Something's afoul on the private golf course at Merlinville-Sur-Mer — namely the body of Hercule Poirot's newest client. Seattle playwright and Edgar Award-winner Steven Dietz brings the Agatha Christie's famed Belgian detective to life in this lively comic mystery adapted from one of Agatha Christie's most intricate whodunits.
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Five years into their supposedly happy marriages, Jane and Julia's perfectly polished lives are thrown into delightful disarray when an old flame announces his sudden return to London. From the incomparable Noël Coward this rollicking gem sends two friends into a frenzy of anticipation, jealousy, and determination to choose their own destinies.
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Gordon Schwinn collapses into his lunch and wakes up in a hospital bed. Has he spent his life making the art he was meant to make, or has he been faking it? William Finn's fiercely funny, deeply personal musical — from the Tony Award-winning creator of Falsettos and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee — is a story about what turns out to be true when everything else falls away.
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On a chilly night in the middle of America, Will Arbery's haunting, Pulitzer-nominated play offers grace and disarming clarity, speaking to the heart of a country at war with itself.
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During a third-grade lesson on the civil rights movement and Rosa Parks, a Latinx eight-year-old raises their hand to ask, “Where did we sit on the bus?” and the teacher can’t answer the question. This coming-of-age story examines finding identity in art, family, and culture, and what being Latinx means through the eyes of a child, turned teenager, turned adult.
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Join us for Harlequin's "Open Mic" Cabaret! Hear some of the newest and most exciting musical theatre on the boards today, as well as many of the standard classics. Join a curated group of local and regional artists with a full band on the State Theater stage.
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Forty-seven years after its 1966 premiere, Jeffrey Hatcher has adapted Frederick Knott’s (Dial ‘M’ for Murder) original script with crackling, claustrophobic, and calculated efficiency. When the lights go out, survival comes down to nerve, instinct, and the element of surprise.
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Pulitzer Prize winner Martyna Majok's Sanctuary City asks the question: In a nation built on the promise of opportunity, how do we determine who benefits? Where once belonging was measured by front‑porch waves and neighborhood gatherings, today it hinges on paperwork and the threat of separation - or possibly far worse.
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Larry Shue’s hilarious farce proves how easily secrets and prejudices can tip a friendly gathering into something far more dangerous. In the spirit of screwball mayhem meets rustic intrigue, each new confession detonates laugh‑out‑loud chaos.
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The HQP Bold Voices series includes readings of newer, edgier work that wouldn’t normally get a chance on the mainstage. For our first reading, Harlequin presents The Christians by Lucas Hnath, a "mature and elusive" look at faith in America. A charismatic pastor has had a revelation that he thinks his congregation will be happy to hear. He's wrong about that...
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