Seattle Shakespeare Company — Local services in Seattle

My husband and I attempted to see a play here and when we entered the lobby there was a “masks required” sign. It is utterly ridiculous that anyone is still doing this in Nov 2023. This requirement was neither indicated when we purchased our tickets nor in the confirmation email we received regarding the performance. Apparently there are four “masks required” evenings for “The Merry Wives of Windsor.” The evening we selected was not listed on their website as one of them, making it an unannounced fifth “masks required” event. We left and did not see the play. I left a message for the company which was not returned. Do...

This presentation of "She Stoops to Conquer" is amazing and hilarious. Seattle Shakespeare Theatre consistently does a great job. Some plays I just don't want to see, I mean, Macbeth is about a couple who kill their best friends and then slowly go insane with the guilt. Aarrgg! But that's Macbeth! The comedies are usually marvelous and the histories are informative. The non- Shakespeare plays are carefully chosen and executed, too. Ticket prices are very affordable, and the theater is small so you feel very much a part...

I think Seattle Shakespeare does extraordinary productions. Loved the all female version of the Henry VI plays. For sure, this is not Arden or Oxford rendering of text, but the evocation of meaning and relevance while retaining Shakespeare language of selected lines. (Another like example,:Benedict Cumberbatch in National Theatre evocation of Hamlet. Brilliant, but much is cut, lines originally for one character are given to another, etc.) Let's let...