Join us at the Seattle Rep for a theatrical journey like no other with "The Skin of our Teeth"! This action-packed comedy by Thornton Wilder takes you on a time-bending adventure with the Antrobus family, who have been married for 5,000 years, raised kids, and survived multiple catastrophic disasters. As the world teeters on the brink of collapse, this family's endless struggle to save humanity unfolds from the age of dinosaurs, through our 21st-century election year, to the potential end of the world as we know it.

Featuring an epic-sized cast and dozens of community guest stars, "The Skin of our Teeth" is a hilarious, imaginative, and satirical love letter to human endurance, described as a "laugh-a-second, multi-millennia mindbender" by The Oregonian. Suitable for school-aged kids 7 and up, this performance, with its impressive physical feats and no narrative to follow, promises a 90-minute show with no intermission that the whole family can enjoy. Please note, the production includes theatrical haze and two brief moments of flashing lights.

This must-see event will take place at the Bagley Wright Theater from September 26 to October 20, 2024. Important dates include preview performances from September 26 to October 1, with opening night on October 2. Special performances include a mask-required show on October 6, open captions on October 10 at 7:30 p.m., Teen Night on October 11, a student matinee on October 17, and ASL & Audio Described performance on October 19.

Directed by Dámaso Rodríguez, don't miss your chance to experience this extraordinary production that celebrates the resilience and enduring spirit of humanity. Buy your tickets now and be part of the adventure that has captivated audiences for generations!

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The Skin of our Teeth

Seattle Rep

In the 5,000 years they’ve been married, George and Maggie Antrobus have survived wars, plagues, ﬂoods, and everything in between. Now they’re running low on food—and a massive glacier is headed toward their New Jersey home. A timely comedy about the endurance of human spirit, Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth follows one “every-family” through the great struggles and triumphs of the human experience.

The Skin of Our Teeth

Bus Barn Theater

Combining farce, burlesque, satire, and elements of the comic strip, Thornton Wilder depicts an Everyman family as it narrowly escapes one end-of-the-world disaster after another, from the Ice Age to flood to war. Directed by Toby Vera Bercovici.



Cleveland Play House

The Long Christmas Dinner – nine decades long – showcases the lives of several generations of the Bayard family. Wilder breaks the boundaries of time as we measure it, and invites us to partake of  “one long, happy Christmas dinner” – past, present and future. As generations appear, have children, wither, and depart, only the audience appreciates what changes and what remains the same. “Every last twig is wrapped around with ice. You almost never see that,” young Genevieve marvels, not realizing that her mother made this observation years earlier, or that her daughter-in-law will one day do the same.

Thornton Wilder

Events

Upcoming events

Dec 16, 2024

The Long Christmas Dinner - Thornton Wilder · Tobin Center for the Performing Arts

Past events

Sep 26 - Oct 19, 2024

The Skin of our Teeth · Seattle Rep

Apr 11 - May 5, 2024

The Skin of Our Teeth · Los Altos Stage Company

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