2009-10 in Pac NW theater

Spokane Civic Theater spokanecivictheatre.com
Endowment Dinner at Northern Quest, July 17
The Pirates of Penzance, Sept 25-Oct 25, dir. Yvonne A.K. Johnson
String of Pearls, Oct 23-Nov. 15, dir. Susan Hardie
Chess (in concert), Oct. 30-31, dir. Yvonne A.K. Johnson
A Tuna Christmas, Nov. 20-Dec 19, dir. William Marlowe
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Nov 28-Dec 20, dir. Andrew Ware Lewis
Jan 15-Feb 6, 2010 Curtains, dir. Troy Nickerson
Jan 29-Feb 21, 2010 Sylvia, dir. Brooke Kiener
Feb 26-March 21, 2010 Steel Magnolias, dir. George Green
March 19-April 11, 2010 The Spitfire Grill, dir. Marianne McLaughlin
April 9-25, 2010 Escanaba in da Moonlight, dir. Troy Nickerson
April 30-May 23, 2010 Lips Together, Teeth Apart, dir. Wes Deitrick
May 21-June 20, 2010 Annie, Get Your Gun, dir. Yvonne A.K. Johnson

Coeur d’Alene Summer Theater
www.cdasummertheatre.com
July 3-18 The Producers
July 23-Aug 2 Dames at Sea
Aug 8-22 Miss Saigon
Nuncrackers Dec 18-20

Idaho Repertory Theater, Moscow
www.idahorep.org
through Aug. 8:
Unnecessary Farce, Some Enchanted Evening, CHAPS, High School Musical, Romeo and Juliet

Interplayers Professional Theatre
www.interplayers.com
Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune, Sept. 17-Oct. 3
Doubt, Oct 22-Nov 7
Underneath the Lintel, Nov. 25-Dec. 12
Honky-Tonk Highway, Jan. 28-Feb. 13, 2010
Art, March 11-27, 2010
Eleemosynary, April 15-30, 2010
Psychopathia Sexualis, May 13-29, 2010

Lake City Playhouse
www.lakecityplayhouse.org
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (musical version, dir. Maria Caprile), Sept. 25-Oct. 11
Dracula (dir. Rebecca McNeil), Oct. 29-Nov. 8
The Little Princess (dir. Laura Little), Dec. 3-20
and in 2010: Leader of the Pack (dir. Marina Kalani), Jan. 14-31
High School Musical 2 (dir. Emily Bayne), Feb. 18-March 7
Amadeus (dir. Jhon Goodwin), March 25-April 3
Jekyll and Hyde (dir. Jered Helm), April 29-May 23

Sixth Street Melodrama, Wallace, Idaho
sixthstreetmelodrama.com
D.K. Molar, the Devious Dentist, through July 26
Mesmerizing Merry, Aug. 5-30
Here We Sit, a comedy about theater, Nov. 6-22
I Do! I Do!. Jan. 8-24, 2010
Dearly Beloved, March 5-24, 2010

Merc Playhouse, Twisp, Wash.
www.mercplayhouse.org
Steel Magnolias, through July 19
Nobody Don't Like Yogi, Aug 21-Sept 5

Regional Theater of the Palouse, Pullman, Wash.

www.rtoptheatre.org

Annie Get Your Gun  Aug. 28-30 at Beasley Coliseum

also: Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Enchanted April

Guys and Dolls

Seattle Shakespeare Company
seattleshakespeare.org
Richard III July 9-Aug 2
The Taming of the Shrew July 10-Aug 2
The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Dec 3-27
Jan 7-31, 2010 Henry V
March 18-April 11, 2010 Hamlet
April 18-May 9, 2010 Twelfth Night

Book-It Repertory Theater, Seattle
book-it.org
A Confederacy of Dunces, Sept. 16-Oct. 11
Emma, Oct. 20-Nov 22
Feb 9-March 7, 2010 The River Why, by David James Duncan
June 9-July 11, 2010 The Cider House Rules: Part One, adapted by Peter Parnell from John Irving

Wing-It Productions, Seattle
www.wingitpresents.com
Objection, by Jon Axell, through July 24
Jet City Improv, through Dec 26
Twisted Flicks, July 30-Dec 26
Couples Therapy, Aug 6-Sept 18

Taproot Theatre Company, Seattle
www.taproottheatre.org
Smoke on the Mountain Homecoming, through Aug 15
Enchanted April, Sept 23-Oct 24
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol, by John Longenbaugh, Nov 20-Dec 26

A Contemporary Theatre (ACT), Seattle
www.acttheatre.org
the break/s, by Mark Bamuthi Joseph, through July 12
Das Barbecu (with Carter J. Davis), July 31-Sept 6
also:
The Runt of the Litter, by Bo Eason
Rock 'n' Roll, by Tom Stoppard

Harlequin Theater, Olympia
harlequinproductions.org
Bat Boy: The Musical, through July 18
Mating Dance of the Werewolf, Aug 20-Sept 12
Stardust Homecoming, Nov-Dec (a Puget Sound Christmas in 1942)
Jan-Feb 2010 Six Hotels (premiere by Israel Horovitz; 4 actors play 24 parts in ...)
March-April 2010 End Days, by Deborah Zoe Laufer
April-May, 2010 Rabbit Hole
a summer musical
Aug-Sept 2010, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher
Sept-Oct 2010, The Taming of the Shrew

Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Boise
idahoshakespeare.org
The Comedy of Errors, through July 24
The Seagull (closed July 3)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood, July 10-Aug 28
Twelfth Night, July 31-Aug 30
A Tuna Christmas, Sept 4-Oct 3

Boise Contemporary Theater
bctheater.org
The Pavilion, by Craig Wright, Oct. 14-Nov 7 (pair reunite at a 20-year h.s. reunion)
Animals Out of Paper, by Rajiv Joseph, Nov 24-Dec 19 (three very different people do origami)
At Home at the Zoo, by Edward Albee, Jan 27-Feb 20, 2010 (adds a first act to The Zoo Story)
Namaste Man, written and perf. by Andrew Weems, April 7-May 1 (autobiography set in Zambia, Nepal, Virginia)

Missoula Children's Theater mctinc.org

Christian Youth Theater, Spokane
cytspokane.com
Schoolhouse Rock, Nov. 6-15
The Wizard of Oz, Feb. 26-March 7, 2010
Pocahontas, May 21-30, 2010

SFCC
Dearly Departed, by David Bottrell and Jessie Jones, Nov. 12-22
The Comedy of Errors, March 5-15, 2010
The Insanity of Mary Girard, by Jamie Robertson, May 28-June 7, 2010
... and in collaboration with Spokane Children's Theater:
Nightingale in March 2010
Box Car Children in April 2010

Gonzaga University
Pride and Prejudice Oct 23-Nov 1
Jan 29-Feb 7, 2010 Weaving Our Sisters’ Voices (women from Scripture dance, sing, recite poetry)
March 25-29, 2010 Lysistrata (trans. Nicholas Rudall)
April 22-24, 2010 Spring Dance Concert

Pullman Civic Theater
pullmancivictheatre.org
July 17-26 Charlotte’s Web
September: Greater Tuna
December: A Christmas Story

EWU, Cheney
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (adapted by Jay Allen) Nov 13-21
Romeo and Juliet March 3-15, 2010
Almost, Maine, by John Cariani May 7-15, 2010

Whitworth
The Illusion, by Pierre Corneille (trans. Tony Kushner), dir. Diana Trotter, Oct. 16-24
March 5-13, 2010 Is He Dead? by Mark Twain (adapt. David Ives), dir. Rick Hornor



Spokane Children's Theater
spokanechildrenstheatre.org
High School Musical 2, dir. Kim Roberts, Oct 9-25, at SCC Lair
Babes in Toyland, Nov 27-Dec 13, at SCC
Charlotte's Web, Feb. 14-28, 2010, at SCC
The Nightingale, March 20-28, 2010, at SFCC's Spartan Theater, dir. Sara Edlin-Marlowe
May 22-June, 6, 2010: The Boxcar Children, at SFCC

Portland Center Stage
pcs.org
Ragtime Sept 22-Nov 1
Ben Franklin: Unplugged Sept 29-Nov 22
A Christmas Carol Nov 24-Dec 27
The Santaland Diaries Dec 3-27
Snow Falling on Cedars Jan 12-Feb 7, 2010
The Receptionist Jan 26-March 21
The 39 Steps Feb 23-March 21

The Chosen April 6-May 2
Mike’s Incredible Indian Adventure April 20-May 30
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee May 25-June 27

Artists Repertory Theater, Portland
artistsrep.org
All My Sons Sept 8-Oct 11
Becky’s New Car Sept 22-Oct 25 (a pretend-widow escapes midlife doldrums)
Holidazed Nov 17-Dec 20 (super mom takes in pagan teen)
Design for Living Jan 5-Feb 7, 2010 (Noel Coward’s ménage-a-trois)
Othello April 13-May 16 (‘40s noir look)
Gracie and the Atom April 27-May 30 (musical: physics vs. faith at Catholic school)

Intiman Theater, Seattle
intiman.org
July 2-Aug 2 Othello
Aug 21-Sept 20 The Year of Magical Thinking
Oct 2-Nov 15 Abe Lincoln in Illinois, by Robert Sherwood
Dec 1-27 Black Nativity

Seattle Rep
seattlerep.org
The 39 Steps Sept 25-Oct 18 (comic spy mystery with four actors playing 130 roles)
August: Osage County Oct 27-Nov 1 (with Estelle Parsons)
Opus Oct 30-Dec 6 (contentious string quartet reunites; dir. Braden Abraham)



Equivocation Nov 18-Dec 3 (dir. Bill Rauch, from OSF; Shakespeare writes Macbeth)
Speech and Debate Jan 15-Feb 21, 2010 (three teens stir up controversy in high school)
Glengarry Glen Ross Feb 5-28
Fences March 26-April 18 (25th anniversary of August Wilson’s ‘50s play)
An Iliad (April 9-May 16) in a one-man show, Denis O’Hare updates Homer

Company of Fools, Hailey, Idaho
companyoffools.org
110 in the Shade July 4-Aug 1 (musical version of The Rainmaker)
Welcome Home Jenny Sutter July 4-Aug 2 (Iraq vet returns, gets lost in Calif. desert)
Steel Magnolias July 4-Aug 2
The Syringa Tree Oct 21-Nov 8 (white family and black family in 1960s South Africa)
Dec 17, 2009-Jan 3, 2010 A Year With Frog and Toad
Feb 24-March 14, 2010 The Glass Menagerie

Montana Rep, Missoula
montanarep.org
??

Lord Leebrick Theater Company, Eugene
lordleebrick.com
(2009-10 season; no dates yet)
American Buffalo, by David Mamet
The Four of Us, by Itamar Moses
Shipwrecked! The Amazing Adventure of Louis de Rougemont (as told by himself), by Donald Margulies
Customary Monsters, by Kyle T. Wilson
Eurydice, by Sarah Ruhl

Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland
osfashland.org
in the Bowmer through Oct. 31-Nov. 1:
Macbeth, The Music Man, Equivocation, Paradise Lost
in the New Theater through Nov. 1:
The Servant of Two Masters, All's Well That Ends Well
in the Elizabethan Theater through Oct. 9-11:
Henry VIII, Don Quixote, Much Ado About Nothing

OSF in Feb-Oct. 2010:
in the Bowmer:
Hamlet, Pride and Prejudice, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, She Loves Me, Throne of Blood
in the New Theater:
Well, Ruined, American Night
in the Elizabethan Theater:
The Merchant of Venice; Twelfth Night; Henry IV, Part One

The Paramount Theater, Seattle
theparamount.com
Wicked, Sept 3-Oct 4
August: Osage County, Oct 27-Nov 1
Fiddler on the Roof, May 25-30, 2010

Keller Auditorium, Portland
Fiddler on the Roof, Aug 25-30
Forbidden Broadway, Sept. 17-20
August: Osage County, Oct 20-25
Xanadu, Jan 12-17, 2010
Legally Blonde, Feb 16-21, 2010
Cats, March 23-28, 2010
Dreamgirls, April 13-18, 2010; Cirque Dreams Illumination: May 25-30, 2010; and The Lion King: June 16-July 11, 2010

Capitol Theater, Yakima
capitoltheatre.org
The Wedding Singer, Jan 1-2, 2010
Annie, Feb 9-11, 2010
Avenue Q, Feb 17-18, 2010
Camelot, March 5-6, 2010
Dixie's Tupperware Party, March 9-14, 2010
Cabaret, April 13-14, 2010

Bigfork Summer Playhouse, Bigfork, MT
bigforksummerplayhouse.org
(15 miles SE of Kalispell; on the NE shore of Flathead Lake)
through Aug. 22: The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas; Singin' in the Rain; The Wiz; and Seussical: The Musical

Opera House Theater Company, Phillipsburg, MT
operahousetheatre.com
(60 miles SE of Missoula)
through Sept. 6: Butterscotch; Having a Wonderful Time, Wish You Were Her; and Vaudeville Variety Extravaganza