Cancelled
Suite No. 6
Records, Pancakes & Bach — Cancelled
June 25, 2017
This event has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Season
16/17 Season
Past Events
Nw New Works Festival 2017
Weekend 2
June 16–18, 2017
Linda Austin Dance: a world, a world — (Un)Made Chapter 3 (Dance | Portland) Sandbags, headphones, a moveable stair unit, and five dancers in a performative interrogation of the borders of the self; the push-pull between autonomy and…
Fox Whitney / Gender Tender
The Renovation
June 12, 2017
Architectural drag. House-flipping dance. A shapeshifting crew transforms the space, The Renovation by Fox Whitney/Gender Tender — a queering of the past and future of On the Boards as well as the developing landscape of Seattle.
Nw New Works Festival 2017
Weekend 1
June 9–11, 2017
Cameo Lethem: Isla (Dance | Seattle) A dance experiment, using light beams and violins, investigates an individual’s perception of isolation amid a collective of shared, physical experiences.
Vanessa Goodman / Action at a Distance
Floating Upstream
June 4, 2017
Vancouver, BC-based Vanessa Goodman of Action at a Distance Society performs “Floating Upstream” — an exploration of having one’s head in the clouds where everything is simultaneously possible and impossible.
AND | Spectacle Spectacular 12
May 25, 2017
Spectacle Spectacular features a thematic cocktail reception, 3-course dinner and entertainment, and a paddle-raise to support OtB's programming, facility or infrastructure.
Spectacle Spectacular 12: After Party with Industrial Revelation
May 25, 2017
Check out our late night after party with jazz/hip hop/electronica/indefinably glorious band Industrial Revelation. Stick around after Spectacle Spectacular or jump in at 10:30 for drinks and dancing in our downstairs studio theater.
Post-show Conversation: Charles Atlas, Rashaun Mitchell, and Silas Riener with Claudia La Rocco and Emily Zimmerman
May 19, 2017
Join us after Friday’s performance for a conversation with Tesseract artists Charles Atlas, Rashaun Mitchell, and Silas Riener led by poet, critic, author and OtB writer-in-residence Claudia La Rocco, with an introduction by Emily…
Before Charles Atlas | Rashaun Mitchell | Silas Riener
STUDIO SUPPER | PK Kounpungchart of Little Uncle
May 18, 2017
Join us on the opening night of Charles Atlas | Rashaun Mitchell | Silas Reiner's Tesseract for a meal created by chef PK Kounpungchart of Little Uncle.
Charles Atlas | Rashaun Mitchell | Silas Riener
Tesseract
May 18–21, 2017
Dance enters a new dimension in a daring collaboration between two former Merce Cunningham dancers and an iconic filmmaker.
Kristen Kosmas | Paul Budraitis | Peter Ksander
The People's Republic Of Valerie
May 4–6, 2017
“In the Bright Future, the environmental rampage will have ended, amnesty will be given to all those who return to their senses, and it will be said, ‘We are not free yet, but we are on our way!'”
Before Kristen Kosmas | Paul Budraitis | Peter Ksander
STUDIO SUPPER | Julian Hagood of Harry's Fine Foods
May 4, 2017
Join us on the opening night of Kristen Kosmas | Paul Budraitis | Peter Ksander's The People's Republic of Valerie for a meal created by chef Julian Hagood of Harry's Fine Foods.
Lars Jan/Early Morning Opera
THE INSTITUTE OF MEMORY (TIMe)
April 20–23, 2017
An eerily glowing kinetic sculpture and a hacked '50’s era typewriter create a fuzzy portrait of a Cold War operative, privacy-obsessed misanthrope, and real-life father of director Lars Jan.
Before Lars Jan | Early Morning Opera
STUDIO SUPPER | Kristi Brown of That Brown Girl Cooks!
April 20, 2017
Join us on the opening night of Lars Jan | Early Morning Opera's The Institute of Memory (TIMe) for a meal created by chef Kristi Brown of That Brown Girl Cooks!
Suite No. 4
Records, Pancakes & Bach
April 16, 2017
Brighen up your Sundays with a little help from JS Bach. Marimbist Erin Jorgensen plays all six of the famous cello suites, followed by a pancake breakfast/listening party in the OtB lobby. Proceeds will be split with the artist and OtB.
Before Heather Kravas
STUDIO SUPPER | Renee Erickson of Sea Creatures Restaurants, The Whale Wins
March 30, 2017
Join us on the opening night of Heather Kravas' visions of beauty for a meal created by chef Renee Erickson of Sea Creatures Restaurants and The Whale Wins.
Heather Kravas
Visions Of Beauty
March 30 – April 2, 2017
embraces the contradictory as 9 performers demonstrate how bodies trap and free us through a dance of dualistic physical states and morphing structures: rocking, spinning, pumping, lunging.
Sarah Rudinoff
NowNowNow
March 27 – April 2, 2017
Social media. Performance. Authenticity vs. scripted reality. Veteran Seattle performer Sarah Rudinoff works with director David Bennett to find a personal truth in a world of created personas. How and why do we present ourselves online?
Post-show conversation - Jessica Jobaris and Lane Cazplinski
March 17, 2017
Join us in the OtB Studio Theater after Friday night's performance for an informal conversation about A Great Hunger with Jessica Jobaris and OtB Artistic Director Lane Czaplinski.
Jessica Jobaris & General Magic
A Great Hunger
March 16–19, 2017
Audacious choreographer and sorceress Jessica Jobaris leads a congregation of willing pranksters on a mission to define the riddle of existence.
Before Jessica Jobaris & General Magic
STUDIO SUPPER | Donna Moodie of Marjorie
March 16, 2017
Join us on the opening night of Jessica Jobaris & General Magic's A Great Hunger for a meal created by chef Donna Moodie of Marjorie.
Dana Michel
Yellow Towel
March 6, 2017
"...powerful imagination and psychological force." - The New York Times
Tim Smith-Stewart | Jeffrey Azevedo
Awaiting Oblivion— Temporary Solutions For Surviving The Dystopian Future We Find Ourselves Within At Present
February 23–26, 2017
Blurring the lines between fiction and reality, Awaiting Oblivion...follows the story of AO, an anonymous street artist who has tasked Tim and Jeffrey with the creation of a performance as a way to share AO’s “temporary solutions” for…
Christiane Jatahy
Julia
February 14, 2017
"...Fiction actually determines our lives, and therefore how we look at humanity." - Christiane Jatahy
Open Studio #20
February 6, 2017
Lobby and seating opens half hour before showtime. More about Open Studio | Apply for Open Studio
Geumhyung Jeong
Oil Pressure Vibrator
January 28–29, 2017
Geumhyung Jeong will perform two separate performances while in Seattle.
Geumhyung Jeong
Cpr Practice
January 25–29, 2017
Geumhyung Jeong will perform two separate performances while in Seattle.
Kate Wallich
Dance Church Field Trip to OTB
January 22, 2017
Dance Church is an all abilities movement class that offers a fun, nonexclusive approach to dancing.
Post-show conversation - Tiago Rodrigues and Michelle Peñaloza
January 13, 2017
Join Tiago and Michelle for a casual post-show conversation in the Studio Theater after the performance.
Tiago Rodrigues | Teatro Nacional D. Maria Ii
By Heart
January 12–15, 2017
“Once 10 people know a poem by heart, there’s nothing the KGB, the CIA or the Gestapo can do about it. It will survive.” – George Steiner
Jerome A. Parker | Andrew Russell
House Of Dinah
December 7–11, 2016
The music of Dinah Washington and an aesthetic bridging Jean Genet and Paris Is Burning bring to life the stories of five inter-generational Black Queens.
Phil Kline's
Unsilent Night 2016
December 3, 2016
“—immerses the listener in suspended wonderment, as if time itself had paused inside a string of jingle bells.”– The New York Times
Markeith Wiley
It’s Not Too Late
November 16–20, 2016
The merciless humor of comedian and social critic Paul Mooney is channeled in a fast-paced and ruthless new work merging stand-up comedy, theater, and physicality.
Before Ezra Dickinson
STUDIO SUPPER | Jack Timmon's of Jack's BBQ
November 3, 2016
Join us on the opening night of Ezra Dickinson's Psychic Radio Star for a meal created by chef Jack Timmons of Jack's BBQ.
Before Ezra Dickenson
Studio Supper | Tbd
November 3, 2016
Join us on the opening night of Ezra Dickinson's Psychic Radio Star for a meal created by chef TBD.
Ezra Dickinson
Psychic Radio Star
November 3–6, 2016
Outer space meets schizophrenia in this work made as a gift for a self-described psychic radio star.
Zoe | Juniper
Clear And Sweet
October 20–23, 2016
Angular ballet and unearthly psalms come together in a quasi-religious ritual inspired by the tradition of American Shape Note Singing.
Alan Sutherland
Little Brown Mushrooms
October 6–9, 2016
Magic mushrooms, storytelling, and science fiction come to life in a hallucinatory dance/theater meditation.
Before Alan Sutherland
STUDIO SUPPER | Mike Easton of Il Corvo
October 6, 2016
Join us on the opening night of Alan Sutherland's Little Brown Mushrooms for a meal created by chef Mike Easton of Il Corvo.
Before Pat Graney
STUDIO SUPPER | with Nick Coffey and Wylie Bush
October 1, 2016
Join us on the opening night of Pat Graney's Girl Gods for a meal created by chefs Nick Coffey and Wylie Bush of Barjot.
Verdensteatret
Bridge Over Mud
September 22–25, 2016
A bare stage is transformed into an ingenious “movable room” and dream factory for your subconscious.
Suite No. 1
Records, Pancakes & Bach
September 11, 2016
Brighen up your Sundays with a little help from JS Bach. Marimbist Erin Jorgensen plays all six of the famous cello suites, followed by a pancake breakfast/listening party in the OtB lobby. Proceeds will be split with the artist and OtB.