LIVE THEATER WEEK!

5^th Annual LIVE THEATRE WEEK Boasts Record Participation from Area Arts Organizations: October 12-18, 2009

Includes: Kick-Off Event October 4^th, National Free Night of Theater on/around October 15^th, Target Family Day October 17^th

Come out & PLAY! October 12^th through the 18^th when Theatre Puget Sound hosts Live Theatre Week 2009. This 5^th Annual Live Theatre Week boasts record participation from Puget Sound area arts organizations with over a dozen new theatres joining in this year with special events and/or Free Night of Theatre offers.

First time 2009 Live Theatre Week participants include: ArtsWest, Centerstage, Teatro ZinZanni , UW World Series, The Moonpaper Tent, Youth Theatre NW, Burien Little Theatre, Printers Devil Theater, Seattle Cold Readers, Seattle Playwright’s Collective, Sky Performing Arts, The Satori Group and Umbrella Theatre.

This promises to be the biggest Live Theatre Week ever and the excitement begins on October 4^th from 12-3 pm, at the Kick Off Event at Fisher Pavillion in Seattle Center, when dozens and dozens of arts organizations will be on site with information, special one-day ticket offers, prizes and discounts. The special discounts listed below are ONLY available to on-site attendees during the 3 hour kick-off event.

2009 Live Theater Week Kick-Off Event Special Offers

Available On Site Only 12-3pm, October 4, 2009

· ACT – Enter to win tickets to Runt of the Litter

· ArtAttack Theatre - $10 tickets

· Balagan Theatre - Season Pass for $70

· Book-It Repertory Theatre - Two-for-one tickets to select performances of The River Why

· Burien Little Theatre - $2 off any 2009 performance.

· Central District Forum for Arts & Ideas – Discount tickets to Rigidigidim de Bamba de: Ruptured Calypso .

· Live Girls! Theater - 2 for 1 tickets to Bone Portraits

· Our American Theater Company - Sign up for the mailing list and get 2 FREE tickets to Angels Fall (06/2010)

· Pacific Northwest Ballet - ½-off Thursday and Friday tix to DIRECTOR’S CHOICE

· Performers' Forge - Discount tickets for Night of the Fights

· Pork Filled Players - 2 for 1 coupons to SpamORama

· Seattle Arts & Lectures - Discount subscription packages to: Literary\Arts Series, Poetry Series & Wed. University courses

· Seattle Children's Theatre – A 2-play "Pan plus one" subscription package

· Seattle Glee Clubs - 1 month free membership in any chorus

· Seattle Musical Theatre - 2 for 1 tickets to any show this season

· Seattle Theatre Group / Broadway Across America – ½ off August: Osage County tickets

· SIFF – 2 for 1 admission to the 10/30 – 11/5 screening of Act of God

· SIS Productions - $2 off regular admission tickets to the October show

· Taproot Theatre – 2 for 1 tickets to Enchanted April

· Teatro ZinZanni - $25 off regular admission tickets

· The Driftwood Players - $2 off any ticket

· Town Hall - Enter to win FREE tickets to Short Stories Live

· Umbrella Theatre – Enter to win 4 pairs of season tickets

· Washington Ensemble Theatre; 2 for 1 tickets to 10/4-10/25 shows to Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom

· Wing-It Productions – 2 for 1 tickets (adult admission only)

2008 saw over 3000 Live Theatre Week participants and reached over 2 million people region wide. 2009 promises to be even bigger. Last year hundreds and hundreds of people lined up around with chairs and blankets at Seattle Center’s Fisher Pavilion for the Kick-Off event. They all wanted to be the first to secure tickets, normally priced from $8-$120, to a theatre they’ve never visited before. Remaining free tickets (those not snatched up at the kick-off event) will be posted online beginning Monday October 5^th; simply log on to www.seattleperforms.com to reserve them..

Some of the FREE Tickets Available at the Oct 4^th Kick-Off Event Are:

· 5th Avenue Theatre - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

· ACT - Rock 'n Roll

· Eclectic Theater Company – SUBPRIME! Inside the Heart of the Mortgage Meltdown

· Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center - Obama On My Mind

· Live Girls! Theater - Bone Portraits

· Printers Devil Theater - Sgt Rigsby 's "Teensploitation"

· Seattle Children's Theatre - If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

· Seattle Theatre Group / Broadway Across America - August: Osage County

· Strawberry Theatre Workshop - Lady Day at Emerson 's Bar & Grill

· Village Theatre - Chasing Nicolette

· Teatro ZinZanni presents Beaumont & Caswell - Together Forever

In addition to the wildly popular Free Night of Theater, dozens and dozens of other FREE live theater events will occur October 12^th – 18^th, all over Puget Sound. Fifty-five theaters and performing arts organizations are participating with over 90 different regional events. This 7-day theater festival is an all-access backstage pass to this region’s vibrant performing arts groups. It’s a once-a-year opportunity to connect with artists and experience the magic of live theatre in a completely different way. These events include: open houses, invited dress rehearsals, workshops, kid’s activities, receptions, play readings and artist meet n’ greets. Peek behind the scenes. Rub shoulders with artists. Be the first to hear and critique new works. And share the magic and imagination of live theatre with children on Target Family Day (Oct 17^th). The complete list of free planned events can be found at www.seattleperforms.com/ltw.