Theater, dance and opera around the region

Published 1:30 am Friday, May 19, 2017

Theater

Soiree Fatale: Go to the cabaret at the Black Box Theater at Edmonds Community College to celebrate women. The show, with musical theater and pop tunes, will be presented at 7:30 p.m. May 19 and 20. Tickets are $12 at the door. Call 425-640-1448.

Everett Community College: “Ubu the King” will be presented at 7:30 p.m. June 1-3 and June 8-10 in Room 120 of EvCC’s Baker Hall, 2000 Tower St., Everett. The piece takes a satirical look at the abuse of power by the wealthy. A loose parody of “Macbeth,” the story follows a couple named Pa and Ma Ubu who gain and then lose the Polish throne in a frenzy of stupidity and treachery. Directed by Michael Schwartz, the cast includes Michael Howry, Melanie Stagner, Jacy Leavitt, Lacey Quincy, Daylin King, Joseph Duncan, Gee Neuman, Deborah Wetzel, Susan Taylor and Kelsey Fitterer. Admission is by donation.

Village Theatre: Everett Performing Arts Center, 2710 Wetmore Ave.; 425-257-8600 or www.villagetheatre.org/everett. The remainder of the Village season includes “A Proper Place,” through May 21, and “Dreamgirls,” July 7-30.

Edmonds Driftwood Players: Wade James Theatre, 950 Main St., Edmonds; www.edmondsdriftwoodplayers.org or 425-774-9600, option 3. At 8 p.m. May 20 and 2 p.m. May 21, see Larry Albert present two dramas in the old-fashioned radio format. He and friends will perform stories from Sherlock Holmes and the Harry Nile Detective series. Tickets are $15. Ken Ludwig’s “The Game’s Afoot,” directed by Ted Jaquith, plays June 9-25. Shows are 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $25 general, $22 senior, junior, military. ASL show June 17. In this comedy, Broadway superstar William Gillette, famous for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes, has invited fellow cast members to dinner. When one guest is found dead, Gillette must summon his Sherlock skills to solve the mystery.

Phoenix Theatre: The comedy theater is at 9673 Firdale Ave., Edmonds. Call 206-533-2000 or go to www.phoenixtheatreedmonds.org. Comedy Court Improv at the Phoenix is 7:30 p.m. May 20. Tickets are $20 at the door. “Crossing Delancey” runs June 2-25 with 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday performances. Cast includes Erica Bergman, Susan Connors, Dawn Cornell, Boyd Morrison and Phillip Keiman.

Youth theater

Everett High School: Theater department students will perform a cabaret night, with songs from various musicals, at 4:30 p.m. May 27, at Cafe Zippy, 1502 Rucker Ave., Everett.

Edmonds-Woodway High School: The comedy “Museum” by Tina Howe will be presented at 7 p.m. June 8-10 and 2 p.m. June 11 in the school theater, 7600 212th St. SW. Tickets ($7 general) available 30 minutes before show time. The play, set in the 1980s, takes place on the final day of a group show of three fictional contemporary American artists being exhibited in a major museum of modern art. In the course of the day, 40 people walk through the show: art lovers, skeptics, foreigners, students, lost souls, fellow artists and, of course, museum guards. The play is about the movement and yearning of these people.

Ludus Performing Arts: Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” plays July 7-28 at the Snohomish County PUD theater in Everett, 2320 California St. For ticket information, call 425-239-6627 or go to www.ludusperformingarts.org.

Dance performances

Reflections School of Dance: The school’s 20th annual dance recital is 3 p.m. June 17 at Everett Civic Auditorium, 2415 Colby Ave. More at reflectionsschoolofdance.com.

The Dance School: The Everett school performs its year-end dances at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. June 24 at the Everett Performing Arts Center, 2710 Wetmore Ave. Ticket information at www.tututix.com/client/thedanceschoolwa.

Barclay Shelton Dance Centre: Annual Summer Review is 7 and 9 p.m. June 23-24, 4 and 6 p.m. June 25, Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 Fourth Ave. N., Edmonds. Call 425-275-9595.

To submit info, email reporter Gale Fiege at gfiege@heraldnet.com.