You are not alone.
Theatre is my home. It is my home Monday-Sunday. It is how I pay my bills. It is where I spend time with my friends. It is where I spend time with strangers. [Sometimes turned friends.] It is where I build blanket forts and tell stories with flashlights hanging from grids.
You are not alone.
Theatre is my home. Where I go when I am happy, when I am sad, when I need to hear others laugh, when I don’t want to drink alone because I know I’ll find you there [whoever you are, new friend or old.], to escape, to be present, to be.
You are not alone.
Theatre is my home. Where I go to experience stories. To see your story told. To see my story. To see those whose story I never knew existed and am better now for having spent 75 minutes [or 160] learning more about the world and the people with whom I coexist. Their struggles, their successes, their dreams [ours?], that we are the same but different. Different but the same. And sometimes just different. I want to know all of the stories.
You are not alone.
Theatre is community. Momentary and forever. It has always been and will always be. We watch plays 3,000 years old and are connected to those today that existed once and are left only in the DNA of memory. We watch new plays and are connected to today and the melding of moments that brought us all into the same room to experience a story crafted by a cohabitant of our earth. Every moment of time, every choice we each had to make, our parents made, our ancestors, to land us in a theatrical space together to watch a story unfold before us. Together. A gathering of a community that will never replicate exactly like this one. But has happened over and over for always – we, an infinite variation on a theme.
You are not alone.
Theatre is ephemeral. And it isn’t. It may never happen again just like this but it may happen over & over again in someone’s head. They may tell another. Their story of seeing the chandelier crash. The poison drunk. The children sacrificed. The heart broken. The nanny flying away. The gun shot. An outcast defying gravity. Finding the bird of paradise. They may not. I make theatre because of moments I have seen I’ll never forget. That changed me. Taught me. And I know it changes lives. [Because it changed mine.]
You are not alone.
I have written many words. For me. Because it is how I process. But it is also for you. Because you are not alone. I am only one but I am with you. And if you need a place to go, I am offering my home. Theatre is my home and theatre is abundant in Seattle and it *welcomes you. Below I’m going to list [to my knowledge and ability] every place you can go the next few days and find a community & home. IF that is what you are seeking. This may not be your answer and I whatever it may be, I am still with you. You are not alone.
*Yes, theatre often costs money, if cost is an issue please reach out to me personally at delmarrachel@gmail.com and I can see what I can do. Because theatre is made for you and you get to go.
YOU are NOT alone.
Currently Running:
Theatre22’s The Pride
The Habit: The Final Cut at The Bathhouse Theater
Annex Theatre’s The Lost Girls
Annex Theatre’s Unexpected Wilderness
New Century Theatre Company’s The Big Meal
White Rabbit Red Rabbit at 18th & Union
BIG BAD at Ghostlight Theatricals
Second Story Rep’s Rocky Horror Picture Show
Opening this Weekend:
Village Theatre’s Singin’ in the Rain
Closing this Weekend:
Seattle Shakespeare Company’s MEDEA
Seattle Rep’s Roz & Ray
Bellevue Youth Theatre’s Bye Bye Birdie
Seattle Opera’s As One: a Transgender Story
This Weekend Only:
Yurei: The Lost Chapter of Hotel Nordo
Lottery Drawing Party for Seattle Fringe at Solo Bar
SPT Youth’s Evidently the Evidence is Evident
Improv/Comedy/Theatrical Experiences Always Available at:
Unexpected Productions, Jet City Improv, Pocket Theater, Slate Theater,
