Theatre Puget Sound

Pssst... TPS Patron Members... TPS has a NEW program exclusively for you! 👏 🎟️

Watch talented artists in action, learn rehearsal techniques, and connect with members of the Puget Sound Performing Arts community through our brand new TPS Sneak Peek Program! TPS is thrilled to be partnering with a handful incredible Star Organizations to provide patrons of the arts with an inside look into rehearsal processes before productions go in front of a live audience.

Stay tuned for announcements about participating organizations and upcoming Sneak Peek dates coming soon! Become a Patron Member of TPS today for your exclusive invitation to these events.

Learn more about TPS Patron Membership: https://theatrepugetsound.org/membership-options/patron-membership/

Broadway World: “National Endowment for the Arts IDs Key Factors in 'Theater Resiliency'” By Sidney Paterra.

Check it out on the TPS Times!

https://theatrepugetsound.org/broadway-world-national-endowment-for-the-arts-ids-key-factors-in-theater-resiliency/

What a fun process! ✍️ Check out these pictures from The Harvest, a mini play development festival featuring 3 local Seattle playwrights: Coco Justino , Jack Wolfram , and P.H. Lin.

Theatre Puget Sound is grateful to have partnered with SCRiB LAB and The Underground Theater to bring this event to life this past month. Thank you to all who participated and made this new event happen!

Tickets are ON SALE for the 24th Annual Gregory Awards on October 21st, 2024! Limited tickets available! 🎟️

We will celebrate all of the nominees via social media leading up to the event, and we invite you to join us at our in person ceremony where we will be announcing the final honorees. The primary focus of this event is on celebration! 🪩✨👏

Learn more on our website and grab your tickets today: https://theatrepugetsound.org/event/2024-gregory-award/. On our website, you will see three different ticket price options for this event. There is no difference between these tickets other than your level of support to TPS. Theatre Puget Sound strives to build accessible events for our community while sustaining operations of our diverse program offerings. Please consider purchasing a ticket that will help to raise funds for future events like this!

Just 1 more hour until the second play reading of The Harvest! Come hear one of the latest greatest plays from the PNW be read by actors in front of a live audience! And, participate in an audience talk-back / feedback session to help in the ongoing development of this new work. https://theatrepugetsound.org/event/the-harvest-2/

The Harvest - Theatre Puget Sound The Harvest is a brand-new Seattle play development mini-festival presented in partnership by The Underground Theater, Theatre Puget Sound,

Thank you to our fabulous TPS Facilities Team! Our brand new Studio A is now equipped with an upright piano for renter use.

Check it out and rent Studio A here: https://theatrepugetsound.org/product/studio-a/

Teens, want to bring you and a friend to see local productions for FREE?

Apply to be a TeenVoice Nominator here: https://forms.gle/92Ebf3G6T6CWxCap8

TPS Star Organizations, our brand new Gregory Award platform is ready for you! Submit your 2024-2025 season productions for a chance to receive a Gregory Award today. This season runs September 3rd, 2024 - August 31st, 2025.

Learn more and submit productions here: https://programs.theatrepugetsound.org/tps-programs/the-tps-gregory-awards/

Become a Nominator for the 2024-2025 Gregory Awards, and see local theatre for FREE! TPS' new Gregory nomination platform is LIVE NOW and ready for Nominators. We want to hear from you! Apply to be a Nominator here: https://theatrepugetsound.org/gregory-awards/nominator/

Curious to learn more about being a Gregory Award Nominator, navigating the new platform, and more exciting details surrounding our upcoming Gregory Season? Join us for our upcoming Nominator Training on Zoom: https://bit.ly/3Xs2J8h! This training is required for all Nominators.

Have you voted for the 2023-2024 People's Choice Awards yet? TPS Patron Members and Individual Members are eligible to vote for these regional community awards as part of the 24th Annual Gregory Awards. Become a member and make your voice heard! 🤩

Become a TPS Patron Member here: https://theatrepugetsound.org/membership-options/patron-membership/

All smiles at the StageCraft Social earlier this month at MLK Labor! TPS is thrilled to be partnering with Bellevue Lighting to bring these StageCraft Social events to life for our community.

Stay tuned on our Instagram and Facebook for more details on our next one in the coming weeks!

It's back to school season! And class is in session 📚

Check out some exciting classes happening around town in the graphic!

TPS is happy to provide spaces for a variety of arts classes through our Space4Arts Program. Book your next class with TPS here: theatrepugetsound.org/space4arts/available-spaces/

Learn More:
Cort Studios: https://www.rebeccacort.com/cortstudios
Dandylyon Drama: Dandylyondrama.org/register
Red Curtain Foundation for the Arts: https://redcurtainfoundation.org/fall-classes
Seattle Children’s Theatre: https://www.sct.org/camps-classes-sct/
Taproot Theatre: https://taproottheatre.org/acting-studio/
Theatre33: https://www.theatre33wa.org/youth-group
The Pulp Stage: https://www.pulpstage.org/play.../tuesday-new-play-readers
The Redmond Academy of Theatre Arts: www.redmondacademy.org/classes--camps

Don't see yours listed? Share the class details in the comments!

As we prepare for the 2024 Gregory Awards Ceremony next month and wrap up this year's nomination season, TPS is excited to share that our new nomination system for the 2024-2025 Gregory Awards Season is officially LIVE!

We invite all of our Star TPS Organization Members to submit your productions for consideration for the 2024-2025 season starting today!

Check out our new system here: https://programs.theatrepugetsound.org/

🧅 Welcome to The Harvest, a mini play development festival featuring 3 local Seattle playwrights: Coco Justino , Jack Wolfram, P.H. Lin.

🧅 The playwrights hear their plays read out by professional actors, spend a week revising with the support of a dramaturg, then have a public reading with their final versions. It’s a fun, quick, creative process.

🧅 Join us! Ticket info: https://underground.theater/harvest or link in bio to LABS.

🧅 The Harvest is presented in partnership by .lab

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A friendly reminder that voting for the 2023-2024 People's Choice Organization of the Year Awards is OPEN for a limited time! Cast your vote for the organizations in each of the 5 Puget Sound region that desreve recognition at our in-person ceremony 🏆👏

Learn more about the People’s Choice Organization of the Year Awards in the slide above.

Ready to make your voice hear and recognize an organization? TPS Patron and Individual Members can cast their vote by heading to our website: https://theatrepugetsound.org/gregory-awards/

It’s time to hunt down a pair of bell bottoms…

Theatre Puget Sound is thrilled to announce that the 2024 Gregory Awards are coming to Center Theatre on October 21st, 2024, and the theme is DISCO 🪩

This year’s event will be the first in-person ceremony that Theatre Puget Sound has hosted since 2019, and we have exciting plans in the works. TPS is happy to be working together with our Staff, Board of Directors, and community to bring back this ceremony post-pandemic. Our nominators have been hard at work over this past year, attending productions and scoring in a variety of award categories— many of them being brand new— and we cannot wait to celebrate the work of our vibrant theatre community with you all! 74 Nominators attended 50 shows resulting in nearly 400 submissions for consideration!

🎟️ Tickets are LIVE NOW and limited in availability! Grab yours here: https://theatrepugetsound.org/event/2024-gregory-award/

Join the and TeenTix Gregory Award Nominator Program! 🤩 Each Teen Nominator will receive 2 FREE tickets to up to 5 shows per season. Those shows will be randomly assigned to each member of a region. TeenTix teams will consist of 4-8 teen nominators per region (North, South, East, West, Central). The number of nominators selected for a TeenTix team will depend on the number of entries of shows in a region.

As a TeenTix nominator of the Gregory Awards, you have the unique opportunity to add your unique voice and perspective to this year’s nominations and ultimately this year’s awards.

🌟SEE PERFORMANCES FOR FREE!
🌟HAVE YOUR VOICE HEARD!
🌟BECOME A MEMBER OF THEATRE PUGET SOUND!
🌟CONNECT WITH AND SUPPORT YOUR PERFORMING COMMUNITY!

Learn more about the program here: https://bit.ly/40Zegxb

Apply here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdqyNxjZIw4p9O12LN3VEOc0wSX54_ul_cx7iOylrQBYhEsRg/viewform

Please feel free to email [email protected] with any questions!

We are thrilled to share our TPS Board Co-Chairs, Janet Hayatshahi and Ry Armstrong!

Janet Hayatshahi is an actor, director, and educator. She served as Associate Artistic Director and ensemble member of San Diego’s notorious Sledgehammer Theatre and ensemble member of Chicago’s Eclipse Theatre Company. She holds an MFA in Dance Theatre from the University of California, San Diego, an MA in Theatre from San Diego State University, a BFA in Acting from Ithaca College, and a certificate from the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts (PCPA). Janet is currently an assistant professor of acting and director of the theatre program at Seattle University.

Ry Armstrong (they/them) is an American, trans/non-binary artist and activist focused on pushing the overton window of our society toward an equitable and sustainable future. Born in Seattle, they began their creative journey at a young age studying with the Northwest Choirs, the 5th Avenue Theatre, and the Seattle Symphony, which resulted in a Grammy Award Nomination for contributions to the children’s album The Shoe Bird. Armstrong continued their academic pursuits at Central Washington University, where they graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre, and at American University, where they graduated with a Master of Arts in International Relations. When living in New York City, they performed in various productions Off-Broadway and on multiple sets of shows produced by HBO. Upon returning home to Seattle, they ran for Seattle City Council as a progressive Democrat and democratic socialist hoping for radical policy changes in the face of a looming climate crisis. Today, their activist focus is on labor organizing as a SAG-AFTRA Delegate to MLK Labor and on the National Council of Actors’ Equity Association. Their artistic focus continues to be on creative projects dedicated to the pursuit of truth and breaking down the binary of the world around us. ryarmstrong.com //

View our full Board and Staff here: https://theatrepugetsound.org/about/people/

Want to help guide the future of TPS? Apply to be a TPS Board Member! Complete this application for consideration: https://bit.ly/4bEVwHy

Save the Date! The 2024 Gregory Awards are right around the corner on October 21st, 2024. Stay tuned for more Gregory Award details to come! 🎉

Also, did you know that voting for the People's Choice Organization of the Year Awards is OPEN NOW? Cast your vote for the organizations that you think deserve recognition in the North, South, East, West, and Central Puget Sound Regions.

Learn more and vote here: https://theatrepugetsound.org/gregory-awards/

Join us for our second StageCraft Social on September 6th, co-sponsored by Theatre Puget Sound and Bellevue Lighting! We are thrilled to help bring fellow artists and stagecraft professionals together to mingle at this mixer-style event. BYOB, and we hope to see you there!

🗓️ Friday, September 6th
⏰ 4pm-6pm
📍Seattle Labor Temple Rooftop 5030 1st Ave S.

RSVP Here: https://www.facebook.com/share/kVwWK4gsm1QUNdUX/

New space alert! Studio A is now reservable online through the TPS website!

If you are looking for a large and open studio, look no further. Studio A is the first studio you meet when you leave the elevators on the 4th Floor. Unique from other Space4Arts studios, Studio A has carpeted flooring. This large space offers a great layout for your workshop, class, meeting or other activities!

Studio A Details:
Max Occupancy: 25 People
Starts at $10/hr
Width: 27 FT
Length: 25 FT
Area: 675 SQFT
Ceiling: 12 FT

Learn more and reserve Studio A: https://theatrepugetsound.org/product/studio-a/

Meet TPS Board Member, Deanna Martinez!

Deanna (she/her) is a director, producer, writer and actor in Seattle, WA. She is currently the Education and Community Programs Director at Seattle Rep. She holds both a bachelors of Inter Disciplinary Arts and an Education Certificate from the University of Washington. With a background in nonprofit Arts programs, as well as teaching Humanities in public schools, Deanna is committed to access to theater education for all. She serves on various EDI committees for theaters around the Sound. This is Deanna’s 3rd year serving on the Board for Theater Puget Sound.

We are thrilled to have Deanna as a part of the TPS Board! View our full Board and Staff here: https://theatrepugetsound.org/about/people/

Want to help guide the future of TPS? Apply to be a TPS Board Member! Complete this application for consideration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVivwsNKL3Gvv1E_c-IK1oXsbax3lWmQsU1wX7xZ2SobcrSg/viewform

There are only 5 days left to catch TPS Resident Company Latitude Theatre's production of Miss Holmes in the Center Theatre at Seattle Center Armory!

Sherlock Holmes is hot on the trail of a murderer, but there are many obstacles in HER way: her brother Mycroft’s interference, corrupt cops, and a society that doesn’t understand that a woman’s proper place is in­–vestigation!

Teaming up with her new friend, Dr. Dorothy Watson, Sherlock chases her quarry through the back alleys of London, the halls of Bedlam, and the unexpected confines of the Royal Free Hospital.

The game is afoot! It’s her move!

This thrilling murder mystery is a cunning, gender-bent take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s iconic detective.

Learn more and grab your tickets now at latitudetheatre.org

Voting for the 2023-2024 People’s Choice Organization of the Year Awards is NOW OPEN! 🏆👏

Learn more about the People’s Choice Organization of the Year Awards in the slide above.

Ready to make your voice hear and recognize am organization? TPS Patron and Individual Members can cast their vote by heading to our website: https://theatrepugetsound.org/gregory-awards/