On the Boards

Contemporary performance house in Lower Queen Anne presenting experimental dance, theater and music runs by touring and local artists.

Coming up at On the Boards

4 dated

Recurring shows are placed on their next date. Every listing was read off the venue's own page by a person; prices are the printed ones.

Nov12Sad Boys in Harpy LandThursday, 7:30 PMSelf-described experimental clown Alex Tatarsky's solo show mixes sad-clown comedy and cabaret with a coming-of-age story about despair and making art, built from vignettes that splice autobiography with characters borrowed from Goethe, Dante, Amiri Baraka, Helen Adam and Seinfeld; Iris McCloughan directs, with live music and sound by Shane Riley. Opening night is Thursday, November 12, 7:30pm, at On the Boards' Behnke Center for Contemporary Performance, 100 W Roy St in Lower Queen Anne, on the RapidRide D Line. The listing doesn't publish ticket prices and notes limited capacity; the Friday show on November 13 adds a post-show talkback.See listing
Nov13Sad Boys in Harpy LandFriday, 7:30 PMAlex Tatarsky's clown-cabaret solo about despair, art-making and growing up, assembled from autobiographical sketches and characters lifted from Goethe, Dante, Baraka and Seinfeld, with director Iris McCloughan and live sound by Shane Riley. This Friday, November 13 performance at 7:30pm is followed by a post-show talkback, at On the Boards, 100 W Roy St in Lower Queen Anne (RapidRide D Line). Ticket prices aren't published on the listing, and capacity is limited.See listing
Dec10Becoming Daddy AFThursday, 7:30 PMDavid Roussève marks 40 years of his company REALITY with an autobiographical dance-theater self-portrait that weaves archival images, sound, movement and spoken story from ancestral roots in 15th-century Portugal through Houston's Third Ward and Princeton, reflecting on love, loss and survival as a queer African American man born in the 1950s. Roussève writes, directs, choreographs and performs. Opening night is Thursday, December 10, 7:30pm, at On the Boards, 100 W Roy St in Lower Queen Anne (RapidRide D Line); the listing doesn't publish prices, and masked seating is available at every show.See listing
Dec11Becoming Daddy AFFriday, 7:30 PMThe Friday performance of David Roussève/REALITY's 40th-anniversary dance-theater piece, a part-retrospective self-portrait blending archival imagery, movement, sound and spoken storytelling across generations of family history, from Portugal to Houston's Third Ward to Princeton. Friday, December 11, 7:30pm, with a post-show talkback, at On the Boards, 100 W Roy St in Lower Queen Anne (RapidRide D Line). Ticket prices aren't published on the listing; masked seating is offered.See listing

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Questions people ask

Where is On the Boards?＋

100 W Roy St, Seattle, WA 98119, in Lower Queen Anne. RapidRide D Line.

What's on at On the Boards?＋

4 upcoming listings on our calendar; the next is Sad Boys in Harpy Land on Thursday, November 12 at 7:30 PM.

Does On the Boards have anything on weekends or evenings?＋

Of the 4 dated listings, 0 fall on a weekend and 4 start at 5pm or later.

How do I book at On the Boards?＋

On On the Boards's own website or booking page, linked from each listing. We read the dates and prices off it by hand and do not sell tickets.

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