Northwest Playwrights Alliance

09/17/2024

We've extended the run until Sept. 29th. Only a few tix left: "Our House" - Brownpapertickets.com

It looks like Callie has already heard the news, which is while we are sold out for the rest of this weekend and into next week, four tickets just came available for our immersive play "Our House" tonight. Come see the show that both critics and audiences are saying is like nothing they've ever seen before. ("Our House breaks the rules in its own way and enlarges what theater can be."--Oly Arts)

And believe it or not, we have already been hit with scammers. (Guess it's a sign of success.) If anyone is offering to sell you tickets online, your better bet is to go to right to Brownpapertickets.com.

09/02/2024

Opens this Thursday!

Preview – Our House: an Evening in Three Acts August 31, 2024August 31, 2024 by [Certified Human] -- Human Intelligence™ by James O’Barr When Battleground Productions opens its new play on Thursday, September 5, it will be in a space that is unusual, even for a city with a wild variety of perf...

08/31/2024

"Our House," a new immersive play tells the story of inhabitants of one Olympia residence over the course of 90 years. Written by John Longenbaugh, co-directed by J.L. and Bryan Willis, starring Meghan Goodman, Mark Waldstein, Jesse Morrow & Mathaeus Anderson. Th-Sun. - Sept. 5th -22nd @ 7:30 p.m. Seating is limited--reserve early, reserve often!

An Evening In Three Acts

08/19/2024

VENUE CHANGE due to potential rain: Vashon High School 9600 SW 204th St, Vashon, WA 98070

This weekend only! Check out the details at the Vashon Repertory Theatre website: https://www.vashonrepertorytheatre.org/2024-25season

And....
https://voiceofvashon.org/.../morning-scramble-the-fall.../

Cool radio interview with director Andy James actor Leo Watson and a brief but wonderful performance by Kat Eggleston (music & lyrics). Major, major thanks to my dear friend and colleague Charlotte Tiencken for the commission, support and assembling this extraordinary artistic ensemble. Hope to see you on Vashon!

07/27/2024

AUDITION NOTICE:
Battleground Productions and the Northwest Playwrights Alliance are holding auditions for "Our House: An Evening in Three Acts," a world premiere immersive play by John Longenbaugh. Over the course of 90 years the interweaving lives of the inhabitants of a house in Olympia tell the story of their dwelling and the changes to the world we're in.

We are looking for one older (40s-60s) and one younger (20s-39s) male actor.

These are PAID positions, with a base rate of $300 and additional profit share.

Rehearsals and performances will be in Olympia. with the show opening August 29th and playing through September 15th. The show will be co-directed by Longenbaugh and NPA head Bryan Willis.

To audition, send your headshot and resume to [email protected] with the subject line "Our House Auditions," and let us know your availability for auditioning for this weekend and next week.

06/20/2024

Delighted to announce our partnership with The Washington Center for the Performing Arts continues with "Center Salon VIII" as part of their excellent subscription series. Mark your calendar for March 22, 2025. Special rising star/home-town-favorite/if-you-don't-laugh-you-have-a-tiny-heart-of- stone/all-around great & hilarious guy SAM MILLER will be one of our featured artists with Lynette Charters (painter), the winner of our second Center Salon Short Film Contest (watch this page for submission details), Kat Eggleston (music), Robert Hunt & Andrew Ipsen (music), Jan Stewart (poetry), Jennifer Hermann (piano), & our emcee extraordinaire Jill Barnes. Subscription tix now available and single tix go on sale in August. This event will be SRO so buy early, buy often. Hope to see you there.

04/30/2024

Congrats to the playwrights featured in our collection of short plays we’re touring to England, co-produced by the University of Portland, directed by Gregory Pulver: Y York, Mia Tierney, Dan Erickson, Kamarie Chapman, Gregory Hischak, A.M. Blank, Glenn Apollo Hergenhahn-Zhao, John Longenbaugh & Bryan Willis. Wishing our talented cast mega-breakage.

04/27/2024

Thank you, Joann Farias, for the Double Shot review. www.joannfarias.com

Well, the Tacoma Armory is slick.
A Sunday afternoon afforded all the parking you could lust after.
I’m living a block from Capitol Hill. Every morning when I come home from working the graveyard shift, I have to practically pull my hair out looking for a spot to park a sedan. These are the days when you wish you had one of those tiny European thingies that aren’t really safe on the freeway. What is driving anyway? It is best when it is goingt’the store for bread and milk.
The theatre seating wasn’t really theatre seating but dinner party seating, and the concessions, pointed out at the start, was a veritable Feast, from which I took away a slim can of red wine.
Also on offer at the elegant concessions were chocolate croissants. That would have been the way to go.
The plays were delectable. Everything was workmanlike. It was a jigsaw puzzle whose parts all fit together.
Smooth. Aesthetically satisfying. What a great talent pool they have in Tacoma.
The gamut of emotional tone ran from a le***an couple realizing that one did not wish to continue their marriage; a magic curse of blindness revealed as guilt; and children and their developmental issues symbolized in the playground. THE CHEESE TOUCH.
The Festival was one weekend and one weekend only, so I can’t tell you to scamper down there for tickets, but it certainly bears watching for next year.

04/21/2024

Rockin' house for a glorious opening of last night's Double Shot Festival of Overnight Plays at Tacoma Arts Live. Tix still available for the 3:00 matinee - last chance to see this all-star cast knock it out of the proverbial ballpark (we're proud of our playwrights and directors, too). Hope to see you there!
$15.00, available online at

Saturday, April 20 at 7:30 pm and Sunday, April 21 at 3:00pm. Double Shot is a weekend play festival in which new works are written, rehearsed, and performed over the course of 24 hours.

04/19/2024

https://olyarts.org/.../the-return-of-double-shot-festival/

The Return of Double Shot Festival April 14, 2024 by Oly Arts by Alec Clayton Bryan Willis, photo by Pat Dixon The Double Shot 24-hour theater festival! Is back in business after an 11-year hiatus. This time the plays are taking place at the Armory in Tacoma. Double Shot is a weekend play festival i...

04/03/2024

National Latine Playwrights Award Established in 1995, the Arizona Theatre Company’s National Latine Playwrights Award (NLPA) is unique in its longevity and prescience. Under the leadership of ATC Playwright-in-Residence Elaine Romero, the award continues to create a greater awareness of under-rep...

02/26/2024

The mark of a truly successful show (comedy, drama, immersive--any form, any time): once it's over the Audience doesn't want to leave and the stage manager has to remind everyone to go.

Thank you, Olympia, for turning out for our "Center Salon VII." It was a full house, Jennifer Hermann, Jill Barnes, Kathy Gore Fuss, Kathleen Byrd, Holly Reeves, John Serembe, Jami Heinricher and Christian Carvajal were brilliant and our Audience didn't want to go home.

Special thanks to Roger McIntosh & his crew at The Washington Center for the Performing Arts. Hope we get to do it all again next year.

01/14/2024

Major Congrats to NPA core playwright, Donte Felder. Here's the link to the soft launch of his new graphic novel (illustrated by Rachael Reed). Only a few tickets remaining!

We are celebrating the soft launch of Donte Felder's graphic novel Black Card - illustrated by Rachael Reed.

10/27/2023

Two Performances only - Sat. @ 4:00 & 7:30 p.m. Directed by Megan Brewer, produced by Charlotte Tiencken & Vashon Rep. Hope to see you there.

Thanks to everyone who came to It's Vashon Isle! What a blast! Next up- Edgar Allan Poe just in time for Halloween! Saturday, October 28 at 4pm and 7:30pm at Snapdragon Cafe. Limited seating so purchase tickets at www.vashoncenterforthearts.org, or pay what you will at the door!

10/24/2023

Get your tix while you still can. Sending all wishes for mega-breakage to NPA's Brendan Healy and his excellent cast.

Which family member do you think should be the next Champion Chef? Hotdish opens in 2 weeks!
Directed by Charlotte Peters. With Rebecca Goldberg, James Lee, Sydney Kaser, Van Lang Pham, and Jessica Robins.
Seats are filling up, so get your tickets soon! https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/6146488

09/22/2023

There's no stopping NPA's ALC - congrats!

Meet playwright Andrew Creech, explore nurse shortages, and discuss minimum wage.

09/08/2023

Here's a wonderful (free!) event presented by the historic Mukai Farm & Garden on Vashon. This poster features Hiroko Obo, one of our stars from the NPA play presented at last summer's festival.

08/23/2023

NPA's ALC does it again. No doubt you'll enjoy mega-breakage with your script and this excellent cast.

08/14/2023

Individual Tix now on sale for NPA's annual Salon, Sat. Feb. 24, 2024, part of the Washington Center for the Performing Arts subscription season. Special thanks to WCPA exec. dir. Jill Barnes for making it happen. Our line up of featured artists for "Center Salon VII" will be announced soon.

Tickets are now on sale for our 23/24 season!
Check out our Season Line up: https://www.washingtoncenter.org/events-and-tickets/23-24-season-at-a-glance/

06/27/2023

Mega-Congrats to NPA core writer Andrew Lee Creech and also to NPA vet Benjamin Benne for being selected as core writers with the Playwrights’ Center from 2023–2026!