Seattle Public Theatre
Dying City
Directed by John Vreeke
This gripping, psychological drama was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and is a tour-de-force for two actors.

Dying City at Seattle Public TheaterDying City at Seattle Public TheaterMarch off to an apartment in urban America for an affecting and gripping look at the fallout of war on our most intimate relationships with the Northwest premiere of Dying City by Christopher Shinn.


When a young man goes off to war, his death thousands of miles away has rippling effects on those he leaves behind.  Kelly, his widow, is a therapist who watches "Law and Order" because "the mystery of a death is solved and therefore symbolically reversed."  But when her dead husband's twin brother shows up unexpectedly, what she believes to be true is called violently into question.  Is the "closure" we seek after death just an American myth? 



Seattle Public TheatrePreview: March 18, 2010
Opens: March 19th thru April 11th, 2010

Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays @7:30 PM, Sunday matinee @2:00 PM.
The show runs approximately 90 minutes with no intermission.

A post-show discussion with the cast and director is scheduled for after the 2PM matinee on Sunday, March 28th.


Dying City features Chris Maslen and SPT's Artistic Director and Education Director, Shana Bestock.
Directed by John Vreeke.

“Dying City” raises obvious, important issues in anything but obvious ways. And it knows too well that closure, that ghastly word, is a mass-delusional figment of the American imagination. Kelly talks about the satisfaction of watching “Law & Order,” in which “the mystery of a death is solved and therefore symbolically reversed.” Mr. Shinn knows that nothing about a death — or a life, for that matter — is that easy.  - The New York Times

Seattle Public Theatre Building
Seattle Public Theatre ... at the bathhouse on greenlake
7312 W. Greenlake Dr. N. • Seattle, WA 98103 • 206/524.1300

Driving directions

Traveling north on I-5:
Take 65th St./Ravenna exit. Turn left on 65th St. Bear right onto Ravenna Blvd. for .3 miles. Bear right onto E. Greenlake Dr. N. Continue past the stoplight at the north side of the lake (Wallingford Ave.). Bear left as East becomes West Greenlake Dr. N. The theater will be to your left, on the shore of the lake, and just beyond it you can turn left into the parking lot. The theater is located only a short walk towards the lake.

Traveling south on I-5:
Take the NE 85th St. exit. Turn left onto Wallingford Ave. and follow it straight to the lake. Turn right on E. Greenlake Dr. N. Bear left as East becomes West Greenlake Dr. N. The theater will be to your left, on the shore of the lake, and just beyond it you can turn left into the parking lot. The theater is located only a short walk towards the lake.

Traveling north on Aurora Ave:
Shortly after passing through Woodland Park on Aurora Ave. you will see Greenlake on your right. As you reach the commercial area, take the first available right turn (at the gas station). This is W. Greenlake Dr. N. Take the next right into the parking lot. The path at the opposite end of the lot takes you to the theater on the shore of the lake.



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