The Seattle Public Theater (SPT) at the Green Lake Bathhouse (7312 West Green Lake Dr N) invites you to a production of the Tony Award-winning comedy Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, by Tom Stoppard. Performances are scheduled for January 27- February 19, 2012. Show times are Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 7:30 p.m. and Sundays, 2 p.m.

Zany humor, quicksilver wordplay, gripping tension and a heady swirl of ideas all come together in this story of two minor characters from Hamlet in search of their role in life. This top-notch revival of Stoppard’s 1966 hit, not seen in Seattle for a long time, has its own unique twist by featuring women in the key roles. Directed by SPT’s Artistic and Education Director, Shana Bestock,  Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead stars Angela DiMarco as Rosencrantz, Alyssa Keene as Guildenstern and Heather Hawkins as The Player.  They are joined by Patrick Lennon, Kenna Kettrick, Julie Jamieson, John Murray, Duncan Weinland, Ray Gonzalez, Jessa Lowe and Matthew Aguayo. Come for Shakespeare, stay for Stoppard!  For those who would like to see the show Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is based upon, SPT’s Youth Ensemble is performing William Shakespeare’s Hamlet in repertory, February 4th-12th. Youth shows are always free with donations gladly accepted.

For more information, call SPT at (206) 524-1300 or visit them online at seattlepublictheater.org.

Update, Wednesday, Jan. 25: In connection with SPT’s production, zoeyogurt (6900 E Green Lake Way N) is offering a special flavor combination called “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern eat FroYo.”

The Seattle Public Theater and zoeyogurt are My Green Lake advertisers.

©Amy Duncan for My Green Lake | Seattle's Green Lake Blog, 2012.

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Photo courtesy John Creed. Click to enlarge.

The sign, a parody of a Seattle Department of Planning and Development land use sign, indicates that the empty lot will be used “to construct one ground level ball pit pond containing 1,200,000 cu. ft. of rainbow plastic balls.”

“Parking for for 171 bicycles, 65 unicycles, and 13 tricycles to be provided in 2 levels within the structure,” the sign reads. “Existing ramp to be converted to one 40 ft. slide.”

A map on the sign shows a trampoline, a concessions area and a “rescue claw.”

The lot, located between Woodlawn Ave NE, NE 71st St, 5th Ave NE and NE 72nd St, has been a vacant pit for three years.

Ground breaking for a large mixed-use project, called “Green Lake Village,” is targeted for this winter, and opening is scheduled for late 2013. The development will include approximately 300 studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments in five stories, 50,000sf of retail space and an underground parking garage.

The commercial space will include restaurants and retailers, anchored by a 25,000sf PCC Natural Markets.

Read more about Green Lake Village here and here.

Thanks for the tips, Bob Green, John Creed, Jeb Spengler and Revolutions Espresso!

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A new sketch comedy show is coming to Green Lake’s Bathhouse Theatre (7312 West Green Lake Dr N).

The show is produced by Mark Siano of Marxiano Productions and written and performed by The Habit, which Time Out New York calls “one of the Emerald City’s top comedy troupes.” The troupe is comprised of John Osebold, Mark Siano, David Swidler, Luke Thayer, Jeff Schell, Ryan Dobosh and Austin Elston.

The Habit will be at the Bathhouse Theater on Friday, September 9, 2011 at 8 p.m., Saturday, September 10 at 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m., Friday, September 16 at 8 p.m., and Saturday, September 17 at 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.

Tickets are available by calling 1 (800) 838-3006 or via Brown Paper Tickets.

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Fuddy Meers | Photo credit: Paul Bestock

Written by American playwright David Lindsay-Abaire, Fuddy Meers is both hysterically funny and deeply heartbreaking. The story revolves around Claire, an amnesiac who wakes up every morning with a blank slate ala Drew Barrymore in 50 First Dates. One morning Claire is abducted and told her husband is trying to kill her. The mayhem which ensues is seen through Claire’s eyes with an ending proving everything is not always what it seems to be.

Says SPT Artistic and Education Director Shana Bestock, “Rehearsals are the highlight of my day. It’s a joy to work on this rich material with such vibrant, intelligent and powerfully connected young artists.” Bestock adds, “I’m also continually blown away with how much of a shorthand we, as an ensemble, have developed. By the time they are seniors, these actors need very little direction from me.”

The SPT Summer Youth Program offers high-quality summer drama workshops taught by professional theater artists for youth grades K-12. Classes empower young people with a creative means of self-expression, and build ensemble through group process.

Fuddy Meers performances are: July 2nd, 7pm; July 3rd, 7pm; July 4th, 2pm; July 9th, 7pm; and July 10th, 2pm and 7pm. All youth shows are free, however donations are gladly accepted.

Please note that the play contains strong language and adult themes.

View photos of the show and cast at paulbestock.com.

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Ed. note: Seattle Public Theater is a My Green Lake advertiser.  Thank you for your support, SPT!

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Photo courtesy Steve Boyd

Steve writes: “Not sure whether this is true neighborhood pride, or a neighborly hint about some weeding needed in the yard?!”

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3 more shows! Room Service – treat yourself to laughter for the price of….FREE!

Friday, April 30, 2010 @ 7pm

Saturday, May 1 @ 2pm and 7pm

Backers, Blunders, Banana Peels!

Some scenes from the show, courtesy Seattle Public Theater and Paul Bestock:

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More about the Seattle Public Theater:

The effort to restore the Green Lake Bathhouse.

Seattle Public Theater’s 2010-2011 season.

This Sunday’s Play-a-Part Auction, “An Evening in Paris.”

Ed. note: Seattle Public Theater is a My Green Lake advertiser.  Thank you for your support, SPT!

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Originally produced in 1937 during the height of the Great Depression, and then turned into a Marx Brothers movie, Room Service is full of snappy dialogue, slapstick comedy and a wickedly fast paced delivery. Follow what happens as 19 hungry actors are holed up in a Times Square hotel room with a headstrong producer, trying to find a backer for his new Broadway show while racking up monstrous room service bills. Filled with jokes, pratfalls, fast-paced chatter and financial chicanery, audiences are in for an evening of non-stop foolery.

Room Service plays April 24th-May 1st: Friday April 23rd at 7pm; Saturday April 24th at 7pm; Sunday, April 25th at 2pm; Friday, April 30th at 7pm; and Saturday, May 1st at 2pm and 7pm. Admission is free, however donations to the youth program are encouraged. For more information please call the box office phone at (206) 524-1300 or go online to www.seattlepublictheater.org.

If you’d like to join Seattle Public Theater’s terrific youth program, there is still plenty of time and room. Enroll now for summer drama camps and productions where you can learn acting, singing, stage combat and much, much more. See www.seattlepublictheater.org for details! Financial aid available for all programs.

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More about the Seattle Public Theater:

The effort to restore the Green Lake Bathhouse.

Seattle Public Theater’s 2010-2011 season.

The 5^th Annual Seattle Public Theater Play-a-Part Auction, “An Evening in Paris.”

Ed. note: Seattle Public Theater is a My Green Lake advertiser.  Thank you for your support, SPT!

©Amy Duncan for My Green Lake | Seattle's Green Lake Blog, 2010.

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King 5.5 News at Green Lake Seatte from craig downing on Vimeo.

Reporter: Kimberly Clarkson
Camera Operator: Mac Miller
Shot with Panasonic HPX-170

Update, Friday January 22, 1:30 a.m.:

No need to panic, folks, this is pure satire…!  It was made by a local filmmaker.  There is no KING 5.5.  :)

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Here are the details from their Meetup page:

Fresh off his troupe’s “Delived from Dogma” comedy tour, a “freethinking” comedy, where there was just about no piece of bad logic that was not challenged, and no source considered beyond examination, Jeremy will be giving a talk about his ‘slightly off’ definitions of dogma and faith.

He will also discuss the show’s influences and share his personal stories and history, and give a general look at the thought processes (i.e. circular logic, fractured logic, leap of faith logic) inherent in dogmatic systems of belief. Not intended to be straight standup, that is to say it will be funny, but as more of a lecture than a joke-a-minute performance.

Jeremy Whitman is the son of a preacher, the nephew of two more preachers, and had a great uncle who was a Catholic Priest. Whitman was raised a young earth creationist, and attending multiple private Christian schools; including one that his father served as the principal of. This upbringing has given Jeremy a unique inside-out look at the logical fallacies of hardcore fundamentalist Christianity.

Now an accomplished standup comic and outspoken atheist, Jeremy has, after years two solid years of road work in the deep south and the bible belt, taken it upon himself to put together the Delivered From Dogma Comedy Tour in an effort to bring the ideals of Freethinking to anyone who will listen to him gleefully lampoon the more regrettable aspects of religion, and just about any other topic he finds interesting, distressing, or fun to talk about.

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Afterward, we will take a break, and have an Town Hall- this month’s topic, “Atheism in the Workplace”. Has being an non-theist affected you in what is likely a largely theistic workplace? Come share your experiences and tell us how you co-exist and cope.

Thanks as always,
-Case

This event is open to the public.
This event is not sponsored by The Seattle Public Library.

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