets, he soon stumbles into a life he thought he had left behind as a child. That stench in the air isn’t just his father’s decaying house, but the rotten core of long-buried secrets teeming just under the surface and ready to explode.
Get a special look behind the writing of Hometown Boy with playwright Keiko Green, as she describes the process, the story, and the excitement of this west coast premiere at Seattle Public Theater.
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110 Degrees in the Shade
Co-Production with Reboot Theatre Company
Book by N. Richard Nash
Lyrics by Tom Jones
Music by Harvey Schmidt
Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick
based on the play The Rainmaker by N. Richard Nash
Directed by Scot Charles Anderson
March 16 - April 9, 2023
Reboot Theatre Company, known for its intriguing deep dives and fresh interpretations of theater, brings to life 110 in the Shade, a beautiful exploration of love, hope, and acceptance. From the creators of The Fantasticks, 110 in the Shade is a touching and intimate musical adaptation of the hit play The Rainmaker. Set in a small western town besieged by drought, Lizzie, intelligent and independent, struggles with the societal pressure to do as a “woman” should do. One blistering hot day, Lizzie's family urges her to marry the recently widowed Sheriff File, while charismatic stranger Starbuck comes to town with promises of being able to make it rain. Immediately suspicious, Lizzie tries to pick apart Starbuck’s story, but realizes a deeper truth about herself along the way. While the source material was written in the 1950’s, director Scot Charles Anderson will take a closer look at the seemingly simplified gender roles in classic Reboot style.
This Bitter Earth
Written by Harrison David Rivers
Directed by Brandon Ivie
January 27th - February 19th, 2023
A deep love is challenged by divisive political realities. Jesse, an introspective black playwright, finds his choices called into question when his boyfriend, Neil, a white Black Lives Matter activist, calls him out for his political apathy. As passions and priorities collide, this couple is forced to reckon with issues of race, class and the bravery it takes to love out loud.
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Christmastown:
A Holiday Noir
BY Wayne Rawley
December 2nd - December 24th, 2022
We’ll be bringing back the holiday favorite and now Seattle Tradition of Christmastown. In this film noir-inspired holiday thriller, hard-boiled detective Nick Holiday investigates some un-holiday-like shenanigans taking place in Christmastown that sends him on a search for the truth about Big Red. Add a glamorous elf, a used-Christmas-tree salesman, a muckraking reporter, and a quick-thinking cab driver, and you have what the Seattle Times calls the “best new holiday romp of the year!”
A Very Die Hard Christmas
By Jeff Schell and The Habit
Directed by Mark Siano
November 25th - December 20th, 2022
Just what we need, a Christmas miracle, Yippie Ki Yay! Coming back this holiday season, from the comedy writers that have had Seattle in stitches for years, comes A Very Die Hard Christmas, a musical parody that is sure to blow the roof off the joint. Sketch writers from The Habit team up with Seattle Public Theater to create this holiday comedy perfect for those who like their Christmas entertainment with lots of action, 80s jokes, smooth soft rock jams, and snarky German terrorists.
