Dacha Theatre

This year we have a Summer of Giving goal of $20,000 

Join us now for Give Big, then help us Dream Big at our fundraising Gala, and finally party the night away at DICE: A Midsummer Night's Dream 

Mission

Founded in 2016, Dacha Theatre is a Seattle-based theater company that specializes in devised, immersive, and playful work. 

We believe everyone has a story worth telling, and we strive to tell our stories with whomever we can. That is why our shows and events are always ticketed on a sliding scale, and have a pay-what-you-can option, so that no one ever has a financial barrier to coming and telling stories with us.

Description

Over 60% of our tickets from this season have been Pay-What-You-Can or reduced price, we are THRILLED to continue to give theatre goers the opportunity to experience art at the price they can afford. 

This means the majority of our funding comes from fabulous donors like you! Thank you for being a part of our community and always making our next show the best one yet.  We just closed our wildly successful run of The Master and Margarita at 12th Ave Arts, and cannot wait to share our next adventure with you.

Your donation today will have an immediate and lasting impact on joyful, accessible, and ambitious theatre made in the Pacific Northwest!

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Up Next: Dream Big: A Dacha Garden Gala, on June 8th

Help keep the Summer of Giving rolling! You are cordially invited to DREAM BIG with us at the Forestledge Mansion for a magical garden party where anything is possible. Join us as we celebrate our community and help support our mission of financially accessible theatre for all.

Don’t Miss:

• Live performances 

• Silent Auction + Raise the Paddle

• Signature cocktails, draft beer, fine wines, and a catered dinner 

•Prizes, lawn games, views of the sound, and a  scavenger hunt that takes you through this historic and stunning site

Check out the fun we had last year at Golden Gardens' Dacha on the Beach

Coming up later this summer: 

Dacha's most audacious original format, DICE, finally takes on the greatest Shakespearean frontier: outdoor summer shows.

In the Dice series, a small ensemble of actors memorizes the entire script of a Shakespeare show and the roles are randomized at the start of each performance. Watch our virtuosic ensemble face the exciting new challenges in Shakespeare's most playful and magical script! No two casts are the same, and no two performances are remotely alike.

We are thrilled to return to the gorgeous Glenn Hughes Penthouse Theatre lawn on the UW campus for our summer show. Come enjoy a picnic on the lawn and party in the woods with us! We can't wait to share the magic with you all summer long.

Who We Are 
A "dacha" is a Russian cottage, a retreat and a time apart, a place for family where the generations mingle. Our Dacha seeks out stories that strike a chord of familiarity in our audience and are full of movement, comedy, and audience interaction. We are constantly in pursuit of new ways to tell old stories and ways to make new stories resonate, whether it is through our original immersive shows, our innovative "Dice" takes on Shakespeare and classic texts, or our movement-driven stagings of new works. We are committed to creating a welcoming community at every level of our organization, from pay-what-you-can tickets for all events, to audition workshops to empower diverse storytellers of all backgrounds to work with us. Dacha Theatre is run by a seven-person producing staff and supported by a company of over 40 artists and creators.

What We Do: Empowering Our Audiences
Audience interaction is a core part of Dacha's mission, and all of our shows are immersive or interactive in some form - whether our audiences are exploring a mansion in Burien while performing seances, a neighborhood park transformed into Neverland, playing an original board game on a custom-built digital platform, or interacting with Shakespearean clowns from their seats. We pride ourselves in making our immersive theater approachable and welcoming; our audiences always feel empowered as an important and necessary part of the story. Our passion for creating art and community extends beyond our stages - in addition to producing at least four shows a year, we offer ongoing events to bring our community closer together, including quarterly workshops for creators of all experience levels, and development labs for new works. All our shows and events are always ticketed on a sliding scale, and always include a pay-what-you-can option, ensuring that no one ever has a financial barrier to being a part of our work.