Northwest Playwrights Alliance

05/06/2026

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04/25/2026

Thank you Oly Arts!

Celebrate Mother’s Day Weekend at the Center Salon, a Creative Showcase for South Sound Audience
https://olyarts.org/celebrate-mothers-day-weekend-at-the-center-salon-a-creative-showcase-for-south-sound-audience/
The 2026 Center Salon will take place Mothers Day weekend, Saturday, May 9, in the Washington Center Black Box Theater with cabaret-style seating to provide an immersive ambiance. In commemoration of Mother’s Day weekend, many pieces included in this year’s Center Salon will tie back to the themes of mothers and motherhood. This includes a slideshow that will be projected ahead of the salon, featuring family photos of performers and audience members.

04/25/2026

Delighted to see Oly Arts expand their coverage to Tacoma....

Double Shot Theater Festival in Tacoma is a kind of theatrical 100-meter dash. For roughly 20 years (festival creator Bryan Willis isn’t quite sure when it all got started), Double Shot has been assembling directors, actors, and playwrights to complete the Herculean task of writing, memorizing, rehearsing, lighting, costuming, and eventually performing 10-minute plays, all in about 24 hours. Saturday, April 18, and Sunday, April 19. https://olyarts.org/double-shot-theater-festival-in-tacoma/

04/25/2026

Tix are going fast for WCPA & NPA's Center Salon IX! This is the PERFECT Mother's Day gift, featuring the world premiere of a new short story by Jim Lynch. Plus great music, poetry, art. One night only - Sat. May 9th.

04/18/2026

Worth the trip just to see the Amazing Peggy Gannon in the premiere of David Auburn's new play. Our other five Double Shot plays are also excellent. Tonight @ 7:30 p.m. Tomorrow @ 3:00 p.m. NOT TO BE MISSED! https://www.tacomaartslive.org/events/double-shot-2026/

04/16/2026

NPA & Tacoma Arts Live make history with the premiere of a new ten-minute, "overnight play" written by a Tony & Pulitzer Prize winning playwright with a current HIT on Broadway! David Auburn joins five other extremely talented playwrights, superb directors and some of the best actors from up and down I-5 for our Double Shot Festival of Overnight Plays THIS SATURDAY NIGHT & SUNDAY MATINEE ONLY! NOT TO BE MISSED!

04/13/2026

MOTHER’S DAY WEEKEND. NPA is proud to co-sponsor our 9th annual Center Salon with Jill Barnes and the Washington Center for the Performing Arts. Where else are you going to hear an original short story premiere with novelist Jim Lynch? Music, Art, Poetry, Fiction – One Night Only – Sat. May 9th. Best Mother’s Day Gift in Town!

12/22/2025

Unique and Wonderful Last Minute Holiday Gift!

Back by Cupid’s demand! In celebration of Valentine’s Day, the Northwest Playwrights Alliance presents a one-night-only performance of "How Much the Heart Can Hold," at with Harlequin at the beautiful State Theater, starring three real-life couples: Brian & Jana Tyrrell, Austin & Jonah Barnett, Paige & Drew Doyle.

Kathy Dorgan directs our all-star cast in this romantic evening curated and written by Bryan Willis and Linda Kalkwarf. Appropriate for all ages. Bring your sweetheart. Better yet, bring them a love poem and we’ll read it at the top of Act II!
Tickets are $25 General Admission.

In celebration of Valentine’s Day, the Northwest Playwrights Alliance presents a one-night-only performance of How Much the Heart Can Hold, a collaborative project by local playwright Bryan Willis and Linda Kalkwarf, directed by Kathryn Dorgan. Starring three real-life actor couples!