The Intiman Playhouse is at 201 Mercer Street on the northwest corner of Seattle Center campus. The Theatre is between the Pacific Northwest Ballet and the Seattle Repertory Theatre at the 2nd Avenue North and Mercer Street entrance to Seattle Center. The Ticket Office and lobby entrance is in the fountain courtyard on the north side of the building.
Public Transportation
Intiman Theatre and Seattle Center are served by15 bus routes with frequent connections to Downtown and several neighborhoods. The best way to plan your bus trip to Intiman is to use Metro’s new automated Trip Planner Just enter your trip’s origin, indicate your destination as Intiman Theatre and your travel time and you’ll receive, on-screen, a detailed itinerary telling you what bus to take, where to catch it, where and how to transfer and how much it will cost - check it out!
Click here for a complete list of buses that serve the Seattle Center.
Monorail
The Monorail is a quick and easy way to get to Intiman Theatre if you’re coming from downtown Seattle. The Monorail departs every 10 minutes from Westlake Center Mall (at Fifth and Pine Street) and brings you to the station at Seattle Center (across from the Space Needle). Each trip takes two minutes to cover the 1 mile route. The train can carry up to 200 passengers per trip.
Round-trip fares are $4.00 for adults, $1.50 for youth ages 5-12, $2.00 for senior 65+, disabled, and persons with Medicare cards. One-way fares are 1/2 of the round-trip price. Children 4 and under are FREE.
Click here for the Seattle Monorail’s official website.
Driving Directions
- Northbound or Southbound I-5:Take the Mercer Street exit and follow the signs to Seattle Center. Turn right on 5th Avenue and then left on Roy Street. Then turn left on 2nd Avenue and left on Mercer Street.
- Northbound Hwy 99:Take the Western Avenue exit; turn right on Wall Street, then left on 1st Avenue, then right on 1st Ave North. Turn right on Mercer Street.
- Southbound Hwy 99:Take the Seattle Center exit, turn left on 5th Avenue, right on Roy Street and then turn left on 2nd Avenue and left on Mercer Street.
Click here for traffic alerts from the Washington State Department of Transportation.
Parking
Discount Parking for All Patrons
Discount parking “scrip” is available through Seattle Center Parking (“Scrip” is a book of 25 $1 coupons sold for $21.25). Please call 206.684.7340, Monday-Friday, 7:30am-4:00pm for further information.
Street Parking
The City of Seattle has created residential parking zones in the Queen Anne neighborhood. Please read all parking signs carefully as many of the streets in the lower Queen Anne area are zoned for limited duration parking or for “No Parking after 6pm.”
Click here for a Seattle Center parking map.
Accessible Parking Enhancement
Seattle Center is working to increase accessible parking options on the campus – with a larger variety of parking spaces in several strategic locations. Please see the most recent online map for routes and parking options.
- Theater Commons On-Site: Six accessible spaces and one accessible drop-off area are being added to the Theater Commons at the north end of the site within easy reach of the theaters to accommodate patrons.
- Loading & Drop-off: The loading/drop-off area along Mercer St. between Intiman Theatre and the Phelps Center will continue to accommodate patrons.
- Garage Parking: 19 new accessible parking spaces in Mercer Garage on Level C (Skybridge Level) were added last fall, adding to the existing 29 accessible spaces. 24 accessible spaces (8 for vans) in the new 5th Ave N Garage also serve the campus core.
- Street Parking: Four on-street parking spaces on the east side of Warren Ave. N. just south of Mercer St. will be designated with new signage for exclusive 24 hour use by those with Washington State disabled placards. The spaces will offer convenience for both theater patrons and visitors to the campus.
- On-Campus Lot Parking: Recent improvements to the School District parking lot off 5th Avenue North include new accessible pay stations and a total of six accessible spaces (five for vans) near the Harrison St. entry to the Seattle Center campus.
- Off-Campus Lot Parking: Seattle Center is working to secure additional off-street accessible parking close to the Seattle Repertory and Intiman theatres, especially to accommodate vans.
Accessibility Awareness and Directional Signage
- New Theater District and campus access improvements will help visitors and theater patrons navigate their way to and through the campus.
- Simplified accessible route signage along Mercer
- ADA ramp improvements
- Crosswalk and pocket park enhancements on 2nd Avenue North.
Other key campus intersection signal and crosswalk improvements are in the works for later in 2010, and Seattle Center will continue to assess and enhance its accessibility accommodations.