Equivocation at Olympia Little Theatre is wild. It is ludicrous. It is funny and tragic and gruesome. Written by Bill Cain and directed at OLT by Pug Bujeaud, the play is a farcical tragedy, a takeoff on and...
Welcome to another edition of Three Easy Pieces, where I look at a cul-de-sac of pop culture,...
Heathers was always destined to be a cult film, with its button-pushing story and pitch-black...
The remainder of the 2019-2020 theater season in Tacoma and Olympia looks exciting, with a great...
South Sound Cinema
Welcome to Three Easy Pieces, where I examine a piece of pop culture from its birth to today. This month, I'm acutely aware that the world's a nightmarish hellscape of suffering and dread. What type of entertainment pairs best with that?
Stage
Best of Olympia 2019: Harlequin Productions and Olympia Family Theater
It's a tie. And rightfully so, because the theaters our readers chose as best in Olympia are two very different theaters that appeal to different audiences (with significant overlap), and they are each excellent in what they do -- easily equal in...
Arts
Best of Olympia 2019: Elizabeth Lord
It's not Elizabeth Lord's first time receiving accolades from Weekly Volcano readers, having won the title of Best Actress multiple times. This does mark the first instance, though, where she's also laying claim to Arts Scene MVP. It only makes...
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Best of Olympia 2019: Jen and Ted Ryle
Last year, Olympia Family Theater was recognized with an Excellence in the Arts Award in a gala at The Washington Center for the Performing Arts. This year, we choose the amazing couple behind the success of OFT as our Best Theater Couple: Jen...
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Best of Olympia 2019: Unloaded Comedy
A 2012 survey by the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services and the Partnership at Drugfree.org found as many as 23.5 million Americans, about one in 10 adults, have at one time had difficulty regulating their use of...
They might be plays and they might be short stories or works in progress, but whatever they are,...
It's not Elizabeth Lord's first time receiving accolades from Weekly Volcano readers, having won...
It's a tie. And rightfully so, because the theaters our readers chose as best in Olympia are two...
With the launch of McMenamins Elks Temple in May, downtown Tacoma saw the re-opening of a civic...
When Chris Serface became managing artistic director of Tacoma Little Theatre (TLT) May 1, 2013,...