Covid-19 – sigh (a safe distance away from everyone else). BAT is canceling its March 19, 2020, Script Club meeting. BAT is concerned about maintaining the required social distancing at the host site, and the…
Burien Actors Theatre is saddened to announce it will not be offering its annual scholarships for Burien high school students this year. Over the years, BAT has helped many Burien high school students. This year,…
As you may have heard, in executive session (closed to the public) the Burien City Council supported the termination of the leases of all seven nonprofits in the Burien City Annex. This includes Burien Actors…
Early in my volunteering at BAT, I went to a Burien City Council meeting. The guy speaking right before me during the public comment said he just moved to Burien from a small town on the East Coast. He explained the town’s mayor had all but broken the City’s budget to bring arts and artists to the City. It was so bad that there was a recall petition 
started against the mayor.
I could see where all of this was going. Art bad. Art killed my last City, don’t let it happen here. Knowing I had to follow the speaker to talk about the next show at BAT, I began slumping down in my chair. I was thinking of ways to leave without being noticed.
But then the speaker took a breath and continued. Within a year, the City’s budget was balanced. Within three years, the City had grown so much it began decreasing taxes while expanding services. Due to expanded arts, the City grew. More restaurants. More businesses. More revenue.
I was pleased to get up and talk about BAT after that speaker. I also never forgot that night or the lesson that was there to learn.
Ever wanted to be famous? BAT can help! Your likeness can be onstage at BAT’s next show. Next up at BAT is Visiting Cezanne. (Shows are Friday and Saturday at 8, and Sunday at 2…
Just in time for Holiday giving BAT is offering three BATcoins for $10. That’s right $15 worth of BATcoins for just $10. Put a few in the stockings hung by the chimney with care. Put…
AmazonSmile has donated over $100 million to charities thanks to customers shopping at smile.amazon.com. To celebrate, AmazonSmile is donating 5% (ten times the usual amount) to Burien Actors Theatre when you shop at smile.amazon.com/ch/91-1109050 through…
A new version of Mary Shelley’s Gothic tale at Burien Actors Theatre! This is not your father’s Frankenstein! (Sept. 22, 2018 – Burien, WA) – Burien Actors Theatre’s (“BAT”) production of Dr. Frankenstein is a…
BAT’s 2018-19 season is underway, at least on our end. For you, the first event is BAT’s Gala on September 15, 2018, from 6 to 9 pm. The Gala got started a few years ago…
The close of HERE // HEAR – REVIEW HERE – on June 24th ended BAT’s 2017-18 
season. By all accounts, the season was a success. However, that is only because of BAT’s donors, patrons, volunteers, creative team, and Trustees. Each of which helped make better live theater possible. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
BAT is a 94-seat live theater that has thrived in Burien since 1980. As times have changed, BAT has changed. Through community support, this small theater has proved itself to be mighty.
BAT started its 2017-18 season with Ben Butler – REVIEW HERE. Ben Butler earned repeated standing ovations. It was an amazing historical play about the events that lead to the end of slavery. It set the pace for the year.
Next up at BAT was The Christmas Carol Rag – REVIEW HERE. This was the first time BAT had produced a musical for the Holidays. The retelling of the classic Holiday tale was very successful with repeated sellout crowds.
In the Winter it was Rapture, Blister, Burn – REVIEW HERE. Some called this a “chick-
show.” Not so, the look into the lives and four women was spellbinding, but there was more than enough storyline for everyone to enjoy. Again, the audience both men and women were on their feet at the end of many performances.
Finally, on the main stage, it was Church & State – REVIEW HERE. This is a tale that the author hopes will lose its relevance, but that does not look like it will happen anytime soon. Senator Witmore’s campaign speech where he goes off script and talks about the need for reasonable gun control made standing ovations inevitable, and most nights the crowd was on their feet.