New Prospect Theatre

Pop-Up Letter Show
2026-05-15 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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

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

VEIL OF SECRETS: A Ritual Theatre Burlesque Experience
2026-05-02 21:00 - 23:00, 2026-05-02 18:30 - 20:30, 2026-05-01 21:00 - 23:00, 2026-05-01 18:30 - 20:30 | 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

The Great Refusal
2026-04-26 17:00 - 19:00
The Great Refusal, a memory play, paints the portrait of an artist as a talented young woman who strives for recognition and self-realization amid an absurd and constricting family dynamic. TGR asks us what should we refuse (or not refuse) and what should we accept. This tragicomedy, intended for mature audiences (language, subject matter) takes place from 1987-1991 in Southern California, Portland, and Paris.
Written by Victoria McCallum
Directed by Lantz Simpson
Produced by Parrotfish Productions

Cast: Hazel VanBuskirk, Skyler Jones, Vicki Hansen, Sandy Brewer, Robert Frederiksen, Kyle Johnson, Courtney Howe, Sophie Friesen, Carol Makela, Jordan Van Haften, Suzanne Mackay, Jayne Entwistle, Keefe Healy, Debbie Jo Earl, Rufus the Dog.
Tickets: $15 Adult; $10 Use code: Student/Senior at checkout: The Great Refusal via ThunderTix

The Great Refusal
2026-04-25 19:00 - 21:00, 2026-04-24 19:00 - 21:00 | Lucas Hicks Auditorium

O Pole Spring Showcase
2026-04-18 21:00 - 23:00, 2026-04-18 18:00 - 20:00 | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
Join O-Pole Studios for their Spring Showcase. Pole Dance performances in a variety of styles: from athletic & powerful to slow & sensual, plus everything in between. 18+.
This show usually sells out – get your tickets early!
Two shows – 6pm and 9pm

Tickets $20 Advanced / $25 Day-of at the Door: O Pole Spring Showcase via ThunderTix

The Importance of Being Earnest
2026-04-17 17:30 - 20:00 | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
Who will we be for the people we love? Come find out in “The Importance of being Ernest”, Oscar Wilde’s classic comedy about love, lies and muffins.
Tickets $15 General $10 Student (use code Student at check out): The Importance of being Ernest via ThunderTix

William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar
2026-04-12 14:00 - 16:00, 2026-04-11 19:30 - 21:30, 2026-04-10 19:30 - 21:30, 2026-04-04 19:30 - 21:30, 2026-04-03 19:30 - 21:00, 2026-03-29 14:00 - 16:00, 2026-03-28 19:30 - 21:30, 2026-03-27 19:30 - 21:30 | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
Rome. 44 BCE.
Rome has been a republic for almost 500 years. Now struggles for power have led to civil war.
The Senate has given Caesar vast powers in hopes of restoring stability.
How much more power does Caesar hunger for?
How much will the Senate concede to him? And, what do the People want?
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is a drama of People, Politics and Power that resonates today as
it has in every age since Shakespeare first penned it.
Produced by Lorraine Wilde and directed by David Huss.
Cast: Audrey Henderson, Jennie Olson-Six, Beth Tyne, Madeleine Ingridsdotter, Annie Loggins, Megan Gillespie, Hazel Van Buskirk, Laura Engels, Robin Lynn Kagan, Lorraine Wilde, Kaitlyn Mahre, Carolyn Hatch, Maia Newell-Large, Natalie Finander, Courtney Howe.
Tickets $15 Adult $10 Student/Senior (use code student/senior at checkout): William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar via ThunderTix

Antje Duvekot
2026-04-06 20:00 - 21:00 | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
Originally born in Germany and transplanted to the US as a young teen, Antje Duvekot began to hone her observational skills through a lens of biculturalism when she picked up a guitar during that move. Some years later, the confessional folk of Dar Williams and Ani DiFranco gave her license to share her observations, no matter how personal. Since her first emerging original songs, she has never let go of that tenet of vulnerability.
Antje has extensive touring experience. She is a compelling live performer and has been invited to play top festivals, such as the Newport Folk Festival, Mountain Stage, Philadelphia, and Kerrville Festivals and others. Internationally, she’s headlined the Celtic Connections Festival in Scotland and the Tonder Festival in Denmark. Antje has won some of the top songwriting awards, including the Grand Prize in the John Lennon Songwriting Competition and the “Best New Folk Award” at Kerrville. In one of the nation’s top music markets, she won the Boston Music Award for “Outstanding Folk Act”.
Tickets: Antje Duvekot via ThunderTix

The War of the Worlds
2026-03-22 14:00 - 16:00, 2026-03-21 19:30 - 21:30 | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
Perhaps you were clustered around your radio years ago listening to the programming that caused mass confusion and fears about a Martian invasion? Or perhaps you were not witness to this real-life event that had thousands of people fleeing their homes scared they would be killed by heat rays and aliens. Come and relive the iconic radio program The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells from 1938 in a live radio show complete with sound effects. You can be part of a live audience revisiting this harrowing event at the New Prospect Theatre March 21 and 22. Tickets are $15 (or 2 for $25 if you also attend 5 Micro Plays Near the End and Building Self-Esteem earlier that weekend).
Tickets: The War of the Worlds via ThunderTix
Package: https://newprospecttheatre.thundertix.com/open_packages/6799/select_performances

Children's Puppet Slam
2026-03-21 14:00 - 15:00 | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
In celebration of World Puppetry Day join us for a Children’s Puppet Slam designed to entertain the whole family. The roughly hour long program will feature a variety of puppetry styles, stories and fables.
Tickets: Children’s Puppet Slam via ThunderTix

5 Micro Plays Near the End and Building Self-Esteem: Two Plays by Sean Walbeck
2026-03-20 19:30 - 21:30 | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
Bellingham Theatre Guild SATELLITES presents 5 Micro Plays Near the End and Building Self-Esteem: Two Plays by Sean Walbeck at the New Prospect Theatre on March 19 and 20 at 7:30 pm. 5 Micro Plays Near the End focuses on that funny little thing called death and what happens on either side of it, whether it’s retirement home proms, water park mischief, hospital game play, communicating a final memory, or learning how to eulogize. Local playwright Sean Walbeck plums the depths in tight little vignettes, from the ridiculous to the sublime. In Building Self-Esteem, a fraught librarian risks psychological help from a dodgy internet website with unexpected and challenging results. This play is a rollicking joyride of personal growth and torment that puts the epi-pen in epiphanies. Walbeck’s short plays are directed by award-winning director Shawn Fuller, performed by talented local actors, and contain adult language and situations. Tickets are $15 (or 2 for $25 if you also attend The War of the Worlds later that weekend)
Tickets: 5 Micro Plays Near the End and Building Self-Esteem: Two Plays by Sean Walbeck via Thunde
Package: https://newprospecttheatre.thundertix.com/open_packages/6799/select_performances

5 Micro Plays Near the End and Building Self-Esteem: Two Plays by Sean Walbeck
2026-03-19 19:30 - 21:00 | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
Bellingham Theatre Guild SATELLITES presents 5 Micro Plays Near the End and Building Self-Esteem: Two Plays by Sean Walbeck at the New Prospect Theatre on March 19 and 20 at 7:30 pm. 5 Micro Plays Near the End focuses on that funny little thing called death and what happens on either side of it, whether it’s retirement home proms, water park mischief, hospital game play, communicating a final memory, or learning how to eulogize. Local playwright Sean Walbeck plums the depths in tight little vignettes, from the ridiculous to the sublime. In Building Self-Esteem, a fraught librarian risks psychological help from a dodgy internet website with unexpected and challenging results. This play is a rollicking joyride of personal growth and torment that puts the epi-pen in epiphanies. Walbeck’s short plays are directed by award-winning director Shawn Fuller, performed by talented local actors, and contain adult language and situations. Tickets are $15 (or 2 for $25 if you also attend The War of the Worlds later that weekend) and are available at the New Prospect Theatre website: https://newprospecttheatre.org.
Tickets: 5 Micro Plays Near the End and Building Self-Esteem: Two Plays by Sean Walbeck via Thunde
Package: https://newprospecttheatre.thundertix.com/open_packages/6799/select_performances

Seasons and Celebrations: A Calendar Cabaret
2026-03-15 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-03-14 19:30 - 21:30, 2026-03-14 15:00 - 17:00 | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
Join Bellingham’s vintage chorus line dancers, The Rhythm Belles, at their 2026 calendar-themed cabaret. Seasons and Celebrations: A Calendar Cabaret will dance you through the monthly milestones and holidays of the year. From fall-time flappers to explosive kicklines, champagne effervescence to festive fan dances and everything in between. Prepare to be dazzled by an array of calendar-inspired vintage jazz dance numbers from the 1920’s – 50’s.
Tickets: Buy Tickets – Seasons and Celebrations, A Calendar Cabaret – New Prospect Theatre

The Lowest Pair
2026-03-13 19:30 - 21:30 | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
The Lowest Pair has questions. The duo, made up of Kendl Winter and Palmer T. Lee, know that we tend to see duality as a problem. We want life to be linear, working through the dark to finally get to the light. Grief to joy, despair to hope, confusion to clarity––not a jangly cycle we can’t escape. But through their incandescent folk songs, the Lowest Pair often ask: What if we sit with the mess? What if that’s not just more peaceful, but more magical, too?
“Fare thee well and go to hell, I love you and I’m mad at you. It’s such a theme in my life,” Winter says, then laughs. “Wishing things were different but loving all of it, too.”
On their 8th album Always As Young As We’ll Ever Be, the Lowest Pair prove that over the last dozen years together, they’ve become some of modern roots music’s most mesmerizing, thoughtful purveyors. Produced by Tucker Martine (The Decemberists), the 10-track album puts the duo’s stark lyricism, string-driven arrangements, and raw compatibility on brilliant display.
“We’re both trying to make space for each other rather than crowd each other out,” Lee says, reflecting on why the Lowest Pair works. “We’re doing a lot of listening and reacting to what the other person is doing.” Lee’s speaking voice is a comforting echo of his singing voice, soft and precise. Winter talks like she sings, too, sweet and raspy. Heard together, the effect is both soothing and scintillating, like a crisp mountain stream smoothing rocks.
The Lowest Pair’s musicianship is another beautiful testament not just to playing that breathes, but playing that listens. Winter, who grew up in Arkansas but has lived in Washington State for the last two decades, and Lee, a Minnesota native, first gained attention as poetic singer-songwriters on banjos. While their family of strings has expanded––Winter plays more guitar on the new record than she ever has before––their fundamental approach hasn’t: Respond to sounds and stories the other is making.
That focus on active listening anchored the recording of Always As Young As We’ll Ever Be, too. After years of self-production and limiting instruments to those played by Winter and Lee themselves, the duo felt ready to collaborate with a bigger circle. In addition to Martine helming boards, musicians including Leif Karlstrom (fiddle), Sydney Nash (bass/piano) and Adam Roszkiewicz (guitar, mandolin, synth) joined the recording session. “It was really thrilling to be in the studio with that group because those are all really sharp listeners,” says Winter. “I love us stripped back. That’s the essence of our songs, but at this point, recording wise, I felt excited about letting somebody else paint with us.”
As a result, Always As Young As We’ll Ever Be pulses with life. Album opener “Give It All Away” glows warm and bright with strings and synths as Winter and Lee consider harsh seasons and humanity’s short memories. “It’s this idea of cycles and knowing there’s dark and light, and it’s going to change,” says Winter. “When it’s good, notice it. When it’s bad, know it’s going to change. I spend a lot of time reminding myself that––and still being surprised by it.”
“If I listen to somebody else’s record, it’s easy for me to have favorite songs, but if it’s something we’ve made, it’s about all the pieces being in relationship to the other pieces,” Lee says of the album. “It’s about being okay with the heaviness and seeing the light that’s associated with the darkness. I hope it helps people not feel alone in the heavy things.”
Tickets: The Lowest Pair: Album Release Tour via ThunderTix
