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UPCOMING EVENTS
The Tonight Jone
August 27, 2026 at 7:30 PM
We’re sorry to share that The Tonight Jone show scheduled for August 27 has been cancelled. We’ll keep you updated with any additional information and announcements.
If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to us at info@seattleopenartsplace.org
Amplifier: Make Your Voice Heard
September 4, 2026 at 7:30 PM
September 5, 2026 at 7:30 PM
September 6, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Cliff Roven was a man not afraid to call out corruption and call those in power who held good people down. But after an accident on the set of his radio show, He knows he has a sonic scream. Now patrolling the streets of Capacoma as Amplifier, he must uncover the secrets of the Gloom and their leader, Mr. Gloom.
Doors: 7:00 PM | 1:30 PM
SHOW: 7:30 PM | 2:00 PM
Short shorts
Art in community – explore, experiment, connect.
The stage is yours for 5 minutes – dip your toes into performance practice with us!
All live art is welcome – dance, theater, music, word, and anything else you want to bring in.
Come as a performer, or as an audience member!
Sign up at the door to perform.
Doors: 7:00 PM
SHOW: 7:30 PM
September 8, 2026 at 7:30 PM
December 8, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Three-Headed Tales.
Formerly Animal Saints & Animal Sinners
September 10, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Something’s gone wrong at Madame Ramona’s Big Top Spectacular & Sideshow Thrills. The body of a clown has been found smack dab on the state line. The cops on either side don’t want to dig into the dark and messy dirt of the circus, so it’s up to the circus folk themselves to solve the crime. Petunia “Petty” McCallister, the shortest woman west of the Mississippi, starts asking questions, but someone may not like the answers she gets. With the help of her best friend Atlas, the mute strongman, she talks to the clowns, the roustabouts, the acrobats, the sideshow folk, and even the animals. What does Roberto the sword swallower have to hide? What did the Hairess, who dangles by her lustrous locks, see from the high wire? Why does the ringmistress herself, Ramona Zaffino, keep the door of her caravan locked? And why won’t that goddamn ventriloquist dummy learn to keep his mouth shut? When the lion tamer turns up dead as well, everyone blames Brian the lion—but Brenda the sideshow medium may have heard the real story from the lion himself.
With their unique blend of the comic and the creepy, writers/storytellers Scot Augustson, Kelleen Conway Blanchard, and Bret Fetzer collaborate to unearth the mysteries of the MURDER CIRCUS.
Doors: 7:00 PM
SHOW: 7:30 PM
Out With it
Rough House's OUT WITH IT, created and performed by Artistic Director Claire Saxe, tells a wild and lyrical tale of holding things in and letting things go. In the languages of movement, clown, and found-object puppetry, OUT WITH IT unpacks a tale at once intimate and universal. In a whirlwind 55-minutes, a fastidious clown takes on the forces of chaos: they face off, they spar, they make a mess – and, somehow or other, they come to terms.
In Rough House’s signature “rough-theater" flavor, OUT WITH IT is fabricated from found and repurposed materials. Puppets come to life in a palette of shredded bedsheets, clothes-hanger-wire, and spruced-up cardboard.
Rough House Puppet Arts (Chicago) is on a mission to connect individuals and communities through puppetry-arts, celebrating the weird things that make us unique, and the weirder things that bring us together. Rough House’s work collides puppetry with physical theater, music, visual arts, and an insatiable taste for experimentation.
Doors: 7:00 PM | 1:30 PM
SHOW: 7:30 PM | 2 PM
September 17, 2026 at 7:30 PM
September 18, 2026 at 7:30 PM
September 19, 2026 at 7:30 PM
September 20, 2026 at 2 PM
Old AF presents: Kickin' It Old School
September 24, 2026 at 7:30 PM
School’s back in session, and this fall Old AF is here to teach you hip kids a thing or two about the good old days. In this totally improvised comedy show, the Old AF cast members will reminisce with the audience about such joys as the first season of Survivor, what it was like to find an apartment without Craiglist, or the adrenaline rush of using a Skip It. Then they’ll weave the memories of times past into hilarious scenes made up on the spot. You don’t want to miss Old AF: Kickin’ It Old School.
Doors: 7:00 PM
SHOW: 7:30 PM
The Museum of Almost
September 25, 2026 at 7:30 PM
September 26, 2026 at 7:30 PM
September 27, 2026 at 2 PM
The Museum of Almost is an immersive multimedia experience about all the unfinished parts of being human. Life is full of almosts: the relationships that almost worked, the paths we almost took, the people we almost became, and the things we almost said. This experience gives those unfinished pieces a place to live.
Through original music, visual art, found objects, photography, text, and storytelling, visitors explore an intimate, living museum centered on memory, identity, grief, resilience, womanhood, and transformation. And because it wouldn’t be one of my projects without something a little strange, you won’t just sit back and watch. You’ll move through the exhibits, interact with the work, and leave pieces of your own story behind, becoming part of the museum itself.
Doors: 7:00 PM | 1:30 PM
SHOW: 7:30 PM | 2 PM
PSA: Pelvic Service Announcement
If you’re reading this, you have a pelvic floor. NYC comedian Amy Veltman reveals why that matters for everyone in this personal, raw, ridiculous tale told through unhinged characters, video, music, and a medically unsanctioned chart. “As fearless as it is funny” (FringeReview). Winner, Best Musical Comedy, United Solo Off-Broadway.
Doors: 7:00 PM | 1:30 PM
SHOW: 7:30 PM | 2 PM
October 17, 2026 at 7:30 PM
October 18, 2026 at 2 PM