If you are interested in renting The Ave for your production, please review the Guidelines for venue information and rental rates. Contact Jim Kleinbeck, Theater Operations Coordinator, at 253-833-5678 or auburnave@auburnwa.gov, to schedule an appointment.
TICKETS FOR UPCOMING SHOWS
Please refer to the phone number or website listed with the show descriptions below for information on how to purchase tickets.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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Date
Time
Show
Information
Aug 11 - Sept 12
CLOSED
The Auburn Ave Theater will be closed in August for routine maintenance. If you wish to receive postcards/brochure regarding presentations, please click on "Mailing Lists" to the left.
SAT 9/13/08
2:00pm
AVENUE KIDS
Francie Dillon, winner of the National Parent’s Choice Approval Award, is an enthusiastic and joyful entertainer, filling the theater with passion and gusto. Her contagious uplifting musical and storytelling style captures the hearts and minds of youngsters and parents, alike.
All seats General Admission: $6.00
Call Auburn Parks, Arts & Recreation: 253-931-3043, Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm
or In Person: 910 Ninth St. SE
FRI 9/19/08
7:30pm
COMEDY AT THE AVE
Three comics in one night! Debbie Wooten, Drew Barth, Larry Omaha
Comedy at The Ave is not recommended for under 18 yrs of age.
All seats General Admission: $17.00 Regular | $15.00 Senior (60+)
Call Auburn Parks, Arts & Recreation: 253-931-3043, Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm
or In Person: 910 Ninth St. SE
SAT 10/4/08
2:00pm
AVENUE KIDS
Schoolhouse Rock Live! Parks, Arts & Recreation Theater Camp Kids present the stage version of the Emmy Award-winning 1970s Saturday morning cartoon series that taught history, grammar, math, science and politics through clever, tuneful songs.
All seats General Admission: $6.00
Call Auburn Parks, Arts & Recreation: 253-931-3043, Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm
or In Person: 910 Ninth St. SE
WED 10/08/08
7:30pm
LIVE AT THE AVE
An Inspirational Evening with Elvis & John Denver tribute show featuring Danny Vernon and Ted Vigil
All seats General Admission: $17.00 Regular | $15.00 Senior (60+)
Call Auburn Parks, Arts & Recreation: 253-931-3043, Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm
or In Person: 910 Ninth St. SE
TH 10/9 FRI 10/10
7:30pm
SHOWTYME ENTERTAINMENT GROUP
Doin’ It @ The Auburn Ave Theater: magic show, buffet and prize give-aways! Also,
comedy as seen on comedy central, bet, comic view, and the tonight show from laugh factory’s Darren Carter and Nickelodeon’s Justin Worsham and dj oz
Ticket sales and information:
$45 general admission. ticket includes event and buffet
$55 tickets includes event, buffet, 5% off displayed merchandise, photo and personalized autograph
www.showtymegroup.com or by phone: 206.697.3434
10/17/08 thru 11/01/08
various
AUBURN REGIONAL THEATRE ART
presents Dracula based on Bram Stoker's famous novel, a chilling tale of darkness and possession. Half price tickets available on Halloween (October 31) for anyone in full costume!
For more information: www.experience-art.org
Tickets: 253.929.6680
TH 10/23/08
7:30pm
COMEDY AT THE AVE
Three comics in one night! Andre Paradise, Susan Rice and John Knight
Comedy at The Ave is not recommended for under 18 yrs of age.
All seats General Admission: $17.00 Regular | $15.00 Senior (60+)
Call Auburn Parks, Arts & Recreation: 253-931-3043, Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm
or In Person: 910 Ninth St. SE
SUN 11/09/08
2:30pm
SEATTLE OPERA YOUNG ARTISTS
Tatyana's Letter, Lyrical Scenes from Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin
The young professional opera singers, part of Seattle Opera’s acclaimed apprentice program, return to Auburn!
All seats General Admission: $17.00 Regular | $15.00 Senior (60+)
Call Auburn Parks, Arts & Recreation: 253-931-3043, Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm
or In Person: 910 Ninth St. SE
FRI 11/14/08
7:30PM
LIVE AT THE AVE
The gypsy-jazz, Django sound of Gig Harbor’s Hot Club Sandwich
"Gypsy Jazz with everything on it, including humor." - Vintage Guitar Magazine
Hot Club Sandwich is one of the most vibrant emerging acoustic bands on the West Coast, capturing the spirit of hot jazz bands of the early 20th Century. Featuring the instrumentation of guitars, upright bass, mandolin and violin, HCS draws inspiration from the classic string swing ensembles and big bands of the 1930s and 1940s
with particular reverence for the work of Django Reinhardt, Stephan
Grappelli and the Quintet of the Hot Club of France.
All seats General Admission: $17.00 Regular | $15.00 Senior (60+)
Call Auburn Parks, Arts & Recreation: 253-931-3043, Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm
or In Person: 910 Ninth St. SE
SAT 11/15 SUN 11/16
Sat: 7:30pm Sun: 2:30pm
LIVE AT THE AVE
Joey Jewell’s Sinatra at The Sands, featuring Jim Kerl’s Swing Sessions
All seats General Admission: $17.00 Regular | $15.00 Senior (60+)
Call Auburn Parks, Arts & Recreation: 253-931-3043, Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm
or In Person: 910 Ninth St. SE
SAT 11/22/08
7:30PM
COMEDY AT THE AVE
Comedians Kermit Holiday & Chas Elstner’s Desperate House Dads Comedy Tour
Two dads who are really glad to finally get out of the house!
Desperate House Dads is rated “PG,” however we always suggest no one under the age of 18 years for Comedy at The Ave programs.
All seats General Admission: $17.00 Regular | $15.00 Senior (60+)
Call Auburn Parks, Arts & Recreation: 253-931-3043, Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm
or In Person: 910 Ninth St. SE
FRI 12/5/08
7:30PM
LIVE AT THE AVE
Men of Worth: A Winter’s Carol
Irish/Scottish folk duo Men of Worth are joined by Harpist Maureen Brennan and Irish champion step dancer Kelsey Wilson. This ensemble has taken old and not so old songs and melodies to create a beautiful holiday concert .
All seats General Admission: $17.00 Regular | $15.00 Senior (60+)
Call Auburn Parks, Arts & Recreation: 253-931-3043, Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm
or In Person: 910 Ninth St. SE
FRI 12/12/08
7:30PM
LIVE AT THE AVE
Bottom Line Duo
Light humor meets serious music!, Combining the warm sonority of the Double Bass with the soaring melodic beauty of the Cello, the Bottom Line Duo presents a concert for all ages and musical backgrounds. Fans have come to expect a concert program that is masterful, charming, and entertaining.
All seats General Admission: $17.00 Regular | $15.00 Senior (60+)
Call Auburn Parks, Arts & Recreation: 253-931-3043, Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm
or In Person: 910 Ninth St. SE
SAT 12/13/08
2:00PM
AVUENUE KIDS
Slightly Illusional’s Arctic Express is an imaginary train ride that takes kids all over the world to learn about winter holidays celebrated around the globe.
All seats General Admission: $6.00
Call Auburn Parks, Arts & Recreation: 253-931-3043, Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm
or In Person: 910 Ninth St. SE
FRI & SAT 12/19 12/20
7:30PM
LIVE AT THE AVE
An Inspirational Christmas with Elvis tribute show featuring Danny Vernon and his band.
All seats General Admission: $17.00 Regular | $15.00 Senior (60+)
Call Auburn Parks, Arts & Recreation: 253-931-3043, Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm
or In Person: 910 Ninth St. SE
About the Auburn Avenue Theater
For over 30 years, the Auburn Avenue Theater has presented a diversity of live performances, including Broadway musicals, mystery theater, children's theater, and concerts. The Douglas family, producers of the fine dinner theater featured at the Auburn Avenue Theater for over 20 years, leased the venue to the City of Auburn to continue operating as a performing arts space. In 2007, The City of Auburn reopened the venue, expanding this time-honored tradition of live, quality performing arts, variety entertainment, children's shows, dance and music, right in the heart of downtown.
History in the Making
The theater building itself is over 80 years-old, however, the first structure to occupy the property over 100 years ago was a carriage house for horses. When the automobile replaced horses as the major mode of transportation, the building was entirely reconstructed as the city's bus depot. New owners converted it to a movie house in the 1940s and continued operating it as such until the mid-70s, when it underwent yet another conversion, this time as a performing arts theater venue. Since then, The Auburn Avenue Theater has presented 27 seasons of dinner theater, the last of its kind in Western Washington.
For information about the Auburn Avenue Theater, please contact Jim Kleinbeck, Theater Operations Coordinator, at 253-833-5678 or auburnave@auburnwa.gov.
