Cliff Roven was a man not afraid to call out corruption and call those in power who held good people down. But after an accident on the set of his radio show, He knows he has a sonic scream.  Now patrolling the streets of Capacoma as Amplifier, he must uncover the secrets of the Gloom and their leader, Mr. Gloom.

DOORS: 7:00 PM | 1:30 PM

SHOW: 7:30 PM | 2:00 PM

Art in community – explore, experiment, connect. 

The stage is yours for 5 minutes – dip your toes into performance practice with us!

All live art is welcome – dance, theater, music, word, and anything else you want to bring in.

Come as a performer, or as an audience member! 

Sign up at the door to perform. 

DOORS: 7:00 PM

SHOW: 7:30 PM

Formerly Animal Saints & Animal Sinners



Something’s gone wrong at Madame Ramona’s Big Top Spectacular & Sideshow Thrills. The body of a clown has been found smack dab on the state line. The cops on either side don’t want to dig into the dark and messy dirt of the circus, so it’s up to the circus folk themselves to solve the crime. Petunia “Petty” McCallister, the shortest woman west of the Mississippi, starts asking questions, but someone may not like the answers she gets. With the help of her best friend Atlas, the mute strongman, she talks to the clowns, the roustabouts, the acrobats, the sideshow folk, and even the animals. What does Roberto the sword swallower have to hide? What did the Hairess, who dangles by her lustrous locks, see from the high wire? Why does the ringmistress herself, Ramona Zaffino, keep the door of her caravan locked? And why won’t that goddamn ventriloquist dummy learn to keep his mouth shut? When the lion tamer turns up dead as well, everyone blames Brian the lion—but Brenda the sideshow medium may have heard the real story from the lion himself.

With their unique blend of the comic and the creepy, writers/storytellers Scot Augustson, Kelleen Conway Blanchard, and Bret Fetzer collaborate to unearth the mysteries of the MURDER CIRCUS.

DOORS: 7:00 PM

SHOW: 7:30 PM

The SOAP BOARD is throwing its first-ever fundraiser! (And naturally, we refuse to do it normally.)

Seattle Open Arts Place is built for artists who make things a little differently. They’re wildly ambitious and gloriously experimental. Artists find their voices, invent new ones, break rules, bend forms, and occasionally set the theatrical rulebook on fire at SOAP.

Inspired by this ethos, we have dreamt up a fundraiser that will color outside the lines a bit as we all pitch in to be sure this home for experimenting and launching fresh voices remains strong in the long run.

THE END OF SUMMER “GARDEN PARTY” YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS IS SOAP BOWL!

Sunday, September 13
​Woodland Park Lawn Bowling Center
​4:00–7:30 PM

We’ve devised a series of games, contests, and sporting events that may resemble familiar lawn games at first glance, but when SOAP* is added things can change quickly. And spectators can have a say in how slippery a match gets…for a price. 

While some match-ups are pre-set for your enjoyment (and will be teased out on the socials) games are available to play for all attendees, with or without SOAPy additions…for a price.

Game play is encouraged though not mandatory. Trash talk is expected, and there may be some finger pointing. There will be light bites and beverages to refresh altercating palates…for a price. 

JK, the refreshments are on us, but the entertainment is designed to raise money so SOAP can continue being a home for artists who need a place to experiment, take risks, and make the work they can't make anywhere else. 

Come meet the artists who make SOAP what it is. Meet the Sudsters behind the scenes. Hear why this scrappy little arts space matters to the people who use it. Then challenge them (and each other) to a face-off on the lawn!

Please buy a ticket at a price that is comfortable to you. We’ll do our best to get you to leave a little more with us on the day.

*Speaking figuratively, but also maybe literally.

In this wild and lyrical piece of puppetry-infused physical theater, a fastidious clown takes on the forces of chaos. In a collision of movement, clown, and found-object puppetry, OUT WITH IT unpacks the rough and tender realities of holding things in and letting things go.

DOORS: 7:00 PM | 1:30 PM

SHOW: 7:30 PM | 2:00 PM

School’s back in session, and this fall Old AF is here to teach you hip kids a thing or two about the good old days. In this totally improvised comedy show, the Old AF cast members will reminisce with the audience about such joys as the first season of Survivor, what it was like to find an apartment without Craiglist, or the adrenaline rush of using a Skip It. Then they’ll weave the memories of times past into hilarious scenes made up on the spot. You don’t want to miss Old AF: Kickin’ It Old School. 

Doors 7pm, Show 7:30pm. 

The Museum of Almost is an immersive multimedia experience exploring the unfinished parts of being human. Venture through the relationships that almost worked, the paths we almost took, the people we almost became, and the things we almost said.

Combining original music, visual art, found objects, photography, text, and storytelling, the project transforms the performance space into an intimate, living museum centered on memory, identity, grief, resilience, womanhood, and transformation.

Rather than experiencing the work from a traditional audience seat, visitors are invited to move through the museum at their own pace and interact with selected pieces. Through prompts and participatory elements, they can reflect on their own unfinished stories and contribute something of themselves to the museum’s evolving collection of “almosts.” The audience does not simply observe the museum; their presence and participation become part of its story.

Originally developed as a museum built within the artist’s own hallway, The Museum of Almost reimagines an everyday space as a place where memory, sound, art, and community can meet. It offers a temporary home for the experiences that never fully resolved but still shaped who we became.

The project asks: What might happen when we allow those unfinished pieces to exist outside of us, even for a moment? And how do we take everything we almost were and use it to become something new?

DOORS: 7:00 PM | 1:30 PM

SHOW: 7:30 PM | 2:00 PM

If you’re reading this, you have a pelvic floor. NYC comedian Amy Veltman reveals why

that matters for everyone in this personal, raw, ridiculous tale told through unhinged

characters, video, music, and a medically unsanctioned chart. “As fearless as it is funny”

(FringeReview). Winner, Best Musical Comedy, United Solo Off-Broadway.

DOORS: 7:00 PM | 1:30 PM

SHOW: 7:30 PM | 2:00 PM