Theater in Leavenworth, WA

Theater

Leavenworth is a great place if you like the theater, especially in the summer.

Throughout July and August Leavenworth Summer Theater turns the Ski Hill, the Fish Hatchery and the Festhalle into centers for theater in Leavenworth. Ski hill? Fish hatchery? That's right! Every summer you can see The Sound of Music at the Ski Hill Amphitheater.

Think about it... for outdoor theater what could be a more perfect place to see The Sound of Music than with Maria dancing through the mountain meadows, set in the mountains of Little Bavaria? Check the website for details on getting to the Amphitheater. It's no accident that we named the Summer Theater Leavenworthy after seeing The Sound of Music for ourselves.

In addition to Sound of Music, the 2012 Leavenworth Summer Theater season also includes two more musicals: Annie Get Your Gun and Thoroughly Modern Millie.

In 2012 join Leavenworth Summer Theater for the Irving Berlin classic, Annie Get Your Gun. Annie Oakley, is a sharp shootin' backwoods gal. Ride along as she challenges western show superstar Frank Butler and they compete to be the headline act of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Irving Berlin hits like There's No Business Like Show Business, Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better and You Can't Get A Man With A Gun will keep your toes a-tapping.

Thoroughly Modern Millie, a high-spirited musical filled with tap dancing musical numbers. Winner of six Tony Awards including Best Musical, this is the story of Millie Dillmount, a small town girl with big dreams who moves to the big city in search for a new life for herself, and for love. Musical numbers include, Jimmy, Not For the Life of Me, Forget About the Boy, and Gimme Gimme.

If your Christmas season isn't complete without a viewing of everybody's favorite Frank Capra classic, then you'll want to make plans for the Leavenworth Summer Theater's production of the stage musical It's a Wonderful Life in December 2011. The FestHalle Theater is a wonderful downtown Leavenworth venue. Stay downtown, eat downtown and finish your evening with this Christmas feel-good classic.

Icicle Creek Theater Festival is August 20-24 in 2011. The Icicle Creek Theatre Festival offers playwrights the space, time and support they need to develop new plays, as they work alongside professional actors and seasoned directors, and present their work to live audiences. Just a couple weeks earlier, July 31-August 6, they offer the Theatre Conservatory, a weeklong workshop that gives students age 13-19 a chance to work with some of Seattle's leading dramatic actors, writers and producers. They use the opportunity to teach, guide and instruct young actors, culminating in a showcase by week's end.
(When we have dates for 2012 we'll update them.)

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