The 90s at ACT saw three different artistic directors (from Steitzer to Shannon to Edelstein) and two
different theatre spaces. The theatre moved into the heart of downtown in the middle of this decade,
making the 90s a period of resettling and reimagining the possibilities for Seattle’s contemporary
theatre.
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1996
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Cheap (1996)
CHEAP, a hilarious adaptation of Moliere’s classic farce, The Miser. Set in New York’s Little Italy in the 1930s, CHEAP is Written by Tom Topor, critically acclaimed author of the films Nuts and The Accused as Well as the the novels Judgment and The Coelieil.
The Crimson Thread (1996)
From a rustic cottage in a mid-1800s Irish village to a turn-of-the-century union hall, this warm, evocative drama paints a vivid portrait of immigrant life and strong family ties.
My One Good Nerve (1996)
From the original 19505 production of A Raisin in the Sun to Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing, Ruby Dee has delighted audiences with one virtuosic performance after another.
Acclaimed as one of America’s finest
actors, she assembles here a collage of
thoughts, ideas and impressions from her long and distinguished performing career in a stirring one-woman show.