2019–20 Season

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The Theatre Department at Seattle Pacific has been producing stellar plays for nearly 60 years. Typically, we offer an Autumn Quarter mainstage production, a Winter Quarter mainstage production, a Spring Quarter mainstage production, and a Spring Quarter studio production each year. With the 2019–20 season, we are beginning "Cycle One" of a new four-year rotation of genres, periods, and styles, and the quality has never been better.

Autumn Quarter Mainstage

Men on Boats
by Jaclyn Backhaus

Directed by Carol Roscoe

Dates
November 14–16, 21-23 2019, at 7:30 p.m.
November 23 matinee at 1 p.m.

Performed on the James Leon Chapman Stage

Winter Quarter Mainstage

Urinetown: The Musical

by Mark Hollman and Greg Kotis

Directed by Ruben Van Kempen
Musical Direction by Mark Press

Dates
January 30, 31, February 1, 6–8, 2020, at 7:30 p.m/
Matinees February 1 and 8 at 1 p.m.

Performed on the James Leon Chapman Stage

Spring Quarter Mainstage

The Shakers of Mount Lebanon
Will Hold a Peace Conference This Month

by Arlene Hutton

Directed by Marianne Savell

Dates
April 23–25, April 30–May 2, 2020, at 7:30 p.m.
May 2 matinee at 1 p.m.

Part of the  “premiere year” of this initial commission by the Big Bridge Theatre Consortium, of which SPU Theatre is a founding member.

Performed on the James Leon Chapman Stage

McKinley Backstage Theatre

Cymbeline
by William Shakespeare

Adapted and Directed by Candace Vance

Dates
May 26–29, 2020, at 7:30 p.m.
May 30 matinee only at 1 p.m.

Performed in the McKinley Backstage Theatre

Past Theatre Productions

Many great shows are performed by SPU Theatre each year.

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