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Seattle author Tessa Hulls wins 2025 Pulitzer Prize

5 days ago | spokesman.com | Gemma Wilson

Seattle author Tessa Hulls, who confronted her family’s complex, continent-spanning history in her graphic novel “Feeding Ghosts,” has won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for memoir or autobiography. It is her first book.
Seattle author wins 2025 Pulitzer Prize for her first book

1 week ago | seattletimes.com | Gemma Wilson

Seattle author Tessa Hulls, who confronted her family’s complex, continent-spanning history in her graphic novel “Feeding Ghosts,” has won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for memoir or autobiography. It is her first book.
Megan Hilty gets 2025 Tony nomination for ‘Death Becomes Her’

1 week ago | seattletimes.com | Gemma Wilson

Raised in Bellevue and possessed of an endless belt and a knack for comedy, Megan Hilty has been nominated for a 2025 Tony Award for best leading actress in a musical.
Inside Ahamefule J. Oluo’s silly, sincere 'The Things Around Us'

2 weeks ago | seattletimes.com | Gemma Wilson

Drumming on the walls of a cardboard box with a microphone inside creates a sound much like a heartbeat. That comforting, disconcerting heartbeat keeps intermittent time throughout multidisciplinary artist Ahamefule J. Oluo’s “The Things Around Us.” The silly, earnest, personal and universal solo show is an Intiman Theatre production running through May 4 at Broadway Performance Hall.
ArtsWest and Salle Auriol are sword fighting with ‘Athena’ play

1 month ago | seattletimes.com | Gemma Wilson

It’s quiet in this basement rehearsal room, the energy like a held breath until the crack of metal on metal breaks the silence. Fencing foils clash. Underneath ArtsWest, two young actors, Allison Renee and Anteia DeLaney, are toiling under the watchful eye of fencing coach Sarah Lippai. Advance, retreat, parry. Repeat. The rehearsal won’t draw any blood but there will be sweat and even some tears, offset by plenty of laughter.
Must-see Seattle theater in April and May

1 month ago | seattletimes.com | Gemma Wilson

As springtime blossoms with a sense of possibility, so too do our stages this season. Among the many great offerings on deck: feats of onstage athletic excellence, a sweeping and unlikely musical, a world-premiere play and two very different approaches to solo works — one brand new and the other a new take on a very old story.
5th Avenue Theatre and Seattle Theatre Group form alliance

1 month ago | seattletimes.com | Gemma Wilson

Two major Seattle arts organizations are joining forces. The 5th Avenue Theatre and Seattle Theatre Group have forged a strategic alliance in which STG has taken over the lease of the historical downtown theater space, owned by the University of Washington. STG will also present arts programming in the space, in cooperation with the longstanding musical theater company.
Why content advisories matter for live performance

1 month ago | seattletimes.com | Gemma Wilson

Editor’s note: In this occasional feature, our arts and culture writers take a deeper look at the local arts scene, shining a spotlight on issues and trends, both local and national, and the art makers in our community. Do you know anyone who has no opinion about trigger warnings? For whatever reason, these little phrases cause big emotions, both positive and negative.
ACT Contemporary Theatre and Seattle Shakespeare Company will merge

Jan 30, 2025 | seattletimes.com | Gemma Wilson

ACT Contemporary Theatre and Seattle Shakespeare Company will officially merge into one theater company as of July 1, the organizations announced Thursday. The companies will merge under the legal name Union Arts Center and operate out of ACT’s current multi-theater home at the former Eagles building at 700 Union St. in downtown Seattle.
Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown on life, legacy and music

Jan 28, 2025 | seattletimes.com | Gemma Wilson

Can you engage with your legacy while you’re living it? For Tony-winning musical theater composer Jason Robert Brown, the answer is, understandably, ambivalent. His musically complex shows have unquestionably influenced a generation of theater artists, even while they often weren’t box-office hits.