The story is Waiting for Godot meets Hamlet -- two of Hamlet's bit parts, courtiers named Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, find themselves existing "backstage" solely for the purpose of popping onstage every so often as a plot -- unknowable to them -- calls for. In Ghostlight Theatrical's production, Patrick Allcorn's Guildenstern and Jeff Pierson's Rosencrantz are long on existential confusion and short on "being there." more ›

Twelfth Night reminded us of that Capitol Hill party where you drink too much and spend all your time flirting with someone who puts you off and then later you see them begging someone else to take them home, but by then you just shake your head and stagger off to the Canterbury to meet up with friends. more ›

Last weekend Seattlest wandered over to the Chamber Theatre at Capitol Hill's Odd Fellows Hall to see The Invisible. We were not aware there was going to be vaguely threatening mime enacted in the seating area. (More on this later.) more ›