New Prospect Theatre

VEIL OF SECRETS: A Ritual Theatre Burlesque Experience
2026-05-02 18:30 - 20:30, 2026-05-02 21:00 - 23:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
What lies beyond the veil? Veil of Secrets blends ritual theatre with burlesque and dance in a story that explores what happens when we dare to cross into the unknown. Expect bold performances and a journey of transformation. Featuring emerging performers from our NOVA performance track alongside Cabaret Atelier instructors in downtown Bellingham, WA.

4 SHOWS
– Friday May 1st, 6:30PM
– Friday May 1st, 9PM
– Saturday May 2nd, 6:30PM
– Saturday May 2nd, 9PM
**Doors open 30 minutes prior to each show

TICKETS & SEATING
– Tiered pricing: Tickets are released in limited tiers, with prices increasing at each level.
– Open seating: Seating is unassigned. Arrive early to secure spots together for your group.
– Late Policy: Doors close at showtime. Any tickets not checked in by then may be subject to resale.
– Exchange Policy: Tickets are non-refundable but can be transferred to another available showtime or attendee by clicking the “Manage Tickets” button.

OTHER DETAILS
– Age Limit: All guests must be 18+
– Concessions: Food, non-alcoholic drinks, and alcoholic beverages (for guests 21+ with ID) will be available for purchase.
Tickets: Buy tickets – VEIL OF SECRETS: A Ritual Theatre Burlesque Experience – New Prospect Theatre

An Evening with the Stillhouse Junkies
2026-05-05 20:00 - 22:00 | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
Bluegrass heroes Stillhouse Junkies are on the forefront of breaking through the genre with their free-flowing musical interplay that weaves roots, classical, texas-swing and blues into a high-energy, intricately composed yet expansively improvised tapestry of sound.
The trio, Fred Kosak (guitar, mandolin), Alissa Wolf (fiddle), Jeanette Adams (bass) are based in the wilderness town of Durango, Colorado. Formed in 2017, the band is already 3 albums deep with singles constantly streaming out including a collaboration with Tim O’Brien. Their prolific songwriting, 3-part harmonies and outrageous instrumentals brought them the prestigious International Bluegrass Music Award “Momentum Band of the Year” in 2021.
Stillhouse Junkies are quickly becoming a household name as they tour incessantly across the United States. They have played beloved festivals such as Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, Rockygrass, Merle Fest, and ROMP gaining new fans every day. Their busy schedule has seen them supporting Willie Carlisle, The Lil Smokies and Asleep at the Wheel.
Tickets: An Evening with the Stillhouse Junkies via ThunderTix

Pop-Up Letter Show
2026-05-15 19:30 - 21:00 | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
featuring:

Kristin Noreen
George Dyson
Jeffrey Stiglitz
Sean Walbeck
Brenna Reaugh
Yolanda Wysocki
& Jayne Entwistle
Tickets (use code Student/Senior for discount): Pop-Up Letter Show via ThunderTix

Even More Uncle Bonsai - CD Release Party
2026-05-17 19:30 - 21:30 | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
Last May, when Uncle Bonsai returned to Bellingham for the first time in almost 10 years, the group recorded the show for inclusion in a brand new release. Now, one year later, the group is thrilled to return to the New Prospect Theatre, on Sunday, May 17th, for the Bellingham release concert! Now in its 45th year, Uncle Bonsai presents “UNCLE BONSAI LIVE: selections from 7 Sins, 7 Wonders, 7 Dwarfs – a song cycle,” the group’s 11th recording, featuring 20 brand new songs, some which were recorded at the New Prospect Theatre! This year, you’ll hear some of those songs, some of the “Sevens” songs that weren’t performed, new songs, new old songs . . . it’ll be an adventure. PLUS it’s Andrew’s birthday so, of course, there’ll be chocolate cake!
And just what IS Uncle Bonsai? Imagine what might happen if Tim Burton and Edward Gorey hijacked the Andrews Sisters en route to a Stephen Sondheim festival with The Beatles and Tom Lehrer in the sidecar; you’d get Seattle super-harmonizers Uncle Bonsai. With just three voices and an acoustic guitar, Bonsai presents an often dizzying vocal array of intricate harmony. Their songs, dark and hilarious at times, just as often delight with moments of great insight and beauty. The trio aligns itself with the under-achiever, the dejected, the outsider, the black sheep. Densely-packed lyrics fly by in a whir at times, and take a skewed stance on topics such as first-world problems, the creation of the universe, the afterlife, and, of course, holidays with the family. Uncle Bonsai’s acoustic folk-pop songs are almost one-act plays or short stories, resisting strict pop, folk, or singer-songwriter categories. Their songs focus on the passing of time, the passing of genes, and the passing of pets – the truth of everything seemingly buried somewhere under the family tree.
“A folk-pop trio from Seattle, Uncle Bonsai performs funny original songs whose exquisite musical detail and subtle needling wit attain a level of craft not often seen in pop” – NY Times
Tickets $22 Even More Uncle Bonsai – CD Release Party via ThunderTix

Puppet Slam
2026-05-24 15:00 - 16:30 | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
Tickets $15 advance. Sliding scale $10-20 available at the box office day of show.
Advance tickets: Pupppet Slam via ThunderTix

An Evening with MaSango
2026-05-29 19:30 - 21:30 | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
MaSango — world renowned, award winning multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, bandleader, and producer Zivanai teams up with triple threat vocalist, storyteller, and cultural strategist Helen to form this dynamic duo. They share sounds from Zimbabwe, Southern Africa, and the broader African Diaspora. MaSango pairs the unbeatable grooves of traditional music with contemporary songwriting. Story and song take the stage hand in hand as Zivanai and Helen weave culture, tradition, innovation, and humanity into a show that leaves you dancing and singing along.
Tickets $22 Advanced / $25 Day of: An Evening with MaSango via ThunderTix

The Problem Party
2026-05-30 19:30 - 21:00 | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
You find yourself in a tavern, noticing a strange collection of adventurers waiting for you at the bar with a tale to tell… meet The Problem Party, a band of explorers ready to set off on yet another wacky episodic journey!
Our heroes prepare for a hilarious adventure featuring an immersive story, zany characters, and unbelievable twists and turns. As always, their fates lie in the dice, which randomly determine the direction their story takes!
The Problem Party is an improvised, episodic show and you'll get all the context you need up top. Follow along for future shows to be privy to easter eggs and callbacks, plus a completely new and sidesplitting story every time!
Our adventurers are puppeted by the talented and devious Game Master Owen Lyon-Smith. A rotating cast of NPC performers bring fresh goofiness to the all-new side characters you’ll meet every time.
Roll with The Problem Party as they solve problems the only way they know how…by causing more!
Tickets $15: The Problem Party via ThunderTix

Sage & Aera: Spare Organically Inspired Indie Folk
2026-06-04 20:00 - 22:00 | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
Sage & Aera is an indie folk duo combining the songs and instrumental prowess of Sage Cook (Elephant Revival) with the uniquely captivating voice and upright bass of Aera Fox. As a founding member of and cornerstone and principal songwriter, banjo player and guitarist in the Colorado transcendental folk group, Elephant Revival, Sage Cook penned some fan favorites like “Go On,” “Cosmic Pulse,” and “Down to the Sea.” Embarking on a subsistence farming adventure in 2013, Sage and Aera moved to Kansas in hopes that deepening their connection to the land would also lead to greater self-realization. During this period of self-reflection and isolation, they co-founded indie atmospheric folk-pop band WE DREAM DAWN with local drummer Weston Hill. In 2023, rejuvenated and inspired by their work with the land, Sage & Aera chose to strip away all the superfluous layers and lay their hearts bare as a purely acoustic duo. Emerging from their self-imposed isolation is purposeful, pure creativity, organically rooted and cosmically inspired folk music for the modern era.
And now, finally, the album Sage & Aera started working on over 8 years ago (as WE DREAM DAWN) is out EVERYWHERE! “Love Undoubtedly Underlies Everything” was released to North American Non-Commercial and College Radio stations. For the week of October 14th, 2025, it was the #15 most added album on the NACC charts. All songs were penned by Sage Cook and are performed acoustically as Sage & Aera in live performance. The album is currently receiving widespread airplay on JPR, HPPR, KSYM, WPRK & more.
Tickets: Sage & Aera: Spare Organically Inspired Indie Folk via ThunderTix

Bloom
2026-06-05 18:30 - 20:30, 2026-06-05 21:00 - 23:00, 2026-06-06 18:30 - 20:30, 2026-06-06 21:00 - 23:00 | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
Cabaret Atelier’s annual production of BLOOM is returning! Experience an evening where nature-inspired performance meets the energy of summer. BLOOM will transport you to a world glowing with bioluminescence & the aura of a humid summer heatwave. Through dance, burlesque, and acrobatics, our performance will bring the night garden ecosystem to life. Featuring emerging performers from our NOVA performance track alongside Cabaret Atelier instructors in downtown Bellingham, WA.
**Doors open 30 minutes prior to each show
TICKETS & SEATING
– General Admission: We have released a limited number of Early Bird tickets at a lower rate (once they are gone, they’re gone). Early Bird & Standard GA tickets share the same unassigned, open seating area. Arrive early to secure spots together for your group.
– Front Row Tickets: We have released a limited number of reserved front row tickets.
– Late Policy: Doors close at showtime. Any tickets not checked in by then may be subject to resale.
– Exchange Policy: Tickets are non-refundable but can be transferred to another available showtime or attendee by clicking the “Manage Tickets” button.
OTHER DETAILS
– Age Limit: All guests must be 18+
– Concessions: Food, non-alcoholic drinks, and alcoholic beverages (for guests 21+ with ID) will be available for purchase.
Tickets: Select tickets – BLOOM 🌺🪲🔥 – New Prospect Theatre

Tony Furtado Duo feat. Luke Price
2026-06-07 19:30 - 21:30 | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
Tony is an evocative and soulful singer, a wide-ranging songwriter and a virtuoso multi-instrumentalist adept on banjo, cello-banjo, slide guitar and baritone ukulele who mixes and matches sounds and styles with the ﬂair of a master chef (he’s also an accomplished sculptor, but that’s another story). All of the music of America is in Tony’s music. Relix hit the nail on the head when writing of Tony: “True talent doesn’t need categories.”
“Tony Furtado, banjo player, is back…in a big way,” writes banjo master Tony Trischka in his liner notes to Decembering, the brand-new album from Tony Furtado. “He’s planted his flag in the midst of the fertile ground that is modern banjo. Texturally fresh, confidently audacious, rich and giving, this recording is a masterpiece.” Decembering is a welcome return to the banjo and a much-needed ray of sunshine and light in these troubled times.
Tony has performed throughout the world at top venues and appeared at such prestigious music festivals as the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, High Sierra Music Festival, Jazz Aspen, Kerrville Folk Festival, Strawberry Music Festival, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Sisters Folk Festival, San Jose Jazz Festival and countless others. He especially values the opportunities he has had to tour with such legendary musicians as Gregg Allman and with such esteemed slide guitarists as David Lindley, Derek Trucks and Sonny Landreth.
Luke Price
Five-time Grand National Fiddle Champion Luke Price is a multi-instrumentalist performer, composer, and studio musician based in Portland, OR. He has his roots in American fiddling and swing traditions, but his interests and influences are diverse ranging through Soul, Jazz, Pop, and Americana. Luke is a Berklee School of Music alum and regularly plays and sings in a vintage soul/pop tinged band, “Love, Dean” alongside his wife Rachael Price. Luke brings a unique voice to any music he plays, whether he’s on the fiddle, guitar, or singing.
Tickets $25 Advanced sale: Tony Furtado Duo feat. Luke Price via ThunderTix

“The Lament of Morin, Mumphries, Halstrom and Rose.” By Montgomerie Charles
2026-06-10 20:30 - 22:00, 2026-06-11 20:30 - 22:00, 2026-06-17 20:30 - 22:00 | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
Morality, missed meals, redirected runoff from the monstrosity on 8th, and the fate of four legal associates are all discussed over Martini’s in an extremely exclusive private club. What’s it about, it’s about an hour and fifteen minutes.
Tickets: The Lament of Morin, Mumphries, Halstrom and Rose via ThunderTix

The Montvales with Creekbed Carter Hogan
2026-06-14 20:00 - 22:00 | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
Born and raised in Knoxville, TN, Sally Buice and Molly Rochelson of The Montvales spent much of their formative years busking amidst the Elvis impersonators and musical saw players of the town’s Market Square, honing their uniquely boisterous harmonies and perfecting the art of people-watching. Some fifteen years later, the two are still at it-maintaining their study of the robust chaos of the commons as they tour the country playing their descriptive, textured songs on the self-described “feral outskirts of country music.” Their lyrics tackle everything from heartbreak to gentrification to abortion rights, pulling audiences in alongside their well-worn harmonies and nearly telepathic musical connection.
The music of Creekbed Carter Hogan (he/they) is a quiet act of defiance made at the end of your rope. It is the warm feeling of solidarity coursing through your body as you link arms with strangers. It is a hard-won laugh, brittle but brave, in the face of what hurt you the most. It is finding hope where there is none, asking questions when you’re told to stay quiet, demanding a future you believe in, and facing a world hellbent on destruction with community, enthusiasm, and joy.
Tickets: The Montvales with Creekbed Carter Hogan via ThunderTix

The Alum Ridge Boys & Ashlee
2026-06-16 20:00 - 22:00 | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
The Alum Ridge Boys & Ashlee play music the way it sounded before bluegrass, old-time, and country went their separate ways. Rooted in the Blue Ridge music traditions of Southwest Virginia, the band draws from the fertile gray area of the 1940s and early 1950s — a transitional period where traditional and modern styles mingled freely, musicians who had grown up on old-time music at local fiddlers conventions were eager to try new things, and bands attempted to imitate new sounds they heard on radio and records. The Alum Ridge Boys & Ashlee’s sound is earthy, direct, and unadorned: five masterful musicians and singers delivering stirring harmonies and hard-driving instrumental work with no modern gloss and no apology, alongside a handful of original compositions that sit seamlessly in the tradition — an approach described by Bluegrass Unlimited as sounding like “a lost volume from Rounder’s Early Days of Bluegrass series.” Their recordings Live at WPAQ and Live at WPAQ II were captured in single takes around a single vintage RCA ribbon mic, standing in a circle, exactly as much of this music would have been recorded nearly eight decades ago.
Tickets: The Alum Ridge Boys & Ashlee via ThunderTix

“The Lament of Morin, Mumphries, Halstrom and Rose.” By Montgomerie Charles
2026-06-18 20:30 - 22:00

Alela Diane - Who’s Keeping Time? Album Release Tour w/ special guest Shannon Lay
2026-06-19 20:00 - 22:00 | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
More than a decade into one of contemporary folk’s most quietly extraordinary careers, Alela Diane returns with Who’s Keeping Time? on May 22 via Fluff & Gravy / Loose Music.
The Portland songwriter’s seventh full-length came as the consequence of intuition, coincidence, and community. “I came to the end of a season last year,” Alela shares. “My daughters had grown a bit. I no longer had babies waking me in the middle of the night. I could hear myself think again.” More and more, those thoughts circled music.
The ultimate spark for Alela’s return to her music community came in April of last year with the death of her close friend and mentor Michael Hurley — folk legend and indispensable presence in the Portland music scene. Tracked live in the attic of her 1892 Victorian home, Who’s Keeping Time? was produced by Sam Weber (Madison Cunningham, Anna Tivel) and brought to life with staples from the local music orbit, including members of the bands Lucius and Blind Pilot and fellow singer-songwriters Anna Tivel and AC Sapphire.
Over the years, Alela’s lustrous discography has gathered major critical acclaim from the likes of Pitchfork, NPR Music, The Guardian, and plenty more. UNCUT counted her work in their ambitious “50 best singer-songwriter albums” of all time roundup—a canon comprising John Lennon, Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, Paul Simon—with Consequence echoing that significance, declaring, “Hers is a timeless sound, that of a wayfaring troubadour, which only seems to come a few times a generation.”
Shannon Lay’s music is shored by radical empathy. After 15 years of writing, recording and performing her singularly gentle songs in venues around the world, the self-taught singer-songwriter is most concerned with how her music may help people in emotional and spiritual need. In a world of persistent change, Lay’s goal is to have concentrations of love and energy in her work that double as a helping hand or a voice whispering “everything is going to be ok.” The singer’s abiding belief is that immense change also means invaluable transformation and permanent relief. Intention is her North Star. Hailed by publications such as Pitchfork, The Guardian, SPIN and Uncut magazine, Lay’s solo albums, including “Geist,” “August”, “Living Water,” and “All this life goin’ down” are noted for their thoughtful and entirely tender reflections on life’s big questions. Her seraphic voice has drawn comparisons to British folk icons Anne Briggs, Sandy Denny and Vashti Bunyan. Though an old soul, Lay aims to meet her listeners in the present. For her, creating a song, a recording or a live performance that is relatable and communal is of the utmost importance for we are constantly in flux and those unknowns, met with compassion, can be beautiful
Tickets: Alela Diane – Who’s Keeping Time? Album Release Tour w/ special guest Shannon Lay via Thun

Myth, Mask, and Puppetry Camp
2026-06-22 09:00 - 2026-06-26 13:00
In these immersive theatre camps, your child will journey through myths, sonnets and plays, bringing ancient stories to life through the magic of mask making and puppetry. Our teachers hold the space with warmth and creativity, inspiring and supporting each child as they dive into story telling through prop construction and imaginative play. Children will gain hand-on experience in set design, improvisation, choreography, music, and vocals. Students will collaborate to create a dynamic final showcase featuring their original mask and puppetry pieces.
Explore myths from around the world through mask making, puppetry, and performance.
Meet the Instructors:
Jane Entwistle: Improv and Acting
Keefe Healy: Puppetry and Playwriting
Jordan Kaulana: Music and Story Telling
Suzanne Mackay: Directing and Choreography
Other Guest Teachers:
Adaryn Healy Performance
Hazel VanBuskirk Costumes
Tuition: Myth, Mask, and Puppetry via ThunderTix

Myth, Mask, and Puppetry Camp
2026-06-29 09:00 - 2026-07-03 13:00
In these immersive theatre camps, your child will journey through myths, sonnets and plays, bringing ancient stories to life through the magic of mask making and puppetry. Our teachers hold the space with warmth and creativity, inspiring and supporting each child as they dive into story telling through prop construction and imaginative play. Children will gain hand-on experience in set design, improvisation, choreography, music, and vocals. Students will collaborate to create a dynamic final showcase featuring their original mask and puppetry pieces.
Explore myths from around the world through mask making, puppetry, and performance.
Meet the Instructors:
Jane Entwistle: Improv and Acting
Keefe Healy: Puppetry and Playwriting
Jordan Kaulana: Music and Story Telling
Suzanne Mackay: Directing and Choreography
Other Guest Teachers:
Adaryn Healy Performance
Hazel VanBuskirk Costumes

An Evening with Joe Newberry
2026-06-29 19:30 - 21:30 | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
Known around the world for his clawhammer banjo playing, Joe Newberry is also a powerful guitarist, singer and songwriter. The Gibson Brothers’ version of his song “Singing As We Rise,” featuring guest vocalist Ricky Skaggs, won an IBMA “Gospel Recorded Performance” Award. With Eric Gibson, he shared the IBMA “Song of the Year” Award for “They Called It Music.”
A longtime and frequent guest on A Prairie Home Companion, he was a featured singer on theTransatlantic Sessions tour of the U.K. with fiddler Aly Bain and Dobro master Jerry Douglas, and at the Transatlantic Session’s U.S. debut.
Growing up in a family full of singers and dancers, he took up the guitar and banjo as a teenager and learned fiddle tunes from great Missouri fiddlers. Newberry moved to North Carolina as a young man and quickly became an anchor of the incredible music scene in the state. Still going strong more than 40 years later, he collaborates with some of his favorite musicians, does solo and studio work, and plays and teaches at festivals and workshops in North America and abroad.
Tickets: An Evening with Joe Newberry via ThunderTix

Kevin McDonald Tells stories of the Kids in the Hall
2026-07-05 19:30 - 21:00 | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
Kevin McDonald Tells stories of the Kids in the Hall.
It’s half stand up, half one man show.
ABOUT
Kevin McDonald is a Canadian actor, comedian, and voice artist best known as a founding member of the acclaimed sketch troupe The Kids in the Hall. Born in Montreal, he built a devoted following through iconic characters on the group’s groundbreaking series and its 2022 revival. McDonald is also a prolific voice actor, recognized for roles in Lilo & Stitch, Catscratch, and Invader Zim, and has appeared in numerous hit shows including That ’70s Show and Arrested Development. A longtime improv performer and teacher, he continues to tour, create new work, and lead workshops, bringing his distinctive voice and offbeat comedic style to audiences around the world.
18+ Event. No Intermission.
Coupons, vouchers, comp tickets, and student tickets are not applicable for this show. Thank you!
Tickets: Kevin McDonald Tells stories of the Kids in the Hall | The Upfront Theatre

Action Fiction! Stories Performed: Book Launch Edition
2026-07-07 19:00 - 20:30 | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
Join us for a special launch-day edition of Action Fiction! Stories Performed, celebrating the release of Scott Lambridis’s debut novel, St. Ulphia’s Dead.
Action Fiction! is a live literary performance series where local actors bring short stories by local writers off the page and into the room. For this July 7 event, we’ll keep the heart of the series intact: performed short fiction, surprising voices, and the strange magic that happens when writers hand their work to actors with no strings attached.
We’ll also mark the publication of St. Ulphia’s Dead with a short excerpt from the novel, an author Q&A, and a book signing.
It’s part performance, part book launch, and part community celebration.
Tickets: Action Fiction! Stories Performed: Book Launch Edition via ThunderTix

Jenner Fox & Jeremy Elliott Album Release Show
2026-07-09 19:30 - 21:30 | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
The new Jenner Fox & Jeremy Elliott record, Beauty in Strange Colors, follows their acclaimed The Moon That Moves the Sea, and goes deeper in the way that friendship does. The songs were written mostly together this time, a record born from necessity — because hope sometimes requires a project, a reason to start again. It is seeing differently, it is apples right from the tree, it is the swirling lines of the surface of a river, it is remembering on purpose.
The Bellingham based duo recorded Beauty in Strange Colors sitting across from each other with acoustic guitars live at Bell Creek Studios last fall. Like the record, the onstage performance will include Stephanie Walbon, whose voice is its own kind of weather. Come hear the new record alongside some old favorites tunes, in the cozy home court of the New Prospect Theatre.
More on the artists:
Jenner Fox & Jeremy Elliott are a Bellingham, WA–based internationally touring duo praised for their poignant storytelling, intricate guitar interplay, and uncanny ability to blend two into one. Their debut LP, The Moon That Moves The Sea (2024), was hailed by Americana UK as “evocative and revelatory.” Fox, a prolific troubadour with 9 albums in a decade, has built his reputation on heartfelt and humorous storytelling with a voice that carries equal measures of vulnerability and conviction. Elliott, a Macon, Georgia native, weaves blues, rock, bluegrass, country, and West African influences into his unique virtuosic style. Since joining forces for a 365-mile bicycle tour across New England, the powerhouse duo has delighted audiences from Patagonia to Portland and sometimes even places that don’t start with P.
Tickets: Jenner Fox & Jeremy Elliott Album Release Show via ThunderTix

In The Heights
2026-07-10 19:00 - 21:00, 2026-07-11 14:00 - 16:00, 2026-07-11 19:00 - 21:00 | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
In the Heights tells the universal story of a vibrant community in New York’s Washington Heights neighborhood – a place where the coffee from the corner bodega is light and sweet, the windows are always open and the breeze carries the rhythm of three generations of music. It’s a community on the brink of change, full of hopes, dreams and pressures, where the biggest struggles can be deciding which traditions you take with you, and which ones you leave behind.
Tickets: In The Heights via ThunderTix
