Performance West

BUMBERSHOOT
DIMITRIOU'S JAZZ ALLEY
TOWN HALL SEATTLE
& RICHARD HUGO HOUSE
THE TRIPLE DOOR
THE 5TH AVENUE THEATRE

WAA's festival within the conference continues with a series of full-length public programs in partnership with some of Seattle's most inventive presenters.

Except for Bumbershoot, all Performance West events take place on Wednesday, September 3, and run concurrently. Show times vary, and this information will be updated as event times are confirmed. Performance West events are ticketed with modest fees to support the artists and presenter partners. Except for Shrek at the 5th Avenue Theatre, Wednesday's performance tickets are $15 and can be purchased during registration.

Join us for Bumbershoot, Seattle's Music & Arts Festival at the Seattle Center, a 74-acre park in the heart of the city. Celebrate Labor Day with friends and colleagues at this legendary festival. The 2008 lineup includes Wonderboy, a new collaboration between choreographer Joe Goode and puppeteer Basil Twist, plus Strange Fruit, the Australian dance/ theater/ circus company that performs atop 13-foot tall flexible poles, and much, much more.

Discounted tickets are no longer available, but can be purchased directly at www.Bumbershoot.org.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3

The Jazz Alley presents Umalali: The Garifuna Women’s Project. From the hypnotic strains of “singe singe Merua”, a traditional work song, to the cries of Hattie (the hurricane), or Yunduya Weyu (The Sun Has Set), about a difficult childbirth, the women’s voices of Umalali will capture you with their searing power and beauty. Backed by members of the Garifuna Collective, these women from Belize and Guatemala deliver inspiring performances with passion and fierce pride for their unique cultural heritage. In it's first twenty years, Dimitriou's Jazz Alley has become the West Coast's premiere jazz club. Every week the club brings the greatest names in jazz to Seattle's audiences.

Our online world offers banks of cheerful answers to a customer's standard questions: "How do I change my password?" "How do I sync my phone with my thing?" "My computer has frozen. What do I do?" But what of the questions that come after work hours, or at 3am? Questions like, "Why is my pleasure so fleeting?" "Am I here for a reason?" "Why didn't I live up to my potential?" Two of our freshest and funniest writer-performers--erstwhile Seattleites Mike Daisey (21 Dog Years: doing time@amazon.com) and Reggie Watts (Maktub, Disinformation) --will answer the *other* frequently asked questions in a show that combines improvisation and philosophy, performance and storytelling.

Richard Hugo House, a forum for writers and the literary arts, and Town Hall Seattle, a community cultural center, co-present

The Triple Door is pure Seattle. Think small-hall presenter meets world-class supper club. The Triple Door's Performance West program presents LeRoy Bell, Pacifika, and Courtney Jones. The King himself, El Vez, will be on hand to M.C.

Seattle singer songwriter LeRoy Bell's music jumps out of the box fusing acoustic soul, urban R& B, rock, and roots music into a sound entirely his own.

Pacifika, a Vancouver based trio with roots in Peru, Barbados and Canada, is making a new kind of global pop music. Jazz infused and Latin tinged, their music is marked by gently flowing melodies, deep grooves, waves of cracking percussion and the occasional burst of exhilarating guitar noise.

Just added! The Northwest’s own singer/songwriter Courtney Jones is backed by an all-star band and produced by Peter Malick, who helmed Norah Jones’ stunning breakthrough Come Away with Me. Says Performing Songwriter Magazine “Jones' vibrant vocals and infectious songs make her sound more like a seasoned veteran than a newcomer.”

NOTE: Forro in the Dark had to cancel their Performance West show due to a scheduling conflict.

Shrek the Musical

The magnificent 5th Avenue Theatre presents the world premiere of Shrek the Musical based on the classic William Steig book and the Oscar-winning film. Produced by DreamWorks Theatricals and Neak Street Productions, the company co-founded by Sam Mendes and Caro Newling.

Discounted tickets for the
Wednesday, September 3, 7:30pm performance are available for $80.
Quantities are limited, our original allotment has been filled. Please call WAA at 503 274-4729 to inquire about tickets