Diversions

'Mother Courage'

Youngstown Cultural Arts Center

West Seattle

4408 Delridge Way S.W.

Show runs July 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, and 20. Mother Courage and Her Children is Bertolt Brecht's most passionate and profound statement against war. The audience follows Mother Courage as she attempts to achieve her goals of making a profit and keeping her children alive through the blood and destruction of the Thirty Years War. For tickets, call Brown Paper Tickets at 1-800-838-3006 or go to http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/34400.

'The Spy Who Came in from the Rain'

Kenyon Hall

7904 35th Ave S.W.

937.3613

kenyonhall@earthlink.net

www.kenyonhall.org

Saturday, July 5 at 7:30 p.m. - Comedy Troupe Yug and Asil return in "The Spy Who Came in from the Rain," a riveting, sidesplitting tale of espionage, intrigue, and mystery, all based on audience suggestions. Tickets $8-$14.

'bare'

ArtsWest Playhouse and Gallery

4711 California Avenue SW

www.artswest.org

938-0339

July 10 - 26. ArtsWest presents the Seattle Premiere of bare: a gripping, provocative pop opera about seniors in a private Catholic school struggling with first love, sexuality, and religion. For more information or for tickets, call the box office at 938-0339.

'Hamlet'

Camp Long

5200 35th Ave. S.W.

684-7434

July 25, 7 - 9:30 p.m. Ages 1 and older.

One of Shakespeare's best-known works explores life, death and humanity, as the young Prince of Denmark considers his options in revenging the murder of his father. Call 684-7434 for more information.

'Twelfth Night'

Camp Long

5200 35th Ave. S.W.

684-7434

July 26, 7 - 9:30 p.m. Ages 1 and older. Free.

Shipwrecked in Illiria, and separated from her twin brother, Viola disguises herself as a boy to find work at Duke Orsino's house, but when Orsino sends her as a messenger to Olivia, whom he wishes to woo, she finds herself the mistaken object of Olivia's eye. Directed by Amelia Meckler, call 684-7434 for information.