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UPCOMING EVENTS
Dark Clover Butterfly Effect
August 13th-14th, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is a part of the established universe we started at the Pocket in 2018. This focuses on a superhero origin story for Thora Lundgen, aka Dark Clover. It is a darker tale dealing with trauma. It uses this underlying theme to illustrate how a person can grow and learn to handle psychological pain, or let it push them into darkness. The show deals with loss, gas lighting, and stepping out of darkness. The themes are balanced with humor, action and superhero fun. The script features a majority female, diverse cast.
An Evening of Murder with storyteller Larry Hohm
August 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Listen to short stories come alive! Larry Hohm tells tales of murder by Bill Pronzini, Ruth Rendell, Jack Ritchie, and Jennifer Gifford.
These are not readings -- the stories are told from memory with drama and passion.
Larry Hohm has been telling stories for over ten years. He tells stories with an edge -- compelling works of fiction written by accomplished authors. He performs frequently at venues around Seattle, including open mic events, festivals, libraries, small theaters, and private clubs. He specializes in dark stories of mystery, crime, murder, and horror.
So far, there have been no fatalities at any of his performances.
Doors: 7:00 p.m.
Show: 7:30 p.m.
RIverfern
August 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
With tales both creepy and comic, this evening will be an eerie mosaic of stories, news reports, adolescent poetry, and more from the ever-eccentric storytelling trio of Scot Augustson, Kelleen Conway Blanchard, and Bret Fetzer.
Come to the 12th edition of their Animal Saints & Animal Sinners series: RIVERFERN.
Doors: 7:00 p.m.
Show: 7:30 p.m.
Seattle Open screen
August 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
November 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Need feedback on your latest cinematic masterpiece? Want to share some embarrassing home videos from your youth? Searching for a place where strangers will watch videos of your dog on the big screen? Come on out!
Seattle Open Screen is connecting filmmakers of all levels by showing any film (ten minutes or less) on the big screen here at Seattle Open Arts Place! Films screen on a first-come first-screen basis, so get here early!
Head over to the pub afterward to socialize with other filmmakers!
Doors: 7:00 p.m.
Show: 7:30 p.m.
Short Shorts
2nd Tuesdays at 7:30 PM
Art in community – explore, experiment, connect. The stage is yours for 5 minutes – dip your toes into performance practice with us! All live art is welcome – dance, theater, music, word, and anything in between. Come as a performer, or as an audience member! Sign up at the door to perform.
Doors at 7:00pm
Show at 7:30pm - 9:30pm
The Golden Door: an American immigrant song cycle
Live Stream Available for Playback until 7/26/25!
A cast of five standout Seattle musical theatre performers, joined by a live band, perform a compelling series of songs based on the real words of people in American immigrant communities.
The Golden Door draws from a series of interviews conducted by composer Shaudi Bianca Vahdat with members of BIPOC immigrant communities in the US. Using these interviews, historical documents, and her own identity as a second generation Iranian-American, Shaudi has crafted a series of songs honoring, exploring, and finding joy in these diverse tales of coming to the US. The show is approximately one hour with no intermission.
CAST
Adele Lim
Becca Mercado
Caitlin Sarwono
Matthew Reyes
Melisa Cedillo
COMPOSER, LYRIC ADAPTOR and DIRECTOR
Shaudi Bianca Vahdat