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.

WILD HORSES All Womxn Creative Team

Meet the womxn bosses of Intiman’s next mainstage production of WILD HORSES by Allison Gregory


(left to right)
Jamie Nathan [Technical Director], Jordan Kelly Andrews [Stage Manager], Jennifer Zeyl [Set & Costume Designer], Dedra D Woods [Actress–The Woman], Sheila Daniels [Director], Erin Bednarz [Sound Designer], & Vada Briceño [Lighting Designer] (not pictured)

Seattle Gay Times, “Hir .. doesn’t hold back. It’s a darkly comic shocker from act to act. Magnificently captivating.”


ArtsWest’s Hir a darkly comic shocker that’s magnificently captivating
by Paul Torres – SGN Contributing Writer

HIR
ARTSWEST & INTIMAN THEATRE
Through March 25

Hir by Taylor Mac doesn’t hold back. It’s a darkly comic shocker from act to act. ArtsWest and Intiman co-produce this latest production directed by […]

Seattle Times “Go See HIR”

Whatever you think of Taylor Mac’s ‘Hir’ at ArtsWest, the play provokes

Q&A with Intiman’s new Development Director

Intiman is proud to announce Deni Hirsh as our new Development Director. We sat down with her and learned why she moved to the PNW, who is her FAM, and her past experience. Her bio is below, and Deni can be reached at […]

HIR at Seattle Public Library


ArtsWest and Intiman Theatre co-present Hir by Taylor Mac from February 28 – March 25 (click here for tickets). Librarians at The Seattle Public Library created this list of books and films to enhance your experience of the show. Prepared by a Librarian […]

Intiman Theatre Announces Next Co-Curator

INTIMAN THEATRE ANNOUNCES NEXT CO-CURATOR

Artistic Director Elect Jennifer Zeyl and Executive Director Phillip Chavira are proud to announce KJ Sanchez as the 2018 Co-Curator, effective January, 2018.

SEATTLE, WA (December 4, 2017) — Acclaimed playwright and […]

Q+A With Jennifer Zeyl

Intiman Board President Kevin Malgesini spoke with Jennifer Zeyl on her recent appointment as Artistic Director at Intiman Theatre, located in Seattle, WA. Jennifer talks of her proudest moments at the company and working with fantastic artists over the last two decades.

KM: You have been […]

DRAGON LADY Opens This Week! Get to Know the Dragon Lady, and more…

Interview with the Dragon Lady Part 2
by Joann Natalia Aquino of Intiman Theatre


Over brunch in Seattle on a Monday morning, I met with the Dragon Lady, the title character of our next show, to learn more about her, and in turn, for us to learn […]

An Interview with the Dragon Lady

by Joann Natalia Aquino of Intiman Theatre

Over brunch in Seattle on a Monday morning, I met with the Dragon Lady, the title character of our next show, to learn more about her, and in turn, for us to learn about Intiman’s upcoming […]

What is a Dragon Lady?

by Sara Porkalob, Intiman Co-Curator and creator of the new musical DRAGON LADY

“Dragon Lady” was a term created in the 1930’s by the West to describe Asian women who were strong, sexual, deceitful, and domineering. The opposite of the Dragon Lady was the “Madame Butterfly”: demure, passive, […]