SEQUIM — Olympic Theatre Arts has announced its upcoming 2018-19 live theater season with an invitation-only event held at the OTA Center recently.
Attendees numbering nearly 100 Sunday were made up of OTA members and season ticket subscribers.
“This is the fourth year we have presented our season with this event,” said Carol Willis, OTA executive director.
“It creates such excitement among our supporters about the new season and we are happy to honor them in this way.”
Guests were invited back into the main stage venue to view a live stream of the 72nd annual Tony Awards recognizing achievement in Broadway productions of the past year presented on the full stage sized screen.
“It’s pretty impressive, and inspiring,” Willis said.
The Olympic Theatre Arts 2018-19 season is:
• “The Phantom Tollbooth,” the culmination of OTA’s Children’s Theatre summer program, will open the season with this fantasy adventure written by Susan Nanus based on the book by Norton Juster and directed by Bonne Smith; Aug. 31 to Sept. 9.
• “Sylvia,” a modern romantic comedy about a marriage and a dog written by A.R. Gurney and directed by Tia Stephens; Oct. 19 to Nov. 4.
• “The Nutcracker Cracked Up,” a quirky take on the classic Nutcracker tale reinvented with dance, dialogue and comedic disarray, an original adaptation written and directed by Laurel Herrera and Jim Guthrie; Dec. 7-16.
• “Bakersfield Mist,” is an “absorbing, hilarious two-hander about the nature of art and the vagaries of human perception,” according to Backstage magazine, written by Stephen Sachs and directed by by Josh Sutcliffe; Jan. 18-27.
• “Death of a Salesman,” classic drama written by Arthur Miller and directed by Merv Wingard; Feb. 2-24.
• Interactive theater event with food and drink — To be determined. The March slot has yet to be finalized; March 15-24.
• Shakespeare’s Wit and Wisdom, a reading of the bard’s work presented in OTA’s Elizabethan Hall; April 12-14.
• “First Date,” musical in which a blind date newbie meets a serial dater for a casual drink at a busy New York restaurant. Adaptation written by Austin Winsberg, music and lyrics by Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner, directed by Christie Holy, musical direction by Stephen Humphrey; April 26 to May 12.
• “The Immigrant Garden,” an order from a seed catalogue begins a friendship transcending time and oceans; July 12-21.
The new season also will feature the work of local artists who have each created a special piece representing one of the productions that OTA will use in the promotion of the show.
These works were on display during the recent event and will be featured during the run of each play. Raffle tickets will be available during the run with the winner being awarded the artwork after the close of the show.
Season ticket forms are now available online at http://olympictheatrearts.org/OTA or at the theater box office, 414 N. Sequim Ave., open from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday.
For more information, call 360-683-7326. Individual tickets will go on sale in early August.
