Meany Center Feature

Michelle Witt presents her insight into the values, inspiration and decisions that are the foundation of the 2025–26 Season.

Skexe Coast Salish Wooly Dog Panels —the new artwork by Dan Friday, inspired by the Coast Salish wooly dog blankets of the People of the Salish Sea — is located in the lobby of the Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater near Door C.

Marc Bamuthi Joseph discusses his partnership with Meany Center and talks about art-making as a conduit to a transformative future and artistic inquiry as a model for creating a culture of joy and wellbeing.

Meany Center in partnership with the Henry Art Gallery embarked on a joyous, one-day processional across the UW campus to activate five temporary altars created by Seattle artists. 

Amber Sanders grew up in Pasadena, but always loved it when it rained. She is one of that rare breed: a born-and-bred Californian who moved to Seattle for the weather!

Meany Center Advisory Board Member Olivia Lee grew up venerating Van Cliburn. This year, she had the opportunity to play at the Cliburn Amateur Festival in Fort Worth—a homecoming in more than one way!

After more 48 years Meany Center has finally replaced our old orchestra shell with something made in this century. Out with the old and in with the new!

They say what’s worth having is worth waiting for. That was certainly true of Meklit Hadero’s MOVEMENT Live, originally scheduled for February, 2021. When the show finally had its world premiere on the Meany stage this May it was definitely worth the wait!

At a community town hall at Langston Hughes, featuring Bill T. Jones, moderator Vivian Phillips along with Seattle Deputy Director at the Office of Planning & Community Development Lauren Flemister, and UW vice provost and dean of Undergraduate Academic Affairs Ed Taylor, panelists and audience explored ideas about what makes a community strong, and what responsibilities we have to one another.

When Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company brought their latest work, What Problem? to Seattle in March, UW student Alicia Moore had an unusual opportunity to work both on stage as a performer in the community cast and backstage as a tech crew apprentice.