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Now HERE is an unusual summer theatre opportunity, from our friends at ACT Theatre:Calling all young people between the ages of 14 and 19, ACT has an amazing FREE opportunity for you this summer. If you love theatre and want to learn more about South and Southeast Asian performance, apply to become a part of the Ramayana Youth Ensemble. What is the Ramayana Youth Ensemble? 20 performers ages 14-19 will form ACT's Ramayana Youth Ensemble. Working under the guidance of expert teaching artists, the ensemble will weave live music, puppetry, and dance together to create a 30-45 minute one-act performance piece that will present a new look at an epic ancient Asian tale called the Ramayana.The original one-act created by the ensemble will perform at ACT and will tour to several other community venues in the Seattle area!Kristina Sutherland, ACT's Director of Education will lead the ensemble. Guest teaching artists, who specialize in South and Southeast Asian arts, will teach workshops in music, dance, story-telling, and puppetry. Ramayana Youth Ensemble members will work together to devise the final performance piece.When will the Ramayana Youth Ensemble rehearse and perform? What's the commitment? The Ramayana Youth Ensemble begins July 5th and ends September 16th.Rehearsals start July 5th at ACT. July rehearsals will be twice a week, Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 3pm to 5pm. Starting August 6th rehearsals will increase to four times a week from 3pm to 5pm, Monday through Thursday.Performances will take place during in the 1st two weeks of September. We will conclude the program with a performance at ACT on the evening of September 16th. A complete performance schedule will be posted no later than June 15th.How can I get involved? Download the application here!Please e-mail applications to Kristina Sutherland at: Kristina.Sutherland@acttheatre.org Subject: Ramayana Youth Ensemble ApplicationORMail application to:ACT TheatreATTN: Kristina SutherlandACT700 Union StreetSeattle, WA 98101Email application preferred. Applications are due before June 1st. Applicants are encouraged to apply in advance of the June 1st deadline. If a finalist, we will contact you for a short interview in early June.Want more information or have questions? Contact Kristina Sutherland, Director of Education by phone: (206) 292-7660 Ext. 1338 or by email: Kristina.Sutherland@acttheatre.org

From our friends at Washington Ensemble Theatre:Applications for QTET 2012 are now open!CLICK HERE TO APPLYApplication Deadline May 16th… So hurry up and apply already! questions? email hatlo@qtet.org*UPDATE if you applied before noon on April 17th please email your contact info to hatlo@qtet.org . We had a technical error with the application and we didn’t get your email info!Queer Teen Ensemble Theatre provides a safe creative outlet for queer and allied youths to explore their voice and identity through a collaborative theater process. Since 2007,QTET has created four world premiere summer productions generated and performed by queer teens from all over the greater Seattle area. Beyond our summer intensive, QTET tours year round to dozens of schools, community centers and events leading workshops and intensives. QTET began as a resident program of Washington Ensemble Theatre, is an associated program of Shunpike and a proud member of the Intiman Collective. The 2012 QTET production is being produced by Washington Ensemble Theatre through a generous grant from the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs.Check out the shout out for queer youth applicants on Seattle Gay Scene!http://www.seattlegayscene.com/2012/04/hey-queer-kids-you-have-options.html

From our friends at SIFF:SIFF is looking for young adult film lovers with great ideas for film events and programming they want to see put into action! The SIFF FutureWave Committee is intended for young adults aged 15-20 with an interest in the Seattle film community. We expect the Committee to be comprised of approximately 15 young adults who are representative of the Seattle Metro area. The Committee meets twice monthly during the school year and members receive a year-round pass to SIFF Cinema and a Full Series Pass to the 2013 Seattle International Film Festival.Get more information and complete the application at: www.surveymonkey.com/s/futurewave2012/13

An Evening With Groucho is just plain out a fantastic show. Filled with fast-paced and unbelievable humor, this show is DEFINITELY worth seeing. Frank Ferrante {fair-aunt-ay} does an excellent portrayal of Groucho Marx, exciting and captivating the audience from the start.

Review of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie at Seattle Arts & Lectures by Jessica BeebeThough a most humble breakfast food, it was a bagel that taught Nigerian author Chimamanda Adichie, one of The New York Times’ “20 Under 40” authors, the delight of literature. Colonization had left Nigeria with a definitively European literary taste. When she was a young child, Adichie explained in her lecture at Benaroya Hall on May 2nd, she read British children’s literature. Consequentially, young Adichie began imitating the “Britishness” of the books she read: her characters all had white skin, drank Ginger beer, and ate apples instead of mangos. She was also particularly intrigued by a delightfully exotic-sounding food called a “bag-elle.” Though she would later learn that this “bag-elle” was actually nothing more than a dense donut, Adichie came to see that merely reading about a bagel had sparked in her the delight of imagination, the “extravagant joy” of literature. This uniquely demonstrates Adichie’s own literary experience between worlds. As a Nigerian woman with an American education, Adichie came to learn first hand the difficulties in writing in another language about Nigerian culture. When she first arrived on her college roommates’ doorstep, they were surprised at her jeans and excellent English. “Where did you learn to speak English so well?” they asked, not realizing that the official language of Nigeria is English. The Nigeria they pictured was the Nigeria of Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, the Nigeria of 100 years ago. Even now, when tackling issues like the Biafran War in her Orange Prize-winning novel, Half of a Yellow Sun, Adichie questions whether she is only perpetuating the image of Africa as a place of war, rather than the place of beauty that she remembers from childhood. Adichie recounted this story to her Seattle audience, without harshness but candor. “We make sense of the world through storytelling,” Adichie explained. Fiction also helps us to understand disparate cultures. However, Adichie doesn’t feel that it is her role to carry the label of “African writer” so that she can give a “native explanation,” an allegory, to her nation’s history. Writing will always mean something more basic to Adichie. Writing is about human beings and the “tiny losses” they incur. Adichie has seen first hand, through her book tours and in her teaching in the United States and Nigeria, that stories captivate all. Adichie’s gritty realism on issues of love, home, and war, resonates on the same note in minds around the world, from an aspiring writer in Zimbabwe to a prisoner in Brazil and even to a student in the United States. Jessica Beebe is an English literature student at Seattle Pacific University, where she studied Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun in a course on African literature during her freshman year. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was a one-night eventNext up in Seattle Arts & Lectures' Literary/Arts Series:Colum McCan, author of Let the Great World SpinThursday, May 24th at Benaroya HallREMEMBER: SA&L events are ALWAYS FREE for Teen Tix members, and you can always bring a guest of any age for $5!

THIS WEDNESDAY, MAY 9th!Psssst, teens! For one night only, here's your chance to be the first audience to see new world premieres in creation. Join us in Studio C for PNB’s Teen Night with choreography by Company performed by PNB Professional Division students. Come enjoy this night of new, innovative dancing and support the newest generation of young artists.May 9, 6:00-8:00pmThe Phelps CenterStudio CTEEN NIGHT TICKETS: $5 (Attendees must be 13-19)TICKETS: 206.441.2424For more up to date information about Teen Night, including blogs, webcasts, or rehearsal pictures follow visit PNB's Facebook page or follow us on Twitter @PNBBallet.

Review of Julie Andrée T. | Rouge at On the Boards by Sam H-A."What color is this? ........ It is red." These are the only words you hear for 70 minutes straight. In the contemporary performance Rouge, Julie Andrée T. tells no story, and sends no message. She uses miscellaneous every day objects in an attempt to do something that the audience simply can not figure out, and offends a great portion of the audience in the first few minutes, simply by eating an entire red bell pepper onstage. By the end of the performance, the stage looks like a two-year-old's room after a temper tantrum. Tissue paper, spray paint, colored water, paint, glitter, buckets, and even a hot water bottle are scattered about on a white paper canvas, covered in glitter, spray paint, and paint. While eating various foods, spitting everywhere, sticking pipes and feathers in her hair, and even UTILIZING a sex toy onstage Andrée T. never sends a message on what she's trying to convey. I will never forget the words that my best friend spoke to my mom after seeing the show; "I'm an atheist, I don't go to church, but the theatre is the closest thing I have to a holy space. To see it being so disrespected and so defiled in a matter of minutes, is truly upsetting." Rouge not only displays a lack of talent, but also is disrespectful, upsetting, and much too sexual to be considered "16 and up".Rouge is closedNext up at On the Boards: Trimpin | The Gurs ZyklusMay 17 - 20More info at ontheboards.org

Review of The Pitmen Painters at ACT Theatre by Chelsea D.

Review of Cornish Dance Theater Spring 2012 Concert by Ivy R.In the heart of Capitol Hill on a Friday night the streets are alive with people, but in a small, quaint theatre, dancers are prepping for their opening night of their spring showcase. The theater is packed with a chatting audience, eager for the lights to go down and the curtains to open. The atmosphere has a warm feel, families and friends of the dancers are gathered to watch as the first piece is performed and the room is filled with applause. As the audience cheers loudly and enthusiastically, the dancers on stage take their final bow and exit, making their way to join friends and family in the audience, makeup and hair still intact.From piece to piece you are transported to a new feel, new message, and new view. It feels as if you have experienced five different showcases in one Friday night. Divided, the second piece of the night, is performed with zesty choreography and vibrant costumes that compliment the dancers' movements. Part of the piece is performed in many partnerings that are said by some audience members to remind them of popular song “Somebody I Used to Know,” as dancers express the troubles between one another. As the music changes, the movements become sharp and unpredictable, leaving those watching eager to see what will be next. As each piece passes, dancers continue to keep the audience captivated, but one piece asks “Does it matter?” The piece, Unfold, is by far the most memorable out this unique showcase. It starts with dancers placed in center stage asking you the question “Does it matter?” The dance could be described as “Ballet meets Dubstep.” The music changes from soft to a techno mixture as the movements transform from ballerina-esque to sharp and futuristic. Dancers are in a constant battle and argument with one another. Intense partnering is displayed on stage whether it “does or does not matter.” When the curtains return to the center of the stage and lights are brought on for a brief moment, the audience is in discussion about what it is that matters.Art is something that has many views and draws many people to different conclusions and questions with no right nor wrong answer or interpretation. Dance is one of these magnificent art forms. Experiencing the Cornish Dance Theater Springs 2012 Concert is not something one wants to miss. It brings diversity, and storytelling, as well as question-raising to each and every individual who has the privilege to see this production of many works. Be prepared to be in awe of the perfect blend of lights, costumes, and choreography of this modern performance.The Cornish Dance Theater Spring 2012 Concert is closedNext up from Cornish Dance: CORNISH JUNIOR DANCE COMPANY SPRING CONCERT 2012Saturday, June 9 at 3:00 PMSaturday, June 9 at 7:30 PMSunday, June 10 at 3:00 PMThe Erickson Theatre, 1524 Harvard Ave, Seattle, WA 98122

A review of NFFTY's Opening Night & After PartyApril 26, 2012By Jamie K.As I walked down the red carpet at NFFTY’s 2012 Festival, I felt like I could get used to this. Being a youth filmmaker myself, NFFTY is a fantastic opportunity for youth all across the world. This year they are showing 222 films from 30 states and over 20 countries, and if opening night was any indication of this year’s festival, film enthusiasts are in for a treat. The opening night gala showcased six films -- everything from a claymation short about people getting saved from a burning building by crows, to a recent widower who begins playing shuffleboard against youth fifty years younger. Da Capo, a short film about dreaming, breakdancing and gravity, was definitely one of the most interesting. With it’s crazy dance moves, enthralling voiceovers, and special effects, it was one of the most captivating films of the evening. Shuffleboard Kings was also one of my favorites. It follows a recent widower who joins a local senior shuffleboard team that competes against a group of young bullies for shuffleboard supremacy. With a combination of humor, sadness, and fantastic direction, it was one of the best of the evening. En Route, was yet another one of my favorites. It follows the life of a professional pilot, and backtracks through his life and all the choices he makes; ones that ultimately alter his fate. I am usually not a fan of using a lot of visual effects, but the film’s storyline keeps you so deeply enticed that you really only notice it if you are looking for it. Even though I have only mentioned three, all of the films shown were fantastic. The future of film is definitely bright. After all the films, everyone headed over to the after party at the Seattle Aquarium. With a DJ in one section of the aquarium you could dance and party, and in the back you could enjoy refreshments while networking with everyone from the CTO of a head premier sponsor to speaking with an abundance of youth filmmakers, writers, and producers. It was definitely a filmmaker’s networking paradise. I spoke with filmmakers from Afghanistan, Mexico, and more close to home, from Idaho and California. It was great to see the opinions that all these filmmakers brought forward. We discussed many genres, everything from gut wrenching horror film to a web series about the worst cops in the world. NFFTY runs till Sunday and I highly recommend that you try to go see some of the films being shown. If you’re a youth filmmaker, screenwriter, photographer . . . anything, go see these films. As NFFTY’s founder and Artistic Director Jesse Harris says, “[These films] are the voice of this generation.” He also bluntly states that the filmmakers that have been selected for NFFTY, “will win Oscars someday.” NFFTY is such a great chance for filmmakers from all over the world to come together and share their story in a craft that we all love so deeply. National Film Festival for Talented Youth runs through Sunday April 29, 2012 with screenings in various locations.Visit nffty.org for more information and screening times

Nice. Both NUDE and Feet are playing at the Capitol Hill Block Party this July before Bumbershoot. :D

Okay, sorry about that title. We couldn't help it.Hey, we had a party at the Children's Theater. And, guess what? Children's Theater? Not just for the children, it turns out. HELP, currently playing at SCT, is a Dutch import about the Beatles' early, teen years growing up in Liverpool, England. Audiences have been raving about the highly teen-centric show (our reviewer, Jamie K., called it "one the of the best performances I have ever seen." Read his whole review here.) So, on Saturday, April 21st, SCT threw a little pre-show party just for Teen Tix members called Sixties Time Machine Beatlemania Party. People gathered...Cupcakes were eaten...Jeremy from SCT taught everybody how to say "Glass of water" in a proper British accent...And the be-costumed were celebrated with fabulous prizes!First place winner Katie:First runner-up Bob (if that is your real name):Second runner-up Emma (on the right) with her friend Fanny:And funtimes were had by all!To see all of the photos from the event, go to our flickr or, if tagging is more your thing, our facebook.Thanks to everybody who came out, and thanks to SCT for hosting us! Love,The Teen Tix Teen Steering CommitteeP.S. Did you see HELP? Leave a comment and let everybody know what you thought of the show.HELPThrough May 13thSeattle Children's Theatre$5 Teen Tix every day, and 2 for $10 on Sundays (availability of Teen Tix tickets is not guaranteed. We strongly recommend calling ahead to check availability: 206.441.3322.)

Looking for a little inspiration for our 60s costume contest? Look no further. We'll be posting these daily until the Sixties Time Machine Beatlemania Party, Saturday, April 21 at SCT. If you find something great out there on the internet that you want to share, email it us at teentix@seattle.gov and we'll throw it up on the blog. Today's look:The band Cream, via The Swinging SixtiesThe Sixties Time Machine Beatlemania Party IS SOLD OUT!If you were lucky enough to get a spot, congratulations!If not, don't cry. You can still see HELP for just $5 with your Teen Tix pass!Here are the showtimes:Thursdays @ 7:00 PMFridays @ 7:00 PMSaturdays @ 2:00 PM & 5:30 PMSundays @ 11:00 AM & 2:30 PMRemember that Sunday shows are 2 for $10, so you can bring a guest for just $5 more!HELPThrough May 13, 2012More info at sct.org

Looking for a little inspiration for our 60s costume contest? Look no further. We'll be posting these daily until the Sixties Time Machine Beatlemania Party, Saturday, April 21 at SCT. If you find something great out there on the internet that you want to share, email it us at teentix@seattle.gov and we'll throw it up on the blog. Today's look:The fab four themselves, circa Sgt. Pepper's?The Sixties Time Machine Beatlemania Party IS SOLD OUT!If you were lucky enough to get a spot, congratulations!If not, don't cry. You can still see HELP for just $5 with your Teen Tix pass!Here are the showtimes:Thursdays @ 7:00 PMFridays @ 7:00 PMSaturdays @ 2:00 PM & 5:30 PMSundays @ 11:00 AM & 2:30 PMRemember that Sunday shows are 2 for $10, so you can bring a guest for just $5 more!HELPThrough May 13, 2012More info at sct.org

Looking for a little inspiration for our 60s costume contest? Look no further. We'll be posting these daily until the Sixties Time Machine Beatlemania Party, Saturday, April 21 at SCT. If you find something great out there on the internet that you want to share, email it us at teentix@seattle.gov and we'll throw it up on the blog. Today's look:Uh. Mazing. NYC, 1964. Via The Swinging SixtiesThe Sixties Time Machine Beatlemania Party IS SOLD OUT!If you were lucky enough to get a spot, congratulations!If not, don't cry. You can still see HELP for just $5 with your Teen Tix pass!Here are the showtimes:Thursdays @ 7:00 PMFridays @ 7:00 PMSaturdays @ 2:00 PM & 5:30 PMSundays @ 11:00 AM & 2:30 PMRemember that Sunday shows are 2 for $10, so you can bring a guest for just $5 more!HELPThrough May 13, 2012More info at sct.org

Review of Apollo& Carmina Burana at Pacific Northwest Ballet by Tracy M.Photo by Angela SterlingSynesthesia can be defined as a condition in which one stimulus evokes the sensation of another. This generally occurs as a response to the hearing of a sound or of music giving way to a visualization of a particular color. George Balanchine once said he envisioned a white pristine color in response to hearing Igor Stravinski’s musical piece for his choreography of Apollo in 1928.Balanchine is regarded a notorious contemporary choreographer who influenced the growth of dance in America. Igor Stravinsky, one of the greatest musical innovators of his age, also contributed his visionary style to the creation and development of Apollo. Together, they created a powerful and delightful celebration of the search for enlightenment. Photo by Angela SterlingEighty-four years later, Apollo continues to shine within that “pristine white” aura. Its narrative, syncopated pointe work, shuffles, hip action, synchronized movements, and white and blue contrasting lighting enhance the pure, bold, clear colors envisioned by Balanchine. On stage Apollo, the Greek God of music, is born and begins to develop and grow his talent. He encounters three important muses, Calliope (poetry and rhythm), Polyhymnia (mime) and Terpsichore (dance). As the muses engage in a harmonious dance across the stage, Apollo observes them invent their art, one by one, each unraveling and opening to the excellence of celebrating the power of the divine, of light, and of harmony. Photo by Angela SterlingCarmina Burana, based on poems from 11th and 12th century Germany, depicts the powerful and epic musical composition of Carl Orff. In the year 1934, Orff selected 24 poems and structured a libretto in which he covered topics such as fortune and wealth, life, pleasures, drinking, gluttony, gambling, and lust. On stage, these feelings and emotions are represented in a huge golden wheel of fortune that symbolizes both power and the idea of opposites: day versus night, death versus life, and hunger versus gluttony, among others. Throughout the show we see the wheel turn from one point to another, creating a powerful statement of cycles, of journey, and of perspectives.Photo by Angela SterlingThe wheel also serves as a division between the divine realm and the earthly one. Centrally located, it creates a line between the corporeal realm in which the dancers perform, experiencing pain, joy, lust, love etc., and a higher realm, exemplified by the choir that powerfully sings, communicating the message of passion and intention. In combination with the magnificent choreography of Kent Stowell, who was the Artistic Director of Pacific Northwest Ballet from 1977-2005, Carmina Burana engages the audience from the first moment. As soon as the first notes of “Fortuna” are played by the orchestra and the first words from the choir are sung, it is difficult to take one’s eyes away from the stage. The performance evolves into an engaging spectacle that showcases Orff’s concept Theatrum Mundi in which speech/dialogue, movement and music are combined. The powerful solo performances, the movements of the corps de ballet, and the commanding music all energize the atmosphere. Opera singers establish a dialogue between dancers, choir, and orchestra. A tenor sings in falsetto tones, and we perceive his struggle, ecstasy, and intensity of intention. Although the combination of choral accompaniment, dance, and music is powerful, one drawback lies in the fact that one may not able to take it all in at once. Because of the Theatrum Mundi lens, we are guided to observe and comprehend the performance in an interdisciplinary way. However to isolate one element would most likely create an unbalanced tempo and rhythm. For example, there is a moment where the choir has an important part in leading the piece by itself, completely a capella, however this is counterbalanced by the response from opera singers, who establish a beautiful, harmonic, and melodic dialogue.Photo by Angela SterlingCarmina Burana’s lighting and epic soundtrack, its character’s struggle, its passion and powerful performances are some of the elements that enable this show to continue to be as successful as it is. It is a valuable piece, able to communicate and connect with to audiences of all ages through human emotions and experiences: anger, lust, joy, love, and pain. Both Apollo and Carmina Burana showcase intense emotions, rhythm, and energy. Through a combination of visual elements, music, and dance, they enhance our understanding of surrendering to something bigger than ourselves and guide us through the journey of encountering the light.Apollo | CarminaThrough April 22Pacific Northwest Ballet

Looking for a little inspiration for our 60s costume contest? Look no further. We'll be posting these daily until the Sixties Time Machine Beatlemania Party, Saturday, April 21 at SCT. If you find something great out there on the internet that you want to share, email it us at teentix@seattle.gov and we'll throw it up on the blog. Today's look:The Sixties Time Machine Beatlemania Party IS SOLD OUT!If you were lucky enough to get a spot, congratulations!If not, don't cry. You can still see HELP for just $5 with your Teen Tix pass!Here are the showtimes:Thursdays @ 7:00 PMFridays @ 7:00 PMSaturdays @ 2:00 PM & 5:30 PMSundays @ 11:00 AM & 2:30 PMRemember that Sunday shows are 2 for $10, so you can bring a guest for just $5 more!HELPThrough May 13, 2012More info at sct.org

Looking for a little inspiration for our 60s costume contest? Look no further. We'll be posting these daily until the Sixties Time Machine Beatlemania Party, Saturday, April 21 at SCT. If you find something great out there on the internet that you want to share, email it us at teentix@seattle.gov and we'll throw it up on the blog. Today's look:Mary Quant fashions from the sixties, via zsfashionsourcebookThe Sixties Time Machine Beatlemania Party IS SOLD OUT!If you were lucky enough to get a spot, congratulations!If not, don't cry. You can still see HELP for just $5 with your Teen Tix pass!Here are the showtimes:Thursdays @ 7:00 PMFridays @ 7:00 PMSaturdays @ 2:00 PM & 5:30 PMSundays @ 11:00 AM & 2:30 PMRemember that Sunday shows are 2 for $10, so you can bring a guest for just $5 more!HELPThrough May 13, 2012More info at sct.org

Review of HELP at SCT by Jamie K.Photo by Chris BennionSeattle Children’s Theatre's production of HELP is one the of the best performances I have ever seen. It is for music lovers as well as regular theater goers. The play, which takes a deeper look into the struggling early years of the Beatles, is wonderfully put together by director Moniek Merkx. SCT’s Artistic Director Linda Hartzell first saw Merkx’s HELP in the Netherlands and immediately wanted to bring it to America. Bringing HELP to the United States has actually been in the works since 2009, when initial discussions began about translating the show from Dutch to English. Photo by Chris BennionThe performance is somewhat a mix of a concert and play, which is great for anyone who enjoys rockin’ live music. The other great thing about HELP is that all the actors are actually musicians who perform all the Beatles’ songs live. I was very excited when they started to play the instruments, and they weren’t just faking. The entire cast plays an instrument at some point, with John, Paul, George, and Pete playing the majority of the time. Photo by Phile Deprez Another interesting note is that all the actors who are in the performance are Dutch, and they all re-learned their parts in English when it was announced that the show would be touring to the United States. Erik van der Horst, who plays George Harrison, is definitely one of the most talented. Not only can he play the great guitar solos that Harrison was known for, but he also shows the most range as an actor. Lottie Hellingman, who plays Nancy, the die-hard fan (as well as all of the other female characters in the show, including Lennon's mother), is also very talented. At one point she could be running around the stage singing, and then at the next moment she could be having a somber conversation with John. Matthijs van de Sande Bakhuyzen plays the complex role of John Lennon. He is great at showing the difficulties between Lennon and his mother, as well as his role with the band. Viktor Griffioen plays the role of Pete Best, who was the original drummer for the Beatles, and also shows great range. He plays the gradual disintegration of his friendship with the rest of the band members very clearly. Lottie HellingmanPhoto by Joep Lennarts Sanne Danz, the set designer, brings a modern and unique feel to the stage. With its bright colors and somewhat strange look it almost reminded me of the cover of the Beatles’ eighth album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. As HELP nears its conclusion and the performers prepare to end the show with a bang, you have to remind yourself that you’re at a play and not witnessing the reincarnation of Beatlemania.HELPThrough May 13, 2012More info at sct.orgOur Sixties Time Machine Beatlemania Party Saturday, April 21st is SOLD OUT. If you don't get to come to the party, we encourage you to check out HELP another day. Your Teen Tix pass is good for $5.00 day-of-show admission to any public performance of HELP (and 2 for $10 admission on Sundays!)

We are delighted to welcome our newest participating organization, The University of Washington School of Drama.What they've got: Professional quality, boundary-pushing theatre in gorgeous spacesWhy you'll go: To see truly great work selected, directed, designed, and performed by young, up-and-coming artistsExtra bonus: There are, like, four million bus routes that go to UW. So convenient! Plus, a plethora of convenient, college-budget-friendly meal choices await you right there on the Ave. Cheap date night!Next up at UW Drama:The IllusionThe Illusion is an adaptation by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner (of Angels in America fame) of Pierre Corneille's seventeenth-century comedy. Test your wits along with Plato in this tale about a father's love for his son and the complications of romantic love as revealed by an all-powerful sorcerer.April 26 - May 6Jones Playhouse at 40th & University WayTeen Tix tickets just $5 at the doorMore info: depts.washington.edu/uwdrama