About Phillip Chavira

MISSION STATEMENT Intiman Theatre wrestles with American inequities. ABOUT US Intiman Theatre is a professional theater company in Seattle, Washington who won the 2006 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. Since its founding in 1972, has presented over 225 productions to Seattle audiences. Among the more recent of these are ANGELS IN AMERICA by Tony Kushner, TROUBLE IN MIND and WEDDING BAND by Alice Childress, BOOTYCANDY and BARBECUE by Robert O’hara, and DRAGON LADY by Sara Porkalob. Intiman produces in various venues throughout Seattle, which include the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute in Central District, 12th Avenue Arts, Velocity, UW Jones Playhouse, Seattle Center Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre and Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center. 2018 SEASON Intiman kicked off its 2018 WILD, WICKED, WOKE Season with a SOLD-OUT co-production with ArtsWest of HIR by MacArthur “Genius” award-winning writer Taylor Mac, and directed by Artistic Director Jennifer Zeyl. Intiman is proud to follow this successful production with WILD HORSES by Allison Gregory playing at 12th Avenue Arts from May 31-June 24, 2018, and with NATIVE GARDENS by Karen Zacarías playing at The Jones Playhouse from September 6-September 30, 2018.

A Letter from Intiman to Mayor McGinn

August 6, 2013

Mayor’s Office
P.O. Box 94749
Seattle, WA 98124­4749

Dear Mayor McGinn,

My name is Andrew Russell and I’m the Producing Artistic Director at Intiman Theatre. We’ve had the pleasure of meeting a few times at various functions related to the performing arts in Seattle. Thank you for your advocacy for those of us in […]

Help Us FEED Seattle

Adam for food driveIn honor of We Won’t Pay! We Won’t Pay! and food insecurity themes highlighted throughout the story, Intiman Theatre has kicked-off a food drive that directly supports Northwest Harvest and Washington State families. Now […]

Seattle Times Highlights the Transgender Community in Seattle

We are proud to support our transgender community and pull back into the spotlight the first openly transgender mayor in the US!

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TROUBLE IN MIND brings into the spot light issues that are still relevant 57 years later

Intiman Theatre and The Hansberry Project Collaborate to Reveal the Hidden History of American Black Theatre

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June 25, 2013

Intiman Theatre today announced its partnership with The Hansberry Project – a program aimed at connecting the work ofAfrican American theatre artists with a diverse audience. These entities have partnered to create a community discussion around Intiman’s upcoming production of

What if Stu’s story stayed in Silverton?

By Peter Shipley
Assistant Director, Stu for Silverton

Stu Rasmussen’s life is important. That’s what we believe here at the Intiman Theatre Festival. We believe it so deeply that we’re hard at work creating a new musical that will bring his story to thousands of audience members this summer. When he was elected Mayor of Silverton, Oregon, […]

Protests in Brazil Over Bus Fare Hike

What if Alice Childress’ TROUBLE IN MIND Was Never Staged Again?

By Arlene Martinez
Assistant Director, Trouble in MindArlene

Racism is a topic that most of us think we know a little something about. Some of us might believe it to be a thing of the past, some might have experienced it first hand, some […]

Transforming Reality: The Farcical Experience

By Katie Stewart
Assistant Director, We Won’t Pay! We Won’t Pay!

How often is rebellion associated with laughter? In the case of Nobel-prize winning playwright Dario Fo, the answer is always! Intiman’s production of We Won’t Pay! We Won’t Pay! this summer features the work of a playwright who actively challenges everything that is around us (and […]

LYSISTRATA in the Rehearsal Room

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by Jonathan Pyburn
Assistant Director, Lysistrata

Getting to watch Sheila work is really the highlight of my job. She approaches each actor with such care and tenderness while still being very specific about what she wants from them. Also Sheila constructs her work based upon viewpoints. Viewpoints is […]