I Am My Own Wife

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ArtsWest $10-$29 Every week Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Wed., May 14 until Sun., June 1, 7:30pmEvery week Sunday from Sun., May 25 until Sun., June 1, 3:00pm

The Pulitzer- and Tony-winning I Am My Own Wife had a long and complicated road to Seattle. Originally scheduled for a slot at the Empty Space, playwright Doug Wright’s critically acclaimed work was left in limbo by the Space’s closure back in 2006. Then after a brief tussle over rights between the Seattle Rep and Arts West, the smaller company won; hence the belated Seattle premiere on Wednesday (it continues through June 1). So is the script worth all of the tussle? It depends on how compelling you find the true story it’s based on, that of a German homosexual who murdered his father during World War II, renamed himself “Charlotte,” and lived under both the Nazis and the Communists wearing women’s clothing and collecting antique furniture. (OK, aren’t you the least bit compelled?) The one-man show stars local actor Nick DeSantis in the large, but no doubt stylish, shoes of Charlotte. Arts West, 4711 California Ave. S.W., 938-0339, www.artswest.org. $10–$29. Opens May 14. 7:30 p.m. Wed.-Sat., also 3 p.m. Sun., May 25 & June 1. Ends June 1. JOHN LONGENBAUGH

Black and Tan

If you’ve been walking past ACT Theatre recently, your ears may have picked up the sound of a jazz quartet, raising the question: What’s a jazz club doing in a theater? That question stems from another one that a lot of theaters are asking right now: How do you turn your venue into a destination and your show into an event? ACT is trying all sorts of stuff, and some of the most interesting projects come from the Central Heating Lab, which has started featuring special events themed to their mainstage productions. To tie in with their production of Fathers and Sons, Michael Bradford’s smart drama about three generations of an African-American family, they’re presenting Black and Tan, a “juke joint” curated by Laura Kelley-Jahn and featuring a jazz quartet backing up local poet luminaries like Tina LaPadula, Matt Gano, and Angela Dy. Bradford’s play has some harsh twists and turns, and an evening epilogue with jazz and cocktails sounds like a great way to unwind afterwards. ACT Theatre (Bullitt Cabaret), 700 Union St., 292-7676, www.acttheatre.org. $10. 10 p.m. Sat., May 17 & 24. JOHN LONGENBAUGH

ACT Theatre

$10. Sat., May 17, 10:00pmSat., May 24, 10:00pm

Circus Contraption's The Show to End All Shows

I have to admit, those white-faced circus freaks were always a little scary. Word among the carnies was that the troupe at Circus Contraption was particularly macabre. But the 14-performer, self-producing traveling circus is lightening up in their latest all-new jaw-dropper under the big, uh, warehouse roof. The SHOW to End All SHOWS (through June 22) will feature the standard fare of the one-ring circus—aerialists, acrobalancers, jugglers, and other oddities abound. Yet the performance will follow a loose, overarching plot (something about the end of the world), proving these clowns can be more theatrical than the spraying-water-from-plastic-flowers sort. Indeed, they’re so multitalented many of them take turns playing in the Circus Contraption band, accompanying the weirdness with all-original music. In its 10th year, CC will also feature yet another first in this show (drumroll, spotlight please): They’ve brought in a professional scenic designer (Jennifer Zeyl) and costume designer (Christine Tschirgi). Now that whiteface should really creep you out. That is, until you’re doubled over laughing. Theo Chocolates, 3400 Phinney Ave. N, 442-2004, www.circuscontraption.com. $20–$25. Opens tonight. 8 p.m. Thurs.-Sat., 7 p.m. Sun. JOSHUA LYNCH

Theo Chocolate

$20-$25. Every week Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Fri., May 16 until Sun., June 22, 8:00pmEvery week Sunday from Sun., May 18 until Sun., June 22, 7:00pm

Busytown

What year is it is in Busytown? Its population of cats, dogs, lions, bears, and worms dress like peasants and live in Victorian houses, but also fly around in airplanes and perform X-rays on each other. This world premiere (don’t mock the term, Longenbaugh!) radiates with simple, silly joy while bringing to life the impossible physics and interspecies harmony of Richard Scarry’s world. The breezy, confident cast dances and sings their way through a catchy mishmash of Tin Pan Alley and doo-wop numbers (by Michael Koerner, with lyrics by NPR regular Kevin Kling, who also wrote the script), and mug it up with inspired bits of physical comedy. Highlights of the latter include a squad of pig firefighters demonstrating, in rapid-fire succession, a half-dozen terrible ways to carry a ladder. The pace never lags, though there could probably be a bit more audience participation, especially given an audience that keeps up a continuous low murmur of commentary anyway. The perfect age to see this show probably ranges from 3 1/2 to 6, but older siblings are also likely to have a good time, even if they won’t admit it. Scandalized by perceived "babyishness," my own 8-year-old roommate had to be dragged to this show ("I’m not going to clap," she warned), but was observed laughing, smiling, and exhibiting other clinical signs of pleasure. Apparently even prolonged exposure to Zac Efron doesn’t make you immune to the guileless, low-key charms of Busytown. DAVID STOESZ Mostly 7 p.m. Fri., 2 & 5:30 p.m. Sat.-Sun., but double-check the Web site for the exact schedule. Ends June 15.

Seattle Children's Theatre

$17-$33. Every week Friday from Fri., April 25 until Sun., June 15, 7:00pmEvery week Saturday, Sunday from Sat., April 26 until Sun., June 15, 2:00pmEvery week Saturday, Sunday from Sat., April 26 until Sun., June 15, 5:30pm

Cirque du Soleil

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Marymoor Park $55-$210 Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday from Thu., April 24 until Sun., June 1, 8:00pmEvery week Friday, Saturday from Fri., April 25 until Sun., June 1, 4:00pmEvery week Friday, Saturday from Fri., April 25 until Sun., June 1, 8:00pmEvery week Sunday from Sun., April 27 until Sun., June 1, 1:00pmEvery week Sunday from Sun., April 27 until Sun., June 1, 5:00pm

Montreal-based Cirque du Soleil is bringing another big-top-on-LSD production to the Eastside (through May 25), this time telling the story of a clown in some kind of ethereal limbo watching his own theatrical funeral procession in Corteo. (Is a dead clown more or less terrifying for coulrophobiacs?) His buddies and ex-lovers pay their respects in acts both poignant and comedic acts—including a duo of “little people” who perform ballet on a vertical bar set on a pivoting platform’ a man with unnervingly good balance who climbs ladders that lean on nothing but air; and a clowness floating on six enormous helium balloons. As usual, Cirque du Soleil is the master of amassing acrobats who are really, really, ridiculously good at really, really ridiculously peculiar talents, such as whistling, teeterboarding, and rolling around in metal rings like revolving Vitruvian Men. It’s an incredible showcase of human discipline (and provocatively ornate costumes). I have never left a performance without feeling sensory overload. Marymoor Park, 6046 W. Lake Sammamish Parkway N.E., Redmond, 800-678-5440, www.cirquedusoleil.com. $55-$210. Opens April 24. 8 p.m. Tues.-Thurs, 4 & 8 p.m. Fri.-Sat., 1 & 5 p.m. Sun. Must end June 1. SARA NIEGOWSKI

Fathers and Sons

Unlike some of Michael Bradford’s contemporaries, whose attempts to address a variety of social issues leave the audience overwhelmed, Bradford’s Fathers and Sons is a tribute, albeit a depressing one, to the power of the theater. Though it’s billed as an exploration of what it means to be a man, the play also tackles love in a romantic but complex way and war in a straightforward yet gut-wrenching way. After Marcus Goodwater (Reginald Andre Jackson) inadvertently loses his son at the park, his wife Yvette (Tracey A. Leigh) rages off to her mother’s, insisting that Marcus kill everyone he sees until he finds her baby. His formerly non-communicative, drug-addicted father, Leon (William Hall Jr.), chooses this moment to fly in and reconcile their relationship, but he’s haunted in turn by the ghost of his own father, Bernard (Wilbur Penn). Leon is sure of his mistakes but unsure how to fix them, and Bernard seems sure he hasn’t made mistakes, though no one else would agree. While time shifts between the present, where Marcus deals with his father and searches for his son, and the past, where we see the budding romance of Marcus and Yvette, Fathers and Sons maintains nonstop, fluid motion. BRENT ARONOWITZ Mostly 8 p.m. Fri., 2 & 8 p.m. Sat., 2 & 7:30 p.m. Sun., 7:30 p.m. Tues.-Thurs.; double-check Web site for exact schedule. Ends May 25.

ACT Theatre

$10-$55. Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday from Tue., April 29 until Sun., May 25, 7:30pmEvery week Friday from Fri., April 25 until Sun., May 25, 8:00pmEvery week Saturday from Sat., April 26 until Sun., May 25, 8:00pmEvery week Sunday from Sun., April 27 until Sun., May 25, 7:30pm

Living Dead in Denmark

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Theater Off Jackson Daily from Thu., May 15 until Sat., May 17, 8:00pm

Some people know wine and cheese. I know zombie movies. And now—zombie theater. Qui Nguyen’s Living Dead in Denmark (through Sat., May 17) features local sketch-comedy troupe the Pork Filled Players in a post-apocalyptic, zombie-filled future. (Zombies and the future, they go together.) The Danes here attempt to fend off human extinction by enlisting their own zombie army: Shakespeare and his fiercest female creations, which of course include the totally bad-ass zombified Lady Macbeth. A battle ensues between well-read and well-fed zombies to determine who will rule Denmark. Let’s hope it’ll be made into a movie. Theatre Off Jackson, 409 Seventh Ave. S., 340-1049, www.theatreoffjackson.org. $13–$15. 8 p.m. ERIKA HOBART

Medea Knows Best

Major props to Nebunele (“little crazies”) Theatre for their major prop: a giant TV screen, complete with volume control, through which characters hopped to enter the play’s Pleasantville-esque reinterpretation of ancient Corinth. Jason (Laurence Hughes) and Medea (Heather Persinger), sans Golden Fleece, vault into Corinth and are greeted by three sinister, singing Stepford Wives, who cheerfully assure us they “don’t have sex, just babies.” Jason inevitably falls to the charms of a lullaby moon (Davie-Blue) and the sturdy cross-stitches of “Corinth, Inc.” begin to fray. Local co-playwrights Alissa Mortenson (also one of the wives) and Claytie Mason tune Euripides’ tenuous sympathy for the hell-hath-no-fury stereotype of a woman scorned at a higher pitch by shredding the myth of a quiet town and a happy marriage one ’50s cover song at a time. JENNA NAND 8 p.m. Thurs.-Sun. Ends May 25.

Walrus Theater

$10-$15. Every week Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Thu., May 8 until Sun., May 25, 8:00pm

Psyche

Garrett Fisher’s operas—for lack of a better term—are often mythic explorations of individuals in conflict with larger forces (previous subjects include Galileo and Sir Thomas More). But conflict is his theme, not his method; his music coexists with other arts in a harmonious balance that must be something like what Wagner was groping for when he came up with his theories of the “total art work.” Psyche, premiering this weekend, is the latest in Fisher’s series of meditative, ritualistic theater pieces, which involve dance (choreographed by his sister Christy Fisher), masks and other elaborate costuming (here large-scale puppets by Tori Ellison), and even sculpture, if you include the visual impact of Dean Moore’s lavish array of gongs and other metal percussion. Harmonium, viola, taiko drums, and six-string bass add their colors to Fisher’s intimate “orchestra.” Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N., 679-5914, www.fisherensemble.org. $12–$15. 8 p.m. (Also: 8 p.m. Sat., May 17.) GAVIN BORCHERT

Good Shepherd Center

Daily from Fri., May 16 until Sat., May 17, 8:00pm

Quickies, Volume 9

The latest in Live Girls!’ raucous theater series dishes up six short new plays by up-and-coming women writers. Bounding gleefully from ethereal suburban creepiness to sweet and goofy love, from unsettling memories to hilarious parody, these riveting and imaginative tales pack a full-course meal into a flavor-packed sampler of strong contemporary work. An expecting couple settles into the perfect neighborhood, only to discover the terrible dark price they must pay the local Elder God in Lisa Romero’s Yog Sothoth. In Your Roaring Blood, Catherine Trieschmann tells a tender story of a precocious backwoods girl, shipped off to an arranged marriage, who teases a boy at the train station with kisses and her sweet tales. Two sisters share a brief moment from their busy schedules, but a half-revealed memory spins their comfortable lives into breathless uncertainty, in Allison Moore’s A Little Test. Finally, Kristina Sutherland’s Hardy Boys “solve” the “mystery” of a stolen Egyptian statue, escaping danger with wits, dumb luck and their fat friend. Host Shermona Mitchell reanimates the stage between each piece with quizzes, contests, and the “alternate talents” of the cast and crew. NEIL CORCORAN 8 p.m. Fri., 4 & 8 p.m. Sat. (Industry night, pay-what-you-can, is Mon., May 19.) Ends May 24.

Live Girls! Theater

$5-$15. Mon., May 19, 8:00pmEvery week Friday from Fri., May 2 until Sat., May 24, 8:00pmEvery week Saturday from Sat., May 3 until Sat., May 24, 4:00pmEvery week Saturday from Sat., May 3 until Sat., May 24, 8:00pm

S2

In Edward Mast’s futuristic play, the future looks much like the present, except that people wear funny clothes and talk like robots. The political turmoil of S2 is not so much a vision of what’s to come, but rather an amalgam of events that have already happened. Although Mast seems to be frustrated with the modern capitalistic military-industrial complex of an unnamed world superpower, the setting—a developing country under attack after its refusal to continue sugar production—brings to mind most clearly the United Fruit Company and the Banana Massacre of 1928. As any cynic or conspiracy theorist will tell you, civil liberties will soon be out the window entirely, quite possibly leading to the apocalypse. And the situation for homosexuals, or sodomites as the robot-people call them, is just as dismal as ever. One of those sodomites is Slate, a 14-year-old prostitute whose lover is murdered at the hands of the money-driven global hegemony. Slate vows revenge, but he’s interrupted when a power-and-sex-crazed female representative of said country tortures him, thus turning him straight. The play might tragically end there, but he soon has sex with a woman, remembers he’s gay, and manages to continue on his mission. BRENT ARONOWITZ 8 p.m. Fri.-Sat. Ends June 7.

Gail Stellner Theatre

$5-$12. Every week Friday, Saturday from Fri., May 9 until Sat., June 7, 8:00pm

Seattle International Children’s Festival

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: The Seattle International Children’s Festival (through Sat., May 17) isn’t just for kids. In fact, if your child is whining about seeing cool music acts (including Reem Kalimi and women drummers from Guinea), stick Raffi on the CD player and hire a babysitter. If they complain about being deprived of their video games and TV for the day, stick Hannah Montana into the DVD and let their brains rot while you go check out Puppentheater Halle’s delicate retelling of the Grimm tale King Thrushbeard, using unique puppets crafted out of mud and sticks; or the whirlwind antics of Circa, who promise “46 circus acts in 45 minutes.” And only if they’re very, very good should you consider taking them to see Italy’s Teatro di Piazza o d’Occasione’s Dream Carpet, a storytelling experience that marries the form of a Japanese garden with interactive technology that creates images and sounds, first from a dancer, then from members of the audience. Why wasn’t the world this cool when I was a kid? See www.seattleinternational.org for full schedule and details. Seattle Center, 325-6500. $9.50–$45 (four-show pass). 10 a.m. JOHN LONGENBAUGH

Seattle Center

Daily from Thu., May 15 until Sat., May 17, 10:00am

Book -It

A Jon Scieszka double-feature: The True Story of the Three Little Pigs and The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales.

Seattle Central Library

Free. Sat., May 17, 2:00pm

Open Box

A monthly open-mike session for playwrights.

JewelBox/Rendezvous

$3. Sat., May 17, 4:30pm

The CREATION Project Showcase

The Central District Forum presents two nights of new spoken-word, theater, and dance works. [See preview profiles here and here.].

Broadway Performance Hall

$10-$15. Fri., May 16, 8:00pmSat., May 17, 8:00pm

Defending the Caveman

Ben Tedder brings the longest-runing solo show in Broadway history back to Kirkland. [Read Longenbaugh's take on the show here.].

Kirkland Performance Center

$34-$36. Wed., May 14, 8:00pmThu., May 15, 8:00pmFri., May 16, 8:00pmSat., May 17, 5:00pmSat., May 17, 8:00pm

The Gold Show

An "intimate, interactive" cabaret "with an erotic theme." (Meet by 9 p.m. at the office at 406 Dexter Ave. N. and you will be escorted to the performance space.).

Little Red Studio

$30. Sat., May 17, 9:00pmFri., June 13, 9:00pmSat., July 19, 9:00pmFri., August 8, 9:00pm

Aida

Scooping the Seattle Opera's August production with the Elton John/Tim Rice version. 8 p.m. Wed.-Sat., 2 p.m. Sun., also some Sat. matinees and Tues. & Sun. evenings; see Web site for complete schedule. Ends July 6.

Francis J Gaudette Theatre

$20-$55. Every week Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Wed., May 14 until Sun., July 6, 8:00pmEvery week Sunday from Sun., May 18 until Sun., July 6, 2:00pm

Aladdin

Sprouts Children’s Theatre presents Stan Gill and Cathy Domeck's original musical. 7 p.m. Fri., 1 & 3 p.m. Sat.-Sun. Ends May 17.

SecondStory Repertory

$8.75. Every week Friday from Fri., May 2 until Sat., May 17, 7:00pmEvery week Saturday, Sunday from Sat., May 3 until Sat., May 17, 1:00pmEvery week Saturday, Sunday from Sat., May 3 until Sat., May 17, 3:00pm

The American Pilot

In David Greig's play, the title character parachutes into, and causes conflict in, a village in an unnamed country. [See review here.] 8 p.m. Thurs.-Sat. Ends May 24.

Theater Schmeater

Pay-what-you-can Thurs., $15-$18 Fri.-Sat. Every week Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Thu., April 24 until Sat., May 24, 8:00pm

Annie Get Your Gun

Seattle Musical Theatre presents Irving Berlin's musical. 8 p.m. Fri.-Sat., 2 p.m. Sun.; also 7:30 p.m. Thurs., May 23. (No show May 24.) Ends May 25.

Magnuson Community Center

$25-$35. Thu., May 22, 7:30pmEvery week Friday, Saturday from Fri., May 9 until Sun., May 25, 8:00pmEvery week Sunday from Sun., May 11 until Sun., May 25, 2:00pm

Big Love

Charles Mee's "explosive" updating of Aeschylus. [See review here.] 8 p.m. Thurs.-Sat., 2 p.m. Sun. Ends May 17.

Balagan Theatre

$12-$20. Every week Sunday from Sun., April 27 until Sat., May 17, 2:00pmEvery week Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Thu., April 24 until Sat., May 17, 8:00pm

Blood Squad Lives

Improvised horror movies from this gore-loving trio. 10:30 p.m. Sat. Open run.

Odd Duck Studio

$10. Every week Saturday, 10:30pm

The Boys Do The Girls

A cabaret featuring the music of Judy, Ella, and Barbra (if you have to ask about last names, maybe this show's not for you). Dinner 6:30 p.m., show 8 p.m. each Sat. Ends May 17.

Crepe de Paris

$50 w/dinner, $20 show only. Every week Saturday from Sat., April 26 until Sat., May 17, 8:00pm

Burlesque Behind the Pink Door

A weekly naughty cabaret.

The Pink Door

$12. Every week Saturday, 11:00pm

Comedy Underground

Beginning May 16, the long-running humor hangout is closed for remodeling UFN.

Comedy Underground

$6-$15. Daily

The Diary of Anne Frank

A stage adaptation of the well-known Holocaust memoir. [See review here.] Generally 7:30 p.m. Tues.-Thurs., 8 p.m. Fri., 2 & 8 p.m. Sat., 2 & 7:30 p.m. Sun.; check Website for exact schedule. Ends May 17.

Intiman Theater

$10-$50. Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Fri., March 21 until Sat., May 17

Giggles Comedy Club

Stand-up comedians and other entertainers Friday and Saturday and open mike Thursday and Sunday. On May 16-17, Robert Kelley and Lukas Seeley; May 24-25, Round 1 of Giggles' Laff-Off. See Web site for program details.

Giggles Seattle

Every week ThursdayEvery week Friday, SaturdayEvery week Sunday

The Hairy Baby

The premiere of Ki Gottberg’s fantastical fable. 7:30 p.m. Thurs.-Fri., 2:30 & 7:30 p.m. Sat., 7:30 p.m. Sun., May 11, 2:30 p.m. Sun., May 18. Ends May 18.

Seattle University (Lee Center for the Arts)

$6-$10. Sun., May 11, 7:30pmEvery week Thursday, Friday from Thu., May 8 until Sun., May 18, 7:30pmEvery week Saturday from Sat., May 10 until Sun., May 18, 2:30pmEvery week Saturday from Sat., May 10 until Sun., May 18, 7:30pmSun., May 18, 2:30pm

Late Nite Catechism

Maripat Donovan’s one-woman show explains everything you wanted to know about the Catholic faith, but were too scared you’d get rapped across the knuckles to ask. Open run. In February the show celebrated its 10th anniversary in Seattle; see Longenbaugh's article here.

ACT Theatre

$24.50-$29.50. Every week Friday, Saturday, 8:00pmEvery week Sunday, 2:00pm

Laughs

Open mike Tues. at 8:30 p.m. ($6), stand-up and other comedy Thurs.-Sat. (usually $15). On May 16-17, Alonzo Bodden; May 22-24, Robert Hawkins. See Web site for complete schedule.

Laughs Comedy Spot

Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday

A Little Night Music

The BCC drama department presents Sondheim's operetta about mismatched, but eventually enlightened, lovers. 8 p.m. Fri., May 16-Sat., May 17 and Wed., May 21-Sat., May 24; also 2 p.m. Sat., May 24.

Bellevue Community College

$10-$12. Fri., May 16, 8:00pmSat., May 17, 8:00pmWed., May 21, 8:00pmThu., May 22, 8:00pmFri., May 23, 8:00pmSat., May 24, 2:00pmSat., May 24, 8:00pm

Mainstage Comedy Club

On May 14-17, Dat Phan; May 22-24, Pete Johansson. 8 & 10:30 p.m. See Web site for complete show details.

Mainstage Comedy & Music Club

$20. Every week Friday, 8:00pmEvery week Friday, 10:00pmEvery week Saturday, 8:00pm

Naked Ladies

Annex Theatre premieres a screwball-flavored play by the comedy duo of Paul Gude and Ben Laurance. Opens May 16. 11 p.m. Fri.-Sat. Ends May 31.

Gail Stellner Theatre

$5-$9. Every week Friday, Saturday from Fri., May 16 until Sat., May 31, 11:00pm

Over the River and Through the Woods

Nick gets a great job offer in Seattle, but his family wants him to stay in Joisey, in Joe DiPietro’s comedy. Opens May 16. 7:30 p.m. Wed.-Thurs., 8 p.m. Fri.-Sat., 2 p.m. Sat. Ends June 14.

Taproot Theater

$10-$33. Every week Saturday from Sat., May 17 until Sat., June 14, 8:00pmEvery week Wednesday, Thursday from Wed., May 14 until Sat., June 14, 7:30pmEvery week Friday from Fri., May 16 until Sat., June 14, 8:00pmEvery week Saturday from Sat., May 17 until Sat., June 14, 2:00pm

Phaedra

Not Racine's, but Matthew Maguire's, presented by Outsider's Inn Collective. 8 p.m. Thurs., May 8 and Fri.-Sat., 3 p.m. Sun. Ends May 17.

Stone Soup Theater

$15. Thu., May 8, 8:00pmSun., May 11, 3:00pmEvery week Friday, Saturday from Fri., May 9 until Sat., May 17, 8:00pm

Revival!

Poets Against the War founder Andrew Himes recounts his journey from fundamentalist upbringing to revolutionary adulthood. 7:30 p.m. Fri.-Sat. 7:30 p.m. Ends May 24.

Capitol Hill Arts Center

$20-$25. Every week Friday, Saturday from Sat., May 3 until Sat., May 24, 7:30pm

The Shaft

Jonathan Shock's play asks "How much civilization can there be in an elevator after two hours?" Presented by Eclectic Theater Company. 8 p.m. Fri.-Sat. Ends May 24.

Odd Duck Studio

$10-$18. Every week Friday, Saturday from Fri., May 9 until Sat., May 24, 8:00pm

Teatro ZinZanni

Their new dinner-theater show is called "A Suitcase Named Desire." 6:30 p.m. Wed.-Sat., 5:30 p.m. Sun. Open run.

Teatro ZinZanni

$104-$155. Every week Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 6:30pmEvery week Sunday, 5:30pm

TheatreSports

The long-running improv comedy show.

Market Theater

$10-$12. Every week Friday, Saturday, 10:30pmEvery week Sunday, 7:00pm

Unexpected Stories

SecondStory Repertory and Unexpected Productions team up for a night of improv. 8:30 p.m. Fri.-Sat. Ends May 17.

SecondStory Repertory

$10. Every week Friday, Saturday from Fri., May 2 until Sat., May 17, 8:30pm

Well

Lisa Kron's semi-autobiographical meta-play, presented by ReAct Theatre. [See Tim Appelo's review here.] 8 p.m. Fri.-Sat., 2 & 7 p.m. Sun. Ends June 1.

Richard Hugo House

$6-$15. Every week Friday, Saturday from Fri., May 2 until Sun., June 1, 8:00pmEvery week Sunday from Sun., May 4 until Sun., June 1, 2:00pmEvery week Sunday from Sun., May 4 until Sun., June 1, 7:00pm

To Do List

Saturday, May 17

Dead Meadow, SubArachnoid Space, Whalebones, Patrol
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El Corazon, Sat., May 17, 7:00pm, $10 adv./$12

Peter Bagge
Artist Peter Bagge will show off a form of panels from Hate, his pioneering... More>>
Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery, Sat., May 17, 6:00pm-9:00pm

Thee Emergency (CD release), the Valley, the Hands
With Dita Vox at the helm, Seattle garage-rock band Thee Emergency speciali... More>>
King Cobra, Sat., May 17, 8:00pm

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