Welcome to the new Oly Theater!
Since 2003 Theater Artists Olympia (TAO) has been a significant part of the South Puget Sound artistic community. From conception, TAO has been committed to pushing boundaries, emphasizing innovative and avant-garde performances. Often praised for their original works by new playwrights and for delivering high-quality, quirky, bold, and occasionally controversial productions, Theater Artists Olympia has enriched the cultural fabric of Olympia and surrounding communities by making theater more accessible and engaging for diverse audiences.
Current and Upcoming Shows
October 15th, 2026
Mostly Jokes - Aaron Foster
This show is subversively hilarious, laugh out loud gallows humor. Aaron creates comedy from tragedy. The venerability he displays through his storytelling makes you think and feel so many things. An impactful hour of comedy. The introspection of his life provides us an opportunity to reevaluate everything from our mental health to our aspirations and mistakes. Deeply personal yet very universal. And funny! – Hollywood Fringe Festival
WHERE: The New Oly Theater, 412 Jefferson St SE
WHEN: Thursday, October 15th - One Night Only!
October 23rd to November 8th 2026
A Spirited Manor
Recently widowed Clara O'Hare felt her life was over. Moving into her new home she realizes she is now not only haunted by the sorrow of her past, but by a frightening new presence reaching out to her. Desperate for answers, she visits her home's previous owner Horace Oroberg and finds herself invited to a séance led by the magnetic clairvoyant Wesley Lowenherz. In a whirlwind of events Clara becomes entangled with unseen forces both terrifying and murderous.
WHERE: The New Oly Theater, 412 Jefferson St SE
WHEN: October 23rd to November 8th
Friday/Saturday at 7:30 pm, Sundays at 2:00 pm​, Monday Nov. 2nd at 7:30 pm
Special Saturday 10/31 Halloween time: 9:00 pm - with Costume Contest at 8pm
Friday October 23rd is Actor's Benefit Pay What You Choose to Support the Actors!
November 27th to December 24th 2026
A film noir-inspired holiday thriller that combines a glamorous elf, a used-Christmas-tree salesman, a muckraking reporter, and a quick-thinking cab driver, and hard-boiled detective Nick Holiday who investigates some un-holiday-like shenanigans taking place in Christmastown that sends him on a search for the truth about Big Red. By Wayne Rawley.
Directed by John Longenbaugh
WHERE: The New Oly Theater, 412 Jefferson St SE
WHEN: November 27th to December 24th
Friday/Saturday at 7:30 pm, Sundays at 2:00 pm​
Christmastown
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