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About the 2020s
The decade of the 2020s started with ACT being dark for the entire 2020 mainstage season. While closed for the pandemic, there was a change in leadership as Anita Shah moved in as Managing Director. The first play after the pandemic closure was Hotter Than Egypt, written by Core Company member Yussef el Guindi - a world premiere.


productions
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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
About the Play
Written By: Nina Raine
Wikipedia: Read Wikipedia Article
About the Production
Run Dates: 3/3/2017 - 3/26/2017
Program: Program (.pdf)
Directed By: John Langs
Cast: Anne Allgood - Beth
Kjerstine Rose Anderson - Ruth
Joshua M. Castille - Billy
Frank Corrado - Christopher
Lindsay W. Evans - Sylvia
Adam Standley - Daniel
Behind the Scenes: Hannah Beehler - Production Assistant
Brendan Patrick Hogan - Sound Designer
Shawn Ketchum Johnson - Scenic Designer
Briana Kersten - Stage Manager
John Langs - Artistic Director
Rose Pederson - Costume Designer
Emily Penick - Assistant Director
Tristan Roberson - Projections Designer
Ryan Schletch - Sign Master
Judith Shahn - Dialect Coach
Andrew D. Smith - Lighting Designer
Becky Witmer - Managing Director
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!
About the Play
Written By: Kellen Blair - Book; Lyrics
Joe Kinosian - Book; Music
About the Production
Run Dates: 3/25/2017 - 6/11/2017
Program: Program (.pdf)
Directed By: Daniel Knechtges
Cast: Richard Andriessen - Understudy for Mr. Gray
Chris DiStefano - Marcus Moscowicz; Chief (voice); Vanessa (voice)
Richard Gray - Dahlia Whitney; Murray Flandon; Barb Flandon; Steph Whitney; Dr. Griff; Barrette Lewis; Timmy; Yonkers; Skid; Henry Vivaldi
Jon Lutyens - Understudy for Mr. Stefano
Behind the Scenes: David Armstrong - Executive Producer - The 5th Avenue Theatre; Artistic Director - The 5th Avenue Theatre
Harmony Arnold - Costume Designer
Bill Berry - Producing Artistic Director - The 5th Avenue Theatre
Bernadine C. Griffin - Managing Director - The 5th Avenue Theatre
Jeffrey K. Hanson - Production Stage Manager
Brendan Patrick Hogan - Associate Sound Designer
Daniel Knechtges - Choreographer
John Langs - Artistic Director, ACT Theatre
Rick Paulsen - Lighting Designer
Kat Sherrell - Musical Director
Christopher Walker - Sound Designer
Becky Witmer - Managing Director, ACT Theatre
Carey Wong - Scenic Designer
Erin B. Zatloka - Assistant Stage Manager
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.
About the Play
Written By: Matthew Lopez
Wikipedia: Read Wikipedia Article
About the Production
Run Dates: 6/9/2017 - 7/2/2017
Program: Program (.pdf)
Directed By: David Bennett
Cast: Nastacia Guimont - Jo
Timothy McCuen Piggee - Miss Tracy
Charles Smith - Rexy, Jason
Adam Standley - Casey
Jeff Steitzer - Eddie
Behind the Scenes: Robert J. Aguilar - Lighting Designer
Dennis Milam Bensie - Wig Designer
Alex Bodine - Kenan Directing Fellow
Greg Fulton - Guitar Coach
Richard Gray - Music Director
Kevin Heard - Sound Designer
DonnaTella Howe - Makeup Consultant
Koko Jamison - Neon Artist
John Langs - Artistic Director
Jessica Low - Choreographer
Lily McLeod - Assistant Lighting Designer
Kate Myre - Dialect Coach
Pete Rush - Costume Designer
Matthew Smucker - Scenic Designer
Studio Glow - Neon Artist
Kara Sutra - Makeup Consultant
Tori Thompson - Production Assistant
JR Welden - Stage Manager
Becky Witmer - Managing Director
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.
About the Play
Written By: Moby Pomerance
About the Production
World Premiere
Run Dates: 7/14/2017 - 8/6/2017
Program: Program (.pdf)
Directed By: John Langs
Cast: Darragh Kennan - Aris
Chip Sherman - Alex
Behind the Scenes: Robert J. Aguilar - Lighting Designer
Alex Bodine - Kenan Directing Fellow
Cathan Bordyn - Fight Choreographer
Melanie Burgess - Costume Designer
Ruth Eitemiller - Assistant Stage Manager
Mario Gomez - Dramaturgy Intern
Jeffrey K. Hanson - Stage Manager
John Langs - Artistic Director
Lily McLeod - Assistant Lighting Designer
Indira Schlag - Costume Intern
Matt Starrit - Sound Designer
Julia Hayes Welch - Scenic Designer
Becky Witmer - Managing Director
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.
About the Play
Written By: Lauren Yee
About the Production
Run Dates: 9/8/2017 - 10/1/2017
Program: Program (.pdf)
Directed By: Desdemona Chiang
Cast: Khanh Doan - Lauren Yee
Stan Egi - Larry Yee
Annelih GH Hamilton - Actor 2
Joe Ngo - Actor 3
Ray Tagavilla - Actor 1
Behind the Scenes: Dennis Milam Bensie - Wig Master
Jeffrey K. Hanson - Stage Manager
Brendan Patrick Hogan - Sound Designer
John Langs - Artistic Director
Lily McLeod - Assistant Lighting Designer
Laurel Nichols - Assistant Stage Manager
Jessica Trundy - Lighting Designer
Christine Tschirgi - Costume Designer
Cash Vo - Lion Dance Consultant
Becky Witmer - Managing Director
Carey Wong - Scenic Designer
Annie Yee - Choreographer
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.
About the Play
Written By: Arthur Miller
On Broadway: IBDB Details
On the Screen: IMDB Details
Wikipedia: Read Wikipedia Article
About the Production
Run Dates: 10/13/2017 - 11/12/2017
Program: Program (.pdf)
Directed By: John Langs
Cast: Anne Allgood - Mrs. Ann Putnam; Martha Corey; Sarah Good
Kurt Beattie - Deputy Governor Danforth
Avery Clark - Rev. John Hale
Sylvie Davidson - Abigail Williams
Khanh Doan - Elizabeth Proctor
William Hall, Jr - Giles Corey
Emilie Hanson - Betty Parris
Reginald André Jackson - Judge Hathorne
David Klein - Francis Nurse
Shermona Mitchell - Tituba
Hannah Mootz - Mercy Lewis
Claudine Mboligikpelani Nako - Mary Warren; Dance Captain
Marianne Owen - Rebecca Nurse
Michael Patten - Thomas Putnam; John Willard
MJ Sieber - Rev. Samuel Parris
Paul Morgan Stetler - John Proctor
Ray Tagavilla - Ezekiel Cheever
Behind the Scenes: Anne Allgood - Music Coach
Cathan Bordyn - Safety Consultant
Ruth Eitemiller - Stage Manager
Kenrick Fischer - Assistant Lighting Designer
Geoff Korf - Lighting Designer
John Langs - Artistic Director
Clara Mooney - Kenyon Directing Intern
Amy O'Neal - Choreographer
Sharath Patel - Sound Designer
K.D. Schill - Assistant to the Costume Designer
Matthew Smucker - Scenic Designer
Emmet Temple - Kenan Directing Fellow
Victoria Thompson - Assistant Stage Manager
Deb Trout - Costume Designer
Becky Witmer - Managing Director