New and Experimental Works
Making Waves 2026
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ILLUMINATE 2026
July 13, 20, 21, and 27
Seattle Center Theatre Black Box
Four evenings celebrating Disabled and Deaf stories through performance, featuring a documentary screening, play readings, and a panel discussion on producing Disabled artists.
About the Program
Making Waves started in 2012 as an incubator to develop and share bold, relevant work by Sound Theatre artists. As we adopted a social justice mission in 2015, Making Waves became an even more integral part of our work. Four productions developed through the program have gone on to our mainstage.
Making Waves has allowed us to adapt in changing times. Even in the pandemic, we continued producing all kinds of work, including the feature film Changer: A Hand Telling, our 2021 Fall Festival, and a Disability Justice panel series.
A New Look for our New Works Program
To celebrate 10 years of Making Waves, we launched a full visual rebranding. We wanted a look that felt fresh and exciting to match the quality of the work produced in the program. We partnered with designer Monica Ravitch to create our new logo set.
