History

Lakewood Playhouse was founded in 1938. They currently have a 180-seat theatre in the Seattle metropolitan area

Seattle metropolitan area

The Seattle metropolitan area in the US state of Washington includes the city of Seattle, King County, Snohomish County, and Pierce County within the Puget Sound region. The U.S...

, at the Lakewood Towne Center

Lakewood Towne Center

Lakewood Towne Center is a shopping center located in Lakewood, Washington, a suburb of Tacoma. Lakewood Towne Center was created when MBK Northwest bought and demolished the enclosed portion of the failing Lakewood Mall in 2001, and turned the site into an open air destination by creating four...

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Notable performances includes their January 2007 free staged reading of David Hare

David Hare (dramatist)

Sir David Hare is an English playwright and theatre and film director.-Early life:Hare was born in St Leonards-on-Sea, Hastings, East Sussex, the son of Agnes and Clifford Hare, a sailor. He was educated at Lancing, an independent school in West Sussex, and at Jesus College, Cambridge...

's controversial political commentary, Stuff Happens

Stuff Happens

Stuff Happens is a play by David Hare, written in response to the Iraq War. Hare describes it as "a history play" that deals with recent history.The title is inspired by Donald Rumsfeld's response to widespread looting in Baghdad:...

, with a cast of twelve actors; the original production, in London

London

London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

in 2004, had sixty actors. Also, in Spring of 2009, Lakewood Playhouse performed Once in a Lifetime by Kaufmann and Hart, directed by Marcus Walker.

The Artistic Director for Lakewood Playhouse is Marcus Walker, the Education Director is Maggie Knott, and the Production Manager is James Venturini.