A Holiday Arts Collaboration
2021-12-17 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Gesa Power House Theatre, 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States
Gesa Power House Theatre will host A Holiday Arts Collaboration on Friday, December 17 at 7:00 p.m. This free hour-long event will feature youth performances created by Y-Tunes (formerly Walla Walla Music Organization) and WW Dance Co2 (under the umbrella of Walla Walla Dance Company) in live musical performances and choreographed instrumental music created by Y-Tunes students. Art pieces by local artists, provided by ArtWalla, will be displayed during the dance numbers.
The Y-Tunes Music and Sound Studio became an official program of the Walla Walla YMCA this fall and is now part of the Youth Engagement Department, under the direction of Walla Walla Music Organization founder Rodney Outlaw.
Walla Walla Dance Company, founded and directed by Nancy Wells, has offered dance in the community for the past 30 years. WW Dance Co2 was recently developed by Justine and Jennifer Clark to allow specialized training and growth in contemporary dance within the program.
No ticket necessary. Donations to any of the participating organizations will be accepted at the door and may also be made online at any time through the Valley Giving Guide (with possible donation matching opportunities).
Please review our current health and safety precautions, including required mask use.

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Season Sponsors:

KAPP-KVEW TV, Pacific Power, Northwest Public Broadcasting, Hayden Homes
Additional support provided by:
Walla Walla County, Port of Walla Walla, City of Walla Walla, Exchange Club of Walla Walla
Each Coldwell Banker Office is Independently Owned and Operated

Little Watts Movie: "Ira Finkelstein's Christmas"
2021-12-19 14:00 - 16:00 | Gesa Power House Theatre, 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States
Walla Walla Valley Honda presents a screening of the family-friendly feature film Ira Finkelstein’s Christmas at Gesa Power House Theatre on Sunday, December 19 at 2PM. Bring the kids early (starting at 12:30) to meet Santa before the movie!
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Ira J. Finkelstein is obsessed with Christmas. He’s seen every Christmas movie ever made and his dreams are filled with reindeer, sleigh rides and SNOW. The problem? Ira’s Jewish — and at 11 years old, Christmas is passing him by. When Ira’s hopes for a holiday vacation in Aspen are dashed, he hatches a plan to finally get the Christmas of his dreams. Flying unaccompanied to visit his grandparents in Florida, he swaps tickets with Mikey, another 11-year-old on his way to Christmastown, WA . Ira gets more than he bargained for when he experiences his first “White Christmas”.
Ira Finkelstein’s Christmas has a runtime of about 2 hours, and is rated PG. General admission tickets ($12 adults, $8 Youth 12 and under) are available online or by calling the box office at 509-529-6500.
Please review our current health and safety precautions, including required mask use. Ticket holders will receive an email during the week before the show with any updates.

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The Little Watts Family Series is presented by:

Additional support provided by:
Yancey P Winans Community Grant

Season Sponsors:

KAPP-KVEW TV, Pacific Power, Northwest Public Broadcasting, Hayden Homes
Additional support provided by:
Walla Walla County, Port of Walla Walla, City of Walla Walla
Each Coldwell Banker Office is Independently Owned and Operated

Live Cinema: "The Nutcracker" (ballet)
2021-12-23 19:00 - 21:30 | Gesa Power House Theatre, 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States
Gesa Power House Theatre presents a Live Cinema screening of The Royal Ballet’s current production of The Nutcracker, on Thursday, December 23 at 7:00 p.m.
The Nutcracker is a family favorite at Christmas time and is one of the most delightful ways to discover the enchantment of ballet. The story of Clara, a girl on a magical Christmas Eve adventure, is accompanied by sparkling music and even dancing sweets! Watch the full company of The Royal Ballet in this much-loved ballet classic.
The cast of this production includes: Akane Takada (The Sugar Plum Fairy), Cesar Corrales (The Prince), Christopher Saunders (Herr Drosselmeyer), Isabella Gasparini (Clara), Luca Acri (Hans-Peter/The Nutcracker).
Filmed during a live event, the Live Cinema Series broadcasts offer audiences an equivalent to the best seat in the house, with incredibly detailed close-ups of the performers. The Live Cinema Series is sponsored in part by Shakespeare Walla Walla.
This screening has an approximate runtime of 2 hours, 30 minutes, including an on-screen introduction and two intermissions. Beer, wine, popcorn, and snacks will be available for purchase, and may be taken into the theater.
Reserved seating tickets ($15 adults, $10 students) are available online or by calling the box office at 509-529-6500.If you want to purchase 4 or more titles in the Live Cinema series together and save 10%, please call the box office at 509-529-6500 (offer not available online).
Please review our current health and safety precautions, including required mask use. Ticket holders will receive an email during the week before the show with any updates.

Want to receive early notice and access to ticket sales? Join the +Power Club (highest priority) or sign up for our e-mail list!

The Live Cinema Series is supported by Shakespeare Walla Walla, a local 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that aims to make Shakespeare and theater approachable and entertaining to students in eastern Washington and Oregon.

Season Sponsors:

KAPP-KVEW TV, Pacific Power, Northwest Public Broadcasting, Hayden Homes
Additional support provided by:
Walla Walla County, Port of Walla Walla, City of Walla Walla
Each Coldwell Banker Office is Independently Owned and Operated

Peter Antoniou (show postponed)
2021-12-31 19:00 - 21:00 | Gesa Power House Theatre, 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States
This event has been postponed to February 5, 2022 due to winter weather conditions. Patrons with tickets to this event have been notified, and their tickets will be valid for the new date. If you have any questions, please contact the box office at boxoffice@phtww.org or 509-529-6500.

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Season Sponsors:

KAPP-KVEW TV, Pacific Power, Northwest Public Broadcasting, Hayden Homes
Additional support provided by:
Walla Walla County, Port of Walla Walla, City of Walla Walla
Each Coldwell Banker Office is Independently Owned and Operated

Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival
2022-01-16 19:00 - 21:00 | Gesa Power House Theatre, 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States
The Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival – 2022 Winter Festival will conclude with a Festival Series concert at Gesa Power House Theatre on Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. The concert will feature the string trio BLUE…RED…GREEN by Carman Moore, a brief gem by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, and the 3rd Sonata for Violin and Piano by George Enescu.
WWCMF continues with its intention to honor composers of color, and in our small way, make up for lost time during which our industry showed this beautiful repertoire neglect. Carman Moore is a prolific composer, conductor, and educator, having served on the faculties of Carnegie-Mellon and Yale Universities. His works have been performed by major orchestras the world over. BLUE…RED…GREEN was composed in 2007.
The concert concludes with the reprise performance of the Enescu Sonata No. 3 for violin and piano. The work will reveal even more of its many mysteries in this second hearing.
Artists: Timothy Christie, viola; Artur Girsky, violin; Rowena Hammill, cello; David Korevaar, piano; and Maria Sampen, violin.
General admission tickets ($30) are available through the WWCMF website. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Be sure to read the WWCMF COVID19 vaccination policy. Proof of vaccination & booster is required for patrons over the age of 16, and proof of vaccination is required for patrons ages 5 to 15. Negative tests will not be considered as a substitute for vaccination.

This event is a rental by Walla Walla Choral Society. Click here to learn more about renting the theatre for your own event!

Power House Movie: "Aviva" (cutting edge cinema)
2022-01-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Gesa Power House Theatre, 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States
Gesa Power House Theatre presents a Power House Movie screening of the 2020 independent film Aviva on Wednesday, January 19, 2022 at 7:00 p.m.
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“A freewheeling blend of dance and surrealist interrogations of gender identity…entrancing.“
– IndieWire
“Its leaps and transitions are often mind-bending…illuminating and expansive.”
– The Hollywood Reporter
After meeting online, transatlantic lovers Aviva and Eden embark on a tumultuous courtship, love affair and marriage. The couple struggles, separates, and tries to get back together, as dual aspects of each one’s personality battles forces inside and out.
Director Boaz Yakin ‘s (Remember the Titans) dreamy dance film, with choreography from former member of Israeli dance company Batsheva Dance Company and co-star Bobbi Jene Smith, tells a story that is timeless, universal and yet up-to-the-moment. The character of Aviva, played by both Zina Zinchenko (and at times by Or Schraiber), is a young Parisian who develops an online romance with Eden, played by Tyler Phillips (and at times Bobbie Jene Smith), a New Yorker. After a long courtship they meet in person and fall in love, settling into an intimate relationship that leads to marriage, but one, as many are, laced with conflicts. Incorporating exuberant dance sequences, and featuring a pair of principal characters played by four different actors daringly expressing both masculine and feminine sides, Aviva captures a restless and changing today where who we are as women and men, and how we navigate the world, is up for grabs.
Reserved seating tickets ($15 adults, $10 students) are available online or by calling the box office at 509-529-6500. This unrated film contains nudity and has runtime of about 2 hours.
If you want to purchase 4 or more titles in the Power House Movie series together and save 10%, please call the box office at 509-529-6500 (offer not available online).
Please review our current health and safety precautions, including required mask use. Ticket holders will receive an email during the week before the show with any updates.
Want to receive early notice and access to ticket sales? Join the +Power Club (highest priority) or sign up for our e-mail list!

Power House Movies are powered by what you can’t get anywhere else in the Walla Walla Valley. Not only do we showcase award-winning festival favorites, feature-length narratives, documentaries, and undiscovered gems, we pair them with exclusive content from the movie makers themselves – most often in conversation with our Director of Film Programming, Warren Etheredge. Join us for a night out in our historic venue, and enjoy a glass of wine with the show. It’s an experience worth leaving the couch for!

Season Sponsors:

Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Northwest Public Broadcasting, Pacific Power, Hayden Homes
Additional support provided by:
Walla Walla County, Port of Walla Walla, City of Walla Walla
Each Coldwell Banker Office is Independently Owned and Operated

Private Event
2022-01-20, 2022-03-17 | WA
A private event is scheduled at the theater on this date. Want to rent our historic venue for your own event? Contact us at events@phtww.org.

"Vincent" (live theatre)
2022-01-21 19:00 - 20:30 | Gesa Power House Theatre, 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States
Gesa Power House Theatre presents two performances of Vincent on Friday, January 21, 2022 and Saturday, January 22, 2022 at 7:00 p.m.
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Vincent is a one-man play written by Leonard Nimoy (Star Trek) and stars Jean-Michel Richaud, who has performed this show for more than five years on an international tour spanning three continents. The play is set just after the death of little-known painter Vincent Van Gogh, while rumors are flying in Paris. Some say he was a penniless madman, a frequenter of prostitutes and soon to be forgotten artist of trifling quality. Others denounce him as a wayward priest and a foreigner. Many whisper that he took his own life in a moment of insanity. His brother Theo (Richaud), Vincent’s confidante and lifelong supporter, takes the stage in a rented lecture hall to set the record straight.
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Vincent opened in Los Angeles in 2012, where it enjoyed a 14-week sold out run, moved to San Diego for a sold out run in 2013, and then began touring the United States, including many more sold out engagements. In 2015, the play had its French-language premiere in Paris, France, where it was nominated for Best Actor and Best Author awards at the Petits Molieres – the French equivalent of the Tony Awards for small theatres. Vincent has been touring internationally in English and French ever since. Vincent was also included in the North Bay Best of 2021 list
Throughout the play more than a hundred of Van Gogh’s paintings are projected on a framed screen, providing a rich overview of the artist’s work and visual complement to the story.
“Insightful and moving”
– LA Times
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“A fantastic ride”
– Le Monde
Actor Jean-Michel Richaud is a founding member of the award-winning theater company The Next Arena, has starred in many company productions, and has appeared in numerous television and film roles, including What Just Happened with Robert De Niro, Bottle Shock opposite Alan Rickman, and Agent X opposite Sharon Stone. He is also one of the top European voice-over talents in Los Angeles and has dubbed more than 300 movies into French.
Reserved seating tickets ($30-$25 adults, $20 students) are available online or by calling the box office at 509-529-6500. The play runs about 75 minutes without intermission.
Please review our current health and safety precautions, including required mask use. Ticket holders will receive an email during the week before the show with any updates.

Want to receive early notice and access to ticket sales? Join the +Power Club (highest priority) or sign up for our e-mail list!

Season Sponsors:

Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Northwest Public Broadcasting, Pacific Power, Hayden Homes
Additional support provided by:
Walla Walla County, Port of Walla Walla, City of Walla Walla
Each Coldwell Banker Office is Independently Owned and Operated

"Vincent" (live theatre)
2022-01-22 19:00 - 20:30 | WA
Gesa Power House Theatre presents two performances of Vincent on Friday, January 21, 2022 and Saturday, January 22, 2022 at 7:00 p.m.
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Vincent is a one-man play written by Leonard Nimoy (Star Trek) and stars Jean-Michel Richaud, who has performed this show for more than five years on an international tour spanning three continents. The play is set just after the death of little-known painter Vincent Van Gogh, while rumors are flying in Paris. Some say he was a penniless madman, a frequenter of prostitutes and soon to be forgotten artist of trifling quality. Others denounce him as a wayward priest and a foreigner. Many whisper that he took his own life in a moment of insanity. His brother Theo (Richaud), Vincent’s confidante and lifelong supporter, takes the stage in a rented lecture hall to set the record straight.
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Vincent opened in Los Angeles in 2012, where it enjoyed a 14-week sold out run, moved to San Diego for a sold out run in 2013, and then began touring the United States, including many more sold out engagements. In 2015, the play had its French-language premiere in Paris, France, where it was nominated for Best Actor and Best Author awards at the Petits Molieres – the French equivalent of the Tony Awards for small theatres. Vincent has been touring internationally in English and French ever since. Vincent was also included in the North Bay Best of 2021 list
Throughout the play more than a hundred of Van Gogh’s paintings are projected on a framed screen, providing a rich overview of the artist’s work and visual complement to the story.
“Insightful and moving”
– LA Times
﻿
“A fantastic ride”
– Le Monde
Actor Jean-Michel Richaud is a founding member of the award-winning theater company The Next Arena, has starred in many company productions, and has appeared in numerous television and film roles, including What Just Happened with Robert De Niro, Bottle Shock opposite Alan Rickman, and Agent X opposite Sharon Stone. He is also one of the top European voice-over talents in Los Angeles and has dubbed more than 300 movies into French.
Reserved seating tickets ($30-$25 adults, $20 students) are available online or by calling the box office at 509-529-6500. The play runs about 75 minutes without intermission.
Please review our current health and safety precautions, including required mask use. Ticket holders will receive an email during the week before the show with any updates.
Season Sponsors:

Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Northwest Public Broadcasting, Pacific Power, Hayden Homes
Additional support provided by:
Walla Walla County, Port of Walla Walla, City of Walla Walla
Each Coldwell Banker Office is Independently Owned and Operated

Power House Movie: "Kiss the Ground" (documentary)
2022-01-26 19:00 - 20:30 | Gesa Power House Theatre, 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States
Gesa Power House Theatre presents a Power House Movie screening of the award-winning documentary Kiss the Ground on Wednesday, January 26, 2022 at 7:00 p.m.
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“Inspires a rare feeling of hope”
-NY Times
Kiss the Ground, narrated by and featuring actor Woody Harrelson, is an inspiring and groundbreaking documentary film that reveals the first viable solution to the climate crisis. Kiss the Ground explores a concept called Regenerative Agriculture – the idea that, by regenerating the world’s soils, we can completely and rapidly stabilize Earth’s climate, restore lost ecosystems and create abundant food supplies.

Using compelling graphics and visuals, along with striking NASA and NOAA footage, Kiss the Ground artfully illustrates how, by drawing down atmospheric carbon, soil is the missing piece of the climate puzzle. The film also includes an original song by Jason Mraz written for this project.
Reserved seating tickets ($15 adults, $10 students) are available online or by calling the box office at 509-529-6500. This event will have a total runtime of about 90 minutes.
If you want to purchase 4 or more titles in the Power House Movie series together and save 10%, please call the box office at 509-529-6500 (offer not available online).
Please review our current health and safety precautions, including required mask use. Ticket holders will receive an email during the week before the show with any updates.
Want to receive early notice and access to ticket sales? Join the +Power Club (highest priority) or sign up for our e-mail list!

Power House Movies are powered by what you can’t get anywhere else in the Walla Walla Valley. Not only do we showcase award-winning festival favorites, feature-length narratives, documentaries, and undiscovered gems, we pair them with exclusive content from the movie makers themselves – most often in conversation with our Director of Film Programming, Warren Etheredge. Join us for a night out in our historic venue, and enjoy a glass of wine with the show. It’s an experience worth leaving the couch for!

Season Sponsors:

Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Northwest Public Broadcasting, Pacific Power, Hayden Homes
Additional support provided by:
Walla Walla County, Port of Walla Walla, City of Walla Walla
Each Coldwell Banker Office is Independently Owned and Operated

Power House Movie: "Since I Been Down" (documentary)
2022-02-02 19:00 - 21:00 | Gesa Power House Theatre, 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States
Gesa Power House Theatre presents a free Power House Movie screening of the 2020 documentary film Since I Been Down on Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at 7:00 p.m.

Meet Kimonti Carter. Former president and current member of an over 40-year Washington State prisoner-initiated program, the Black Prisoners’ Caucus. At 34, Kimonti founded TEACH (Taking Education and Creating History), a remarkably innovative prisoner education program.
Kimonti and a group of his peers maneuver through a non-negotiable pathway to joining gangs as early as 11-years-old. This is a community profoundly impacted by the city’s disinvestment in housing, education, and employment as well as our policies in the 1990’s. In 1993, the voters of Washington State allowed a “three strikes” law to pass that sent criminals to prison for life. What has this legacy of captivity done to them, and to their communities?
Since I Been Down is told by the people who have lived these conditions, and intimate stories from interviews are brought to life through archival footage, cinema verité discussions, masquerade, and dance. The film explores why children commit violent crime and how these children – now adults – are breaking free from their fate by creating a model of justice that is transforming their lives, our humanity and a quality of life for all our children.
Admission is free. Please reserve your seat ahead of time to avoid confusion. This event will have a total runtime of about 2 hours.
Please review our current health and safety precautions, including required mask use. Ticket holders will receive an email during the week before the show with any updates.
Want to receive early notice and access to ticket sales? Join the +Power Club (highest priority) or sign up for our e-mail list!

Power House Movies are powered by what you can’t get anywhere else in the Walla Walla Valley. Not only do we showcase award-winning festival favorites, feature-length narratives, documentaries, and undiscovered gems, we pair them with exclusive content from the movie makers themselves – most often in conversation with our Director of Film Programming, Warren Etheredge. Join us for a night out in our historic venue, and enjoy a glass of wine with the show. It’s an experience worth leaving the couch for!

Season Sponsors:

Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Northwest Public Broadcasting, Pacific Power, Hayden Homes
Additional support provided by:
Walla Walla County, Port of Walla Walla, City of Walla Walla
Each Coldwell Banker Office is Independently Owned and Operated

Peter Antoniou - Psychic Comedian
2022-02-05 19:00 - 20:30 | Gesa Power House Theatre, 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States
Gesa Power House Theatre presents Psychic Comedian Peter Antoniou on Saturday, February 5, at 7:00 p.m.
Fresh off of his star-making run as a semi-finalist on the 2021 season of America’s Got Talent where he revealed never before known information about Sofia Vegara’s engagement among other “wow” moments, Peter Antoniou is on his first US tour, giving the public, and Walla Walla, a chance to experience what they saw on television for themselves!
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“I’m so excited to get out and meet people in Walla Walla and show them what I can do,” says Antoniou. “It’s easy to dismiss the things you see on TV as being set-up or having people in on it, but giving people a chance to experience the mind reading for themselves is my favorite thing to do. And having the opportunity to tour America is a dream come true!”
Combining comedy and a stunning ability to read minds, Peter will perform his full show, which involves members of the audience in mind reading demonstrations. Peter knows what is in your brain. Think of a question: it can be silly or serious; about your past, your present, or your future; it could be about your love life, or even just what color your underwear is. It doesn’t matter what it is, just think of it and Peter will look inside your mind and give you the answer. Part comedy, part mind reading, this fully interactive show will leave you asking, is your mind safe?
Reserved seating tickets ($30 adult, $20 student) are available online or by calling the box office at 509-529-6500.
Please review our current health and safety precautions, including required mask use. Ticket holders will receive an email during the week before the show with any updates.

Want to receive early notice and access to ticket sales? Join the +Power Club (highest priority) or sign up for our e-mail list!

Season Sponsors:

Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Northwest Public Broadcasting, Pacific Power, Hayden Homes
Additional support provided by:
Walla Walla County, Port of Walla Walla, City of Walla Walla
Each Coldwell Banker Office is Independently Owned and Operated

Live Cinema: "Tosca" (opera)
2022-02-09 18:00 - 21:30 | Gesa Power House Theatre, 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States
Gesa Power House Theatre presents a Live Cinema screening of The Royal Opera’s current production of Tosca, on Wednesday, February 9 at 6:00 p.m.
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Into the romantic world of an idealistic painter Cavaradossi and his sensuous lover Tosca comes the malevolence of Baron Scarpia, Chief of Police, with fatal results. Elena Stikina, Bryan Hymel and Alexey Markov bring to life one of the best loved operas in The Royal Opera repertory: Puccini’s Tosca. From the demonic chords with which it famously begins to the violent twist of the opera’s shock ending, the tension never lets up for a moment. Love and evil come – thrillingly – face to face in Jonathan Kent’s intense production.
Filmed during a live event, the Live Cinema Series broadcasts offer audiences an equivalent to the best seat in the house, with incredibly detailed close-ups of the performers. The Live Cinema Series is sponsored in part by Shakespeare Walla Walla.
This screening has an approximate runtime of 3 hours, 15 minutes, including an on-screen introduction and two intermissions. The opera is performed in Italian with English subtitles. Beer, wine, popcorn, and snacks will be available for purchase, and may be taken into the theater.
Reserved seating tickets ($15 adults, $10 students) are available online or by calling the box office at 509-529-6500. If you want to purchase 4 or more titles in the Live Cinema series together and save 10%, please call the box office at 509-529-6500 (offer not available online).
Please review our current health and safety precautions, including required mask use. Ticket holders will receive an email during the week before the show with any updates.

Want to receive early notice and access to ticket sales? Join the +Power Club (highest priority) or sign up for our e-mail list!

The Live Cinema Series is supported by Shakespeare Walla Walla, a local 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that aims to make Shakespeare and theater approachable and entertaining to students in eastern Washington and Oregon.

Season Sponsors:

Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Northwest Public Broadcasting, Pacific Power, Hayden Homes
Additional support provided by:
Walla Walla County, Port of Walla Walla, City of Walla Walla
Each Coldwell Banker Office is Independently Owned and Operated

TAKE3 (concert)
2022-02-11 19:00 - 20:30 | Gesa Power House Theatre, 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States
Gesa Power House Theatre presents TAKE3 in concert on Friday, February 11 at 7:00 p.m.
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With a flair for the wild and unexpected, the genre-defying trio, TAKE3, brings the refinement of a rigorous classical music background and infuses it with rock-star charisma. Known for their infectious and down to earth onstage personalities, this threesome leaves their indelible mark on captivated crowds around the country performing their arrangements of top pop hits, Americana, and classical favorites. From Beethoven to Bieber and everything in between!
TAKE3 are Lindsay Deutsch (violin), Jason Stoll (piano), and Mikala Schmitz (cello). No strangers to the stage as individuals, they have made an impact on the music scene as soloists, touring the world with Yanni, recording tracks for film and television (Netflix’s The Witcher), and as soloists in front of Symphony Orchestra. TAKE3 makes it their mission to impart their love, passion and joy in music making to all who hear them, using their artistic ability as conduit for storytelling.
“A bold, aggressive tone and body language that speaks loud and clear to audiences raised on rock videos.”
– The Los Angeles Times
Reserved seating tickets ($35-$30 adults, $25 students) are available online or by calling the box office at 509-529-6500.
Please review our current health and safety precautions, including required mask use. Ticket holders will receive an email during the week before the show with any updates.

Want to receive early notice and access to ticket sales? Join the +Power Club (highest priority) or sign up for our e-mail list!

Season Sponsors:

Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Northwest Public Broadcasting, Pacific Power, Hayden Homes
Additional support provided by:
Walla Walla County, Port of Walla Walla, City of Walla Walla
Each Coldwell Banker Office is Independently Owned and Operated

Power House Movie: "The Beta Test" (thriller)
2022-02-16 19:00 - 20:30 | Gesa Power House Theatre, 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States
Gesa Power House Theatre presents a Power House Movie screening of the thriller The Beta Test on Wednesday, February 16 at 7:00 p.m.
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“Holds you in its grip”
– Variety
“Whip-smart”
– The Film Stage
In this scintillating satire, a married Hollywood agent receives a mysterious letter for an anonymous sexual encounter and becomes ensnared in a sinister world of lying, murder and infidelity. The genre-blending film is written and directed by Jim Cummings (Thunder Road) and PJ McCabe (The 30 Bones of Unfortunate Joey Jones), and stars Cumming, McCabe, and Virginia Newcomb (The Death of Dick Long).
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Reserved seating tickets ($15 adults, $10 students) are available online or by calling the box office at 509-529-6500. This film is unrated, and the screening will have a total runtime of about 1 hour 45 minutes.
If you want to purchase 4 or more titles in the Power House Movie series together and save 10%, please call the box office at 509-529-6500 (offer not available online).
Please review our current health and safety precautions, including required mask use. Ticket holders will receive an email during the week before the show with any updates.
Want to receive early notice and access to ticket sales? Join the +Power Club (highest priority) or sign up for our e-mail list!

Power House Movies are powered by what you can’t get anywhere else in the Walla Walla Valley. Not only do we showcase award-winning festival favorites, feature-length narratives, documentaries, and undiscovered gems, we pair them with exclusive content from the movie makers themselves – most often in conversation with our Director of Film Programming, Warren Etheredge. Join us for a night out in our historic venue, and enjoy a glass of wine with the show. It’s an experience worth leaving the couch for!

Season Sponsors:

Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Northwest Public Broadcasting, Pacific Power, Hayden Homes
Additional support provided by:
Walla Walla County, Port of Walla Walla, City of Walla Walla
Each Coldwell Banker Office is Independently Owned and Operated

The Adventures of Alice
2022-02-23 - 2022-02-25 | Gesa Power House Theatre, 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States
Walla Walla Dance Company presents The Adventures of Alice on Wednesday, February 23 at 6:00 p.m., Thursday, February 24 at 6:00 p.m., and on Friday, February 25 at 6:00 p.m.
The Adventures of Alice is presented by the Walla Walla Dance Company dancers and follows Alice on her delightful adventures. The program features talented youth to pre-professional teens performing original choreography by Jennifer Clark, Justine Clark, Nancy Wells, and Grace Danielson. Enjoy an evening for all ages celebrating live performance with contemporary, jazz, ballet, and hip hop dance accompanied by music and original art by Javier S. Ortega.
Walla Walla Dance Company, founded by Nancy Wells and co-directed by Justine Clark and Jennifer Clark, has been offering multidisciplinary dance instruction with great love for the art of dance and development of students in the Walla Walla community for more than 30 years.
Reserved seating tickets ($25 adult, $15 student) are available online or by calling the Gesa Power House Theatre box office at 509-529-6500.
Please review the current health and safety precautions in place at Gesa Power House Theatre, including required mask use. Ticket holders will receive an email during the week before the show with any updates.

This event is a rental by Walla Walla Dance Company and is sponsored in part by ArtWalla. Click here to learn more about renting the theatre for your own event!

Mike Super - Magic & Illusion
2022-02-26 19:00 - 20:30 | WA
This event is SOLD OUT!
Gesa Power House Theatre presents Mike Super – Magic & Illusion on Friday, February 26, 2022 at 7:00 p.m.

As the winner of NBC’s hit TV show Phenomenon, Mike Super is the only magician in history to win a live magic competition on prime-time US network television and was voted America’s Favorite Mystifier! Through spectacular illusions and his own inimitable down-to-earth style and personality, Mike Super has pioneered a new form of magic that transcends the “trick.” Mike was also a top finalist on NBC’s #1 rated summer series America’s Got Talent!
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Imagine mind-blowing illusions combined with the hilarity of a headline comedian. Mike Super has taken the performance of magic to new, mainstream levels that will amaze you! Mike has turned the magic show on its side and dumped it out into the audience! YOU become Mike’s onstage assistant! Enjoy this family-friendly performance and join the journey of emotions from laughter, intrigue, danger, fear, wonder, anticipation, tears and sentimentality that only Mike Super delivers.
Mike Super’s ever-growing popularity has garnered him millions of fans, multiple television appearances, and many prestigious awards and honors. Twice, Mike Super received The Merlin Award from the International Magician’s Society – an honor given only to the top magicians in the world, including previous winners such as David Copperfield, Penn & Teller, Criss Angel, and Siegfried and Roy.
Please review our current health and safety precautions, including required mask use. Ticket holders will receive an email during the week before the show with any updates.

Want to receive early notice and access to ticket sales? Join the +Power Club (highest priority) or sign up for our e-mail list!

Season Sponsors:

Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Northwest Public Broadcasting, Pacific Power, Hayden Homes
Additional support provided by:
Walla Walla County, Port of Walla Walla, City of Walla Walla
Each Coldwell Banker Office is Independently Owned and Operated

Power House Movie: "Takeover" (documentary)
2022-03-02 19:00 - 20:00 | Gesa Power House Theatre, 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States
Gesa Power House Theatre presents a Power House Movie screening of Takeover on Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at 7:00 p.m.
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In 1970, a group of young Puerto Rican activists took over a decrepit hospital in New York City, launching a battle for their lives, their community, and healthcare for all.
Takeover explores the twelve historic hours on July 14, 1970, in which fifty members of the Young Lords Party stormed the dilapidated Lincoln Hospital in the South Bronx, drove out their administrative staff, barricaded entrances and windows, and made their cries for decent healthcare known to the world. They raised the Puerto Rican flag atop the building, as well as a banner reading “The People’s Hospital” – a nom de guerre still used today. Through archival footage, seamless reenactments, and modern-day interviews, we follow the Young Lords’ resistance against institutions curated by wealth and white supremacy, and their fight for the most basic of human rights: the right to accessible, quality healthcare.
Takeover endeavors to capture the imagination of a new generation of activists and suggest actions that ordinary citizens can take to change the conversation — and the country. It is more vital than ever before that the bravery and behavior of the Young Lords be shown, celebrated, and built upon today.
Takeover is currently nominated for “Outstanding Achievement in Shorts List Films at the 2022 Cinema Eye Honors Awards. The film was also shortlisted for inclusion in the 2022 Academy Awards in the Documentary Short Subject category.
Reserved seating tickets ($15 adults, $10 students) are available online or by calling the box office at 509-529-6500. This event will have a total runtime of about an hour.
If you want to purchase 4 or more titles in the Power House Movie series together and save 10%, please call the box office at 509-529-6500 (offer not available online).
Please review our current health and safety precautions, including required mask use. Ticket holders will receive an email during the week before the show with any updates.
Want to receive early notice and access to ticket sales? Join the +Power Club (highest priority) or sign up for our e-mail list!

Power House Movies are powered by what you can’t get anywhere else in the Walla Walla Valley. Not only do we showcase award-winning festival favorites, feature-length narratives, documentaries, and undiscovered gems, we pair them with exclusive content from the movie makers themselves – most often in conversation with our Director of Film Programming, Warren Etheredge. Join us for a night out in our historic venue, and enjoy a glass of wine with the show. It’s an experience worth leaving the couch for!

Season Sponsors:

Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Northwest Public Broadcasting, Pacific Power, Hayden Homes
Additional support provided by:
Walla Walla County, Port of Walla Walla, City of Walla Walla
Each Coldwell Banker Office is Independently Owned and Operated

Class: Fire Eating
2022-03-04 17:00 - 18:30 | Land Title Plaza (downtown), 33 East Main St, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States
Actress Cat LaCohie will teach a “Fire Eating” class at Land Title Plaza in downtown Walla Walla on Friday, March 4 at 5:00 p.m.
Cat LaCohie is a multi-talented, international burlesque performer who specializes in fire-eating, glass-walking, aerial hoop, and magic. She has performed on stages from London to Los Angeles, including at the Australian Burlesque Festival (2018), Vermont Burlesque Festival (2019), Hollywood Burlesque Festival (2019), and Arizona Burlesque Festival (2019).
Cat will also teach an Intro to Burlesque class at Gesa Power House Theatre on Saturday, March 5 at 3:00 p.m. and perform her show Vixen Deville Revealed on Saturday, March 5 at 8:00 p.m.
General admission tickets ($50) are available online or by calling the box office at 509-529-6500. The class size is limited to 8 people. All required materials will be provided by the instructor. Spectators are welcome!
Please review our current health and safety precautions, including required mask use. Ticket holders will receive an email during the week before the show with any updates.

Want to receive early notice and access to ticket sales? Join the +Power Club (highest priority) or sign up for our e-mail list!

Season Sponsors:

Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Northwest Public Broadcasting, Pacific Power, Hayden Homes
Additional support provided by:
Walla Walla County, Port of Walla Walla, City of Walla Walla
Each Coldwell Banker Office is Independently Owned and Operated

Class: Intro to Burlesque
2022-03-05 15:00 - 16:30 | Gesa Power House Theatre, 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States
Actress Cat LaCohie will teach an “Intro to Burlesque” class on the main stage of Gesa Power House Theatre on Saturday, March 5 at 3:00 p.m.
Cat LaCohie is a multi-talented, international burlesque performer who specializes in fire-eating, glass-walking, aerial hoop, and magic. She has performed on stages from London to Los Angeles, including at the Australian Burlesque Festival (2018), Vermont Burlesque Festival (2019), Hollywood Burlesque Festival (2019), and Arizona Burlesque Festival (2019).
Cat will also teach a Fire Eating class at Land Title Plaza in downtown Walla Walla on Friday, March 4 at 5:00 p.m. and will perform her Vixen Deville Revealed show on Saturday, March 5 at 8:00 p.m.
General admission tickets ($35) are available online or by calling the box office at 509-529-6500.
The class size is limited to 25 people. All required materials will be provided by the instructor.
Please review our current health and safety precautions, including required mask use. Ticket holders will receive an email during the week before the show with any updates.

Want to receive early notice and access to ticket sales? Join the +Power Club (highest priority) or sign up for our e-mail list!

Season Sponsors:

Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Northwest Public Broadcasting, Pacific Power, Hayden Homes
Additional support provided by:
Walla Walla County, Port of Walla Walla, City of Walla Walla
Each Coldwell Banker Office is Independently Owned and Operated

"Vixen Deville Revealed" (burlesque)
2022-03-05 20:00 - 22:00 | Gesa Power House Theatre, 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States
Gesa Power House Theatre presents Vixen Deville Revealed on the main stage at Gesa Power House Theatre on Saturday, March 5 at 8:00 p.m.
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Burlesque, Circus, Comedy, Magic… and a few home truths. British actress Cat LaCohie reveals the truth behind her Burlesque persona, “Vixen DeVille”… inviting you on the journey to revealing your inner Vixen and, in turn, the amazing you! Embrace the freedom to express yourself, be yourself, celebrate yourself, the good, the bad and the wobbly! Guaranteed to leave you entertained and inspired.
Vixen Deville Revealed premiered at The Hollywood Fringe Festival (2018), winning “Best International Show,” the “Soaring Solo Artist Award,” and the “Encore Producers Award.” During its 2019 US tour, the show won, “Best Out of Town Show” – Tucson Fringe Festival and, “Best Solo Performance” – Indiana Fringe Festival. During a three-month residency at The Whitefire Theatre in North Hollywood, CA it won “Best One Person Performance” at The Valley Theatre Awards (2019) and the show is now being produced as a TV special.
Reserved seating tickets ($30-$25 adults, $20 students) are available online or by calling the box office at 509-529-6500.
In addition to performing Vixen Deville Revealed, Cat LaCohie will also teach two classes: Fire Eating at Land Title Plaza in downtown Walla Walla on Friday, March 4 at 5:00 p.m. and Intro to Burlesque at Gesa Power House Theatre on Saturday, March 5 at 3:00 p.m. Class sizes are limited.
Please review our current health and safety precautions, including required mask use. Ticket holders will receive an email during the week before the show with any updates.

Want to receive early notice and access to ticket sales? Join the +Power Club (highest priority) or sign up for our e-mail list!

Season Sponsors:

Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Northwest Public Broadcasting, Pacific Power, Hayden Homes
Additional support provided by:
Walla Walla County, Port of Walla Walla, City of Walla Walla
Each Coldwell Banker Office is Independently Owned and Operated

Live Cinema: "Romeo and Juliet" (ballet)
2022-03-09 18:00 - 21:30 | Gesa Power House Theatre, 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States
Gesa Power House Theatre presents a Live Cinema screening of The Royal Ballet’s current production of Romeo and Juliet, on Wednesday, March 9 at 6:00 p.m.
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★★★★★ “…feels fresh and full of new detail…”
-The Guardian
★★★★★ “…a sexy, stirring, nail-biter of an evening…”
-The Telegraph
Romeo and Juliet has become a great modern ballet classic since its creation by Royal Ballet Director Kenneth MacMillan and its premiere at The Royal Opera House in 1965. Shakespeare’s doomed lovers attempt to find their way through the color and action of Renaissance Verona, where a busy market all too quickly bursts into sword fighting and a family feud leads to tragedy for both the Montagues and the Capulets.
Filmed during a live event, the Live Cinema Series broadcasts offer audiences an equivalent to the best seat in the house, with incredibly detailed close-ups of the performers. The Live Cinema Series is sponsored in part by Shakespeare Walla Walla.
This screening has an approximate runtime of 2 hours, 45 minutes, including an on-screen introduction and one intermission. Beer, wine, popcorn, and snacks will be available for purchase, and may be taken into the theater.
Reserved seating tickets ($15 adults, $10 students) are available online or by calling the box office at 509-529-6500. If you want to purchase 4 or more titles in the Live Cinema series together and save 10%, please call the box office at 509-529-6500 (offer not available online).
Please review our current health and safety precautions, including required mask use. Ticket holders will receive an email during the week before the show with any updates.

Want to receive early notice and access to ticket sales? Join the +Power Club (highest priority) or sign up for our e-mail list!

The Live Cinema Series is supported by Shakespeare Walla Walla, a local 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that aims to make Shakespeare and theater approachable and entertaining to students in eastern Washington and Oregon.

Season Sponsors:

Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Northwest Public Broadcasting, Pacific Power, Hayden Homes
Additional support provided by:
Walla Walla County, Port of Walla Walla, City of Walla Walla
Each Coldwell Banker Office is Independently Owned and Operated

"The Ladies of Laughter Funny & Fabulous Tour"
2022-03-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Gesa Power House Theatre, 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States
Gesa Power House Theatre presents The Ladies of Laughter Funny & Fabulous Tour on Friday, March 18 at 7:00 p.m.
The Ladies of Laughter started out as an annual videotape comedy competition in New York to honor a fellow woman in comedy who helped women get their start. Since its inaugural year when the contest went live in a YWCA in New Jersey, The Ladies of Laughter contest has visited national historic theaters and legendary venues, including Caesars and Madison Square Garden. Past participants include Amy Schumer (Inside Amy Schumer), Tammy Pescatelli (Finding the Funny), and Melissa Rauch (The Big Bang Theory), and it has steadily become known in the comedy world as a career builder for women in comedy.
The current national tour of The Ladies of Laughter includes Jocelyn Chia, Karen Rontowski, and Liz Glazer.
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Jocelyn Chia is a New York-based stand up comedian who won the 2015 Ladies of Laughter “Newcomer” Award. Originally from Singapore, she brings her perspective of having lived much of her life in Asia to her experiences in the United States. A lawyer-turned-comedian, Jocelyn is the winner of the Gotham Comedy Club’s Funniest Lawyer competition, has been a guest comedian on the Howard Stern Channel on Sirius XM, and is a two-time winner of the Moth Storyslams.

Karen Rontowski’s fast-paced, quirky and charmingly optimistic comedy, incorporates her unique experience as a Paranormal Investigator, tarot card reader, and reiki master. She has appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman, Comics Unleashed, Live at Gotham Comedy Center, and Mysteries of the Unexplained. She is a regular on the Bob and Tom Radio Show and also hosts a web series and podcast called Paranormal Karen.
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Liz Glazer is an award-winning standup comedian, actor, and writer. She won first place in the Boston Comedy Festival and has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, and has opened for Myq Kaplan and Maria Bamford. Liz was also a part of the Seattle International Comedy Competition and will be a part of HBO’s upcoming Women in Comedy Festival. As an actor, Liz has appeared on ABC’s For Life and CBS’s Bull, and is on the faculty at Lesly Kahn & Co., the Los Angeles acting studio.

Reserved seating tickets ($40-$35 adults, $30 students) are available online or by calling the box office at 509-529-6500.
Please review our current health and safety precautions, including required mask use. Ticket holders will receive an email during the week before the show with any updates.

Want to receive early notice and access to ticket sales? Join the +Power Club (highest priority) or sign up for our e-mail list!

Season Sponsors:

Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Northwest Public Broadcasting, Pacific Power, Hayden Homes
Additional support provided by:
Walla Walla County, Port of Walla Walla, City of Walla Walla
Each Coldwell Banker Office is Independently Owned and Operated

Live Cinema: "Anything Goes" (musical)
2022-03-27 13:00 - 16:00 | Gesa Power House Theatre, 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States
Gesa Power House Theatre presents a Live Cinema screening of Anything Goes, on Sunday, March 27 at 1:00 p.m.
★★★★★ “The show of the year…”
-The Telegraph
★★★★★ “Fizzing tonic for our times…”
-The Guardian
★★★★★”The musical equivalent of sipping one glass of champagne after another”- The Times
Winner: Best Musical Revival
– 2022 WhatsOnStage Awards
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Filmed live at the Barbican in London, and screening internationally to select theaters, this 5-star production of the classic musical comedy features an all-star cast led by renowned Broadway royalty Sutton Foster reprising her Tony Award-winning performance as Reno Sweeney, alongside three-time Olivier Award and Tony Award winner Robert Lindsay (My Family), Evening Standard Theatre Award winner Felicity Kendal (The Good Life) and beloved West End Legend Gary Wilmot (Chicago).
When the S.S. American heads out to sea, etiquette and convention head out the portholes as two unlikely pairs set off on the course to true love, proving that sometimes destiny needs a little help from a crew of singing sailors, a comical disguise and some good old-fashioned blackmail. This hilarious musical romp across the Atlantic, directed by the multi-award-winning Broadway director and choreographer Kathleen Marshall, features Cole Porter’s joyful score, including “I Get a Kick Out of You,” “You’re the Top.” and the show stopping “Anything Goes.” Anything Goes will take you back to the Golden Age of high society on the seas from the comfort of your cinema seat.
Anything Goes is currently nominated for 9 Olivier Awards, including Best Musical Revival, Best Costume Design, and Best Actress in a Musical (Sutton Foster).
Filmed during a live event, the Live Cinema Series broadcasts offer audiences an equivalent to the best seat in the house, with incredibly detailed close-ups of the performers. The Live Cinema Series is sponsored in part by Shakespeare Walla Walla.
This screening has an approximate runtime of 2 hours, 45 minutes. Beer, wine, popcorn, and snacks will be available for purchase, and may be taken into the theater.
Reserved seating tickets ($15 adults, $10 students) are available online or by calling the box office at 509-529-6500. If you want to purchase 4 or more titles in the Live Cinema series together and save 10%, please call the box office at 509-529-6500 (offer not available online).
Please review our current health and safety precautions, including required mask use. Ticket holders will receive an email during the week before the show with any updates.

Want to receive early notice and access to ticket sales? Join the +Power Club (highest priority) or sign up for our e-mail list!

The Live Cinema Series is supported by Shakespeare Walla Walla, a local 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that aims to make Shakespeare and theater approachable and entertaining to students in eastern Washington and Oregon.

Season Sponsors:

Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Northwest Public Broadcasting, Pacific Power, Hayden Homes
Additional support provided by:
Walla Walla County, Port of Walla Walla, City of Walla Walla
Each Coldwell Banker Office is Independently Owned and Operated

Power House Movie: "All Sorts" (plus live Q&A with the director)
2022-03-30 19:00 - 20:30 | Gesa Power House Theatre, 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States
Gesa Power House Theatre presents a Power House Movie screening of the film All Sorts on Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. Director J. Rick Castañeda will be in attendance for a live Q&A following the screening.
“We’re really excited to bring this film to Walla Walla” said Castañeda, who grew up in Granger, Washington. “Growing up in Eastern Washington, I didn’t have a lot of opportunity to attend red carpet premieres with actors and filmmakers until I moved to Los Angeles, and it really is the most amazing thing. The lights, the pictures, hearing the filmmakers talk about what it was like to make the film … it’s all part of the Hollywood experience, and I’m excited to bring that back to where I grew up.”
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All Sorts, a movie about a lonely data entry clerk who stumbles into the world of championship folder filing, is a quirky comedy about finding magic in everyday life. The main character, Diego, played by Eli Vargas (Arrested Development), is desperate to find a job, excitement, and even love. New on the job at a strange company, Diego stumbles into an incredibly fast filer named June, played by Greena Park (The Comedown), and the two journey through a wildly unexpected office adventure.
“When I moved to Los Angeles to break into the film industry, I worked a lot of mundane office jobs,” says director J. Rick Castañeda (Cement Suitcase). “I found lots of time to imagine magical escape routes out of the grey cubicles where I was trapped everyday. I really wanted to add a little magic to this otherwise dreary landscape.”
Filmed almost entirely in Toppenish, WA and Yakima, WA, this surreal workplace comedy premiered digitally at the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) in 2021, and was one of the festival’s most-viewed films. Chase Hutchinson of The Stranger called it “a sentimental and surrealistic comedy unlike anything else I’ve seen at the festival.”
Reserved seating tickets ($15 adults, $10 students) are available online or by calling the box office at 509-529-6500. This event will have a total runtime of about 90 minutes.
If you want to purchase 4 or more titles in the Power House Movie series together and save 10%, please call the box office at 509-529-6500 (offer not available online).
Please review our current health and safety precautions, including required mask use. Ticket holders will receive an email during the week before the show with any updates.
Want to receive early notice and access to ticket sales? Join the +Power Club (highest priority) or sign up for our e-mail list!

Power House Movies are powered by what you can’t get anywhere else in the Walla Walla Valley. Not only do we showcase award-winning festival favorites, feature-length narratives, documentaries, and undiscovered gems, we pair them with exclusive content from the movie makers themselves – most often in conversation with our Director of Film Programming, Warren Etheredge. Join us for a night out in our historic venue, and enjoy a glass of wine with the show. It’s an experience worth leaving the couch for!

Season Sponsors:

Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Northwest Public Broadcasting, Pacific Power, Hayden Homes
Additional support provided by:
Walla Walla County, Port of Walla Walla, City of Walla Walla
Each Coldwell Banker Office is Independently Owned and Operated

Power House Movie: "The Automat" (documentary)
2022-04-06 19:00 - 20:30 | Gesa Power House Theatre, 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States
Gesa Power House Theatre presents a Power House Movie screening of the documentary film The Automat on Wednesday, April 6, 2022 at 7:00 p.m.
Winner: Audience Award, Best Documentary Film
– 2022 Miami Jewish Film Festival
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“Joyous and a hoot to watch”
– Deadline
“I loved every minute of it”
– Maltin on Movies
The Automat is a documentary film about the phenomena of Horn & Hardart, America’s original & most beloved restaurant chain in NYC & Philadelphia. Featuring an original new song written and performed by Mel Brooks, The Automat tells the 100-year story of the iconic restaurant chain Horn & Hardart, the inspiration for Starbucks, where generations of Americans ate and drank coffee together at communal tables. From the perspective of former customers, entertainer Mel Brooks, Starbucks founder Howard Schultz, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Secretary of State Colin Powell, the Horns, the Hardarts, and key employees – we watch a business climb to its peak success and then grapple with fast food in a forever changed America.
Reserved seating tickets ($15 adults, $10 students) are available online or by calling the box office at 509-529-6500. This event will have a total runtime of about 90 minutes.
If you want to purchase 4 or more titles in the Power House Movie series together and save 10%, please call the box office at 509-529-6500 (offer not available online).
Please review our current health and safety precautions, including required mask use. Ticket holders will receive an email during the week before the show with any updates.
Want to receive early notice and access to ticket sales? Join the +Power Club (highest priority) or sign up for our e-mail list!

Power House Movies are powered by what you can’t get anywhere else in the Walla Walla Valley. Not only do we showcase award-winning festival favorites, feature-length narratives, documentaries, and undiscovered gems, we pair them with exclusive content from the movie makers themselves – most often in conversation with our Director of Film Programming, Warren Etheredge. Join us for a night out in our historic venue, and enjoy a glass of wine with the show. It’s an experience worth leaving the couch for!

Season Sponsors:

Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Northwest Public Broadcasting, Pacific Power, Hayden Homes
Additional support provided by:
Walla Walla County, Port of Walla Walla, City of Walla Walla
Each Coldwell Banker Office is Independently Owned and Operated

Live Cinema: "Rigoletto" (opera)
2022-04-13 18:00 - 21:00 | Gesa Power House Theatre, 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States
Gesa Power House Theatre presents a Live Cinema screening of The Royal Opera’s current production of Rigoletto, on Wednesday, April 13 at 6:00 p.m.
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★★★★★
“…thrilling new production…”
– The Times
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“…a cast of outstanding talent…”
– The Express
Giuseppe Verdi’s thrilling Rigoletto pits power against innocence, beauty against ugliness. In his first work as Director of The Royal Opera, Oliver Mears sets this production in a pitiless world of luxurious decadence, corruption and social decay, bringing Verdi’s masterpiece into the modern world. This special anniversary screening (filmed in September 2021) is conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano and celebrates 171 years since its premiere in 1851.
Carlos Álvarez performs the title role of the jester Rigoletto alongside Lisette Oropesa as Gilda and Liparit Avetisyan as the Duke of Mantua. Rigoletto is sung in Italian with English subtitles.
Filmed during a live event, the Live Cinema Series broadcasts offer audiences an equivalent to the best seat in the house, with incredibly detailed close-ups of the performers. The Live Cinema Series is sponsored in part by Shakespeare Walla Walla.
This screening has an approximate runtime of 2 hours 45 minutes, including an on-screen introduction and one intermission. Beer, wine, popcorn, and snacks will be available for purchase, and may be taken into the theater.
Reserved seating tickets ($15 adults, $10 students) are available online or by calling the box office at 509-529-6500. If you want to purchase 4 or more titles in the Live Cinema series together and save 10%, please call the box office at 509-529-6500 (offer not available online).
Gesa Power House Theatre is currently operating at full capacity, but will continue to follow the most-recent guidance from state and county Departments of Health in terms of face coverings, etc. Current guidelines are available online or by calling the box office at 509-529-6500.

Want to receive early notice and access to ticket sales? Join the +Power Club (highest priority) or sign up for our e-mail list!

The Live Cinema Series is supported by Shakespeare Walla Walla, a local 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that aims to make Shakespeare and theater approachable and entertaining to students in eastern Washington and Oregon.

Season Sponsors:

Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Northwest Public Broadcasting, Pacific Power, Hayden Homes
Additional support provided by:
Walla Walla County, Port of Walla Walla, City of Walla Walla
Each Coldwell Banker Office is Independently Owned and Operated

Power House Movie: "Thin Skin" (plus live Q&A with the filmmakers)
2022-04-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Gesa Power House Theatre, 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States
Gesa Power House Theatre presents a Power House Movie screening of the music-infused drama Thin Skin on Friday, April 15, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. Several of the filmmakers will be in attendance for a live Q&A following the screening, including director and co-screenwriter Charles Mudede, lead actor and co-screenwriter Ahamefule J. Oluo, and co-screenwriter Lindy West (Shrill).
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“Thin Skin is a movie any director would be proud to claim. It’s a solid, steady movie that soars beyond the limitations of its Indie budget.”
– Film Threat
Ahamefule Joe Oluo’s days are spent at a soul-deadening corporate job and his nights come alive behind a trumpet at Seattle jazz clubs. As he struggles to climb out of the ruins of his broken marriage, Aham has to deal with endless bureaucracy, a boss trying to lead him to the Lord, and his mother who won’t cut ties with his ex.
Aham finds himself living with his entire family once again in his sister’s cramped one bedroom apartment. The one person missing from this living situation is Aham’s estranged Nigerian father, whose brief reappearance sends the family into a tailspin and a search for meaning. Pressed together in this vise of a home, the family struggles with adult life and the meaning of family.
Thin Skin was filmed primarily in Seattle.
Filmmaker guests:
Director and screenwriter Charles Mudede is a Zimbabwean-born cultural critic, urbanist, writer, filmmaker, and film editor for The Stranger, a Seattle weekly publication. Film credits include Police Beat and Zoo which both premiered at Sundance.
Lead actor, composer and screenwriter Ahamefule J. Oluo is a Seattle-based musician, composer, writer, and stand-up comedian. Thin Skin is loosely autobiographical and is in turn based on his award-winning Off-Broadway show Now I’m Fine and the This American Life story “The Wedding Crasher”.
Screenwriter Lindy West is a columnist at The Guardian, a contributor to This American Life, and a freelance writer whose work focuses on feminism, social justice, humor, and body image. Her first book Shrill made the New York Times Best Seller’s List and has been adapted into a television series which is in production by Hulu.
Reserved seating tickets ($15 adults, $10 students) are available online or by calling the box office at 509-529-6500. This event will have a total runtime of about 2 hours.
If you want to purchase 4 or more titles in the Power House Movie series together and save 10%, please call the box office at 509-529-6500 (offer not available online).
Gesa Power House Theatre is currently operating at full capacity, but will continue to follow the most-recent guidance from state and county Departments of Health in terms of face coverings, etc. Current guidelines are available online or by calling the box office at 509-529-6500.
Want to receive early notice and access to ticket sales? Join the +Power Club (highest priority) or sign up for our e-mail list!

Power House Movies are powered by what you can’t get anywhere else in the Walla Walla Valley. Not only do we showcase award-winning festival favorites, feature-length narratives, documentaries, and undiscovered gems, we pair them with exclusive content from the movie makers themselves – most often in conversation with our Director of Film Programming, Warren Etheredge. Join us for a night out in our historic venue, and enjoy a glass of wine with the show. It’s an experience worth leaving the couch for!

Season Sponsors:

Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Northwest Public Broadcasting, Pacific Power
Additional support provided by:
Walla Walla County, Port of Walla Walla, City of Walla Walla
Each Coldwell Banker Office is Independently Owned and Operated

Best of the 2021 Walla Walla Movie Crush
2022-04-16 19:00 - 22:00 | Gesa Power House Theatre, 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States
Gesa Power House Theatre presents a Best of the 2021 Walla Walla Movie Crush screening event on Saturday, April 16 at 7:00 p.m.
Last July, the 5th Annual Walla Walla Movie Crush festival of short cinema presented 117 short films over the course of three days. This “Best of” event will feature the majority of the award winners and is a great introduction to the annual festival. Similar in format to the full festival, three thematic blocks of films (motherhood, adulting, and the US penal system) will be presented with short breaks in between to stretch and grab a drink from the bar. The 6th Annual Walla Walla Movie Crush will return July 15-17, 2022.
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Reserved seating tickets ($15 adults, $10 students) are available online or by calling the box office at 509-529-6500. This event will have a total runtime of about 3 hours.
If you want to purchase 4 or more titles in the Power House Movie series together and save 10%, please call the box office at 509-529-6500 (offer not available online).
Gesa Power House Theatre is currently operating at full capacity, but will continue to follow the most-recent guidance from state and county Departments of Health in terms of face coverings, etc. Current guidelines are available online or by calling the box office at 509-529-6500.
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Power House Movies are powered by what you can’t get anywhere else in the Walla Walla Valley. Not only do we showcase award-winning festival favorites, feature-length narratives, documentaries, and undiscovered gems, we pair them with exclusive content from the movie makers themselves – most often in conversation with our Director of Film Programming, Warren Etheredge. Join us for a night out in our historic venue, and enjoy a glass of wine with the show. It’s an experience worth leaving the couch for!

Season Sponsors:

Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Northwest Public Broadcasting, Pacific Power
Additional support provided by:
Walla Walla County, Port of Walla Walla, City of Walla Walla
Each Coldwell Banker Office is Independently Owned and Operated
