To Whom It May Concern
2024-11-07 19:30 - 20:30 UTC | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
Tickets $15 General / $10 Student https://newprospecttheatre.thundertix.com/events/237735

Jeffrey Foucault Band with Erik Koskinen: Album Release Tour
2024-11-10 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
Jeffrey Foucault Band: Album Release Tour
In two decades on the road Jeffrey Foucault has become one of the most distinctive voices in American music, refining a sound instantly recognizable for its simplicity and emotional power. With a string of critically acclaimed studio albums Stark, literate songs that are as wide open as the landscape of his native Midwest (The New Yorker), “Beat-up troubadour folk whittled to dolorous perfection (Uncut), Songwriting Brilliance, (Irish Times) hes built a brick-and-mortar international touring career and a devoted following, one that includes luminaries like Van Dyke Parks, Greil Marcus, and Don Henley.
In September of 2024 Jeffrey Foucault will release THE UNIVERSAL FIRE (Fluff & Gravy, 9/6/24), his first album of entirely new material since 2018. A series of high-voltage performances cut live in one room, the album is both a working wake Foucault lost his best friend and drummer Billy Conway, to cancer in 2021 and a meditation on the nature of beauty, artifact, and loss.
Augmenting Foucault’s all-star band with members of Calexico and Bon Iver (drummer John Convertino and producer/saxophonist Mike Lewis) THE UNIVERSAL FIRE sets Conways death against the massive 2008 fire at the Universal Studios lot in California that destroyed the master recordings of some of our bedrock American music, to interrogate ideas about mortality, legacy, meaning, and calling.
Erik Koskinen is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer, whose music is not categorized by sub-genres. Stylistically he is on his own while heavily influenced by American roots music. The rhythmic integrity and musical tone is as important as the lyrical content and the artistic intent. Koskinen has reverently entered the anthology of uniquely crafted wry songs with the likes of Woody Guthrie and Ry Cooder while speaking as plainly as your neighbor. The Minneapolis Star Tribune calls Koskinen “the real deal” and “The Best country songwriter in Minnesota”
Nov 10th: Jeffrey Foucault Full Band @ 7:30 pm, $25 Adv, $28 Day of Show
Tickets: https://jeffreyfoucault.brownpapertickets.com

Lonesome Ace Stringband
2024-11-14 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
Masters of their trade, The Lonesome Ace Stringband brings grit, skill, and abandon to Americana music, bridging old-time, bluegrass and folk traditions into a seamless hybrid of original material that is at once fresh and timeless.
The trios sound is anchored in the fiddle and clawhammer banjo of John Showman and Chris Coole. They are joined by a rotating cast of extraordinary upright bassists (including founding member Max Malone, Charles James, and Lotus Wight). With spine-tingling harmonies and interchanging lead vocals, there’s a depth of groove and sense of space not often heard in bluegrass today, a level of instrumental interplay and vocal blend uncommon in old-time, and an on-stage rapport that transcends all of this. As of 2023, the band has toured internationally, been engaged at some of the largest festivals in North America and Europe (including Merlefest, Rockygrass, Wintergrass, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Vancouver Folk Festival, Gooikorts, John Hartford Memorial ), and recorded 6 albums.
This is 21st-century acoustic music at its stripped-down, sharply-rendered best!
– Songlines Magazine
Three powerful musicians, playing and singing some powerful music
– Bluegrass Unlimited
Tickets $22 advance / $25 day of: Lonesome Ace Stringband (brownpapertickets.com)

The Robin Christopher Show
2024-11-15 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-12-13 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
The Robin Christopher Show is a live theatre talk show that not only showcases improvisers and a variety of other talents from comedians to ventriloquists, but the audience itself. Each show, Robin and Christopher pick two audience members from the audience to interview followed by an improvised sketch based on the interview.
Come laugh and learn about the people in your neighborhood. In your neighborhood. In your neighborhood. They’re the people that you meet each day.
Pre-sale tickets end the day before – ticket will be available at the door – first come first serve so get your tickets early!
Tickets available at the door – doors open at 6:30pm
Robin Christopher Show Ticket Link https://newprospecttheatre.thundertix.com/events/219512

From Costco to Comedy: My Immigrant Story
2024-11-16 19:00 - 20:00 UTC | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
Brace yourself for an evening of fun as Miska Kajanus steps into the spotlight in “My Immigrant Story.” This hilarious and heartwarming comedic monologue unravels Miska’s extraordinary journey from a quaint town in Finland to the vibrant tapestry of America. Miska’s adventure began at the tender age of eight when he first set foot in the United States. Returning to Finland, Miska, undeterred by challenges, followed his passion for theatre, as told in “My Immigrant Story.” Amidst the comedic chaos, Miska shares anecdotes from his many and varied roles in the entertainment business. Join us for an evening of laughter and discovery as Miska Kajanus brings his unique experience to life. “My Immigrant Story” is not just a comedy—it’s a celebration of fortitude, dreams, and the boundless power of laughter to bridge cultures and create a shared space of joy.
For more about Miska: miskakajanus.com
$20 Advance tickets: https://newprospecttheatre.thundertix.com/events/232731

The Iliad, The Odyssey, and all of Greek Mythology in 99 Minutes or Less
2024-11-21 19:30 - 21:00, 2024-11-22 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-11-23 19:30 - 21:00, 2024-11-24 14:00 - 15:30 UTC | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
The Iliad, The Odyssey, and all of Greek Mythology in 99 Minutes or Less
By Jay Hopkins and John Hunter
Directed by Allissa Flood

On a simple stage, with the clock ticking in front of everyone’s eyes, the cast speeds through all of Greek Mythology. It’s funny, updated, and made easy to understand. The Gods walk the Red Carpet. The Creation of Mankind is a botched subcontractors job. Man and Pandora try settling down despite an ominous wedding gift. Love stories are a dating show and the Greek Tragedies are sports highlights! And don’t forget the two greatest stories ever told, The Iliad and The Odyssey. Kidnap Helen of Troy and you’ve got a 10 year slap-fight of epic proportions with pouty Achilles, war-hungry Agamemnon, and clever Odysseus, destined to wander the seas for 10 more years fighting giants, seductresses, and the Gods themselves. All the silly decisions, the absurd destinies, and the goofy characters are presented lightning-bolt fast with hysterical results as the clock is stopped with only seconds to spare.
“The Iliad, The Odyssey, and all of Greek Mythology in 99 Minutes or Less” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
Cautions: no special cautions
Tickets: https://newprospecttheatre.thundertix.com/events/228232/performances

John Reischman and the Jaybirds
2024-12-04 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
Like the powerful mandolinist and composer at its helm, John Reischman and the Jaybirds fashion a stylish take on bluegrass that seamlessly blends original songs and instrumentals with Appalachian old-time music for a truly unique band sound. Now in their 20th year, with seven acclaimed albums and two Juno nominations, the Jaybirds are simultaneously innovative and unadorned, sophisticated and stripped-down, happily old-fashioned and 21st-century contemporary.
Tickets $22 Advance / $25 Day of Show John Reischman and the Jaybirds

Puppet Slam
2024-12-06 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
Join us for the 5th edition of Bellingham Puppet Slam, where dreams take shape in the hands of puppeteers! Witness an unforgettable evening where artistry and storytelling transcend the familiar, and the ancient tradition of puppetry is reimagined for the modern audience.
Bringing together a diverse tapestry of local and regional artists, Bellingham Puppet Slam showcases experimental short puppet shows and puppet-adjacent forms like crankies (moving panoramas), masked dance, and live music in a cabaret-style evening designed for adults, welcome to all ages.
Bellingham Puppet Slam is a celebration of imagination, a gathering of community, and an invitation to be utterly inspired.
Tickets $15 General / $10 Student Puppet Slam via ThunderTix

Comedy Night to Benefit Road2Home
2024-12-11 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
Thank you to Title Sponsor, Puget Sound Energy.
Get ready for a night full of laughter at our Comedy Night event! Join us as we bring together hilarious comedians for a great cause. All proceeds will go to Road2Home to support the homeless community. Come and enjoy a fun evening while making a difference in the lives of those in need. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to laugh and give back!
Sam Miller from Olympia is headlining the show along with feature comedian John Gardner from Seattle, and local comedian Matt Benoit as event opener.
Tickets $40.00

Comedy Night to Benefit Road2Home Tickets, Wed, Dec 11, 2024 at 7:00 PM | Eventbrite

To Whom It May Concern
2024-12-14 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
Tickets $15 Adult / $10 Student https://newprospecttheatre.thundertix.com/events/239337

Wizard People, Dear Bellingham
2024-12-20 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
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/236157

New Prospect Theatre Birthday Bash!
2024-12-21 18:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
Come celebrate the 2nd birthday of New Prospect Theatre!
6pm Cocktail hour with Cassandra May and James
7pm performances in Lucas Hicks Auditorium with past and future performers.
Full line up TBA
Tickets $10
Members and Ghostlight donors receive free event tickets and two drink tickets! (watch your email for the coupon code!)
Tickets: https://newprospecttheatre.thundertix.com/events/239622

Robert Sarazin Blakes's A Very Subdued Christmas
2024-12-22 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
Tickets $20 Adults $10 Kids:
VenuePilot | A Very Subdued Christmas

Stephanie Anne Johnson: Roots & Blues
2024-12-28 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
Northwest Roots & Blues vocalist has held audiences rapt from TV’s The Voice to Bernie Sanders rallies! Opened for Mavis Staples, Macy Gray, Robert Cray and others their music expresses the pain of the past, the roots of down home and the hope that hard work will lead to proper reward.
Advance tickets $22 Day of $25 Stephanie Anne Johnson: Roots & Blues

Public Domain Movies - Pandora's Box
2025-01-04 12:00 - 14:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
Pandora’s Box (1929), directed by G. W. Pabst, stars Louise Brooks as Lulu, a dancer whose uninhibited lifestyle leads to her downfall. Known for its exploration of themes like sexuality and manipulation, the film became controversial upon release but is now celebrated for Brooks’ iconic performance and its cultural impact. Rediscovered in the 1950s, it revived Brooks’ career and cemented the character of Lulu as a symbol of allure and danger in various art forms.
Tickets: https://newprospecttheatre.thundertix.com/events/240294/performances

Improv Jam
2025-01-07 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Ethos West Stage
The sweet sweet jam that can actually help you “unstick” your creative flow! Kind of an un jamming jam? Isn’t it so weird that Jam Bands are basically ever-flowing nonstop musical noodling but actual jams are either solidified fruit goo or places where logs or traffic come to a stand still?
Why’s that a thing?
Circling back though- 1st and 3rd Tuesday improv Jams are more like the flowing noodley kind of jams- where everyone can play and learn from each other. “Improv like no one is watching” 6-8pm. Show up and Jam!

$5 at the door.

The Chuckanut Radio Hour 18th Anniversary Show
2025-01-09 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
Join us for an amazing celebration of 18 years of the Chuckanut Radio Hour at New Prospect Theatre’s Lucas Hicks Auditorium! This will be an evening of music, poetry, literature, and comedy.

Doors open and music begins at 6:30pm!
Spaces are limited and REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED to secure your spot so don’t delay.
CLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT
The Chuckanut Radio Hour, a recipient of Bellingham’s prestigious Mayor’s Arts Award, is a radio variety show that began in January 2007. Each Chuckanut Radio Hour includes guest authors, musicians, performance poet Kevin Murphy, and episodes of “As the Ham Turns” serial radio comedy performed by the Chuckanut Radio Players Les Campbell, Tonja Meyers, Lisa Colburn, Dee Robinson, Sarah Hawley, and Robert Muzzy. Not to mention groaner jokes by hosts Paul Hanson, Kelly Evert, and announcer Rich Donnelly. The Chuckanut Radio Hour’s first guest was Erik Larson and has since included, Tom Robbins, Maria Semple, Christopher McDougall, Erica Bauermeister, and Garrison Keillor, among many others. Tickets for the Chuckanut Radio Hour are $5 and are available on Eventbrite.The Radio Hour airs Sundays at 7pm on Community Powered KMRE at 88.3FM and kmre.org. Co-sponsored by 12th Street Shoes.
*Online registration closes two hours prior to the event. Tickets may be available at the door.

The Robin Christopher Show
2025-01-10 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
The Robin Christopher Show is a live theatre talk show that not only showcases improvisers and a variety of other talents from comedians to ventriloquists, but the audience itself. Each show, Robin and Christopher pick two audience members from the audience to interview followed by an improvised sketch based on the interview.
Come laugh and learn about the people in your neighborhood. In your neighborhood. In your neighborhood. They’re the people that you meet each day.
Pre-sale tickets end the day before – ticket will be available at the door – first come first serve so get your tickets early!
Tickets available at the door – doors open at 6:30pm
Ticket link:https://newprospecttheatre.thundertix.com/events/219512/performances

Dungeons and Drag Queens
2025-01-11 20:00 - 22:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
Hear ye, hear ye! The hit drag comedy show rocking the West Coast is coming back to Bellingham’s New Prospect Theater! Witness the high-fantasy, high-heeled, high-rolling, high-larity as three drag queens play the legendary tabletop game of Dungeons and Dragons LIVE.
Dungeon Master comedian Paul Curry and improvisational musician Carson Cutter shall lead our Queens through a brand new storytelling adventure, with danger, snark, and audience participation around every precarious corner. Experience the adventure, or fail your quest- at Dungeons and Drag Queens!
– Blends geekdom and queer culture to share silliness and the boundary-pushing joy of self-expression. – Seattle Times
– “A hit!” Seattle Gay News
– “Fantasy and Hilarity on a magical journey!” South Seattle Emerald
Tickets: Tickets for Dungeons and Drag Queens: Bellingham!

Into the Woods
2025-01-18 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-01-19 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-01-25 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-01-25 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-01-26 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
Into the Woods: “Be careful what you wish for” seems to be the ongoing theme in Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Brothers Grimm inspired musical, Into the Woods. The story follows The Baker and his wife who wish to have a child, Cinderella who wishes to go to the King’s Festival, and Jack who wishes his cow would give some milk. When the Baker and his wife are visited by the neighborhood witch, who reveals to them that she placed a curse on their family, the two set off on a journey into the woods to reverse the curse. Also in the woods, we meet Little Red, who is trying to visit her grandmother, the Wolf who loves tasty little girls, the Witch’s daughter Rapunzel, and the Princes chasing after their loves. By the end of Act I, everyone has gotten their wish and will seemingly live happily ever after. But in Act II, when Jack’s beanstalk brings them a visit from an angry Giant, we see how the consequences of their actions haunt them in disastrous ways. The community must come together to save each other and their kingdom, but sacrifices must be made.

Into the Woods Is presented through special arrangement with Musical Theatre International (MTI) All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com

Dates:
Jan 18th 7pm
Jan 19th 2pm and 7pm (understudy performance)
Jan 24th 7pm (understudy performance)
Jan 25th 2pm and 7pm
Jan 26th 2pm and 7pm

Ticket link: INTO THE WOODS via ThunderTix

Into the Woods (understudy performance)
2025-01-19 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-01-24 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Lucas Hicks Auditorium
