ACT continues to grow and change, increasing and strengthening its presence as a home for bold,
provocative voices in theatre, and challenging audiences with works both old and new. In 2015, ACT
celebrated its 50th anniversary and its 40th year of A Christmas Carol.
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Tribes (2017)
TRIBES is the story of Billy, a young man who lives with an intellectual, chaotic, and sharp-tongued family.
Arguments and insults regularly fly around the dinner table, all while Billy silently watches the scene unfold — he has been deaf since birth.
He has managed to adapt to his family's unconventional ways, but they've never really returned the favor. His world is turned upside down when
he meets Sylvia, a young woman on the cusp of deafness herself. Told with unfiltered wit at a roaring pace, TRIBES is the hysterical and touching story about the struggle for self-identity and what it truly means to be understood.
Winner of the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play, Tribes is a story of love, family and finding one’s voice. “You’ll find yourself suspended on a swaying bridge between two worlds.” — The New York Times
Murder for Two (2017)
Everyone is a suspect in MURDER FOR TWO — a drop-dead funny murder mystery musical with a twist: one actor investigates the crime; the other plays all the suspects—and they both play the piano! A zany blend of classic musical comedy and madcap mystery, this ninety-minute whodunit is a highly theatrical duet loaded with killer laughs. Called “Ingenious” by The New York Times, Murder for Two is the perfect blend of murder, music and mayhem!
The Legend of Georgia McBride (2017)
An Elvis impersonator with bills to pay and a pregnant wife becomes a drag performer and turns a failing nightclub – and his life – around. A music-filled comedy about finding your true voice in an unexpected place.
Alex and Aris (2017)
A wild-eyed drunk in an abandoned temple shoves aside a young boy who has come to his aid. Little do we know that this shameful creature and this patient boy will go down as two of the most brilliant minds in history. This is the story of Aristotle and his young pupil, who will become known to the world as Alexander the Great. A mystery that explores how the Macedonians went from a small kingdom to leading all the Greek states, and how Aristotle painstakingly set the moral compass of Alexander, the man who would conquer the known world.
King of the Yees (2017)
For nearly 20 years, playwright Lauren Yee’s father Larry has been a driving force in the Yee Family Association, a seemingly obsolescent Chinese American men’s club formed 150 years ago in the wake of the Gold Rush. But when her father goes missing, Lauren must plunge into the rabbit hole of San Francisco Chinatown and confront a world both foreign and familiar. At once bitingly hilarious and heartbreakingly honest, King of the Yees is an epic joyride across cultural, national and familial borders that explores what it means to truly be a Yee.
The Crucible (2017)
Arthur Miller’s powerful and classic play about the Salem witch trials. Religion, conspiracy, witchcraft, and lust fuel this passionate play about shame and morality as paranoia becomes strong enough to poison a whole town. This stirring story of the Puritan purge of witchcraft in old Salem is both a gripping historical play and a timely parable of our contemporary society. A contemporary reimagining of this revolutionary play brought to life by Seattle’s finest actors.