Dacha Theatre

Dacha is celebrating 10 years 

of pay-what-you-can and reduced price tickets. 

Donate today as we enter the double digits and continue our work to bring accessible and joyful theatre to the Puget Sound!

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

At our Dacha, everyone is welcome. We believe that no one should ever have a financial barrier to accessing live theater, and that's why since 2016, all of our shows have been ticketed on a sliding scale with a PWYC option.

In our 2024-2025 season, 60% tickets were PWYC or Reduced Price. That’s 2,000 people that may otherwise have been unable to attend. For the average theatre, ticket sales make up 30% of their annual revenue.  

10th Anniversary Season is all about finding ourselves in community, taking action to manifest our dreams, and making tomorrow the best day yet (even and especially when tomorrow is looking darker and darker).

Up Next: Dream, Carl, Dream! 

Created by Nathan Whitehouse
Directed by Gavin Reub
12th Ave Arts: Mainstage
June 5th-24th

It's five minutes 'till Sleepytime and the latest set of rewrites are even worse than the last. The Director of Dreaming is considering pulling the plug and putting up another rerun of "Teeth Fall Out (School Assembly Version)" but the truth is everyone knows that the stakes are too high for that.

In his waking life, Carl seems to be holding it together, but in the depths of his subconscious, he knows he could be – wants be – so much more. In fact, his dreams might just be the only connection he still has to his deepest self. That's where you come in. In this immersive, interactive piece, you will assist the beleaguered neurons of the Dream Department in programming each night's dreams. Work alongside your mental colleagues during the day, and then sit back, relax, and watch the show once the dreams start to play.

Dream, Carl, Dream! Tickets Here 

This Summer: Dice: As You Like It

Directed by Nick O'Leary
July 17th 1st - 26th Gilbert and Sullivan Society
August 4th - 24th Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Studio 13

In this immersive karaoke bar experience, all bets are off once our heroes reach the Forest of Arden: the scenes will be re-shuffled into a random order each night, and the audience will be thrown into the heart of the action of our topsy-turvy remix. 

As we take the international stage for the first time, Dacha revisits the third iteration of its most audacious format. In Dice, a small company of actors memorizes the entirety of a classic text. Each show, the audience rolls dice to determine who plays who, and the chaos begins!

Your support helps us share this fearless format internationally and connect with artists and audiences from around the world. 

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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, 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 three 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.