Young Dragon: A Bruce Lee Story, written by Keiko Green, is an important and provoking piece of art that everyone will enjoy and continue to talk about for years to come. Seattle Children’s Theatre always does an incredible job of bringing stories to life that reflect and pay tribute to minorities, disabilities and special differences that make us all unique, which right now is more imperative than ever. Run, don’t walk to get your tickets before the run ends on March 22nd, 2026.

This show blends humor, life-story, dance and social perspective in a very creative way that rewards the audience with Teal Shearer's own sense of wonder and excitement about humanity and this world we live in. It is a gift she has decided to share with us, and for that we should be absolutely honored.

Standing Room Only Theatre’s production of The Odd Couple (Female Version) is a strong example of what can be accomplished with a clear vision, a capable ensemble, and a willingness to adapt to the limitations of a nontraditional space. As the company continues its search for a permanent home, this production serves as a promising indicator of what they are capable of—and a compelling reason to follow what comes next.

At just over 75 minutes with no intermission, Chick Fight! delivers a theatrical experience that is both immediate and thought-provoking, but more importantly, it’s one that refuses to let its audience remain at a comfortable distance. This is not passive viewing—it’s participation, whether you’re ready for it or not. The production’s strength lies in its willingness to embrace that discomfort, to challenge both its characters and its audience to confront difficult questions about control, identity, and agency. Supported by strong performances, intentional design, and choreography that carries as much narrative weight as the text itself, the piece succeeds in creating something that feels urgent and relevant. It doesn’t aim to please everyone, nor should it. Instead, it commits fully to its perspective, and in doing so, carves out a space for dialogue that feels necessary. That alone makes Chick Fight! a production worth seeking out.

What lingers most after Fishbowl is not any one design element or performance, but the questions it leaves behind. In a world where the systems we rely on—environmental, scientific, even interpersonal—feel increasingly fragile, Catherine’s play resists easy answers. Instead, it invites us to sit with the uncertainty, to consider whether progress and empathy can coexist, and to ask what it means to truly understand one another. In that way, Fishbowl becomes less about the mysteries beneath the surface of the ocean and more about the ones within ourselves—and whether we are willing to face them.

Staging Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express is an ambitious undertaking, and Red Curtain deserves credit for tackling a piece of this scale. The craftsmanship on display is evident in every corner of the production, particularly in its striking visual design and the clear commitment from the cast and creative team. As with many productions of the classic whodunit, the balance between spectacle and storytelling is a delicate one, requiring seamless movement, sustained tension, and a strong connection to the performances at its core. At its best, this production finds those moments—particularly in its final reveal, where the story is allowed to take center stage and the emotional weight of the mystery fully lands. It’s a reminder of why this story continues to be revisited time and again, and of the unique theatrical challenge it presents to every company that dares to bring it aboard.

Burien Actors Theatre’s production of R.U.R…or Rossum’s Universal Robots is an engaging and thoughtfully realized staging of a foundational work of science fiction. It balances visual cohesion, committed performances, and thematic clarity to deliver a piece that feels both classic and strikingly relevant. More than a century after its debut, Čapek’s warning still resonates—and in this staging, it lands with unsettling clarity.

Annex Theatre has long been a home for new and unconventional work, and Next Exit is a clear continuation of that mission. It’s a play that doesn’t aim to provide easy answers, but instead invites the audience into an ongoing conversation—sometimes humorous, sometimes reflective—about how we navigate uncertainty, mortality, and connection. In the end, Next Exit suggests that while we may search endlessly for reasons and clarity—about both life and death—the truth may be both simpler and more complex: things don’t always happen for a reason, but they do happen. And it’s what we make of those moments, how we choose to live within them, and how we connect with others along the way, that ultimately defines the journey.

We are all human. We are all different. We are all the same. We all experience hurt, fear, love, joy, pain, regret, and ambition. Sometimes we experience life at the top, and sometimes we experience it at the bottom. But when we are gone, what remains is who we were—flesh, bones, blood, scars, and the impact we left behind. So don’t sweat the small stuff. Enjoy it, because you are only human. Bremerton Community Theatre has a gem of a production on its hands that I encourage everyone to experience. This show runs until Sunday, March 1, 2026—grab tickets before they sell out.

Topdog/Underdog, per director Valerie Curtis-Newton is “the story of two brothers trying to… find a way to heal the generational trauma and come out the other side.” But, “in its most basic form, they are trying to win an unwinnable game.” The actors, ML Roberts and Yusef Seevers call it, “hilarious, heartbreaking and relevant … hysterical, Black and important.” It is all of those things and more. 

Justice represents what is so good about the work that Drunken Owl Theatre is doing — it’s not just entertainment, it’s also conversation. Drunken Owl continues to carve out a space that feels fearless, curious, and deeply human, inviting audiences to laugh, reflect, and occasionally squirm a little in their seats. Under Kevin Finney’s guidance, this rotating collective of artists offers rather thoughtful provocations, wrapped in creativity and craft. If theatre can be a mirror, a pressure release, and a call to awareness all at once, Justice makes a compelling case that Drunken Owl Theatre understands that balance better than just about anyone in town.

Ashes, Ashes, We All Fall Down is a powerful reminder of how assumptions and long-held grudges can calcify into lasting harm, and how understanding can begin to undo that damage. Though the run is sold out, this is a production worth the effort to see. Get on the waiting list or stand by at the door — the As If Theatre team will do their best to make sure everyone can get in. This world premiere affirms why new work matters, and why stories rooted in empathy remain essential to the theatre we need now.

A neurodiverse young woman in Inner Mongolia, a best friend with a pet chicken, Mongolian throat singing meets rock vocals — Li is a wonderfully weird comedy about outgrowing everything you know and discovering that the quirky community you thought was holding you back was exactly what you needed all along.

Ten guilty strangers. One island. No escape. Centerstage Theatre's And Then There Were None delivers classic Christie thrills with a chillingly timely reminder: the obsession with punishment destroys the obsessed long before it reaches the guilty.

Village Theatre’s Baskerville is a theatrical juggling act, and it succeeds because every element — performance, design, pacing, and technical discipline — is working in concert. The result is an evening that is clever, atmospheric, and consistently entertaining, proving that Sherlock Holmes is still full of surprises when placed in the right hands.

With Love’s Labour’s Lost, Shakespeare's comedy proves a natural fit for Phoenix Theatre. The performances are delightful and the direction hits great comic notes.

The music is hot and swinging, the sets are shining and inclusive, the direction is a love story to art, and the actors are some of the most impressive artistic vessels you will ever encounter on stage. Whether you are a party animal or a homebody, “The Wild Party” at Sound Theater Company will only leave you with complaint: it only runs two weekends. Cancel all your plans and as Queenie says, get ready to “Raise the Roof” at “The Wild Party”.

The Fairest Flame is an ambitious and uncommon staging opportunity, a new work still early in its theatrical life, presented with care and anchored by Amanda Nixon’s truly compelling Countess. While the production occasionally struggles with pacing in its opening act, the second half finds a stronger pulse, and the play’s quieter, more interior approach to Joan begins to shine through. It’s a deeply worthwhile story of Joan of Arc, one that lives not in the battlefield legend, but in the human spaces around it, in the moments of doubt, pressure, and resolve that history often skips past. With continued refinement, this is a piece that could grow into something truly powerful, and Olympia Little Theatre offers audiences a rare chance to encounter it at the very beginning of that journey.

Harlequin Productions’ Wait Until Dark is an extraordinary example of theatrical craft in service of suspense. From its meticulous noir-inspired design to its perfectly calibrated pacing, this is a production that understands how to build tension not through excess, but through precision. It invites the audience into a world of shadow and silence, and then rewards that patience with a final sequence that is as thrilling as it is earned. This is suspense theatre at its finest, and a true achievement for everyone involved.

The Time Machine at Tacoma Little Theatre is more than a clever science fiction adventure — it is the latest adaptation of a story that has helped define the very idea of time travel for generations, and a reminder of how fragile and consequential time truly is. This version invites us not only to marvel at the possibility of traveling through history, but to consider the moral cost of doing so, and the ways a single moment can ripple outward to reshape countless lives. With excellent performances, richly detailed design, and a production that balances spectacle with thoughtfulness, this is theatre that entertains while quietly asking its audience to reflect on the past, the future, and the choices that define the space between.