Key City Public Theatre in Port Townsend is awarded a Washington State Main Street Program award for renovation

Seattle, WA — At the Washington State Main Street Program’s annual awards ceremony, Key City Public Theatre in Port Townsend was honored with the Outstanding Bricks and Mortar Rehabilitation Award for its multi-year facility remodel. Operated by the nonprofit Washington Trust for Historic Preservation in conjunction with the Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, the Washington State Main … Read More

An Update from Your Theater

March 22, 2021, Port Townsend, WAThank you for taking the time to listen to our update and learn about what is happening at Key City Public Theatre. We are all very excited about our future and know that we will all walk together to the stage once again! Denise WinterArtistic Directorinfo@keycitypublictheatre.org▸View Full TranscriptThis week marks one year since the last … Read More

The jobs your patronage creates

It may not be obvious to many people that a performing arts non-profit like Key City Public Theatre is actually a job creator. Because we value and need our community’s support more than ever, we thought we’d share below some of the specific jobs YOU are supporting when you give to KCPT. Key City Public Theatre is a union based, … Read More

Review | KCPT’s ‘Sea Marks’ will get a hook in you

Review by Michael C. Moore for Kitsap Theatre ArtistsView original review here > Romance, comedy and tragedy are stunningly rendered in this atmospheric midlife love story PORT TOWNSEND — Colm is a self-professed “54-year-old spinster man” upon whom Timothea sets her cap because of the beautiful way he writes to her. He’s a “primitive,” ensconced in a remote west-Irish island … Read More

Review | KCPT’s unique lark in the park

Chetzemoka Park becomes a co-star in the company’s tents-and-awnings take on ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’ Review by Michael More for Kitsap Theatre ArtistsView original review here > PORT TOWNSEND — The trick to adapting Shakespeare is having the experience be about the Shakespeare, and not what you’ve done to it. It sounds simple. Pick a time period and/or genre … Read More

Shakespeare’s ‘Merry Wives’ come to Chetzemoka Park

Port Townsend production of Shakespeare in the Park opens Aug. 2 PORT TOWNSEND — In “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” the women are not only wealthy; they’re also wily as can be. So when hustling Sir John Falstaff seeks to woo them out of a fortune, things get interesting. Key City Public Theatre is staging “Merry Wives” — replete with … Read More

US Bank Foundation Awards Grant to Key City Public Theatre

Key City Public Theatre has just been chosen for a grant from the US Bank Foundation, a region-wide giving program. This marks a decade of awards from the foundation, with the new $2,000 grant bringing the total close to $20,000 over the years, said Denise Winter, KCPT’s executive artistic director. “Since the US Bank Foundation began awarding these grants, we’ve … Read More