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POSTED AUGUST 5, at 01:15 P.M.
Seattle Repertory Theatre presents The Laramie Project—10 Years Later, an 80-minute epilogue to the original work. The staged reading will be held Oct. 12, 2009, on the 11th anniversary of Matthew Shepard's death. Shepard was the 21-year-old gay man whose murder in 1998 was the inspiration for The Laramie Project, written by Moisés Kaufman and the Tectonic Theater Project. Seattle Rep Producing Artistic Director Jerry Manning will direct.

For information click here.

To read the New York Times article about the project, click here.

POSTED JUNE 29, at 03:45 P.M.
Starting July 6, Seattle Repertory Theatre will be closed on Mondays. This change in operating hours is one of many cost-saving initiatives the theatre is enacting for the 2009-10 season. We are all committed to living within our means to insure the future success of our organization.

The theatre will be completely dark on Mondays, thus saving not only staff wages but building operating costs.

POSTED APRIL 9, 2009, at 05:00 P.M.
Influential Seattle arts administrator and Seattle Repertory Theatre's first general manager Peter F. Donnelly died March 28th from complications of pancreatic cancer. He arrived at Seattle Rep in 1964, a year after the theatre opened its doors, as a Ford Foundation Intern. He stayed until 1986, overseeing the construction of the Bagley Wright Theatre. He served as ArtsFund President and CEO from 1989 through 2005. He will be missed terribly by the arts and by this community. A celebration of his life was held Monday, April 20, 6 p.m. at Seattle Rep's Bagley Wright Theatre.

POSTED MARCH 27, 2009, at 09:00 A.M.
We're so excited to officially announce our 2009-10 season. The season consists of seven plays plus August: Osage County, presented in partnership with Seattle Theatre Group and Broadway Across America at The Paramount. Season tickets are on-sale now.

From a partnership with Oregon Shakespeare Festival to the 25th Anniversary production of August Wilson's Fences to Denis O'Hare's new one-man show...next season is shaping up to be really amazing.

Click here for more detail about the 2009-2010 season.

POSTED OCTOBER 13, 2008 AT 06:05 P.M.
We would like to share with you some final changes to our 2008-09 season. Thank you for your flexibility and understanding as we deal with the unpredictability that is the theatre business. Schedules change, artists change, and, as a result, our season has changed. The good news is we have finalized a plan for the second half of our season that we think you will really enjoy.

ADDED: The Road to Mecca by Athol Fugard, directed by Leigh Silverman [In place of Waiting for Godot]

ADDED: Breaking Hearts and Taking Names, a new play written and performed by Kevin Kling and Simone Perrin [In place of Rollick]

POSTED SEPTEMBER 15, 2008 AT 02:54 P.M.
Seattle Repertory Theatre today announced that Dan Sullivan will join Producing Artistic Director Jerry Manning and his resident artistic team as Artistic Consultant. Sullivan will be assisting the staff in planning the 2009-2010 season.

Sullivan comes back to the Rep after having been the Artistic Director at Seattle Rep from 1981 to 1997. The theatre is currently evaluating its organizational model to determine the appropriate artistic and business management structure for the future. That process will be completed before beginning a search for a new artistic director.

“We are excited to bring back Dan Sullivan and create this dynamic artistic dream team which will assure the consistency and quality of our programming as we move through this transition,” says Board President Jane Zalutsky. “Seattle Rep audiences know and love both Dan Sullivan and Jerry Manning, and we trust that Dan will infuse Seattle Rep with his vision and experience as one of today’s most highly regarded theatre practitioners.”

Sullivan will take on the role of Artistic Consultant effective immediately. He is currently directing Charlayne Woodard’s The Night Watcher in the Leo K. Theatre, which was built under his leadership.

POSTED SEPTEMBER 15, 2008 AT 10:23 A.M.
Every fall, Seattle‘s daily and weekly newspapers make their "picks" for the arts events they‘re most excited about in the coming season. Here’s how the Rep measures up.

Seattle P-I: Most excited for The Night Watcher. Read More.

Seattle Times: Most excited for boom. Read More.

The Stranger: Most excited for boom and Waiting for Godot. Read More (note, you have to scroll down to the theatre section).

POSTED SEPTEMBER 10, 2008 AT 04:18 P.M.
We just sent out our new and totally revamped E-newsletter of the season. Now each issue has a special feature on what‘s going on backstage, a profile of an artist, a highlight of our audience programs, and special ticket discounts from partner theatres, restaurants and more (this month it was Shrek and Spring Awakening ticket deals!). Sign up for E-news here. It’s free, you’ll receive just one per month, and we’ll never sell or trade your e-mail address.

POSTED SEPTEMBER 10, 2008 AT 03:15 P.M.
The Seattle Times' Nicole Brodeur just wrote a column about Leon McLaughlin, who has been an usher here at the Rep for 28 years. A savvy businessman who shines shoes and founded his own water filtratation system development company, Leon is on his way to Bolivia to install water filtration machines. Read the column here.

POSTED AUGUST 28, 2008 AT 10:15 A.M.
We’re happy to welcome actress/playwright Charlayne Woodard and director (and long-time former Seattle Rep Artistic Director) Daniel Sullivan into the Seattle Rep building for the start of rehearsals. The Night Watcher opens Sept. 25.

POSTED AUGUST 26, 2008 AT 10:15 A.M.
Seattle Repertory Theatre announced today that Jerry Manning will take the helm as Producing Artistic Director at Seattle Rep. Manning has been with Seattle Rep for over eight years where he has served as Casting Director while juggling multiple assignments in producing the work on all three of the company's stages. Manning directed Thom Pain (based on nothing) leading off the Leo K. Theatre season in 2006 and will direct boom this year. Before joining Seattle Rep in 2000, Manning served as Artistic Associate at the New York Theatre Workshop. While Manning will be assuming the position of Producing Artistic Director, Braden Abraham will assume responsibilities as Manning's associate artistic director in addition to those that he currently holds as Literary Manger.

The theatre is currently evaluating its organizational model to determine the appropriate artistic and business management structure for the future. That process will be completed before beginning a search for a new artistic director. Former Artistic Director, David Esbjornson, had announced earlier this spring that he would not be renewing his contract. "David has contributed significantly to the growth and strength of our artistic productions and to the caliber of the work we present to our audiences," says Board President Jane Zalutsky. "As we begin this leadership transition, we are confident that Manning will support Seattle Rep's artistic vision with his characteristic passion and diligence and his considerable experience as a theatre practitioner. With his strong ties to the community, we are assured that Jerry will lead this organization through an exciting season, which will further secure Seattle Rep's position in the forefront of Seattle's theatre community."

POSTED AUGUST 20, 2008 AT 11:12 A.M.
The Seattle Weekly ran an article about how cool our season brochure is. Sweet, right? Check out the article here and the brochure here. Our brochure can be viewed online here.

POSTED AUGUST 19, 2008 AT 3:18 P.M.
Fourteen actors, many of them local, will draw swords for our new adaptation of The Three Musketeers:

Jim Abele, Cardinal Richelieu
Geoffrey Alm, Father/Treville/Ensemble
Hans Altwies, Athos
Jeffrey M. Bender, Porthos/Ensemble
Cheyenne Casebier, Milady/Ensemble
Montana von Fliss, Sabine/Ensemble
David Goldstein, Ensemble
Jennifer Sue Johnson, Constance/Ensemble
Ellen Karas, Queen Anne/Ensemble
Kate Krady, Ensemble
Shawn Law, Rochefort/Ensemble
Mike Rossmy, Ensemble
Ryan Shams, Aramis/Ensemble
Andrew William Smith, D’Artagnan

POSTED AUGUST 15, 2008 AT 2:03 A.M.
We’re pleased to launch the new version of www.seattlerep.org. Have trouble finding something or want to tell us how much you love it? E-mail feedback@seattlerep.org.