BAT says goodbye to one of its own. Henry Eugene Hart, a retired director and past-President of Burien Little Theatre, died March 31st this year, following a stroke. He was born Hans Hartog in the…
BAT spent a few Saturdays cleaning out its wood storage room. It has been quite a bit of work and there is still one more Saturday to go (that will be sometime after “End Days…
BAT is pleased to announce it has a build-space for “Noises Off!” Once BAT gets the owners “real” name there will be more thanks, but right now, BAT could not be happier. “Noises Off,” February 21…
Meet BAT’s newest Trustee. Rose Clark has lived in Burien since 1966. (That’s 11 years after nonprofessional theater started in Burien. There has been theater in Burien every season since 1955.) A great community activist,…
There was a fire at BAT’s home of 34 years. It is up to the Burien City Council, BAT’s 
landlord, to decide wether to rebuild the theater space or not. (If you would like to politely ask the Council to rebuild, send an email to council@burienwa.gov.) But this is not about arson, is is about Hope in Hard Times and the miracle on 153rd street. Most of all it is about thanks.
BAT chose “Coney Island Christmas” because the Highline Historical Society asked BAT if we could produce a Holiday show set in the Great Depression to go along with the Historical Society’s exhibit about the Depression, “Hope in Hard Times.”
It took some time, but BAT located the script for “Coney Island Christmas,” a play that had been written in 2012, but about a very special Christmas in 1935. To produce the play BAT had to get the script directly from the author’s agent, as it has not yet been published. (BAT has dealt with agents many time before, to get a new work.)
After weeks of rehearsals, weeks of design work for light, sound, set, costumes and props the show opened to very good reviews, e.g. from the B-Town Blog and wonderful audiences. Once again BAT had a hit on its hands!
The fire at BAT’s theater space tried to play Scrooge and stamp out “Coney Island Christmas.” Not so fast! As promised, BAT (maybe better named PHOENIX right now) has located a temporary space. The “Coney…
As Thanksgiving approaches BAT has much to be thankful for. On the day after Thanksgiving, Friday, November 29, BAT opens “Coney Island Christmas.” And what a great show it is. Wonderfully funny and touching too. …
BAT is pleased to have added a new Trustee to its Board at its last Board meeting. Welcome Andrea Reay! Andrea will continue her role as development director at BAT, but will also sit on…
BAT found a handwritten “wish list” in its office. No one admits to writing it. Nevertheless, BAT could not come up with a better wish list. Is it too soon to tell Santa Claus? (BAT…
Henry Hart, past board president as well as an actor and director for Burien Little Theatre (now Burien Actors Theatre), recently moved to Fernwood Retirement Community in Normandy Park. Without Henry, and many others, BAT would…