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Theatre 33's Summer Festival 2025

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A New Musical, Opens July 29

The City and The SeabyPaul Lewis

A radio astronomer who spends her days decoding messages from distant stars confronts the mystery closer to home: her father's disappearance from 1940s Astoria, Oregon. When Clay is granted one day to return from death and reveal the truth of his fate on the treacherous Columbia Bar, father and daughter navigate a noir landscape of smuggled pearls and waterfront secrets, racing against time to bridge twenty-six years of silence.

 

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Opens July 30

CONFABULOUSbySusan Faust

When two feuding sisters are challenged to provide round-the-clock care for their aging mother with dementia, they recruit the stoner kid who mows the lawn to help out. This comedy-drama explores the responsibilities of being a daughter, whether sibling rivalry ever ends, how to define a family when memories are ever-changing, and what if feels like to lose your mind.

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Opens July 31

WAGMIbyAR Nicholas

WE’RE ALL GONNA MAKE IT, aka WAGMI. A creeping sense of unease begins to permeate the lives of NICK and JOCELYN, a Big Science power couple, who find themselves caught in the crosshairs of the modern surveillance state. As each seeks to circumvent the traps laid, the rift between them grows; until they find a way to use technology to turn the tables on those who want them to fail. With a nod to the cryptocurrency fraud of Sam Bankman-Fried and the machinations of Big Pharma, AR Nicholas’ WAGMI will keep you guessing where your loyalties should lie.

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I WANT YOU by Kathleen Cahill

Sat July 12, 7 PM Sun Aug. 3, 7 PM Sat Aug. 9, 2 PM

A dramatic comedy about the marriage between two middle-class Americans in a small town in New Jersey between the years 2002 and 2024.  MARY is African-American and BILL is Irish American. MARY is a librarian, and BILL is a lawyer in a small firm. It’s a play about what they say and what they don’t talk about.

  • July 12 at Portland State University
  • August 3 at Willamette University
  • August 9 at Willamette University
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Proper, A Steampunk Comedy of Manners by Angela Gyurko

Sun July 13, 2 PM Fri Aug. 1, 7 PM Sun Aug. 10, 7 PM

 The Widow Agatha Augustine and her companion, Daisyana Dallymuch, hide their secret life as inventors, not wanting to disturb the expectations of the Victorian Steampunk town of Port Brassington, nor the delicate sensitivities of their friend, Edison Pennythrift. The arrival of Sterling Letchford upends their plans as Sterling attempts to procure the papers of The Widow’s late husband. Sterling means to make his fortune and will stop at nothing, not even marriage, to get what he wants. But Sterling has never met anyone like The Widow. She is happiest when conducting experiments, and Sterling had said nothing could stop him. That was a challenge, wasn’t it?

  • July 13 at Portland State University
  • August 1 at Willamette University
  • August 10 at Willamette University
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DETOURS

Sat July 26 2 & 7 PM Sun July 27 11 AM & 4 PM

Northwest Theatre Workshop and Theatre 33 Presents:
A Walking Theatrical Event at the Willamette University Campus
Misadventure is afoot when a pair of tour guides from Willamette Historical Society lead a walk through the oldest university campus in the West, and everything that could go wrong does.

 

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Coal is King by Kwik Jones

Fri July 11, 7 PM Sat Aug. 2, 2 PM Fri Aug. 8, 7 PM

1977, Kat, a widow and now single parent, is drowning in a pool of debt when she is hired at a male-dominated coal company. She is pushed to the brink of quitting, but the unwavering Kat risks her life to be a trailblazer for other women in the coal industry.

  • July 11 at Portland State University
  • August 2 at Capitol Auto Pavilion
  • August 8 at Willamette University
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Salem Oregon 97301 U.S.A.
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