Seattle Gay News
Issue 28, Volume 47, July 12, 2019
Arts & Entertainment
GreenStage kicks off 31st season with FREE Shakespeare in Seattle-area parks July 12 see GREENSTAGE page 4 The cast of Backyard Bard 2019 (l-r) Benjamin Nickols, Havilah Criss, Bryce Publow, Jessica Severance – Photo by Ken Holmes
Huertas wins with Octopus Wrestling Champion
Tyler Rogers (David), Porscha Shaw (Nia), Christian Quinto (Todd) in ArtsWest’s The Last World Octopus Wrestling Champion – Photo by John McLellan
by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer THE LAST WORLD OCTOPUS WRESTLING CHAMPION ARTSWEST Through July 28
For a few years now, I’ve been attending readings and productions of new musicals around town. I’ve been fortunate to attend Village Theatre’s Festival of New Musicals for many summers now, where at least five
see OCTOPUS page 3
Death and the Maiden succeeds in staying current
Theatre 9/12’s Death and the Maiden – Photo by Michael Brunk
by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer DEATH AND THE MAIDEN THEATRE 9/12 Through July 29
Ariel Dorfman is a South American playwright (born in Argentina and living in Chile) who wrote a play about an unnamed country trying to dig out from a fascist past after creating devastating emotional chaos
see DEATH page 6