Upcoming Events
Inspire WA | Cultural Futures 2024
**This is a free public event presented by Bremerton’s Admiral Theatre Foundation and Inspire Washington. Please register online to help us with expected attendance.
Inspire Washington | Cultural Futures 2024
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
Doors 6 p.m. | Event 7 p.m.
Free Public Event
About Cultural Futures:
Cultural Futures is a FREE funding, policy, and advocacy workshop for cultural businesses and supporters!
This spring, we invite you to join your local partners for Cultural Futures! Cultural Futures is Inspire Washington’s annual post-State Legislative Session tour when we visit communities to share what happened during the 2024 Legislative Session. It's our job to alert you to new funding and policy opportunities.
The 2025 Legislative Session is ramping up to be a BIG one! We anticipate many new objectives for each of our sectors—science, heritage, and the arts. Without new advocates and active engagement across the state, these large funding requests will be very challenging to secure. If you have thought about getting involved in the past but haven't yet participated, now is the time! With Inspire Washington, cultural advocacy is easy, fun, collaborative, and inspiring!
With eight new locations (looking at you, Coupeville, Bremerton, Goldendale, Vashon, Longview, Newport, Moses Lake, and Ellensburg!), 30 total to choose from, plus three virtual options— there is a Cultural Futures event for everyone in Washington! These meetings are free and open to the public. We've organized them by region, so you'll be able to connect with other cultural leaders in your area. However, regardless of where you live, pick the meeting that works best within your busy schedule.
On the agenda:
• New Funding & Policies - We will break down the wins and successes of the Legislative Session and the opportunities for your work.
• Overview of Washington's Cultural Access Program and next steps for your community.
• Coalition Building - The 2025 Legislative Session is going to be huge for our sector and we will need to double our coalition of advocates to secure our big requests for science, heritage, and arts programs.
• Grant opportunities - ArtsWA, Humanities WA, USDA, community projects, Capital Funding, Federal Opportunities, and much more!
• Listening - What do you need and what should we advocates for? How do you get involved? It will take a broad coalition to secure future funding.
• About Our Coalition - Do you want to be more involved in policy development and advocacy or learn about partnership? We'll plug you into future activities so that your community is represented.
All Things Equal
***Please note the the door time has changed from 4:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. The show time remains 6 p.m. Thank you!
All Things Equal
The Life and Trials of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Starring Michelle Azar as Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Directed by Laley Lippard
Sunday, April 21, 2024
Doors 4:30 p.m. | Show 6 p.m.
Tickets start at $24 (incl. fees)
Upper Balcony $24
Balcony $34
Loge $49
Main Floor $64
This show is not included in 2023-2024 season tickets. No dinner service or concessions offered at this show. Bar will be open for 21+. No main floor seating 30 minutes after show start.
Written by Tony Award Winning playwright RUPERT HOLMES
Supreme Court Justice “RBG” welcomes a friend of the family to her cozy chambers to convey, over the course of ninety fascinating and often funny minutes, a sense of her life and its many trials: losing her mother the day before she graduated as valedictorian of her Brooklyn high school ... being one of only nine young women studying law at Harvard while also raising a daughter and helping her husband battle cancer ... fighting for women's rights in the nineteen-seventies before condescending all-male courts ... and taking courageous stands for human rights as a voice of reason amid a splintering and increasingly politicized Supreme Court. An evening with a great and compassionate icon of straight-thinking American justice emerges ... an RBG who is not only “notorious” but victorious as she takes a stand for ordinary people facing the many challenges of a changing world. Bring your scrunchies, your hankies, your humor and your heart to this entertaining and uplifting event!
THANK YOU to our generous show sponsors Dr. John & Kathy Lubetich!
An Evening with Groucho starring Frank Ferrante
An Evening with Groucho starring Frank Ferrante
Friday, April 5, 2024
Doors 6 p.m. | Show 7:30 p.m.
Tickets start at $24 (incl. fees)
Upper Balcony $24
Balcony $34
Loge $44
Main Floor $54
This show is not included in 2023-2024 season tickets. No dinner service at this show. Concessions and the bars will be open.
Dubbed "nothing short of masterful" by the Chicago Tribune, award-winning actor Frank Ferrante recreates his PBS, New York and London acclaimed stage portrayal of legendary comedian in this fast paced 90 minutes of hilarity. The two-act comedy consists of the best Groucho one-liners, anecdotes and songs including “Hooray for Captain Spalding,” and “Lydia, the Tattooed Lady.” The audience literally becomes part of the show as Ferrante ad-libs his way throughout the performance in grand Groucho style. Accompanied by his onstage pianist, Ferrante portrays the young Groucho of stage and film and reacquaints us with the likes of brothers Harpo, Chico, Zeppo and Gummo, Charlie Chaplin, W.C. Fields and Marx foil Margaret Dumont. A show perfect for all ages!
This show is generously sponsored by Miriam Rice, and Jim Smalley & Gail Buchanan
Let's Go Science Show
Let's Go Science Show
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Doors 9:30 AM | Show 10:00 AM (SOLD OUT)
Doors 12 Noon | Show 12:30 PM
Groups of 10 or more $7 per person
Singles $11 each
This show is part of our Stages For All Ages: School Day Series and is open to local schools and home school programs with advance purchase. Call the box office at 360-373-6743 to make a reservation. This show is best suited for grades K to 7. This show is generously sponsored by Kiwanis Club of Bremerton and Tom & Nancy Danaher.
The Let’s Go Science Show is a wacky look at “how things work” with Professor Smart and Dr. Knowitall. This fun-filled production teaches physics concepts through theatrically-based experiments and demonstrations. Lots of audience interaction with these two legends of the circus, great scenery and awesome lighting and illusions all make this one science lesson (with study guides available) that students won’t want to miss.
Recommend For: Grades K through 7
Dinosaur World Live
Dinosaur World Live
Thursday, February 29, 2024
Doors 5:30 p.m. | Show 7 p.m.
Tickets start at $19 (incl. fees)
Upper Balcony $19
Balcony $22
Loge $31
Main Floor $37
*Age guidance: 3+ | Running Time: 50 mins + 15 min post show meet & greet with the Dinosaurs
This show is not included in 2023-2024 season tickets. No dinner service at this show. Concessions and the bars will be open.
Looking for fun days out with the kids? Dare to experience the dangers and delights of Dinosaur World Live in this roarsome interactive show for all the family!
Discover a pre-historic world of astonishing (and remarkably life-like) dinosaurs. Meet a host of impressive creatures, including every child's favourite flesh-eating giant, the Tyrannosaurus Rex, a Triceratops, Giraffatitan, Microraptor and Segnosaurus!
A special meet and greet after the show offers all our brave explorers the chance to make a new dinosaur friend. Don’t miss this entertaining and mind-expanding jurassic adventure, live on stage.
Book now before tickets become extinct!
Admiral Theatre Summer Camp
Admiral Theatre Summer Camp 2023
Monday, July 31, 2023 - Friday, August 11, 2023
No camp August 5/6
Performances on Saturday, August 12, 2023 (Schedule and ticket links below, FAQs at bottom of page)
Admiral Theatre Summer Camp is generously sponsored by Carl & Louise Cramer, and Kathy Mahan, in memory of Bill & Bee Mahan
Scholarship funds are generously provided by Kitsap Community Foundation - Asche Family Fund and Stanley G. Williams Cultural Endowment Fund, and Commissioner Charlotte & Ray Garrido
Our intensive two-week theatre summer camp offers kids ages 6-18 musical theatre workshops in acting, singing, dance, and backstage production taught by experienced arts educators with professional and academic backgrounds as performers, choreographers, directors, musicians, and backstage/tech professionals. Camp is led by Admiral Theatre Artistic Director Richard Padro
Mini Players (Ages 6-7)
Annie Jr.
Day Camp Session Time: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Cost: $299 per student including fees (25% sibling discount applies when 2 or more students from one household register)
Rising Stars (Ages 8-11)
Annie Jr.
Day Camp Session Time: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Cost: $399 per student including fees (25% sibling discount applies when 2 or more students from one household register)
Annie Jr.
Based on the popular comic strip and adapted from the Tony Award-winning Best Musical, with a beloved book and score by Tony Award winners, Thomas Meehan, Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin, Annie JR. features everyone’s favorite little redhead in her very first adventure.
With equal measures of pluck and positivity, little orphan Annie charms everyone's hearts despite a next-to-nothing start in 1930s New York City. Annie is determined to find the parents who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of an orphanage run by the cruel Miss Hannigan. Annie eventually foils Miss Hannigan's evil machinations, finding a new home and family in billionaire Oliver Warbucks, his personal secretary, Grace Farrell, and a lovable mutt named Sandy.
Star Players (Ages 12-18)
Disney's Newsies Jr.
Day Camp Session Time: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Cost: $399 per student including fees (25% sibling discount applies when 2 or more students from one household register)
Backstage Tech (Ages 14-18)
Tech works on both shows Annie Jr. & Disney's Newsies Jr.
Day Camp Session Time: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Cost: $399 per student including fees (25% sibling discount applies when 2 or more students from one household register)
Disney's Newsies Jr.
Disney's Newsies JR. is a 60-minute version of the 2012 Broadway musical, based on the 1992 film. Inspired by the rousing true story of newsboys in turn-of-the-century New York City, Newsies JR. features a Tony Award-winning score by Alan Menken and Jack Feldman and a book by Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein.
When powerful newspaper publishers raise prices at the newsboys' expense, the charismatic Jack Kelly rallies newsies from across the city to strike against the unfair conditions. Together, the newsies learn that they are stronger united and create a movement to fight for what's right.
Missoula Children's Theatre
Missoula Children's Theatre Summer Camp
Performing King Arthur’s Quest
*Read our Q&A for parents
OPEN AUDITIONS - Monday, July 24, 2023
10 a.m. - 12 Noon
All students, 1st through 12th grade, are encouraged to audition! No advance preparation is necessary. Those auditioning should arrive 30 minutes early and plan to stay for the full two hours. If you have any questions please give us a call at (360) 373-6810 and we would be happy to help!
If cast, the daily camp schedule is as follows. Missoula Children’s Theatre is led by two professional tour actor / directors.
Monday, July 24 - 12:30 - 2:30 p.m.
Tuesday, July 25 - 10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Wednesday, July 26 - 10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Thursday, July 27 - 10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Friday, July 28 - 10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Registration fee $85 for the week
Performance on Saturday, July 29
Doors 2 p.m. | Show 3 p.m.
Tickets $5 (Children 17 & under) Adults $10 (incl. fees)
This show is not included in season tickets. No lunch service at this show. Concessions and the bars will be open.
King Arthur’s Quest
Adapted by
Michael McGill
Music and Lyrics by
Michael McGill
King Arthur, of legend and song, strode across Medieval England with courage and confidence…or did he? What if the troubles of his kingdom threatened to overwhelm him? Watch the Damsels in Distress sound the warning of trouble. Witness the Lady of the Lake as she produces the sword in the stone. Hide with the Camelotians when the Ghost of Arthur’s father visits the castle. See the Giant tower over the questing knights. Cheer for the King when he makes friends with the terrible dragon. Listen in as Morgan Le Fey and Mordred propose a better plan. Join the Knights and Squires of the Round Table as they try to do the right thing. Hope for the best outcome as your favorite characters of Camelot - Arthur, Guinevere, Merlin, Taliesin, the Raven, and Lancelot wrestle with the challenges faced by their people. Follow the original twist on this familiar story as it weaves its way through a landscape full of surprises!
Missoula Children’s Theatre is generously sponsored by:
Tom & Nancy Danaher
Chuck & Teri Huddleston
Scholarship funds generously provided by Ron & Pj Lund
Dancers Against Cancer Benefit Gala
Dancers Against Cancer Benefit Gala
Northwest School of Dance in partnership with Dancers Against Cancer Charity
Friday, April 21, 2023
Doors 5 p.m. | Event 6 p.m.
Tickets start at $22 (incl. fees)
Upper Balcony $22
Balcony $22
Loge $22
Main Floor $25
This event is not included in Admiral Theatre 2022-2023 season tickets. No dinner service at this show. Concessions and the bars will be open.
Northwest School of Dance is teaming up again with the Dancers Against Cancer Foundation, to present their annual “Dancers Against Cancer” Benefit Gala. The show will be held on one day only, Friday April 21st at 6pm. Doors open at 5:00pm. Proceeds from the show will be donated to Dancers Against Cancer charity foundation. This benefit dance show features dancers ranging in age from 5 to 18 years old from both of Northwest School of Dance’s performance companies; the Clarke Dance Group, a competition & performance dance team, and JPB Ballet Company, a ballet competition and performance group.
Always Patsy Cline
Always Patsy Cline
Saturday, April 1, 2023
Doors 6 p.m. | Show 7:30 p.m.
Tickets start at $34 (incl. fees)
Upper Balcony $34
Balcony $39
Loge $49
Main Floor $69
This show is included in 2022-2023 full season tickets and half season package A. No dinner service at this show. Concessions and the bars will be open.
Always...Patsy Cline is based on the true story of Patsy Cline's friendship with Houston housewife Louise Seger.
The musical focuses on the fateful evening at Houston's Esquire Ballroom when Seger hears of Cline's death in a plane crash. Seger tells the story while Cline appears singing tunes that made her famous - Anytime, Walking' After Midnight, She's Got You, Sweet Dreams, and Crazy - to name a few.
The show offers fans who remember Cline while she was alive a chance to look back, while giving new fans an idea of who she was and what she meant.
This show is generously sponsored by:
Rich & Lisa Hecker
Bob & Patty Murphy
Patricia McKenzie & Leonard Costello
The Acting Company presents The Three Musketeers
The Acting Company presents The Three Musketeers
Sunday, March 12, 2023
Doors 5:30 p.m. | Show 7 p.m.
Tickets start at $24 (incl. fees)
Upper Balcony $24
Balcony $39
Loge $54
Main Floor $69
This show is included in 2022-2023 full season tickets, half season package B, and the Spotlight Series. No dinner service at this show. Concessions and the bars will be open.
The Three Musketeers
Written by Kirsten Childs
From the Novel by Alexandre Dumas
Directed by Kent Gash
This world premiere adaptation commissioned by The Acting Company draws inspiration from an astonishing secret—that Dumas’ father, General Alex Dumas, was the highest-ranking person of Color in a Western military until our own time. This nationally-touring adaptation of The Three Musketeers sheds new light on this swashbuckling adventure and give a favorite story new importance. An inspiring tale filled with laughter and adventure, The Three Musketeers is a reminder to all that courage, honesty, and valor can change the world.
The Acting Company
The Acting Company develops actors by touring professional theater across America.
Founded in 1972 by John Houseman and Margot Harley with the first graduating class of the Drama Division of The Juilliard School, The Company has launched the careers of some 400 actors, including Kevin Kline, Patti LuPone, Mary Lou Rosato, Keith David, Rainn Wilson, Lorraine Toussaint, Frances Conroy, Harriet Harris, Lisa Banes, Jeffrey Wright, Hamish Linklater, Jesse L. Martin, Roslyn Ruff, Jimonn Cole, Kelley Curran, among many others, while bringing sophisticated theater to hundreds of communities from coast to coast.
Among many accolades, The Acting Company won the 2003 Tony Award for Excellence in the Theater, and recently won the 2019 Audelco Award for Best Play for its production of Nambi E. Kelley’s Native Son directed by Seret Scott.
The Admiral Theatre’s 2022-2023 Spotlight Series is generously sponsored by Sheila & Charles Hart
Sponsorships available. For details, contact Development Director Nita Hartley at 360.932.3051 or nita@admiraltheatre.org
Cirque Mechanics Zephyr: A Whirlwind of Circus
Cirque Mechanics: Zephyr
Saturday, October 15, 2022
Doors 6 p.m. | Show 7:30 p.m.
Tickets start at $24 (incl. fees)
Upper Balcony $24
Balcony $34
Loge $44
Main Floor $59
This show is included in 2022-2023 full season tickets and half season package A.. No dinner service at this show. Concessions and the bars will be open.
Humans have been harnessing the power of the wind for thousands of years. The beauty and efficacy of that timeless and ingenious process inspired the creative team at Cirque Mechanics to create Zephyr, a theatrical circus show that harnesses human power, instead of wind, to generate an energetic acrobatic experience.
Cirque Mechanics has designed and built a performance windmill to serve as the multi-functional mechanical centerpiece of our story. Mounted on a turntable, the windmill combines both modern and older more picturesque elements – with the transformation from one aspect to another providing a change of scenery in real time.
About Cirque Mechanics
Cirque Mechanics was founded in 2004 by Boston native and German Wheel artist, Chris Lashua, after the success of a collaborative project with the Circus Center of San Francisco entitled Birdhouse Factory. Cirque Mechanics quickly established itself as a premiere American circus, with its unique approach to performance, inspiring storytelling, and innovative mechanical staging. Spectacle Magazine hailed it as “the greatest contribution to the American circus since Cirque du Soleil.”
Cirque Mechanics, although inspired by modern circus, finds its roots in the mechanical and its heart in the stories of American ingenuity. The shows, rooted in realism, display a raw quality, rarely found in modern circus, that makes their message timeless and relevant. The stories are wrapped in circus acrobatics, mechanical wonders, and a bit of clowning around. The troupe has created five extraordinary productions; Birdhouse Factory, Boomtown, Pedal Punk, 42FT- A Menagerie of Mechanical Marvels, and, most recently, the wind-inspired Zephyr.
This show is generously sponsored by Robert Gelder & Bryan Johnson
Missoula Children's Theatre
Missoula Children's Theatre Summer Camp
Performing Johnny Appleseed
OPEN AUDITIONS - Monday, August 8, 2022
10 a.m. - 12 Noon
If cast, rehearsals are:
Monday, August 8, 12:30 - 2:30 p.m.
Tuesday, August 9 - Friday, August 12, 10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Registration fee $85 for the week (if cast)
Performance on Saturday, August 13
Doors 2 p.m. | Show 3 p.m.
Tickets $10 (incl. fees)
This show is not included in season tickets. No lunch service at this show. Concessions and the bars will be open.
Johnny Appleseed
Adapted by
Michael McGill
Jim Caron
Music and Lyrics by
Michael McGill
Jim Caron
Tom Ten Eyck
David Simmons
They say an apple never falls far from the tree, and we have Johnny and his good pals, the Apple Seeds, to thank for an ample abundance of apple trees! Johnny and his little buddies traveled across the land on foot, made friends with all kinds of people and animals, and slept under the twinkling stars. Their delicious, heartwarming adventures yielded orchards full of juicy, delectable fruit that took a crunchy bite out of hungry tummies across the west. Even a grumbly wolf is won over by the sweet taste of the apples and the kindness of friends. The tale of JOHNNY APPLESEED is a tasty reminder that kindness is at the core of friendship.
Summer Camp is generously sponsored by Kathy Mahan, in memory of Bill & Bee Mahan
Swan Lake Suite & New Works 2022
Swan Lake Suite and New Works 2022
Presented by Peninsula Dance Theatre
Saturday, April 30, 6 p.m. (Doors 5 p.m.)
Sunday, May 1, 2 p.m. (Doors 1 p.m.)
Tickets start at $18 (incl. fees)
Balcony GA Child 3-10 Years $18
Balcony GA Students 11-18 Years $20
Balcony GA Senior 65+ $20
Balcony GA Military $25
Balcony GA Adults $26
Main Floor Reserved Seating $33
This show is not included in season tickets. No dinner service at this show. Concessions and the bars will be open.
PDT presents a suite of one of the most famous ballets, Swan Lake. We’ll start the evening off filled with romance, sorcery, and betrayal. This ballet suite is sure to captivate you from beginning to end, as we perform sections from this famously known ballet by dancers and audience members. Our evening will conclude with New Works (Emerging Choreography), PDT will present original works choreographed by Guest Choreographer Lara Littlefield, Resident Choreographers Nicole and Jason Cisler, and Emerging works by student choreographers. This evening will surely have everything that you are looking for in a performance.
Swan Lake Suite & New Works 2022
Swan Lake Suite and New Works 2022
Presented by Peninsula Dance Theatre
Saturday, April 30, 6 p.m. (Doors 5 p.m.)
Sunday, May 1, 2 p.m. (Doors 1 p.m.)
Tickets start at $18 (incl. fees)
Balcony GA Child 3-10 Years $18
Balcony GA Students 11-18 Years $20
Balcony GA Senior 65+ $20
Balcony GA Military $25
Balcony GA Adults $26
Main Floor Reserved Seating $33
This show is not included in season tickets. No dinner service at this show. Concessions and the bars will be open.
PDT presents a suite of one of the most famous ballets, Swan Lake. We’ll start the evening off filled with romance, sorcery, and betrayal. This ballet suite is sure to captivate you from beginning to end, as we perform sections from this famously known ballet by dancers and audience members. Our evening will conclude with New Works (Emerging Choreography), PDT will present original works choreographed by Guest Choreographer Lara Littlefield, Resident Choreographers Nicole and Jason Cisler, and Emerging works by student choreographers. This evening will surely have everything that you are looking for in a performance.
MTI's All Together Now!
MTI's All Together Now!
*Proceeds benefit the Admiral Theatre Foundation, Bremerton Community Theatre, The Changing Scene Theatre Northwest, CSTOCK (Central Stage Theatre), Enoch City Arts, Jewel Box Theatre, The Lesser-Known Players, and Port Gamble Theater. Not included in season tickets. No dinner service. Concessions and the bars will be open.
Friday, November 12, 2021
Doors 6:30 p.m. | Show 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 13, 2021
Doors 6:30 p.m. | Show 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, November 14, 2021
Doors 1 p.m. | Show 2 p.m.
Tickets start at $15 (incl. fees)
Upper Balcony $15
Balcony $18
Loge $23
Main Floor $33
All Together Now! is a global event celebrating local theatre! Music Theatre International is empowering schools and theatres around the world to locally produce and perform this exclusive musical revue featuring songs from MTI’s beloved shows.
Sponsorships available. For details, contact Development Director Nita Hartley at 360.932.3056 or nita@admiraltheatre.org