Stage Calendar

  • Thursday, April 10, 2008 11:35am

Edmonds

Edmonds Center for the Arts events: 410 4th Ave. N., Edmonds. Ticket info: 877-548-3237.

• April 12, Borealis String Quartet.

• April 25, Kusun Ensemble.

• May 2, Dance Theatre of Oregon.

• May 30, Smothers Brothers.

Harts of Magic: 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 15, magician Tim Hart performs an evening of sleight-of-hand at the Wade James Theatre, 950 Main St., Edmonds. Tickets: $20 general, available by calling 425-774-9600 or www.driftwoodplayers.com.

“ClapTrap”: 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, 7:30 p.m. Sundays, through April 26, Edge of the World Theatre, 9673 Firdale Ave., Edmonds, presents Ken Friedman’s farce about an average guy who loses his job, and how it unravels from there. Tickets: $19-$22, available by calling the theatre’s box office at 206-542-PLAY (7529).

“You Can’t Take It With You”: 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, April 11-27, the Driftwood Players present the Hart &Kaufman comedy about girl and a boy who fall in love despite families that are worlds apart, at the Wade James Theatre, 950 Main St., Edmonds. Tickets: $20 general, $17 seniors &juniors, available by calling 425-774-9600 or www.driftwoodplayers.com.

“The Promise of Pittesville”: 7 p.m. Sundays, April 20 &27, 8 p.m. Mondays, April 21 &28, the Driftwood Players Alternative Stages series presents Edmonds playwright Jeff Stilwell’s new fable about an idealistic politician in the middle of deception and a battle of wills in a small town, at the Wade James Theatre, 950 Main St., Edmonds. Tickets: $10 general, includes dessert buffet, available by calling 425-774-9600 or www.driftwoodplayers.com.

“Giselle”: 7 p.m. Saturday, April 26, Olympic Ballet Theatre presents Adolphe Adams dramatic ballet about how love brings together a young peasant girl and a charming aristocrat visiting during a hunting party, at the Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 4th Ave. N., Edmonds. Tickets: $30 adults, $20 seniors/students, $15 children 10 &under, available by calling 425-774-7570.

Shoreline

“Take the Floor — and Dance”: 2 p.m. &8 p.m. Saturday, April 12, 2 p.m. Sunday, April 13, the USA Dance-Seattle Performance Team presents this family-friendly ballroom dance theater production about a Latin lover, a bridezilla, a sleazy strip-mall developer, a self-absorbed dance diva and an over-the-top private detective, at the Shorecrest Performing Arts Center, 15343 25th Ave. NE, Shoreline. Tickets: $18 general, $15 students and seniors (62+), available online at www.brownpapertickets.com or by calling 1-877-278-4842.

“Not Around Gordie”: 7 p.m. Monday, April 28, The Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council’s Readers’ Theatre presents this George Savage Jr. play set in a rural gas station in the 1960s and the story of the people who gave the station its life, in the Aurora Room, Shoreline Center, 18560 1st Ave. NE, Shoreline. Admission: Free; reading followed by coffee, cookies, and a discussion between the cast, the audience, and the playwright. Info: 206-417-4645.

Lynnwood

“The Art of Bad Men”: 7:30 p.m. Friday &Saturday, April 11 &12, 2 p.m. Sunday, April 13, Edmonds Community College’s drama department presents award-winning local playwright Vincent Delaney’s student directed play-in-progress, a dark comedy based on a true story about ex-Nazis performing Moliere’s “The Miser” at a prisoner of war camp in Minnesota in 1945, in the new theater in Mukilteo Hall, 20000 68th Ave. W., Lynnwood. Tickets: $10 general, $8 students/seniors, available by calling 425-640-1313 or online at www.edcc.edu/boxoffice.

Everett

“You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown”: 7:30 p.m. Friday &Saturday, April 11 &12, Thursday-Saturday, April 17-19, 2 p.m. Sunday, April 20, Village Theatre Kidstage presents the musical based on the comic strip “Peanuts” by Charles M. Schultz, at the Everett Performing Arts Center, 2710 Wetmore Ave., Everett. Tickets: $9-$11, available by calling 425-257-8600 or online at www.villagetheatre.org.

“Something’s Afoot”: 8 p.m. Fridays &Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, April 11-27, the New Everett Theatre presents this satirical poke at Agatha Christie mysteries and musical styles of past years, at the Historic Everett Theatre, 2911 Colby Ave., Everett. Tickets: $25 adults, $15 seniors, students &military, $10 children, available by calling 425-258-6766 or at www.everetttheatre.org.

“If You Give a Pig a Party”: 2 p.m. &4 p.m.Sunday, April 13, Village Theatre Pied Piper presents this Dallas Children’s Theater On Tour musical production based on the book by Laura Numeroff, bringing the Mouse, the Moose, and the Pig together at last in a carnival of music, festivity and friendship, at the Everett Performing Arts Center, 2710 Wetmore Ave. Tickets: $12-$14, available by calling 425-257-8600 or www.villagetheatre.org.

Seattle

“Doubt: A Parable”: 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays &Thursdays — 8 p.m. Fridays, 2 p.m. &8 p.m. Saturdays, through April 26, Taproot Theatre, 204 North 85th St., Seattle, presents Pulitzer Prize-winner John Patrick Shanley’s play revolving around accusations at a Catholic school and the consequences of uncertainty. Tickets: $26-$33, available by calling 206-781-9707 or online at www.taproottheatre.org.

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