Local Talent

A Fiendish Conversation with KT Niehoff

The choreographer discusses restaging an evolved version of the wild 'A Glimmer of Hope or Skin or Light' for ACT Theatre's 50th anniversary.

10/23/2015 By Seth Sommerfeld

Local Talent

A Fiendish Conversation with Yussef El Guindi

The award-winning playwright discusses his creative process and Threesome, his latest work at ACT Theatre.

06/10/2015 By Seth Sommerfeld

Local Talent

A Fiendish Conversation with ACT Theatre's Kurt Beattie

The artistic director discusses ACT's 50th anniversary and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

04/14/2015 By Seth Sommerfeld

Theater Review

'Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike' and the Comedy of Depression

The actors behind suffering siblings carry ACT's production of the Tony-winning play.

10/30/2014 By Seth Sommerfeld

Met Picks

The Top Things to See or Do in Seattle: October 2014

A Tony-winning play, a Newbery-winning book, and Macklemore’s pals release competing albums.

10/01/2014 Edited by Seth Sommerfeld

Theater Review

Seattle Shakespeare Company's Invitingly Isolated 'Waiting for Godot'

The bleakness of Samuel Beckett's classic tragicomedy plays out on the ACT Theatre stage.

09/16/2014 By Seth Sommerfeld

Theater Review

ACT's 'An Evening of One Acts' Falters

A weak third act derails a night of star playwrights.

08/07/2014 By Seth Sommerfeld

Theater Review

'Little Shop of Horrors' Basks in Macabre Sunshine

ACT Theatre's dark musical comedy revels in campiness but struggles with paper thin characters.

03/20/2014 By Seth Sommerfeld

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Slide Show: ACT Theatre’s Wanderlust Gala

10/26/2013

Local Talent

A Fiendish Conversation with Azeotrope's Desdemona Chiang

The co-founder and director of the edgy theater company talks about Red Light Winter and 25 Saints at ACT and embracing ugly theater.

10/23/2013 By Seth Sommerfeld

Theater

Robots and Retreats: Icicle Creek Theater Festival

Leavenworth's new-play fest brings A Perfect Robot and The Private Sector to ACT Theatre.

08/14/2013 By Seth Sommerfeld

Theater Recap

The Best Smack Talk in 'Other Desert Cities'

You thought Lucille Bluth was nasty in Arrested Development. You haven't met Polly Wyeth.

06/21/2013 By Laura Dannen

Theater

The Weird and Wonderful World of WET

Never a dull moment when Washington Ensemble Theatre is involved.

04/17/2013 By Laura Dannen

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Seattle’s Secrets Are Revealed During ‘Seattle Confidential’

Ian Bell’s social theater gets locals talking about sex, crime, love, and the afterlife.

04/17/2013 By Laura Dannen

Theater Preview

ACT and 5th Avenue Team Up on 'Grey Gardens'

Time to meet Big Edie and Little Edie.

03/18/2013 By Laura Dannen

Theater Preview

The Girls of Grunge Howl in 'These Streets'

This week at ACT: a show that spotlights the songs and stories of Seattle’s hard-rocking women of the ’90s.

02/18/2013 With Laura Dannen

Local Talent

A Fiendish Conversation with Julie Briskman

Ten actors spent nine months fully immersed in Chekhov's The Seagull. Actress Julie Briskman talks about hatching the bird.

01/24/2013 By Seth Sommerfeld

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The Girls of Grunge

New play These Streets spotlights the songs and stories of Seattle’s hard-rocking women of the ’90s.

01/23/2013 By Laura Dannen

Theater Review

ACT's 'Ramayana' Adds Bollywood Glitz to an Ancient Epic

The whole package is great fun—and edifying, too.

10/23/2012 By Sheila Farr