New Prospect Theatre

ALL MY LITTLE WORDS: A Performance Lecture on Art and Failure
2023-04-08 19:30 - 20:30 UTC | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
I’m afraid of being an artist who doesn’t make art.
In 2004 Ashley Hollingshead met Nate Harpel while they were both undergrads at Western Washington University. They became best friends and life long artistic collaborators…or that was the plan anyways.
In ALL MY LITTLE WORDS Ashley uses Nate’s unfinished graduate playwriting thesis as a jumping off point to explore the concepts of artistic failure, practice, and success. All the while examining their changing relationship with Nate and with their own artistic practice in this interactive performance/lecture/essay.
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Ashley Hollingshead (they/them) is a director, performer, and collaborator currently living on the unceded lands of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde/Portland, Or. They hold a MFA in European Devised Performance Practice from Columbia College Chicago. Their practice mashes up personal narrative, queer culture, and sweet dance moves made by a non-dancer body. In 2006 they graduated from WWU with BA in theatre and they are so excited to be bringing this piece to Bellingham!
Tickets available here: ALL MY LITTLE WORDS: A Performance Lecture on Art and Failure (bpt.me) and at the door.

O-Pole Studios: The Debut
2023-04-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
Students and instructors from Bellingham’s O-Pole Studios take to the stage in this one night performance. Featuring a variety styles of dance, from pole dance to chair routines, this show will be sure to dazzle!

Performances may contain adult language and moments.

Tickets: https://bpt.me/5996252

Open Mic
2023-04-19 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-05-03 17:30 - 20:00, 2023-05-17 17:30 - 20:00 | Ethos West Stage
5;30 sign ups Performances 6 – 8pm
All ages. Family friendly. Donations at door.

Men of Parts, a new play by Rosalind Reynolds
2023-04-21 19:30 - 21:30, 2023-04-22 19:30 - 21:30, 2023-04-23 14:00 - 16:00, 2023-04-28 19:30 - 21:30, 2023-04-29 19:30 - 21:30, 2023-04-30 14:00 - 16:00 | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
Those Brazen Wenches Theatre Company presents Men of Parts, a new play by Rosalind Reynolds, directed by Dawn Hunter. Performances April 21, 22, 28, and 29 at 7:30 pm, and April 23 and 30 at 2 pm, at the New Prospect Theatre in Bellingham, WA. Tickets $15 general, $10 students, from Brown Paper Tickets, or at the door. London, 1525. A ragtag company of actors struggles to mount a production of The Deeds of Robin Hood, while evading angry sheriffs, greedy publishers, vengeful husbands, landlords, lawyers, bears, and their own checkered pasts. All while asking themselves – as one does – what would Robin Hood do?
Rosalind Reynolds is a former playwright-in-residence of the iDiOM Theater. Her previous works include Godlike, Julian the Humble, The Wingmaker, and Branwen Spikes the Drink. Dawn Hunter is a long-time actor and director with the iDiOM Theater. Together they founded Those Brazen Wenches Theatre Company in 2022, with the mission of smashing the patriarchy in entertaining ways. Men of Parts is the long-awaited follow-up to their debut production, Thrice to Wind the Charm.
https://bpt.me/5869780

Bellingham Story Hour - This month's theme: Oh no thank you
2023-04-25 19:00 - 21:00 | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
Bellingham Story Shares take place on the 4th Tuesday of every month.
Join us for a night of true stories told live!
The act of sharing our most authentic selves with other people in a safe and encouraging environment creates connection and allows us to see ourselves in others.
Stories can be entertaining, heartwarming, educational, cringe inducing, shame releasing, vulnerable, weird, and all of the things in-between but they are always true, always your own experience, and always rewarding to tell and hear.
Put your name in the hat for the chance to tell your own 5 to 10 minute story live on stage, or just enjoy listening to the true tales and authentic adventures of your friends and neighbors.
Read our story guidelines and community agreement below.
*please note that online ticket sales stop at 4:30 pm on the date of the show.
Tickets can still be purchased at the door starting at 6:30pm.
Story hour guidelines : Story Guidelines | Bellingham Story Hour
Tickets: Home | Bellingham Story Hour

Bellingham Story Hour Workshop
2023-05-02 19:00 - 20:30 | Ethos West Stage

A Spring Reading Series
2023-05-05 19:00 - 22:00, 2023-05-06 19:00 - 22:00 | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
The Menagerie, a new Bellingham based theatre company, was created to highlight LGBTQ+, plus size, and disabled creatives and their work. May 4th and 5th @ 7pm, a Spring Reading Series will be held at the New Prospect Theatre. It will include 3 plays written by 3 playwrights. Come on out and celebrate these beautiful plays! To purchase tickets and seek more info on this company and event, refer to https://lnk.bio/themenagerie or @themenagerietheatrecompany
Tickets can be purchased here or with cash at the door: https://lnk.bio/themenagerie

Panel Discussions
2023-05-06 10:00 - 12:00 | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
Visiting directors and special guests participate in two moderated panel discussions on film-related subjects. Topics and participants to be announced soon. These educational panels are free of charge and open to the public.

Script Studio
2023-05-07 10:00 - 12:00 | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
The 2023 Script Studio Workshop is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, May 7, and will take place at the Lucas Hicks Auditorium at the New Prospect Theatre (207 Prospect St., Bellingham). The event is part of a series of workshops during CASCADIA’s regularly scheduled festival May 4-7. It will be open to the public free of charge.
CASCADIA’s Script Studio provides screenwriters with a chance to hear their scripts read aloud by actors, to discuss their work with a panel of film professionals, and to network with women directors and other film professionals.
Four short screenplays, written by women, are selected by judges from the film world. The four selectees are required to attend the Script Studio, if possible in person, and if not, electronically.
Each script is projected on a large screen for the audience, while actors read the script. Then the panel of film professionals weighs in, discussing the script’s strengths and weak-nesses, and making suggestions for improvement.
This year’s Script Studio scripts and writers are:
Writers and Scripts

“Junk” by Bridget Bell McMahon
“She Hath Come” by Cat Dale
“Janine” by Sylvia Gail Kinard
“Bottlecap” by Julie Sharbutt

Welcome & Introduction: Dan Larner, CASCADIA Board Member
Moderator: Josh Krenz, Bellingham Film Script Studio
Coordinator
Guest panelists: Barbara Brown, Director, Past
President, Women in Film Seattle, Shirley Jo Finney,
Award-winning Director, Ann Smith, actress, editor.
Script Studio Judges: Daniel Larner, Michael Petryni.
Acting Ensemble Directors: Christina Gutierrez-Dennehy and Evan Mueller
The Script Studio is free of charge and Open to the general public.

Peter Ali - Special Mother's Day Performance
2023-05-14 14:00 - 15:30 | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
You’re invited this Mothers day to a great combination of beverages, light snacks and
the relaxing sounds of the Native American courting flute or as they are
also known as love flutes. Performing for you will be well known local
artist Peter Ali who plays for you songs from the Heart to Honor Mothers Day.
Listen to the sounds of eagle, running river, nature and spirit in the flute’s song.
Tickets $10 General $8 Members $5 for Moms
Tickets can be purchased in advance (recommended) and at the door day of event.
Doors open at 1pm
Buy tickets for Peter Ali – Special Mother’s Day Performance

The Robin Christopher Show
2023-05-19 19:00 - 20:30 | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
A somewhat improvised daytime/nighttime talk show where the audience is the special guests.
For tickets see the website link below.

Community Showcase Celebration
2023-05-20 19:30 - 21:30 | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
A celebration of New Prospect Theatre’s 6-month anniversary. Selections of past performances and performers that have joined our community in our theatre since opening in December as well as some previews of shows to come! Everyone is welcome to the party!
https://newprospecttheatre.thundertix.com/orders/new?performance_id=2922202

Bellingham Story Hour - May Theme "It is all fun and games until..."
2023-05-23 19:00 - 21:00 | Lucas Hicks Auditorium

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
2023-06-02 19:00 - 20:30, 2023-06-03 14:00 - 15:30, 2023-06-03 19:00 - 20:30, 2023-06-04 14:00 - 15:30 | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
Bellingham Arts Academy for Youth presents The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee on June 2-4 at New Prospect Theatre and June 9-11 at the BAAY Theatre. Affectionately known as, “Spelling Bee,” this Tony Award winning Broadway musical tells the story of an eclectic group of six tweens hoping to win the spelling championship of a lifetime. While candidly disclosing hilarious and touching stories from their home lives, they spell their way through a series of (potentially made-up) words. A riotous ride, complete with audience participation, this bee is one unforgettable experience. Spelling Bee will feature BAAY students ages 13-17.
Box office for day of sales starts 1 hour before showtime, and Lucas Hicks’ doors will open for seating 30 minutes before showtime.
Tickets: BAAY Presents: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Tickets | Bellingham Arts Academy for Youth (simpletix.com)

Days of Light 2023 - Cedar Dreamer & Mountain Holler with Traesti Darling
2023-06-04 19:00 - 22:00 | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
Bellingham locals Traesti and Alexandra (fka The Living Arrows) perform as the acoustic duo Traesti Darling. Their music, influenced by folk, jazz, and pop, defies genre and captivates audiences of all ages.
Traesti Darling brings lyrical journeys to life with enchanting harmonies and toe-tapping rhythms that tend to cause listeners to dance, sing, laugh, and cry. The weaving of their voices has been compared to Simon and Garfunkel, but their poetry has a soul-enlivening quality entirely its own. Their original songs are carried by catchy melodies, emotional depth, and a unique flair that will keep your ears piqued, your heart open, and your soul eager for more.
Mountain Holler is the deeply whimsical cavernous alt-folk project of Seattle, WA based musician Mark Etherington. Each song is a meditation on nature, the shadowed side of our human experience in this realm and the dream-music of Etherington’s explorations through his own mind. We must also mention the heavy influence from Tolkien lore. These explorations are transcribed and projected using acoustic guitars in unusual, alternate tunings, live-looped drones and haunting vocals layered that provides the listener an invitation to glimpse into one human’s experience of this world and our shared nature.
Cedar Dreamer is the solo project of Alexander Freilich. Since 2014, Cedar Dreamer has been creating reverent ambient music that looks to the cycles, shapes, and sounds of the wild Earth for a never-ending well of inspiration. Devoted to deepening human-nature connection through music, Cedar Dreamer strives to create spaces, both sonic and physical, for deep journeys of the heart and mind.
https://newprospecttheatre.thundertix.com/events/213298

Night Garden
2023-06-10 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-06-10 21:00 - 22:30 | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
The Cabaret Atelier (FKA Dance With Cybele) Presents our first annual student showcase: NIGHT GARDEN
Blending choreographed group dance numbers with burlesque solos, the fantastical characters of the garden will delight your eyes with their dazzling high kicks, sensuous body rolls and confident strut. Join the two dozen dancers who will be performing in this ravishing celebration of embodiment and the changing of seasons.
Show is 18+
Tickets: Shows — Cabaret Atelier
Two shows: 6- 8 pm and 9 – 10:30pm

Bellingham Story Hour - “Don’t Make Me Turn This Car Around”
2023-06-20 19:00 - 20:30 | Lucas Hicks Auditorium

Robin Christopher Show
2023-06-23 19:00 - 20:30 | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
A somewhat improvised daytime/nighttime talk show where the audience is the special guests.
Pre-sale tickets end the day before – ticket will be available at the door – first come first serve so get you tickets early!
Tickets available up to the day before the show:
https://newprospecttheatre.thundertix.com/events/213886
