Seattle Children's Theatre
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Founded in 1975, Seattle Children's Theatre (SCT) is the second-largest resident theatre for young audiences in North America and among the 20 largest regional theatres in the United States, with an annual operating budget of approximately $6.5 Million. SCT's mission statement reads: "The mission of Seattle Children's Theatre is to provide children of all ages access to professional theatre, with a focus on new works, and theatre education."
SCT employs bargaining unit members of Actor's Equity, United Scenic Artists
and IATSE and is a member of Theatre Puget Sound
, International Performing Arts for Youth and Theatre Communications Group
. Mainstage Season performances are presented at Seattle Center
in the 482-seat Charlotte Martin and 275-seat Eve Alvord Theatres from September through June. SCT's Drama School also produces a Summer Season with student actors who work hand-in-hand with professional creative staff and technicians.
Throughout its history, SCT has developed and produced over 100 new works, many of which go on to be produced by other regional theatres around the country and the world. SCT distributes its original works through Plays for Young Audiences, a partnership venture with Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis.
SCT programming reaches approximately 220,000 children, parents, and teachers annually.
In 2006, SCT was honored with the Seattle Mayor's Arts Award, which recognizes artists for their contribution to the community and the nation.
Little Red Riding Hood *
Winnie-the-Pooh
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
The Tinder Box
Gertrude Stein's First Reader
1976 Second Season
Hansel and Gretel
Imperial Nightingale *
Foolery *
Tom Sawyer
Ice Wolf
1977 Third Season
The Prince and the Pauper *
Aladdin's Lamp *
Pippi Longstocking
Alice in Wonderland *
Circus Home *
1978 Fourth Season
The Wind in the Willows
Pinocchio *
Step on a Crack *
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
A Tale of King Arthur *
1979 Fifth Season
The Hobbit
The Revenge of the Space Pandas or Binky Rudich & the Two Speed Clock
Doc Maynard *
Cinderella
Ozma of Oz *
1980 Sixth Season
Treasure Island
The Boy Who Talked to Whales *
Five Minutes to Morning
Huck Finn *
To Kill a Mockingbird
1981 Short Season
The Ransom of Red Eye
Heidi
The Miracle Worker
1981-82 Seventh Season
The Diary of Anne Frank
Maggie's Gift
Outside *
Heidi (Part II) *
Twilight of a Crane
1982-83 Eighth Season
Dracula *
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Families *
The Comedy of Errors
Mother Hicks *
1983-84 Ninth Season
Great Expectations *
Pinocchio *
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
The Tempest
Newcomer
Tall Tales from Mark Twain
1984-85 Tenth Season
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Snow Queen
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Birds *
Through Separate Doors
The Miser
1985-86 Eleventh Season
The Former One-on-One Basketball Champion
Puss in Boots *
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Robin Hood *
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde *
Little Lulu *
1986-87 Twelfth Season
The Curse of Castle Mongrew *
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs *
Follow the Drinking Gourd: A Play About Harriet Tubman *
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing *
The Three Musketeers *
Little Lulu
1987-88 Thirteenth Season
The Hunchback of Notre Dame *
Rocky and Bullwinkle *
Most Valuable Player
James and the Giant Peach
The Death and Life of Sherlock Holmes *
1988-89 Fourteenth Season
Up the Down Staircase
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency *
The Secret Garden
According to Coyote
The Would-Be Gentleman
1989-90 Fifteenth Season
Rip Van Winkle and the Legend of Sleepy Hollow: A Tribute to Washington Irving *
The Magic Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle *
Apollo: To the Moon
Amelia Earhart: Flights of Fancy
Jungalbook
Tuck Everlasting *
1990-91 Sixteenth Season
Captain Fantasto *
The Reluctant Dragon
The Magic Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
The Council *
Anne of Green Gables *
There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom *
1991-92 Seventeenth Season
The Firebird *
Nancy and Plum *
Charlotte's Web
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry *
Make Me Pele for a Day *
1992-93 Eighteenth Season
Invisible Friends
Doctor Dolittle in the Moon *
The Invisible Man *
The Velveteen Rabbit
Dragonwings
Ramona Quimby
1993-94 Nineteenth Season
Afternoon of the Elves *
Jack and the Beanstalk *
The Hardy Boys in the Mystery of the Haunted House *
The Rememberer *
Just So and Other Stories *
1994-95 Twentieth Season
Sara Crewe *
A Wrinkle in Time *
The Yellow Boat
Winnie-the-Pooh *
the Portrait the Wind the Chair *
Little Rock *
1995-96 Twenty-First Season
Naomi's Road **
The Day After Tomorrow **
The Magic Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
The Witch of Blackbird Pond *
Romeo and Juliet
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland *
1996-97 Twenty-Second Season
The Taste of Sunrise: Tuc's Story *
Bunnicula *
Pinocchio *
The Short Tree and the Bird Who Could Not Sing **
The Odyssey
The Hardy Boys in the Secret of Skullbone Island *
1997-98 Twenty-Third Season
Still Life With Iris *
Stellaluna *
A Day at the Beach *
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Pink and Say *
Frog and Toad *
The Tempest
1998-99 Twenty-Fourth Season
Kenny's Window *
Cyrano **
The Cricket in Times Square *
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse *
The Book of Ruth *
The King of Ireland's Son *
1999-00 Twenty-Fifth Season
The Boxcar Children *
The Velveteen Rabbit
Time Again in Oz *
Apple to Grandma **
The Midwife's Apprentice *
When I Grow Up I'm Gonna Get Some Big Words *
2000-01 Twenty-Sixth Season
Animal Farm
The Red Balloon
Prince Brat and the Whipping Boy *
Mask of the Unicorn Warrior *
Winnie-the-Pooh
Sideways Stories from Wayside School *
2001-02 Twenty-Seventh Season
Johnny Tremain *
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
The Wrestling Season
Charlotte's Web
Into the West
Holes *
2002-03 Twenty-Eighth Season
Our Only May Amelia *
The Big Friendly Giant
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Outsiders
Go, Dog. Go! *
Nicky Somewhere Else **
The Shakespeare Stealer
2003-04 Twenty-Ninth Season
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle *
The Gingerbread Man
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Tibet Through the Red Box *
The Shape of a Girl **
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle *
2004-05 Thirtieth Season
The Magic City *
Bunnicula
The Secret Garden
The Red Badge of Courage *
Glittra's Mission **
A Year With Frog and Toad
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
2005-06 Thirty-First Season
Seussical
Nothing is the Same
Sleeping Beauty
Peter and the Wolf *
The Devil and Daniel Webster *
Honus and Me *
Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business
2006-07 Thirty-Second Season
Harriet's Halloween Candy
Jason and the Golden Fleece
The Sorcerer's Apprentice *
Goodnight Moon *
Afternoon of the Elves
Everyone Knows What a Dragon Looks Like *
Addy: An American Girl Story *
2007 Special Event
The Green Sheep
2007-08 Thirty-Third Season
Disney's High School Musical
The Big Friendly Giant
The Neverending Story *
Hamlet
The Hundred Dresses
According to Coyote
Busytown *
2008 Special Events
The Green Sheep
Night of the Living Dead
2008-09 Thirty-Fourth Season
Bluenose**
The Wizard of Oz
Tomás and the Library Lady
Pharaoh Serket and the Lost Stone of Fire*
A Tale of Two Cities
Goodnight Moon
I Was a Rat!*
2009-10 Thirty-Fifth Season
Mysterious Gifts: Theatre of Iran**
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Peter Pan
Perô
In the Northern Lands: Norse Myths*
Getting Near to Baby
Brementown Musicians*
2010 Summer Season
The BFG*
The Witches*
There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom
Seussical Jr.*
The Laramie Project*
Hair*
2010-11 Thirty-Sixth Season
The Green Sheep
The Borrowers
Morgan's Journey
Lyle the Crocodile
Go, Dog, Go!
The Man Who Planted Trees
Jackie and Me*
SCT employs bargaining unit members of Actor's Equity, United Scenic Artists
United Scenic Artists
United Scenic Artists local USA 829, is a United States labor union of designers and artists in the entertainment industry. It is a nationwide autonomous Local of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes...
and IATSE and is a member of Theatre Puget Sound
Theatre Puget Sound
Theatre Puget Sound is a not-for-profit organization devoted to supporting the performing arts in the Puget Sound area of Washington. It was founded in 1997.Both individuals and organizations can be members of Theatre Puget Sound...
, International Performing Arts for Youth and Theatre Communications Group
Theatre Communications Group
Theatre Communications Group is an organization dedicated to the promotion of non-profit professional theatre in the United States. TCG has over 450 member theatres located in 47 states; 17,000 individual members; and a growing number of University, Funder, Business and Trustee Affiliates...
. Mainstage Season performances are presented at Seattle Center
Seattle Center
Seattle Center is a park and arts and entertainment center in Seattle, Washington. The campus is the site used in 1962 by the Century 21 Exposition. It is located just north of Belltown in the Lower Queen Anne neighborhood.-Attractions:...
in the 482-seat Charlotte Martin and 275-seat Eve Alvord Theatres from September through June. SCT's Drama School also produces a Summer Season with student actors who work hand-in-hand with professional creative staff and technicians.
Throughout its history, SCT has developed and produced over 100 new works, many of which go on to be produced by other regional theatres around the country and the world. SCT distributes its original works through Plays for Young Audiences, a partnership venture with Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis.
SCT programming reaches approximately 220,000 children, parents, and teachers annually.
In 2006, SCT was honored with the Seattle Mayor's Arts Award, which recognizes artists for their contribution to the community and the nation.
Education programs
In addition to its mainstage productions, SCT operates several education programs. Its Education Outreach arm brings theatre-related teaching to schools and other organizations in the Seattle area. Its on-site Drama School provides classes taught by professional artists, and produces Summer Season shows providing young people with participatory theatre education and theatre arts training. The SCT Deaf Youth Drama Program (DYDP) was founded in 1993 by, brothers Howie and Billy Seago. DYDP introduced children who may have little or no experience beyond their hearing family and schools, to the deaf culture through their interactions with deaf artists, volunteers, and peers from other schools. DYDP lost funding and was discontinued in 2007.Awards
Seattle Children's Theatre has gained national and international prominence as a producer of theatre, educational programs, and new scripts for young people. SCT's awards and honors include:- 2009 ArtsFund awards Artistic Director Linda Hartzell their award for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts, and awards Eve and Chap Alvord their award for Lifetime Dedication to the Arts. (Eve Alvord is an SCT Board member and one of SCT's theatres is named for her.)
- 2006 Mayor's Arts Award for contribution to the cultural vitality of the region.
- 2004 TIME Magazine's #2 ranking in the top five children's theatres in the nation.
- 2004 Tibet Through the Red Box receives the AT&T: OnStage award, making Seattle Children's Theatre the only theatre for young audiences to receive the prestigious award for three productions.
- 2002 Holes receives the AT&T: OnStage award.
- 2001 $50,000 award from The Pew Charitable Trust and Theatre Communications Group to continue a multi-year-collaboration with Speeltheater Holland, internationally acclaimed puppet artists from The Netherlands.
- 2000 Cyrano performed at the opening night festivities of Theatre Communication Group's annual conference; this is the first such invitation offered to a theatre for young audiences.
- 1999 The Book of Ruth receives the AT&T: OnStage award, making us the first theatre for young audiences to be so honored.
- 1999 Cyrano performed at The Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.
- 1997 $100,000 award from The Pew Charitable Trust and Theatre Communications Group to facilitate a collaboration with Speeltheater Holland.
- 1996 $2 million leadership grant from The Allen Foundation for the Arts for the construction of SCT's new Technical Pavilion.
- 1996 Still Life With Iris granted a Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays award; the first time a script for young audiences had been so honored.
- 1993 $500,000 National Arts Stabilization Fund award to create a working capital reserve; the first time a theatre for young audiences was so honored.
Production history
1975 First SeasonLittle Red Riding Hood *
Winnie-the-Pooh
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
The Tinder Box
Gertrude Stein's First Reader
1976 Second Season
Hansel and Gretel
Imperial Nightingale *
Foolery *
Tom Sawyer
Ice Wolf
1977 Third Season
The Prince and the Pauper *
Aladdin's Lamp *
Pippi Longstocking
Alice in Wonderland *
Circus Home *
1978 Fourth Season
The Wind in the Willows
Pinocchio *
Step on a Crack *
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
A Tale of King Arthur *
1979 Fifth Season
The Hobbit
The Revenge of the Space Pandas or Binky Rudich & the Two Speed Clock
Doc Maynard *
Cinderella
Ozma of Oz *
1980 Sixth Season
Treasure Island
The Boy Who Talked to Whales *
Five Minutes to Morning
Huck Finn *
To Kill a Mockingbird
1981 Short Season
The Ransom of Red Eye
Heidi
The Miracle Worker
1981-82 Seventh Season
The Diary of Anne Frank
Maggie's Gift
Outside *
Heidi (Part II) *
Twilight of a Crane
1982-83 Eighth Season
Dracula *
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Families *
The Comedy of Errors
Mother Hicks *
1983-84 Ninth Season
Great Expectations *
Pinocchio *
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
The Tempest
Newcomer
Tall Tales from Mark Twain
1984-85 Tenth Season
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Snow Queen
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Birds *
Through Separate Doors
The Miser
1985-86 Eleventh Season
The Former One-on-One Basketball Champion
Puss in Boots *
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Robin Hood *
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde *
Little Lulu *
1986-87 Twelfth Season
The Curse of Castle Mongrew *
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs *
Follow the Drinking Gourd: A Play About Harriet Tubman *
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing *
The Three Musketeers *
Little Lulu
1987-88 Thirteenth Season
The Hunchback of Notre Dame *
Rocky and Bullwinkle *
Most Valuable Player
James and the Giant Peach
The Death and Life of Sherlock Holmes *
1988-89 Fourteenth Season
Up the Down Staircase
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency *
The Secret Garden
According to Coyote
The Would-Be Gentleman
1989-90 Fifteenth Season
Rip Van Winkle and the Legend of Sleepy Hollow: A Tribute to Washington Irving *
The Magic Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle *
Apollo: To the Moon
Amelia Earhart: Flights of Fancy
Jungalbook
Tuck Everlasting *
1990-91 Sixteenth Season
Captain Fantasto *
The Reluctant Dragon
The Magic Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
The Council *
Anne of Green Gables *
There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom *
1991-92 Seventeenth Season
The Firebird *
Nancy and Plum *
Charlotte's Web
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry *
Make Me Pele for a Day *
1992-93 Eighteenth Season
Invisible Friends
Doctor Dolittle in the Moon *
The Invisible Man *
The Velveteen Rabbit
Dragonwings
Ramona Quimby
1993-94 Nineteenth Season
Afternoon of the Elves *
Jack and the Beanstalk *
The Hardy Boys in the Mystery of the Haunted House *
The Rememberer *
Just So and Other Stories *
1994-95 Twentieth Season
Sara Crewe *
A Wrinkle in Time *
The Yellow Boat
Winnie-the-Pooh *
the Portrait the Wind the Chair *
Little Rock *
1995-96 Twenty-First Season
Naomi's Road **
The Day After Tomorrow **
The Magic Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
The Witch of Blackbird Pond *
Romeo and Juliet
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland *
1996-97 Twenty-Second Season
The Taste of Sunrise: Tuc's Story *
Bunnicula *
Pinocchio *
The Short Tree and the Bird Who Could Not Sing **
The Odyssey
The Hardy Boys in the Secret of Skullbone Island *
1997-98 Twenty-Third Season
Still Life With Iris *
Stellaluna *
A Day at the Beach *
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Pink and Say *
Frog and Toad *
The Tempest
1998-99 Twenty-Fourth Season
Kenny's Window *
Cyrano **
The Cricket in Times Square *
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse *
The Book of Ruth *
The King of Ireland's Son *
1999-00 Twenty-Fifth Season
The Boxcar Children *
The Velveteen Rabbit
Time Again in Oz *
Apple to Grandma **
The Midwife's Apprentice *
When I Grow Up I'm Gonna Get Some Big Words *
2000-01 Twenty-Sixth Season
Animal Farm
The Red Balloon
Prince Brat and the Whipping Boy *
Mask of the Unicorn Warrior *
Winnie-the-Pooh
Sideways Stories from Wayside School *
2001-02 Twenty-Seventh Season
Johnny Tremain *
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
The Wrestling Season
Charlotte's Web
Into the West
Holes *
2002-03 Twenty-Eighth Season
Our Only May Amelia *
The Big Friendly Giant
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Outsiders
Go, Dog. Go! *
Nicky Somewhere Else **
The Shakespeare Stealer
2003-04 Twenty-Ninth Season
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle *
The Gingerbread Man
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Tibet Through the Red Box *
The Shape of a Girl **
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle *
2004-05 Thirtieth Season
The Magic City *
Bunnicula
The Secret Garden
The Red Badge of Courage *
Glittra's Mission **
A Year With Frog and Toad
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
2005-06 Thirty-First Season
Seussical
Nothing is the Same
Sleeping Beauty
Peter and the Wolf *
The Devil and Daniel Webster *
Honus and Me *
Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business
2006-07 Thirty-Second Season
Harriet's Halloween Candy
Jason and the Golden Fleece
The Sorcerer's Apprentice *
Goodnight Moon *
Afternoon of the Elves
Everyone Knows What a Dragon Looks Like *
Addy: An American Girl Story *
2007 Special Event
The Green Sheep
2007-08 Thirty-Third Season
Disney's High School Musical
The Big Friendly Giant
The Neverending Story *
Hamlet
The Hundred Dresses
According to Coyote
Busytown *
2008 Special Events
The Green Sheep
Night of the Living Dead
2008-09 Thirty-Fourth Season
Bluenose**
The Wizard of Oz
Tomás and the Library Lady
Pharaoh Serket and the Lost Stone of Fire*
A Tale of Two Cities
Goodnight Moon
I Was a Rat!*
2009-10 Thirty-Fifth Season
Mysterious Gifts: Theatre of Iran**
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Peter Pan
Perô
In the Northern Lands: Norse Myths*
Getting Near to Baby
Brementown Musicians*
2010 Summer Season
The BFG*
The Witches*
There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom
Seussical Jr.*
The Laramie Project*
Hair*
2010-11 Thirty-Sixth Season
The Green Sheep
The Borrowers
Morgan's Journey
Lyle the Crocodile
Go, Dog, Go!
The Man Who Planted Trees
Jackie and Me*
- = World Premiere
- = American Premiere