An award-winning, internationally acclaimed company, theater simple was founded in 1990 by two actors who aim to strip the theatrical experience down to its elemental parts: the imagination of the actor and audience, the playwright's words and the director's vision.

theater simple has built a solid international reputation for producing provocative, literate, subversive, entertaining and original theatrical experiences.

No, we are not easily categorized or ‘niched’

We do stuff accessible to kids, but dreamy(or punny) for grown-ups

Stuff for grownups that kids appreciate

Stuff for people who swear and smoke and have adult relationships

And stuff for the thinkers and poets

And stuff for ‘all ages’, whatever that might evoke for you.

Sometimes it happens at the same time

Sometimes it might just for the amusement of a hardy few.

Take a look around. Maybe something might be to your taste. And then again, maybe not.
Visit anyway. What the hell – it’s free.

September, 2010:

  • theater simple is at the WAA (Western Arts Alliance) Conference Sept 1-4 in beautiful Long Beach. Come visit Booth 212. Check out our ART!
  • Park Bench NEWS:
    • our mobile interview outpost and podcast series has won a pretty spiffy Civic Planning Award for our 4 part series for the City of El Mirage, AZ!!
    • Also, Park Bench has a new web host; you can now find our podcasts at the VERY user friendly PODBEAN.com, http://thsimple.podbean.com, to be precise. Check it out.
    • Lastly, Park Bench will take part in another very cool civic planning project for the City of Redmond as they reimagine use of the old BNSF rail line, Sept 15th.
  • Follow us on the theater simple blog - http://theatersimpleton.blogspot.com/

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OUR NEWEST WORK!

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WONDERLAND: Alice Adventures

theater simple's latest site-specific escapade WONDERLAND: Alice Adventures debuted to over 500 enthralled kids and adults Aug 21st & 22nd.

A free theatrical park escapade, WONDERLAND is inspired by and adapted from Charles Dodgson’s (Lewis Carroll) Alice stories, as well as Dodgson's wordplay, math games and puzzles.
An all-ages adventures, theater and visual arts weave whimsically together within a parkland, playing with the creative perspectives of imaginations.

THE GOAL: To look at ideas of PERSPECTIVE, CREATIVITY and PLAY - and have some serious fun.
Who can play? EVERYONE.

  • FOLLOW White Rabbits!
  • SEE the Gryphon and the Mock Turtle on the Locks! Dance the Lobster Quadrille!
  • HEAR the Tweedle twins recite the Walrus and The Carpenter
  • PLAY GIANT tic tac toe with the White Queen or croquet with the King and Queen of Hearts!
  • EXPLORE a tiny house and a giant flower garden!
  • FIND all the riddles and puns stashed around the park!
  • DRAW what you see, and see what you draw!
  • And of course, listen to the timeless words of the story, and puzzle your way through the event on
    our own.

NOW BOOKING: summer 2011 & 2012

Made Possible by the support of 4Culture

 

AUSTRALIA 2010 Report! 7 simpletons, 5 plays, 8 weeks, 42 Performances

The 2010 theater simple season at the Adelaide Fringe is in the books and a critical and popular hit: GERDA's JOURNEY, THE SNOW QUEEN, MYTH UNDERSTANDINGS, THIS IS A PLAY, and 52 PICK UP.

The Raves

Myth Understandings - "Art, wit and panache....5 STARS" Adelaide Advertiser

The Snow Queen - "Imaginative re-telling is flawless....5 STARS" Adelaide Theatre guide.

This Is A Play - "The most hilarious play at this year's Fringe....5 STARS" Adelaide Theatre Guide.

The amazingly talented ensemble of simpletons, Ricky Coates, Llysa Holland, Yana Kesala, Monique Klenhans, Ian Lindsay, Andrew Litzky, and Pamala Mijatov, tackled three different sets of outdoor terrain for our Site-specific spectacle, Gerda's Journey, as well as a repertoire of four indoor plays.
We made our 2010 debut in the Barossa Valley, on the grounds of three neighboring wineries with GERDA'S JOURNEY. Within a week, we had three of the 5 shows up and running, and a parade under our belts.
Shows in schools, fabulous workshops for hundreds of kids, great reviews for Myth and This Is A Play, and a Sold-Out run of The Snow Queen in Canberra (Australia's Capitol, mate!), we did it all....and came home in one piece.

 

theater simple produces innovative, entertaining and ambitious theatrical experiences.
We do theater. Simple.
theater simple is proud to be a member of Theater Puget Sound, the Network of Ensemble Theaters,
and is a partner artist of the SHUNPIKE. http://www.theshunpike.org/