While a number of Halloween themed productions are extending their theme to serve as anti-Holiday programming, before that sort of thing become absolutely the norm, this week sees a number of fringe companies vying for your artistic attention spans with a variety of off-kilter wares.
This Week In Theater: Dance, Diversions & Deconstructions
Ghostlight Theatricals: Battling Bards & Rock n' Roll Moliere
Last Saturday, people were getting turned away at the door of Stone Soup Theatre out on Stone Way, as the walkways were already filled with the sell-out crowd at the last night of Ghostlight Theatricals's annual "Battle of the Bards" contest. Onstage, a bevy of Ghostlight regulars put on selections from three adaptations (we use the term loosely) of theatre classics. The audience voted (one vote came with the ticket; additional votes could be purchased for $1) on their favorite, which would get produced the next year as their winter show. Last year's winner, Lauren Goldman Marshall's "rock n' roll" adaptation of Moliere's ).
How to Stage a Sex Farce on a Shoestring
Ghost Light Theatricals' is two-and-a-half hours of thoroughly enjoyable theatre, featuring a talented cast and good use of limited resources, for a damn fine ticket price.
Stalk of the Town: Nov. 2-4, 2007
All of Seattlest will be struggling to remember that Sunday is the day we turn our clocks back one hour. We hope you remember too.

