New Prospect Theatre

Improv Jam
2023-12-19 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-11-21 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
We learn from each other – open scenes in the filter of apples to apples. Warm up games and connection.

$5/ person to pay for space.

COME ONE COME ALL
ALL EXPERIENCE WELCOME.

Gallowglass (with special guests The Dream Goats)
2023-12-17 18:00 - 20:00
Join us as we celebrate the release of our debut album, Dear Ruin, with a concert at The New Prospect Theater featuring our friends The Dream Goats.
Sunday, December 17th | Doors: 5pm, Concert: 6-8pm | Tickets: $20 advance, $25 day-of-show
Advance tickets: https://www.gallow.glass/shows/2023/12/17/debut-album-release-show

Bellingham Story Hour - Here to Sleigh
2023-12-16 19:00 - 21:00
True Stories Told Live about the Holidays!
A Bellingham Story Hour Special Event- featuring your favorite story tellers sharing true stories about the holiday season.
Plus! Live Music, A micro story medley of made up carols, special guests, and more.
The party starts at 7pm with a Sparkle Night Soiree; come for the sequins stay for the cookies!
Ticket link for December:
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/bellinghamstoryhour/1045750

John Prine Christmas
2023-12-15 19:00 - 21:00
Ever wonder what John Prine has to do with Christmas? Ever wished the beloved
songwriter had more to do with sleigh bells, eggnog, and Old Saint Nick. Well, in 1994
Prine released his 11th LP titled, A John Prine Christmas. The critics didnt acclaim it
much, but with titles such as Silent Night All Day Long ” and I Saw Mommy Kissing
Santa Claus, its still Prine at his lovely wry best, bringing Christmas home.
We are proud to present A John Prine Christmas a night of your favorite songs
featuring folk troubadour and Prine scholar, Jenner Fox, with special guests. The
evening will weave together Prines classic hits, his holiday themed songs, stories, and
lots of singing along. Come prepared to laugh and cry and ho ho ho your way through
celebrating a true American original.
Jenner Fox Band:
Made up of members from Pacific Northwest groups Polecat, Petty or Not and
Skillethead, the Jenner Fox Band tells stories of people and places with compassion and
respect. Theyve twice headlined Sisters Folk Festival and recently opened for bluegrass
and folk group Trampled by Turtles at Hayden Homes Amphitheater.
Tickets go on sale Sept. 15th
Advance Tickets $20 / Day of Tickets (if available) $25 John Prine Christmas (brownpapertickets.com)

Solstice Puppet Slam
2023-12-14 19:00 - 20:30
Ticket link: https://newprospecttheatre.thundertix.com/events/222330

Josephine, a burlesque cabaret dream play
2023-12-10 19:00 - 20:30
Josephine, a burlesque cabaret dream play is an international award-winning one-woman biographical musical that combines cabaret, theatre and dance to tell the story of the iconic Josephine Baker, the first African-American international superstar and one of the most remarkable figures of the 20th Century.
After debuting at the 2016 San Diego Fringe Festival and winning the distinctions of “Outstanding Solo Performance” and “Best Show”, Josephine toured throughout North America in 2017, picking up awards and 5 star reviews at every stop. From there, the show was selected by The Soho Playhouse in New York City to be part of the 2017 Fringe Encore series in October, 2017. Josephine was then awarded the honor of the encore series “Outstanding Production” award, and in early 2018 was offered a limited 8-week off-Broadway run at Soho Playhouse, where it sold out performances and received high critical acclaim. For the off-Broadway run, Tymisha Harris was nominated for a 2018 Vivian Robinson AUDELCO Award for Outstanding Solo Performance.
Tymisha Harris, Performer/Costume Designer/Choreographer. Tymisha Harris (aka “Tush”) has been performing professionally for over 25 years. Her early credits include assistant choreographer and backup dancing for the 90’s pop group N*SYNC, backup dancer for LFO, multiple roles at Universal Studios Orlando, and a featured role in the hit movie series Bring It On. More recent endeavors include the national tour of Rock of Ages, a European tour with the innovative and world-renowned Pilobulus Dance Theater Company, and founding member and Assistant Director/Choreographer of the successful Orlando based troupe, VarieTease.
Producer/Director/co-Creator Michael Marinaccio notes: “In a period of profound division in the world, we are excited to present the story of a woman who broke boundaries of race, gender, and sexuality in a time before America had begun coming to terms with the concept of diversity. You would be hard pressed to find a more remarkable human being than Josephine Baker, and it’s about time that this extraordinary woman has her story told.”
Tickets: https://newprospecttheatre.thundertix.com/events/218731

Wizard People, Dear Bellingham
2023-12-09 19:00 - 21:30
Willikers! The holiday season is upon and that can mean but one thing: the return of “Wizard People, Dear Bellingham”!
Come watch as Professor Brett Niley performs his surreal one-man reinterpretation of “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” as a live band provides the score, a foley artist performs live sound effects, and a heavily mutated version of the film is projected behind them all.
It takes the fourth-wall-breaking of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and the schlock antics of Rocky Horror to delirious new heights.
For years a sold out event in Portland, this show is hellbent on clawing its way into the wintertime heart of Bellingham.

$15 presale / $20 day of tickets available at the door.
Advanced tickets: https://newprospecttheatre.thundertix.com/events/218658

The Lowest Pair (Full Band)
2023-12-08 19:00 - 21:30
The Perfect Plan is masterfully crafted. -American Songwriter
During the spring and summer of 2020, The Lowest Pair (Kendl Winter and Palmer T. Lee) found themselves camping and sharing songs around the fire with two dear friends and incredible musicians Adam Roszkiewicz and Leif Karlstrom of the instrumental duo Small Town Therapy. Founding members of the progressive string band Front Country, multi-instrumentalists Adam and Leif bring a new dynamic palette of colors to Kendl and Palmers own instrumental prowess and expressive lyricism.
After sharing a handful of new songs and tunes, (and making immediate fans in the campground) there was no doubt that a record was in the future, and In August of 2020 they spent a week out in Enterprise, Oregon recording at the OK Theater.
The new record Horse Camp leans towards each member’s string band roots and showcases brand new Lowest Pair songs Kendl and Palmer wrote during the strange times of the pandemic. The album also includes an instrumental by each musician involved. Its an awesome display of how a simple collaboration of friends can result in music that is as organic as it is undeniable.
Advance tickets $22, Day of Show Tickets are $25
Advance Tickets: The Lowest Pair (Full Band) in Bellingham: Dec 8th @ 7 pm (brownpapertickets.com)

1 Year Anniversary Birthday Bash!
2023-12-03 17:30 - 20:00
We have so much to celebrate and so much gratitude!
Join us for an open house celebration of our first year. Performances by Andy Bunn and Friends, The Hot Tomatoes, puppets, horns, letters and more!
Members receive free tickets, if you aren’t a member yet you can sign up at the event!
This year’s performers tickets are $10
Members and performers – check your inbox for the coupon code, if you haven’t received one, please email us and we will get you the code!
Tickets: https://newprospecttheatre.thundertix.com/events/221298

Puppet Slam
2023-12-01 19:00 - 21:00
Welcome to the second edition of the Bellingham Puppet Slam; an evening of experimental short puppet shows presented by a wide array of local and regional artists.
Puppetry is an ancient art form living on the fringes of modern society. Puppets and masks can help us tell stories that don’t fit in elsewhere. The Bellingham Puppet Slam is a cabaret-style evening of puppetry performance geared toward adult audiences (kids are welcome too!).
Witness the fruits of a grassroots arts movement showcasing works in progress alongside polished pieces, emerging artists and established artists. Come be inspired!

Featuring pieces from:
River’s Teeth (Kiah Raymond)
West of Roan
Sarah Schermer
Amy Connolly
And More!

Advanced tickets $15 General $10 Student: https://newprospecttheatre.thundertix.com/events/220550

Bellingham Story Hour
2023-11-28 19:00 - 21:00
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 agreements online!
Ticket link for November:
https://buytickets.at/bellinghamstoryhour/1041509

Road2Home Fundraiser
2023-11-16 18:30 - 20:00
Road2Home presents an evening to learn, share, and reflect on the issue of housing instability and homelessness in our community. Alongside the screening of the film, The Case of Conrad Cooper (directed by Valerie Dalena) attendees will have the opportunity to learn more about the current state of homelessness in Whatcom County, share their thoughts and ideas towards solutions to alleviate the crisis, and learn about successes from Road2Homes approach at Gardenview Tiny House Village.

Movie Synopsis:
Conrad Cooper lives in the past…stuck in today, afraid of tomorrow. Like most days, Conrad is on his way somewhere and he has to be on time. If anyone happens to notice, he’s just another man, wearing a suit and tie, carrying a briefcase, blending in. But Conrad’s fear of the future follows him like an ever present ghost. Finally, in his darkest hour, something catches his eye – something so simple, so innocent that he’d completely forgotten, had barely even noticed – at the time. At least for now, he believes there’s hope for tomorrow.

Advance tickets: https://newprospecttheatre.thundertix.com/events/219572

SOLD OUT! Caitlin Canty Record Release - Joachim Cooder is opening
2023-11-14 19:00 - 21:00
Caitlin Canty is an American singer/songwriter whose music carves a line through folk, blues, and country ballads. Her voice was called casually devastating by the San Francisco Chronicle and NPR Music describes her songs as having a haunting urgency.
Cantys fourth studio record, Quiet Flame, arrives June 23, 2023. (https://youtu.be/I_Qj8GrQidU) Produced by Chris Eldridge, Quiet Flame features Sarah Jarosz (mandolin, banjo, vocals), Brittany Haas (fiddle), and Paul Kowert (bass) as the core backing band. Andrew Marlin sings backing vocals, Noam Pikelny and Eldridge guest on a few songs as well. The band recorded live over four days at The Tractor Shed in Nashville with Sean Sullivan engineering and mixing.
Raised in small-town Vermont, the daughter of a school teacher and a house painter, Canty earned her degree in biology in the Berkshires and subsequently moved to New York City. She spent her days in the city working as an environmental sustainability consultant and her nights making music at Lower East Side music halls and bars. In 2009, she quit her job and set out to make music full time. In 2015, she packed up her house plants and her 1939 Recording King guitar and drove to Nashville, TN, which she now calls home.
Tickets: Caitlin Canty Record Release (brownpapertickets.com)

Bellingham Improv Festival
2023-11-10 19:30 - 2023-11-11 23:00
Get ready for a weekend of improv!
We are excited to announce the 1st annual Bellingham Improv Festival hosted by the Upfront Theatre happening Friday November 10th and Saturday November 11th right here in Bellingham, WA!
Our 2 day festival will feature improv teams from across the PNW and beyond, with 4 shows over two evenings, and a full day of various workshops taught by visiting improv teachers. Come discover new styles and experience improv in a whole new way!
Festival shows will include improv sets from A Tribe Called Yes (Seattle), BABE (Portland), Butt Kapinski (Bellingham), The Fictionals (Vancouver BC), The Improv Centre (Vancouver BC), Improv Playworks (Bellingham), Jet City (Seattle), Michael Glatzmaier (Spokane), Morris and Morris: Attorneys at Law (Seattle), Mouth Wide Shut (Seattle), Murder Fairy and Arson Leprechaun (Bellingham), No Strings Attached (Seattle), Quick Wits (Salt Lake City), The Robin Christopher Show (Bellingham), and The Upfront Theatre (Bellingham).

If you love improv, this festival is for you!

For tickets and more information: https://www.theupfront.com/bif

To Whom It May Concern
2023-11-09 19:30 - 21:00
To Whom It May Concern Is Back With More Letters! Thursday November 9th @ 7:30pm. This live monthly show features real letters folks have written or received, old family letters, letters from the Whatcom Museum Archives, improvised letters based on audience suggestions and those letters we only wish we could write. A musician accompanies the letters for an evening of Bellingham history and stories. This month’s letter readers include:
* Les Campbell, Harvey Schwartz, Gib Strange, John Kingsford-Smith, Evelyn Symes, Jayne Entwistle, Jose Beltran, Cecilee Romano with Bellow Wing providing the musical accompaniment.

Tickets To Whom It May Concern via ThunderTix

The Weir
2023-11-05 14:00 - 16:00, 2023-11-04 19:30 - 21:30, 2023-11-03 19:30 - 21:30, 2023-11-02 19:30 - 21:30, 2023-10-29 14:00 - 16:00, 2023-10-28 19:30 - 21:30, 2023-10-27 19:30 - 21:30, 2023-10-26 19:30 - 21:30
Sojourner Theatre Cooperative presents:
The Weir is a hauntingly evocative play that starts with a group of locals gathering on a windy night in a pub in a small Irish town. A pretty young woman, who has just moved down from Dublin into the local “haunted” house, joins the gathering and shakes up the usual exchange of banter and blarney. The gents are all taken with the newcomer, and each begins to show off, telling his own story of spooky local goings on. The night takes a turn, however, when the young woman tells her own story. Written by award-winning playwright Conor McPherson, The Weir won the UK’s top theatrical prize for Best New Drama.

Tickets available in advance and at the door.
Member discounts apply – please contact us if you are a member and would like us to re-send you your code.
Advanced ticket sales: https://newprospecttheatre.thundertix.com/events/218789/performances

Bellingham Story Hour - Ghost Story or Toast Story
2023-10-24 19:00 - 20:30
Do you have a scary story? Or a bready story? A toasty tale or a ghosty adventure? October’s theme is “ghost story or toast story”- and it is open to your interpretation!
Come and listen to true stories inspired by the theme OR
Share your true story of ghosts or toasts or hosts with the most ghost toasts at the next story share on October 24th. Sign ups start at 6:30.
Story Guidelines and more at bellinghamstoryhour.com
Your story could be featured on The Bellingham Story Hour podcast- recorded live during each event. Listen to the podcast on soundcloud here: BSH Podcast

Enigma – A Sensual Cabaret Dance Showcase 6:30pm & 9pm shows
2023-10-21 18:30 - 23:00
Step into a world where sensuality and suspense intertwine in a mesmerizing dance spectacle that will leave you breathless. ENIGMA, the eagerly awaited showcase, is set to redefine the boundaries of artistry, intrigue, and allure, right in the heart of Bellingham.
Prepare to be entranced as the stage ignites with an electrifying fusion of creepy elegance and sultry moves. In this captivating display of dance mastery, you’ll witness a blend of both burgeoning talents from our new downtown dance studio and seasoned professionals, culminating in a seamless performance that transcends the ordinary.
Drawing inspiration from surrealism, ENIGMA will push the envelope of creativity, transporting you to a realm where reality blurs with fantasy. Expect the unexpected as each act unfolds, tantalizing your senses with a captivating narrative that weaves together elements of mystery and allure. It’s a dance showcase unlike anything Bellingham has ever experienced.
Book your tickets early to secure your place at this extraordinary event. Given the sold-out success of our previous show, it’s highly recommended to reserve your spot in advance. This is your chance to witness world-class performers, evocative choreography, and unforgettable moments.
Tickets: Shows — Cabaret Atelier

Enigma – A Sensual Cabaret Dance Showcase 6:30pm and 9pm shows
2023-10-20 18:30 - 23:00

O-Pole Studio Showcase: Of Dreams and Nightmares
2023-10-15 18:00 - 20:00
Join us for an evening of spooky and saccharine entertainment. Instructors and students from O-Pole Studios will delight you with a variety of body positive dances from pole dance, heels, chair routines, burlesque and more.
Recommended for Ages 18+
Advanced ticket may be purchased until Oct 14th. Tickets can also be purchased at the door day of the event. Doors open at 5pm.
Tickets: https://newprospecttheatre.thundertix.com/events/217273

GEOFFREY ASMUS WITH CAMERAN HEBB - Two Shows 7pm & 9:30pm
2023-10-14 19:00 - 23:30
Part of the Bellingham Exit Festival
For more information, tickets and festival passes go to: Special Events — BELLINGHAM EXIT

MONICA NEVI WITH CHRIS MEJIA & SEAN FLIKKE
2023-10-13 21:00 - 22:30
