Performances
On the Boards presents performances across 2 programming series. The Inter/National Series features some of the most innovative artists from around the world working in dance, music, theater, and multimedia performance. The Northwest Series commissions, produces and presents evening-length works by some of the most talented and experimental artists and companies from our region. Projects are curated by artistic director Lane Czaplinski, 1-2 years prior to being seen in Seattle.
Read previews of the season by aritstic director Lane Czaplinski: Inter/National Series or Northwest Series
For information on peformances by SuttonBeresCuller and Merce Cunningham visit our Special Events page.
Angélica Liddell • Te haré invencible con mi derrota
Oct 6 - Oct 9 • Inter/National Series
Note: There is no performance on Sat, Oct 8.
Angélica Liddell makes her North American debut with a solo work weaving together original text, a blowtorch and a paintball gun in an homage to the brief life of the British...
Temporary Distortion • Newyorkland
Nov 17 - Nov 20 • Inter/National Series
Performance Prospectus: A complete guide to Newyorkland [PDF]
An assemblage of...
zoe|juniper • A Crack in Everything
Dec 1 - Dec 4 • Northwest Series
Performance Prospectus: A complete guide to A Crack in Everything [PDF]
Choreographer Zoe...
11/12 Season | 12 Minutes Max
Dec 11 - Dec 12 • 12 Minutes Max
12 Minutes Max is curated by Kyle Loven (Image Theater Artist and Puppetteer) and Alyson McCrink ($12 for 12 Minutes Max Guest Curator)
Tickets available at the door.
Joesphine’s Echopraxia...
Rabih Mroué • Looking for a missing employee
Jan 19 - Jan 21 • Inter/National Series
Please note: We have added a Saturday, January 21, matinee at 4pm of Looking for a Missing Employee.
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Erin Jorgensen | Steve Fisk • Redemption
Jan 26 - Jan 28 • Northwest Series
Performance Prospectus: A complete guide to Erin Jorgensen & Steve Fisk [PDF]
A Laurie Anderson-style...
Mariano Pensotti • El pasado es un animal grotesco
Feb 9 - Feb 12 • Inter/National Series
It’s 1999 in Buenos Aires. Mario, Laura, Pablo, and Vicky are in their mid-twenties and ready for careers, love, and adulthood. Over the next decade, Argentina’s economy will collapse and their lives will take a series of unexpected turns. In...
tEEth • Make/Believe
Mar 1 - Mar 3 • Northwest Series
Altered realities, social anxieties and obsessive thought are explored through the intense but precise movement, soundscaping and video of tEEth. Working with 4 dancers/vocalists, the company pushes the boundaries of technology by incorporating...
Michelle Ellsworth • Phone Homer
Mar 15 - Mar 18 • Inter/National Series
For years, performance and dance artist Michelle Ellsworth has been working through her chosen medium of the hamburger as a vehicle for illustrating her theories concerning philosophy, science, religion and art. Accordingly, the burger shares...
