Let's Go to the Theatre! Topdog/Underdog

Love theatre or want to dive in? Join this fun, community-focused class where we prep to see local plays with engaging pre-show workshops—exploring themes, characters, and production details—then attend Saturday matinees together. Stick around after the show for lively group discussions. Whether you're new to the arts scene or a longtime fan looking for a crew to chat with, this is your ticket to deeper connection and great performances. No theatre experience needed! Workshop will be held at North Seattle College, Topdog/Underdog will be presented at ArtsWest in West Seattle.
TopdogUnderdog by Suzan Lori-Parks presented by ArtsWest A Pulitzer Prize Winning Contemporary Classic.
A darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity. It was inevitable that two brothers named Lincoln and Booth, names given to them as a joke, would live lives full of sibling rivalry and resentment. Despite it all, their bond grew deep, but can it withstand the weight of history?

• Feb 06, 2026 to Feb 06, 2026 from 2:30 pm to 5:00 pm (1 sessions total), Friday
• Fee: $75
• Item: 37305
• This class includes a field trip on 2/07 2PM - 5PM to ArtWest in West Seattle (SW Alaska St & California Ave SW). Additional details provided in class. Students are responsible for their own transportation to and from the field trips.
  Theatre tickets NOT included in tuition. Tickets are approximately $60.

Let's Go to the Theatre! A Midsummer Night's Dream

Love theatre or want to dive in? Join this fun, community-focused class where we prep to see local plays with engaging pre-show workshops—exploring themes, characters, and production details—then attend Saturday matinees together. Stick around after the show for lively group discussions. Whether you're new to the arts scene or a longtime fan looking for a crew to chat with, this is your ticket to deeper connection and great performances. No theatre experience needed! Workshops will be held at North Seattle College, performance will be at Union Arts Center in downtown Seattle (7th & Union).
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare presented by Seattle Shakespeare Shakespeare’s most popular comedy pulls us once again into the magic of the moonlight. Four young lovers flee their families in pursuit of love in the forest but get more than they bargained for when they land in the middle of a faerie feud. A chaotic night of love potions, merry mischief, and mismatched couples—plus a very lost troupe of actors—weaves an otherworldly spell. When morning comes, will the midsummer enchantment last, or fade like a dream?

• Feb 27, 2026 to Feb 27, 2026 from 2:30 pm to 5:00 pm (1 sessions total), Friday
• Fee: $75
• Item: 39728
• This class includes a field trip on 2/28 2PM - 5PM to the Union Arts Center in Downtown Seattle (7th & Union). Additional details provided in class. Students are responsible for their own transportation to and from the field trips.
  Theatre tickets NOT included in tuition. Tickets are approximately $60.

Flying Saucer Cinema - Winter

This classic science fiction film appreciation class showcases beloved films that cry out for viewing in a group setting the way they were first presented to the world. Each week will bring something new, films ranging from Golden Age sci-fi of the 1950s and 60s to the dystopian science fiction of the 1970s and occasional forays beyond. Co-hosts Eric Cohen and Mark Daniels will be your guides and provide you with film information, trivia, and lively post-screening discussion every week. Winter quarter begins with the sublime Universal Studios masterpiece The Invisible Man (1933) in which Claude Rains, under the influence of his insanity-inducing invisibility drug, unleashes mayhem with a story that still completely delights. Next up is another heavy hitter, acclaimed director Howard Hawks’ 1951 classic The Thing from Another World, one of the earliest alien invasion films. Set in the Arctic, the story concerns a group of scientists and military personnel who find a flying saucer and its pilot encased in ice. When the ice of course melts, mayhem ensues! For our third installment, Russ Tamblyn and Kumi Mizuno star in War of the Gargantuas (1966), a dark kaiju masterpiece from director Ishirô Honda (Godzilla) about two ginormous furry Frankenstein offspring - don’t worry, we’ll explain – who mix it up, leveling a bunch of Tokyo in the process. Rounding out this quarter with just as big a punch as the first three films, we close with yet another banger, the 1973 dystopian gem Soylent Green, featuring Charlton Heston and Edward G Robinson. Set in overpopulated New York in the year 2025 where fresh food is scarce and women are treated as property, the story starts off as a simple police procedural, but Heston‘s character soon uncovers a scandal of global proportions. Whether you are a seasoned science fiction film buff or simply want to put your head in a different place for a couple of hours every week, this will be an engaging, fun adventure of a class you won't want to miss.

• Jan 09, 2026 to Jan 30, 2026 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm (4 sessions total), Friday
• Fee: $79
• Item: 36799