Book-It’s Last Chapter: Seattle Theatre to Shut Down After 3-Decade Run
Leadership turnover, faltering ticket sales, and decreasing philanthropic backing have led the unique literary-oriented theatre to close the book.
Leadership turnover, faltering ticket sales, and decreasing philanthropic backing have led the unique literary-oriented theatre to close the book.
Seattle’s Book-It Repertory Theatre, led by Jane Jones and Myra Platt, has gone from adapting classic Western literature to local contemporary literature, drawing more and more local authors into theatre.