comedy
Improv Comedy Night: Free comedy show, 7 to 8 p.m. Nov. 15, Cafe Zippy, 2811 Westmore Ave., Everett. Jet City Improv folks are among those to perform. Call 425-303-0474.
Seattle International Comedy Competition: The 35th annual competition starts at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 19 at the Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 Fourth Ave. N., Edmonds. Not suitable for children. Ticket prices range from $24 to $34 and are available by calling 425-275-9595.
Opera
“Aida”: Skagit Opera performs Verdi’s opera at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 14 and at 3 p.m. Nov. 16 at McIntyre Hall at Skagit Valley College, College Way, Mount Vernon. For tickets, which range from $25 to $59, call 1-866-624-6897.
Theater
Island County
“Lather, Rinse, Repeat”: OutCast Productions offers a staged reading of local playwright Dana Linn’s new musical, a hair-raising adventure, revolving around a parody of a gal from the south, who owns her own beauty salon and is stuck in the past. Performances at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 14, 15 and 21 and at 2 p.m. Nov. 16. Tickets are $12 and are available by credit card through Brown Paper Tickets or can be reserved and paid for at the door by cash or check with an email to ocp@whidbey.com. OutCast performs all of its shows at the Whidbey Island Fairgrounds’ Black Box Theater, 819 Camano Ave., Langley.
Snohomish County
“In the Heights”: Village Theatre brings this Tony award-winning hip hop musical with a salsa beat to the Everett Performing Arts Center through Nov. 23. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturdays, 2 and 7 p.m. Sundays with an additional matinee on Nov. 20. Tickets range from $30 to $62. For info, call 425-257-8600.
“Rex’s Exes”: This funny, Southern-fried farce by the Reunion Theatre Group is 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday through Nov. 16 at the Everett Music Hall Playhouse in the Macy’s hallway at the Everett Mall. Tickets are available at the door, by phone at 425-268-2187 or online at Brown Paper Tickets. Prices are $15 general admission, $11 for students 17 and under, seniors and military personnel. See www.reuniontheatregroup.org.
“The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: A New Musical”: The world premiere of this new version of the well-loved old story will be staged through Nov. 23 at the Historic Everett Theatre, 2911 Colby Ave., Everett. Tickets for Thursday through Sunday shows are available by calling 425-258-6766 or online at www.historiceveretttheatre.org.
“Miracle on 34th Street”: The play is produced by Edmonds Driftwood Players Nov. 28 through Dec. 21 at Wade James Theater, 950 Main St., Edmonds. For ticket information, go to www.driftwoodplayers.com or call 425-774-9600.
“Dickens’ Christmas Carol: A Traveling Travesty in Two Tumultuous Acts”: Runs two weekends, Nov. 28 through Dec. 7, at the Red Curtain Art Center, 1410 Grove St., Marysville. Directed by Sue Weingarten, it’s a fast-paced British farce. See www.redcurtainfoundation.org for details.
High school and college shows
“Almost, Maine”: Anacortes High School presents the John Cariani play at 7 p.m. Nov. 14 and 15 in Byrnes Performing Arts Center, 18821 Crown Ridge Blvd., Arlington. Tickets are $10 or $7 for students and are available at the door at 6 p.m.
“Madam’s Been Murdered, Tea Will Be Late”: Performances of the comedy are at 5 p.m. Nov. 20, 6 p.m. Nov. 21 and 7 p.m. Nov. 22 in the Darrington High School Auditorium. Tickets are $5 at the door. Refreshments at intermission.
“The Nerd”: Lake Stevens High School presents the Larry Shue comedy at 7 p.m. Nov. 14, 15, 21 and 22 in the Performing Arts Center, 2908 113th Ave. NE, Lake Stevens. Tickets are $10, $8 for ASB students and $5 for seniors and children.
“The Greek Mythology Olympiaganza”: Glacier Peak High School performs this piece, with battling narrators attempt to cover the entirety of Greek mythology using audience participation, cross-dressing and general theatrical insanity, at 7 p.m. Nov 14, 15, 21 and 22. Tickets at www.glacierpeakdrama.org or at the door.
“The Man Outside”: Everett Community College students will perform this dark drama at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 20-22 and Dec. 4-6 in EvCC’s Baker Hall, Room 120. In the play, a German soldier named Beckmann confronts the aftermath of war when he returns to his hometown in 1946. Children age 5 and younger may not attend. Admission is by donation. For more information, call 425-388-9525.
Dance
Olympic Ballet Theatre: The Edmonds-based company, under the direction of Mara Vinson and Oleg Gorboulev, performs excerpts from The Nutcracker, accompanied by the Edmonds-based Cascade Youth Symphony Orchestra, directed by Gerry Jon Marsh, at 2 p.m. Nov. 15 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle. To buy tickets, call 206-215-4747 or go to www.benaroyahall.org. More information is available at www.cyso.us and www.olympicballet.com.
Pacific Northwest Ballet: “Director’s Choice,” PNB Artistic Director Peter Boal selects two premieres paired with repertory works in this absorbing mixed-bill. Opening the program, David Dawson’s breath-taking, hyper-extended “A Million Kisses to my Skin.” At 7:30 p.m. Nov. 14 and 15; 1 p.m. Nov. 16; Seattle Center’s Marion Oliver McCaw Hall. Tickets are available at the box office, 301 Mercer St. in Seattle, by calling 206-441-2424, or online at www.PNB.org.
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