The holiday season may be over, but local performing arts groups are getting into the full swing of their 2008 performance schedules. Here’s what coming up:
Driftwood Players
Show times are 8 p.m., Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sunday at the Wade James Theatre, 950 Main Street, Edmonds. For tickets call 425-774-9600, or visit www.driftwoodplayers.com.
• Feb. 8-24, “The Diary of Anne Frank.” 13-year-old Anne Frank’s diary takes audiences on a intimate journey of the particulars of living in hiding during the Nazi regime of WWII.
• 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, Seattle Jazz Singers. This special Valentine concert is not part of Driftwood’s regular season. Individual tickets are $20.
• 8 p.m. Tuesday &Wednesday, Feb. 19 &20, “The Vagina Monologues.” Eve Ensler’s much talked about play is presented by The VaWa Sisterhood as a fundraiser for the Intervention Center for Assault &Abuse. This special performance is not part of Driftwood’s regular season; individual tickets are $20.
Driftwood Players’ Alternative Stages
Show times are 7 p.m. Sundays, 8 p.m. Mondays at the Wade James Theatre, 950 Main Street, Edmonds. For tickets call 425-774-9600, or visit www.driftwoodplayers.com.
• Feb. 17-25, “Chicks.” A comical depiction of a Kindergarten teacher on the edge who is obsessed with telling it like it is to the audience … her “students.”
Cascade Symphony Orchestra
Performances take place at 7:30 p.m. Mondays, at the Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 4th Ave. N., Edmonds. Season tickets are available; call 425-776-4938.
• Jan. 14, “Great German Romantic.” A program of Prokofiev, Valse Suite, op. 110; Milhaud, Concerto for Marimba &Vibraphone; and Brahms, Symphony No. 2, featuring Matt Kocmieroski, percussion. Tickets: $20 adults, $15 seniors &students, available by calling 425-776-4938.
• 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, “Tubby the Tuba.” CSO’s 2nd annual Children’s Concert features Dave Brewer on tuba and narrator Dave Dolacky. Free tickets are available for children 12 and under.
Shoreline-LFP Arts Council Children’s Series
Tickets are $6 general; call 206-417-4645 or visit www.shorelinearts.net.
• 11 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 12, Rhys Thomas’s “Jugglemania.” See it to believe it: Thomas juggles blades, spins breakable ceramic plates and bowls and uses unconventional items for gravity defying fun, at the Shoreline Community College Campus Theater, 16101 Greenwood Ave N, Bldg 1600, Shoreline.
• 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15, “The True Story of the Three Little Pigs” and “The Stinky Cheese Man.” Book-It Theatre presents two classic fairy tales, fractured before your eyes in author Jon Scieszcka’s unique style, at the Shorecrest Performing Arts Center, 15343 25th Ave. NE, Shoreline. Appropriate for ages K-6.
• 11 a.m. Saturday, March 22, “Northwest Bookshelf 2 – The Story Continues.” 5th Ave. Theatre presents this new musical about six children who visit their local library searching the shelves for the perfect book, at Shoreline Community College Campus Theater, 16101 Greenwood Ave N, Bldg 1600, Shoreline
Shoreline-LFP Arts Council Arts in Culture Series
Show times are 7:30 p.m. Saturdays at the Shorecrest Performing Arts Center, 15343 25th Ave. NE, Shoreline. For tickets call 206-417-4645.
• Jan. 19, “Jazz It Up!” Tenor saxophonist Pete Christlieb joins local middle and high school jazz musicians and the Shoreline School District’s Friends and Faculty All Star Big Band in this benefit concert for the Arts Council’s Scholarship Fund. Tickets are $18 general, $15 seniors &students.
• Feb. 23, David Boxley and the Git-hoan Native Dance Group. Tickets are $18 general, $15 seniors &students.
• March 22, Shawn Mullins. Tickets are $22 general, $18 seniors &students.
Shoreline-LFP Arts Council Readers’ Theater Series
Now in its third season, the Readers’ Theater series has served as a resource to bring together actors, readers and playwrights in an entertaining and educational environment. Performances are 7 p.m. Mondays at the Shoreline Center, Aurora Room, 18560 1st Ave. NE, Shoreline. Admission is free and the playwright will be available for discussion following the reading.
• Jan. 14, “What a Woman” by John Ruoff.
• Feb. 25, “How Ya Doin’ Sweetheart?” by Stefani Priest and “Footlights” by Jennifer Kulik.
• March 31, “September Skies,” by Jim Moran.
• April 28, “Not Around Gordie,” by George Savage.
Olympic Ballet Theatre
Unless otherwise noted, performances take place at the Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 4th Ave. N., Edmonds. For tickets call 425-774-7570 or visit www.olympicballet.com.
• 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, “Peter and the Wolf” and “Carnival of the Animals.” Kids dance for kids in this narrated production, which also features a behind the scenes introduction to the magic of theatre, presenting scenery, costumes, lighting, masks and props. Tickets are $25 adults, $20 seniors &students, $15 for children.
• 7 p.m. Saturday, April 19, “Giselle.” Love brings together a young peasant girl and a charming aristocrat visiting during a hunting party in this dramatic ballet. Tickets are $30 for adults, $20 for seniors/students and $15 for children 10 and under.
Edmonds Center for the Arts
Performances take place at the Edmonds Center For The Arts, 410 4th Ave. North, Edmonds. Season, series and choice tickets are available by calling 425-275-9595.
• Saturday, Jan. 12, TAPKIDS.
• Thursday, Jan. 24, California Guitar Trio.
• Thursday, Feb. 14, The Second City.
• Wednesday &Thursday, March 12 &13, Golden Dragon Acrobats.
• Thursday, March 20, Harlem Gospel Choir.
• Saturday, March 29, Peru Negro.
• Saturday, April 12, Borealis String Quartet.
• Friday, April 25, Kusun Ensemble.
• Friday, May 2, Dance Theatre of Oregon.
• Friday, May 30, Smothers Brothers.
Artists at the Organ Series
Unless otherwise indicated, show times are 7 p.m. Sundays, at Trinity Lutheran Church, 6215 196th St. SW, Lynnwood. For tickets call 425-778-2159 or visit www.trinitylutheranchurch.com.
• Dec. 30, Norma Aamodt-Nelson, Minister of Music and organist at Trinity, presents a concert of music for the Christmas season and carol-singing with Begin Judd Scarseth, violin; and Tim Pizzichemi, cello.
• Jan. 27, Epiphany Vespers, featuring Trinity’s own Julie Johnson, mezzo soprano, cantata soloist.
Choir of the Sound
Performances take place at Bastyr University Chapel, 14500 Juanita Drive NE, Kenmore.
For tickets call 206-528-9990 or email tickets@choirofthesound.org.
• 7 p.m. Saturday, March 8, 3 p.m. Sunday, March 9, “Simply Bernstein.” COTS’s annual
classical concert celebrates the work of one of America’s pre-eminent 20th-century composers, Leonard Bernstein, with selections from “West Side Story,” “Candide,” and others.
SnoKing Community Chorale
Performances take place at the Edmonds Center For The Arts, 410 4th Ave. North, Edmonds. For tickets visit www.sno-kingchorale.org.
• 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, Concert for Children of All Ages. The choir performs with special guests “Arioso” Seattle Children’s Chorus.
• 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 22, Musica Da Coro. A program featuring John Rutter’s “Requiem,” with selected soloists; and special guest, pianist Walt Wagner.
Northshore Performing Arts Center
NPAC is located at 18125 92nd NE, Bothell. For tickets call 425-489-6018 or visit www.npacf.org.
• Sunday, Jan. 20, Thalia Symphony Orchestra, “From Russia With Love.”
• Saturday, Feb. 2, International Guitar Night.
• Sunday, March 9, Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra, “Bravura.”
• Sunday, March 30, Thalia Symphony Orchestra, “Scandinavian Landscapes”
• Sunday, April 6, Bernadette Bascom’s “Broadway Meets Motown.”
• Saturday, April 19, “Spencer’s Theatre of Illusion.”
New Everett Theatre
Unless otherwise indicated, show times are 8 p.m. Fridays &Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, at the Historic Everett Theatre, 2911 Colby Ave., Everett. For tickets call the box office at 425-258-6766 from 2-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays.
• 9 p.m. Monday, Dec. 31, New Year’s Eve Comedy Gala. The Everett Theatre celebrates its second stand-up comedy New Year’s Eve show, featuring the top performers from The Comedy Underground, Seattle’s longest running comedy club. Tickets are $35 general; show is not recommended for children.
• Feb. 8-24, “Laughter on the 23rd Floor.” Neil Simon’s Broadway hit is an homage to the author’s early days in showbiz when he worked as a junior jokesmith for Sid Caesar’s “Your Show of Shows.” Tickets are $20 adults, $15 seniors, students, military, $10 children 10 and under.
Village Theatre
Show times are 8 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays: 7:30 p.m. selected Tuesdays, 2 p.m. Saturdays &Sundays, 7 p.m. Sundays, at the Everett Performing Arts Center,
2710 Wetmore Ave., Everett. For tickets call 425-257-8600.
• Jan. 11-27, “The King and I.” Rodgers &Hammerstein’s Tony Award-winning classic about British school teacher Anna and the King of Siam.
Village Theatre’s Children’s Programs
Village’s Pied Piper Presents and KIDSTAGE performances are hosted at the Everett Performing Arts Center, 2710 Wetmore Ave., Everett. Tickets are $12-$14; call 425-257-8600.
• 2 p.m. &4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 2, Pied Piper Presents the Kevin Locke Native Dance Ensemble: “The Drum is the Thunder, the Flute is the Wind.”
• 7:30 p.m. Fridays &Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, Feb. 15-24, KIDSTAGE TeenSelect program, featuring local young actors in 8th to 12th grade, presents “Into the Woods.” Ticket are $11 general, $9 youth and senior.
Northwest Savoyards
Performances take place at the PUD Auditorium, 2320 California St, Everett. For ticket information call 866-811-4111 or visit www.northwestsavoyards.org.
• Feb. 22-March 9, “The Wizard of Oz.”
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