If you are interested in renting The Ave for your production, please review the Guidelines for venue information and rental rates. Contact Jim Kleinbeck, Theater Operations Coordinator, at 253-833-5678 or auburnave@auburnwa.gov, to schedule an appointment.
TICKETS FOR UPCOMING SHOWS
Please refer to the phone number or website listed with the show descriptions below for information on how to purchase tickets.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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Date
Time
Show
Information
Fri May 9
7:00 p.m.
Washington Elementary School presents "Washington's Got Talent"
Washington Elementary School is holding their first annual Talent Show featuring grades K-5th , Staff and Parents all competiting to be the first Washington’s Got Talent Winner, we will be showcasing a variety of talent from guitar, piano, vocals, dancing, jump roping etc. This is a show not to miss…WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL’S GOT TALENT…
Tickets: $1.00 (additional donations accepted. All proceeds go towards the schools camp scholarship program).
Call 253-350-2717 for more information.
Thu May 15
7:30 p.m.
Comedy Night at The Ave presents KERMIT HOLIDAY, GRANT LYON and Jeff Caldwell
The Auburn Ave Theater’s “Comedy Night at the Ave,” featuring stand up comedians from the Northwest and around the country, will feature three gentlemen who will provide the right ingredients to keep you laughing all night long. Kermit Holiday will emcee the evening. Kermit is a veteran of the Northwest stand-up comedy scene for over 15 years and has worked for a number of comedy clubs around the country, taking the audience on a twisted ride through popular culture. Grant Lyon oscillates between moments of intelligent wit and pure silliness, revealing his laid-back surfer personality. Brought up in a strict household with a large group of siblings who are brilliant, talented and great big show-offs, Grant quickly learned he could seek refuge in laughter. Headliner Jeff Caldwell is known to audiences nationwide as a clean, clever comedian with one of the brightest standup acts around. He's made two appearances on "The Late Show with David Letterman," recently made his third appearance on "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" and made his Comedy Central debut on "Live at Gotham."
Tickets: $20 regular / $15 student-senior. Call 253-931-3043 for tickets, Mon-Fri, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Comedy Night at The Ave is not recommended for children under the age of 18.
Sun May 18
2:00 p.m.
Live at The Ave presents DAVID HARSH
A concert of original, spiritually inspired guitar music by Edmonds musician, David Harsh. Bring your friends and your family out to this fun concert of music and ministry.
Tickets for Sunday matinee are available only at the door. A freewill offering will be to help raise funds for special projects part of Auburn’s Veterans' Day celebration in November.
Jun 6 - 22
Various Times
Auburn Regional Theatre
The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged), written by the Reduced Shakespeare Co., Starring Don Pitsch, Lou Olson & Nathan Rice.
All 37 Plays in 97 Minutes! An irreverent, fast-paced romp through the Bard's plays, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) was London's longest-running comedy. Praised by the Los Angeles Times as "wildly funny" and by the Montreal Gazette as "the funniest show you are likely to see in your entire lifetime."
Join Auburn Regional Theatre in a three week theatre camp at the Auburn Ave Theatre. We'll work daily from 9a to 4p on Disney's Alice in Wonderland. This camp will emphasize all aspects of musical theatre production, including: voice, choreography, acting, set design, costuming and more!!! And, at the end a Friday night, Saturday and Sunday performances.
For information and registration, call Auburn Parks, Arts & Recreation at 253-931-3043 or go to www.auburnwa.gov/recreation
About the Auburn Avenue Theater
For over 30 years, the Auburn Avenue Theater has presented a diversity of live performances, including Broadway musicals, mystery theater, children's theater, and concerts. The Douglas family, producers of the fine dinner theater featured at the Auburn Avenue Theater for over 20 years, leased the venue to the City of Auburn to continue operating as a performing arts space. In 2007, The City of Auburn reopened the venue, expanding this time-honored tradition of live, quality performing arts, variety entertainment, children's shows, dance and music, right in the heart of downtown.
History in the Making
The theater building itself is over 80 years-old, however, the first structure to occupy the property over 100 years ago was a carriage house for horses. When the automobile replaced horses as the major mode of transportation, the building was entirely reconstructed as the city's bus depot. New owners converted it to a movie house in the 1940s and continued operating it as such until the mid-70s, when it underwent yet another conversion, this time as a performing arts theater venue. Since then, The Auburn Avenue Theater has presented 27 seasons of dinner theater, the last of its kind in Western Washington.
For information about the Auburn Avenue Theater, please contact Jim Kleinbeck, Theater Operations Coordinator, at 253-833-5678 or auburnave@auburnwa.gov.
