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2012
May 3, 2012 – One Slight Hitch by Lewis Black
April 1, 2012 – Press Release: The Pitmen Painters
March 29, 2012 – Press Release: CHL Presents Frank Ferrante in the Seattle premiere of - An Evening With Groucho
2011
November 3, 2011 – ACT Theatre's 'A Christmas Carol,' Nov. 25 - Dec. 24: Five Performances already sold out, signaling Seattle audiences are ready for Scrooge!
October 18, 2011 – Holiday season line-up at ACT: Annual production of A Christmas Carol heralds the conclusion of 2011
October 6, 2011 – World Premiere of Noir Classic, Double Indemnity, Concludes ACT Theatre's 2011 Mainstage Season
September 26, 2011 – ACT Theatre Debuts New Performance Space in October
August 24, 2011 – ACT – A Contemporary Theatre Announces 2012 Mainstage Play Season and Other Presentations, plus the Opening of a Brand New Performance Space
August 17, 2011 – Timeless Dramas, Thrilling Stories, New Playwriting Opportunities and One BIG Party! September 2011
August 16, 2011 – Two Iconic Leaders Clash in a London and Broadway Smash Hit: Mary Stuart at ACT Theatre
August 2, 2011 – ACT Theatre Joins Forces with Cherry Manhattan Presents for the First Retro Lesbian Pulp Festival: The Beebo Brinker Chronicles Festival, Now – October
July 28, 2011 – Summer Concerts, Films, Cabarets and Award Winning Theatre Arrive at ACT
July 12, 2011 – Entertaining and Tender, In the Next Room, or the vibrator play by Sarah Ruhl Explores Victorian Mores and Sexuality in a Stimulating New Comedy at ACT Theatre
June 22, 2011 – The Heat Cranks Up in July with Steamy Romance, Hot Music, Explosive New Multicultural Works and More…Only at ACT!
June 15, 2011 – The Hansberry Project Hosts REPRESENT! A Multicultural Playwrights Festival, July 19 – 24, 2011
May 31, 2011 – Charming. Soulful. Funny. Sexy. Uber Now! Romantic Comedy Pilgrims Musa and Sheri in the New World by local playwright Yussef El Guindi Gets its World Premiere at ACT Theatre
May 24, 2011 – The Hansberry Project at ACT Honors Actor/Playwright Regina Taylor - Juneteenth Celebration to feature reading of Crowns, June 18
May 11, 2011 – World Premieres, Films, Readings, and Celebratory Events Welcome Summer at ACT! June 2011
May 4, 2011 – Seattle Cabaret Luminaries Jayne Muirhead and John Engerman Debut New Show at ACT Theatre, It’s In the Cards
April 12, 2011 – ACT Celebrates Neil Simon, Pinter, Secret Crimes, Grindhouse Films, New Works, and More
April 5, 2011 – Amazing Cast, Amazing Director Come Together for Neil Simon’s The Prisoner of Second Avenue at ACT Theatre
March 15, 2011 – Pinter Fortnightly Returns with a Full Year of Programs, Starting April 4, 2011
March 8, 2011 – ACT Theatre Greets Spring with a Bounty of Plays, Family Friendly Fun, Celebrated Readings and a New Dance Collaboration
February 16, 2011 – ACT Announces 2011 New Play Award: South of Settling by Emily Schwend
February 15, 2011 – ACT Guides Young Talent from the Page to the Stage: Ninth Annual Young Playwrights Festival
February 9, 2011 – Lively New Musical, New Plays, New Screenplays, and More - March 2011
January 25, 2011 – The Hansberry Project at ACT and Danceable Planet Collaborate in Celebration of Black Love on February 13, 2011
January 19, 2011 – New Musical: Vanities Re-Envisioned for Northwest Premiere - The 5th Avenue Theatre and ACT collaborate with original author and lyricist on new version
January 19, 2011 – A Packed Month of Premieres and New Work at ACT: Theatre, Film, Visual Art, Dance, Poetry
2010
December 15, 2010 – Music and Theatre Ring in the New Year at ACT
November 16, 2010 – ACT’s 35th Anniversary Production of A Christmas Carol - Allison Narver to Direct
November 4, 2010 – 2010 at ACT Closes with a Bang: Dark Comedy, Music, Film, Holiday Spirits, a Shopping Extravaganza and more
October 7, 2010 – Dead Bodies. Beloved Cats. Buckets of Blood. A Ripping Good Time. ACT’s Mainstage Season Concludes with the Seattle Premiere of The Lieutenant of Inishmore
September 28, 2010 – ACT Dishes Advice, Blood, Insanity, Lectures, Awards and Spooky Stories
September 16, 2010 – ACT Announces 2011 Mainstage Season: Two World Premieres, one Northwest Premiere, and a healthy dose of intrigue, power, passion and fun take to the ACT stages
September 2, 2010 – Ann Landers, Winning Short Stories, Big Parties, and Cerebral Dates Make for a Delightfully Fun Filled September at ACT!
August 26, 2010 – “Dear Ann, What do I do about…?” America’s Favorite Advice Columnist Ann Landers is Tenderly Portrayed in The Lady with All the Answers
August 6, 2010 – ACT Creates and Produces New Annual Lecture Series Starting August 29
July 29, 2010 – Broadway Sensation Sarah Jones Performs One Night Only at ACT as a Benefit for the Hedgebrook Women Playwrights Festival™
July 20, 2010 – The Hansberry Project Hosts Award-Winning Playwright Keith Josef Adkins
July 13, 2010 – Yankee Tavern Offers Edge of Your Seat Intrigue at ACT
June 16, 2010 – Art, Uproarious Lunacy, Synergistic Cinema, Conspiracy Theories, New Plays, Wine and Buffoons…What a Line Up!
June 2, 2010 – Crackling Wit, Uproarious Lunacy, Undeniable Entertainment: The Female of the Species Playfully Skewers the Feminist Movement in Seattle Premiere at ACT
May 18, 2010 – Icicle Creek Theatre Festival Brings Two New Plays and Cases of Leavenworth Wine over the Mountain Pass to ACT Theatre
May 17, 2010 – Homecomings, Gender Politics, Music, and More Take Center Stage at ACT
April 22, 2010 – ACT Opens 2010 Mainstage Season with Horton Foote’s American Classic The Trip to Bountiful
April 20, 2010 – RAWSTOCK Short Film Festival Launches Season at ACT with Experimental Industry First: Synergistic Cinema
April 15, 2010 – ACT Serves up Premieres in Dance, Theatre, Visual Art and Film
April 13, 2010 – The Central Heating Lab at ACT and Lingo Present A Glimmer of Hope or Skin or Light
March 24, 2010 – ACT’s Central Heating Lab Heats up the Stage with Burlesque, Modern Dance, and More
March 3, 2010 – The Central Heating Lab at ACT Features the Return of Pinter Fortnightly
March 1, 2010 – Leading Local Theatres Collaborate During 2010-2011 Season!
February 23, 2010 – ACT Sets the Stage for Amazing Talent, Amazing Opportunities with its Eighth Annual Young Playwrights Festival
February 11, 2010 – ACT's Central Heating Lab Serves up Film, Theatre, Varietè, and More in the Month of March
February 10, 2010 – The Hansberry Project Highlights New Work in 2010
February 9, 2010 – ACT Announces 2010 New Play Award: Extraordinary Chambers by David Wiener
January 27, 2010 – 2009 Marks Banner Year for ACT with First Surplus in More than Four Years
January 26, 2010 – Amazon.com Makes $25,000 Grant to ACT's Young Playwrights Program Benefiting Hundreds of Middle and High School Students
January 13, 2010 – ACT's Central Heating Lab Provides Plenty of Theatre, Music, and Dance in February with The Soft Rock Kid, and the Conclusion of Two by Pinter and Project 3
January 12, 2010 – KT Niehoff/Lingo Dance Collaborates with ACT Theatre and Seattle Art Musuem for Three Month Project: A Glimmer of Hope or Skin or Light
2009
December 23, 2009 – ACT's Central Heating Lab Kicks off the New Year with the Return of 14/48, Pinter, Seattle Dance Project, and More!
November 4, 2009 – Kurt Beattie Returns as 'Scrooge' in ACT's 34th Annual Production of A Christmas Carol
September 17, 2009 – The Hansberry Project at ACT Presents a Benefit Reading of Lorraine Hansberry 's The Signs in Sidney Brustein's Window
September 2, 2009 – ACT Welcomes Former NFL Star Bo Eason in Acclaimed Family Drama Runt of the Litter
August 20, 2009 – ACT - A Contemporary Theatre Announces 2010 Season
July 16, 2009 – The Central Heating Lab at ACT Proudly Presents New Voices 7 on August 3 at 8:00 pm
July 16, 2009 – ACT Celebrates Christmas in July! Tickets on Sale Now for Two Holiday Shows - A Christmas Carol and Sister's Christmas Catechism
July 14, 2009 – Yewhaw! ACT kicks up the Heat with Sassy Ring Cycle-Inspired Musical Das Barbecü
July 9, 2009 – The Central Heating Lab at ACT Hosts Icicle Creek Theatre Festival Readings in Seattle - Two New Works:HIM and The Jewel in the Manuscript, Aug. 17-18 at 7:30pm
July 8, 2009 – ACT Meets $150K Donor Match Early and Exceeds Mid-Year Fundraising Goal - More Than $400,000 Raised in Eight Week Period
July 7, 2009 – ACT Brings Back Everyone's Favorite Nun in a New Holiday Show, Sister's Christmas Catechism: The Mystery of the Magi's Gold, Nov. 27, 2009 - Jan. 3, 2010 - Tickets On Sale July 14
July 2, 2009 – RAWSTOCK Summer Festival Hosted by The Central Heating Lab at ACT Theatre, July 24, 2009
July 2, 2009 – Go Straight from the Barbecü to the Weddin' with Purty Mouth
June 26, 2009 – First of it's Kind! ACT Introduces Innovative New Membership Program, Creating Greater Flexibility and Affordability for Seattle Theatre Goers
May 27, 2009 – The Hansberry Project at ACT Presents Award-winning "Hip-Hop Renaissance Man" Marc Bamuthi Joseph in the break/s: a mixtape for stage
May 20, 2009 – ACT Announces 2009 New Play Award: Sweet Maladies by Zakiyyah Alexander
May 13, 2009 – Bring on the Improv! Wing-It Productions Stir up the Laughs with Evening of Improv
May 13, 2009 – ACT's Central Heating Lab Extends Its Free Play Examination Series: Pinter Fortnightly
April 29, 2009 – Men Behaving Badly: Judd Hirsch, John Procaccino and R. Hamilton Wright on Hilarity and Corporate Drudgery in Below the Belt at ACT
April 3, 2009 – ACT's Central Heating Lab Enters it's Sophomore Season with Five Cutting Edge Companion Pieces, New Works, New Partners
March 25, 2009 – ACT Season Opens with Jeffrey Hatcher's Provocative Retelling of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
March 12, 2009 – ACT's Central Heating Lab Launches Free Play Examination Series: Pinter Fortnightly
February 26, 2009 – Just Two Weeks Away! - The 6th Annual Moisture Festival Kicks Off at ACT, Continues at Hales Palladium and Midway Through - Invites SIFF to the Party!
February 25, 2009 – ACT's Central Heating Lab Presents New Work by Artist-In-Residence Maureen Whiting
February 17, 2009 – Talent & Opportunities Abound for Seattle Youth at ACT's Seventh Annual Young Playwrights Festival
February 10, 2009 – ACT's Central Heating Lab Celebrates Five Years of RAWSTOCK on March 6th, 2009
February 5, 2009 – 6th Annual Moisture Festival Kicks Off at ACT
January 6, 2009 – ACT - A Contemporary Theatre 2009 Season, Part Duex: New Dates, New Play
January 5, 2009 – Seattle Dance Project leaps into 2009 with P2: Project 2
2008
November 7, 2008 – The Downtown Holiday Tradition Continues! ACT Theatre's 33rd Annual Production of A Christmas Carol
October 6, 2008 – ACT – A Contemporary Theatre 2009 Season - A Season of “Awe”
September 30, 2008 – The “Awesome” Cycle Travels From Goofy to Spooky then Political and Mind-Numbingly Philosophical
September 24, 2008 – ACT’s Central Heating Lab Hosts Fall Film Festival RAWSTOCK ATTACKS! on October 17
September 16, 2008 – Strap Yourself in for the Ride of Your Life with the World Premiere Comedy Becky’s New Car by Steven Dietz
September 4, 2008 – Seattle Dance Project Premieres Rare Collaboration of Three Local Choreographers at ACT
August 12, 2008 – Sublime, Lovely and Funny, Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl Explores Love and Loss at ACT in a Fresh Spin on a Classic Story
August 1, 2008 – ACT – A Contemporary Theatre Announces New Leadership Structure
July 22, 2008 – Chaos Theory Rules at ACT in the Riotously Funny Intimate Exchanges by Alan Ayckbourn
July 16, 2008 – Seasoned Actors and New Faces Grace the Stages of ACT this Fall
July 10, 2008 – ACT's Central Heating Lab Hosts Summer RAWSTOCK Film Festival: Light & Dark July 25
June 10, 2008 – The Central Heating Lab's PINKABOO! Line-Up Sizzles, Additional guests include Teatro Zinzanni alumni and many more
May 28, 2008 – Celebrating Excellence in African American Theatre, the Third Annual Juneteenth Gala at ACT
May 22, 2008 – Pinkaboo! The Closeted American Songbook presented by ACT's Central Heating Lab
May 13, 2008 – A Marvelous Party: The Noel Coward Celebration premeires in Seattle at ACT
April 28, 2008 – Central Heating Lab Premieres Black and Tan – A Juke Joint Hosted By Laura “Piece” Kelley Jahn
April 24, 2008 – Laughter Explodes out of ACT’s Central Heating Lab - A Four Part Comedy Cornucopia Series May 4, 11, 18, 25
April 8, 2008 – The Hansberry Project at ACT to Stage World Premiere of Fathers and Sons
March 25, 2008 – ACT Heats up Seattle Arts with an Innovative Approach: The Central Heating Lab
February 20, 2008 – ACT Kicks off the U.S. Tour of The Ilkhom Theatre Company
February 12, 2008 – ACT Partners with Icicle Creek Theatre Festival
January 29, 2008 – ACT’s 2008 Season Preview and Open House
January 23, 2008 – Provocative and Daring, Language Rooms by Yussef El Guindiis Selected for ACT’s 2008 New Play Award
January 22, 2008 – ACT Sets the Stage for Amazing Talent, Amazing Opportunities with its Sixth Annual Young Playwrights Festival
2007
November 29, 2007 – ACT – A Contemporary Theatre Hires New Managing Director, Kevin M. Hughes Joins Staff December 1, 2007
November 14, 2007 – ACT – A Contemporary Theatre 2008 Season, 44th Season Delivers High Impact, Innovative Works
November 6, 2007 – Extended - Now On Sale Through December 16! The Women by Clare Boothe Luce
October 24, 2007 – Ring in the Holiday Spirit with ACT Theatre's 32nd Annual Production of A Christmas Carol
October 3, 2007 – The Women Now on sale through December 2, including a special "Day After Thanksgiving" Matinee
September 25, 2007 – The Women Celebrate Women
September 11, 2007 – Children's Auditions for A Christmas Carol at ACT
September 11, 2007 – The Women by Clare Boothe Luce Sixteen of Seattle's Favorite Actresses Take Center Stage Starting October 5
July 26, 2007 – The Hansberry Project at ACT Presents Aishah Rahman's The Mojo and the Sayso
July 21, 2007 – Celebrate the Amazing Women in Your Life: Awards to honor women from all walks of life
July 21, 2007 – Cabaret Star Andrea Marcovicci to Perform at ACT: Andrea Sings Astaire
July 6, 2007 – ACT – A Contemporary Theatre Announces Search for Managing Director
June 22, 2007 – The Hansberry Project at ACT announces Louise Jones McKinney Fellowship for African American Playwrights
June 22, 2007 – World Premiere First Class Celebrates Life and Genius of Charismatic Northwest Poet Theodore Roethke
June 21, 2007 – ACT Presents Two Events Celebrating the Life and Work of Theodore Roethke in Conjunction with First Class
June 4, 2007 – David Hare's Stuff Happens Examines All Sides of the Iraq Invasion
April 13, 2007 – The Hansberry Project at ACT premieres Etta Phifer's Testimonial Shoe Kismet
April 11, 2007 – Patti Cohenour and Mark Anders star in ACT's production of Souvenir by Stephen Temperley
March 9, 2007 – The Hansberry Project at ACT Celebrates Black Men With Somebody to Lean On
March 1, 2007 – ACT Theatre Announces Leadership Changes
February 12, 2007 – ACT Opens 2007 Season with Sarah Ruhl’s The Clean House
January 22, 2007 – Rainier Valley Youth Theatre 2007 Young Playwrights Festival
January 16, 2007 – Free 2007 Season Preview and Open House at ACT
2006
October 30, 2006 – Underpants Drop; Sales Rise!
October 27, 2006 – ACT's 31st Annual Production of A Christmas Carol
October 27, 2006 – ACT Theatre's StageCraft, a new theatrical artisan bazaar
October 27, 2006 – ACT Theatre Announces 2007 Season
September 12, 2006 – ACT Announces Children's Auditions for A Christmas Carol
September 11, 2006 – Steve Martin's Comedy, The Underpants, Rounds Out ACT's Mainstage Season
August 4, 2006 – Caryl Churchill's A Number Next at ACT Theatre
July 5, 2006 – World Premiere of Mitzi's Abortion By Elizabeth Heffron Next at ACT Theatre
June 27, 2006 – The Hansberry Project at ACT Presents a free reading of Ghetto Mansion by David Scully, August 4 and 5.
May 17, 2006 – Wine in the Wilderness by Alice Childress, Inaugural Production of The Hansberry Project at ACT
May 8, 2006 – Memorial Service for Scott Weldin, ACT Theatre, Sat., May 20, 11 a.m.
April 7, 2006 – Christopher Durang's Miss Witherspoon Opens May 4
February 11, 2006 – 2006 Season Opens With Explosive The Pillowman
2005
October 18, 2005 – ACT Theatre Announces 2006 Season
September 26, 2005 – Charlayne Woodard's Play Flight Opens at ACT October 20
August 15, 2005 – Vincent in Brixton Opens September 8
July 12, 2005 – Tennessee Williams' The Night of the Iguana Opens August 4.
June 28, 2005 – Mayor Proclaims June 29 as ACT Theatre Day to Celebrate 40th Birthday
June 1, 2005 – Director Warner Shook to stage Born Yesterday at ACT Theatre.
May 11, 2005 – Monologuist Mike Daisey Has A Story To Tell In The Ugly American
May 5, 2005 – ACT Theatre Opens 41st Season with Bach at Leipzig on May 5.
February 15, 2005 – A Season To Embrace Begins May 5
January 19, 2005 – A Gothic Masterpiece The Woman In Black at ACT Theatre Opens February 9!
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