Gesa Power House Theatre

Private Event
2024-04-27, 2024-05-03, 2024-05-11, 2024-05-14, 2024-06-15, 2024-06-22, 2024-06-29, 2024-07-05 - 2024-07-07 and 2 more dates | 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.

Macbeth: Ralph Fiennes & Indira Varma
2024-05-02 19:00 - 22:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Gesa Power House Theatre, 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States
Gesa Power House Theatre proudly presents two Live Cinema screenings of Macbeth: Ralph Fiennes & Indira Varma on Thursday, May 2 at 7 p.m., and Sunday, May 5 at 3 p.m. A new installment of our Live Cinema series, watch the best of the best as this play is screened live across the world from London’s Dock X.
Tony and BAFTA Award winner Ralph Fiennes (Antony & Cleopatra, Schindler’s List, Coriolanus) and Olivier Award winner Indira Varma (Present Laughter, Game of Thrones, Luther) star in a brand-new ‘full-voltage visceral’ (★★★★ Daily Telegraph) production of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Filmed live at Dock X, a custom-built theatre space in London, this critically acclaimed staging of Macbeth ‘that quickens the pulse, then goes for the jugular’ (★★★★ Financial Times) will be unmissable on the big screen.
Directed by Simon Godwin (Antony & Cleopatra, Romeo & Juliet, Hansard) with set and costume design by Frankie Bradshaw (Jerusalem, Blues for an Alabama Sky), this is a cinematic and ‘beautifully staged’ (★★★★ WhatsOnStage) production that brings ‘Shakespeare’s tragedy pulsing into the present day’ (★★★★★ The I).
Macbeth is coming. A couple corrupted by their relentless lust for power have blood on their hands. Witness the gripping tale of greed, murder, deception, and superstition in cinemas for a limited time only. Once you cross the line, you can never turn back.
Reserved seating tickets ($15 adults, $10 students) are available online or by calling the box office at 509-529-6500.

Ladies of Laughter
2024-05-04 19:00 - 21:00 | WA
Gesa Power House Theatre proudly presents stand-up comedy by Ladies of Laughter on Saturday, May 4 at 7 p.m. This show is sponsored in part by the Pacific Power Foundation.
Since its inaugural year, the Ladies of Laughter contest’s past participants include Amy Schumer and “Big Bang Theory” star Melissa Rauch. This year’s comedians include:
Alycia Cooper (actor, comedian, DGA and Emmy nominated director) was the 2014 Ladies of Laughter Professional winner who has entertained troops all over the world.
Liz Glazer, an award-winning standup comedian, was the 2021 Newcomer winner in the competition and won first place in the Boston Comedy Festival. Before comedy, she was a tenured law professor at Hofstra University’s Maurice A. Deane School of Law.
Maureen Langan has performed on Broadway with Rosie O’Donnell and has shared the stage with Robin Williams, Steven Wright, and Gladys Knight. She was also a semifinalist on Season 18 of America’s Got Talent, where she received a standing ovation “and 4 yeses!”
Reserved seating tickets begin at $30 ($20 for students) and will become available online to +Power Club members on February 8 at 12AM and to the general public on February 15 at 12AM. To join our +Power Club, learn more and click here.

Las Cafeteras
2024-05-09 19:00 - 21:00 | Gesa Power House Theatre, 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States
Gesa Power House Theatre proudly presents Las Cafeteras on Thursday, May 9 at 7 p.m. This programming is supported in part by the Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF), the National Endowment for the Arts, and Pacific Power Foundation.
Las Cafeteras have taken the music scene by storm with their infectious live performances and have crossed many genres and borders along the way. Their electric sound and energy has taken them around the world, playing shows from Bonnaroo to the Hollywood Bowl, WOMAD New Zealand to Montreal Jazz, and beyond!
Born and raised east of the Los Angeles River, Las Cafeteras are remixing roots music as modern day troubadours. They are a sonic explosion of Afro-Mexican rhythms, electronic beats, and powerful rhymes that document stories of a community seeking to “build a world where many worlds fit.”
From Afro-Mexican to Americana, from Soul to Son Jarocho, from Roots to Rock and Hip Hop, Las Cafeteras take folk music to the future.
Reserved seating tickets start at $25 ($20 for students) and will become available online to +Power Club members on February 8 at 12AM and to the general public on February 15 at 12AM. To join our +Power Club, learn more and click here.

Storm Lake
2024-05-31 19:00 - 21:00 | Gesa Power House Theatre, 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States
On Friday, May 31 at 7PM, Gesa Power House Theatre proudly presents the award-winning documentary Storm Lake, exploring the efforts of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Art Cullen and his family as they fight to unite and inform their Iowan farming community through their biweekly newspaper, The Storm Lake Times—come hell or pandemic.
Dark clouds hang over the cornfields of Storm Lake, Iowa, which has seen its fair share of change in the 40 years since Big Agriculture came to town. Farmers blow their life savings on new equipment they hope will keep their livelihoods intact. Migrant workers flock here—welcome and not—for their slice of the American Dream. The people of Storm Lake confront a changing and precarious existence. Enter: Art Cullen and his family members who deliver local news and editorials on a shoestring budget for their 3,000 readers. This paper means a fighting chance for their beloved hometown, and by hook or by crook, they’ll make the most of it. There’s simply too much at stake. Skip Nichols and Warren Etheredge will join us for a discussion panel following the film!
Reserved seating tickets are $15 ($10 for students) and are available online or by calling 509-529-6500. To join our +Power Club, learn more and click here.

Power Up Fundraiser
2024-06-07 17:30 - 19:00 | Gesa Power House Theatre, 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States
Power Up guests will enjoy delicious small bites and treats from Palette and a beverage of your choice from our bar. You may even have the chance to meet and mingle with the Caravan of Glam performers before the show!
*Additional alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages will be available for purchase. Tickets to Caravan of Glam are not included with entry to the Power Up party.

Caravan of GLAM
2024-06-07 19:00 - 21:00 | Gesa Power House Theatre, 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States
Gesa Power House Theatre welcomes back to the stage Caravan of GLAM on June 7 at 7PM. This performance will be immediately followed with an after party. This programming is supported in part by the Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) and the National Endowment for the Arts.
The Caravan of GLAM is a flamboyant cabaret act featuring drag, burlesque, acrobatics, and comedy. Expect the unexpected as each show is customized to the venue and no two shows are ever the same.
The Caravan of GLAM formed in 2013, appeared on America’s Got Talent in 2015, were featured in the documentary film Burlesque: Heart of the Glitter Tribe, and were scouted by ABC for a new dance-based reality competition. The Caravan of GLAM tours the United States and Canada, and individual members also perform and tour as solo artists. Recommended age to attend this show is 16+.
Reserved seating tickets start at $30($20 for students) and are available online or by calling the box office at 509-529-6500. Access to the afterparty with the performers come with tickets purchased. Be ready to present tickets and ID at the time of the afterparty.

Little Watts: Allez-OOPS!
2024-06-09 14:00 - 16:30 | Gesa Power House Theatre, 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States
Gesa Power House Theatre’s Little Watts series presents the vaudeville delight of Allez-OOPS! at 2 p.m. on June 9, 2024. This event is sponsored in part by Windermere Real Estate Walla Walla, United Way of the Blue Mountains, Walla Walla Valley Honda, the Milton-Freewater Area Foundation, AAUW-Walla Walla, the Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF), and the National Endowment for the Arts.
“Allez-Oop” is the traditional circus cry to begin something spectacular, amazing and sometimes quite dangerous. Allez-OOPS! (pronounced ah-LAY) brings back classic vaudeville acts with comic success and failure. OOPS!
Join Rob and Joshua J. Superstar as they balance objects, balance on top of objects and most likely *spoiler alert* balance each other with a blend of circus thrills, slapstick skills and extravagant wit!
This exciting family-friendly spectacle will engage audiences around the world and be a guaranteed crowd favorite with their comic sight gags and visual humor.
Reserved seating tickets ($12 adults, $8 Youth 12 and under) 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 (at the bottom of this page)!

Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell
2024-06-12 19:00 - 21:00 | Gesa Power House Theatre, 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States
Gesa Power House Theatre proudly presents award-winning drama Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell on Wednesday, June 12 at 7 p.m.
Winner of the prestigious Camera d’Or for best first film at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, the enthralling Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell from Vietnamese filmmaker Pham Thien An is a reverie on faith, loss, and nature expressed with uncommon invention and depth. It’s a simple tale told with visual complexity: after a car accident claims the life of his sister-in-law and leaves his 5-year-old nephew an orphan, a thirty something man named Thien (Le Phong Vu) leaves Saigon for a trip back to his rural hometown. During his meditative, wandering visit, Thien wrestles with his own agnosticism in the face of others’ religious beliefs, summons memories of his long-disappeared brother, and reconnects with a former girlfriend who now lives as a nun at a Christian church and school. With its drifting camera, evocative use of natural light, and gratifying perambulatory nature, this is a film with the power to readjust one’s perceptions of the world around us.
Reserved seating tickets are $15 ($10 for students) and are available online or by calling 509-529-6500.

Late Bloomers
2024-06-26 19:00 - 21:00 | Gesa Power House Theatre, 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States
Gesa Power House Theatre proudly presents Late Bloomers on Wednesday, June 26, 2024 at 7:00PM
Louise (Karen Gillan), an aimless, 28 year-old Brooklynite, recently single, sort of a musician, depressed without admitting to it, drunkenly falls while doing something stupid and breaks her hip. This lands her in a physical therapy ward full of people twice her age. There, she meets Antonina – a cranky elderly Polish woman (Małgorzata Zajączkowska), who speaks no English. Louise gets a job caring for her. Neither woman loves the arrangement but it’s time to face the truth about aging. We all have to grow up sometime.

Reserved seating tickets are $15 ($10 for students) and are available online or by calling 509-529-6500.

Red Badge Project
2024-07-03 19:00 - 21:00 | WA
The veterans who have served our nation bear the daily burden of their untold stories. The Red Badge Project was established by former Army Captain Evan Bailey and actor and Air Force Veteran Tom Skerritt to lift that weight. The Red Badge Project is dedicated to improving the lives of veterans by sharing storytelling skills to help them manage the challenges of PTS, TBIs, moral injury, and more. Bi-monthly classes for veterans are offered in conjunction with the Vet Centers in Walla Walla, Seattle, Federal Way, Everett, and Spokane. At this event, we are honored to be some of the first people outside of the Red Badge Project classroom to hear these stories.

Walla Walla Movie Crush
2024-07-05 18:00 - 2024-07-07 21:00 | Gesa Power House Theatre, 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States
The 8th Annual Walla Walla Movie Crush celebrates the most intoxicating blend of American short cinema over the course of three days in July 2024. Once again, the festival will showcase narratives, documentaries, animation, music videos and experimental films grouped in hour-long, thematic blocks.
The WWMC will showcase over 100 new shorts from Oscar®-winners, household names, rising stars and wunderkinds.
Movies will screen in hour-long blocks…
6 p.m. – 9 p.m. on Friday, July 5
11 a.m. – 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. on Saturday, July 6
12 p.m. – 5 p.m. on Sunday, July 7
Closing night celebration takes place from 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. on Sunday, July 7 at the Gesa Power House Theatre.
By early July 2024, the full Crush line-up will be revealed at themoviecrush.com. Sign up on our website for Crushworthy, the official (mostly monthly) e-newsletter of The Walla Walla Movie Crush.

WWMC 8 Trailer (2024) from Walla Walla Movie Crush on Vimeo.
The Walla Walla Movie Crush receives support from The City of Walla Walla and other generous sponsors. Proceeds from the Walla Walla Movie Crush benefit The Red Badge Project.
This event is a rental. Learn more about renting the theatre for your own event!

Stella Cole
2024-07-13 19:00 - 21:00 | Gesa Power House Theatre, 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States
The hottest new musical sensation on TikTok right now is undoubtedly Stella Katherine Cole. As if grabbing the attention of Michael Bublé, James Taylor, and Meghan Trainor on social media wasn’t enough, she’s racked up over 5 million likes with her infectious covers of Sara Vaughan, Julie Andrews, Ella Fitzgerald, and other classic favorites that she brings to a new audience of eager listeners. She’s also fresh off of a successful national tour with the Postmodern Jukebox that spawned an infectious cover of Flowers by Miley Cyrus. This programming is supported in part by the Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Stella is part of this younger generation herself, having just graduated in 2021 from Northwestern University with a double major in theatre and international relations, a German minor, and a musical theatre certificate. She graduated half a year early to start developing a pop fusion project with GRAMMY Award winning Producer Dave O’Donnell (James Taylor, Katy Perry, Ray Charles). The resulting EP was met with great reviews from indie music publications, and the music video has been awarded in over ten international film festivals.
Stepping into the spotlight of New York’s jazz scene might be daunting to some, but Stella has proven that she is ready to stake her claim in the ever-changing, live music landscape and follow in the footsteps of inspirational artists that have come before her.
Ticket prices vary based on the day of the event: $34-$44.

The Linguini Incident
2024-07-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Gesa Power House Theatre, 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States
Gesa Power House Theatre proudly presents The Linguini Incident on Wednesday, July 17, 2024 at 7:00PM
Lucy (Rosanna Arquette, Pulp Fiction) is an underpaid waitress at “Dali”, a terminally hip New York City restaurant, who’s seriously in need of cash. Dali’s new, mysterious, charming (and very in debt) bartender, Monte (David Bowie, The Hunger) needs to marry someone, anyone, by the end of the week… or else.
Together they join forces— along with Lucy’s lingerie designing best friend, Viv (Eszter Balint, Stranger Than Paradise) — to rob the popular eatery and solve their financial woes. However these three are far from master criminals and they soon learn that in robberies, as in love, things never go as planned.
This “lively and amusing” (Los Angeles Times) romantic caper co-stars Andre Gregory (Demolition Man), Buck Henry (Heaven Can Wait) and Academy Award winner Marlee Matlin (Children of a Lesser God) and features “David Bowie’s zaniest most underrated film role” (Collider) in this engaging romantic comedy from acclaimed director Richard Shepard (The Matador) in this never before seen director’s cut.
Reserved seating tickets are $15 ($10 for students) and are available online or by calling 509-529-6500.

Private Event
2024-07-18 - 2024-07-19 | WA
A private event is scheduled at the theater on this date. For more information on this event please visit https://www.edgarallanpoebar.com/
Want to rent our historic venue for your own event? Contact us at events@phtww.org.

Enormous: The Gorge Story
2024-08-14 19:00 - 21:00 | Gesa Power House Theatre, 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States
Presented by Gesa Power House Theatre in association with the Walla Walla Movie Crush.

Despite overwhelming odds, a small family winery — with a makeshift plywood stage — eventually became “The Gorge,” a Pollstar, Billboard, and ACM winning music venue. ENORMOUS: THE GORGE STORY follows the stories of Dave Matthews, Pearl Jam, and many others — all of whom have legendary pasts at the venue.

Tickets are $15 ($10 for students), and can be purchased online or by calling the box office at 509-529-6500.

Private Event
2024-09-09, 2024-09-24 | Gesa Power House Theatre, 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States
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

Private Event
2024-09-21 | Gesa Power House Theatre, 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States

Edward Scissorhands (dance)
2024-09-25 19:00 - 21:00 | Gesa Power House Theatre, 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States
Gesa Power House Theatre proudly presents Edward Scissorhands on Wednesday, September 25, at 7:00 PM, and Sunday, September 29, at 2:00 PM.
Matthew Bourne’s magical dance production of Edward Scissorhands has carved a place in the hearts of audiences worldwide since its premiere in 2005. Filmed live for the first time in March 2024 at the Wales Millenium Centre, Cardiff, this “visually arresting and ceaselessly inventive” (Metro) production is “the perfect treat for all the family” (The Times).
In a castle high on a hill lives Edward: a boy created by an eccentric inventor. When his creator dies he is left alone and unfinished with only scissors for hands until a kindly townswoman invites him to live with her suburban family. Can Edward find his place in the well-meaning community which struggles to see past his curious appearance to the innocence and gentleness within?
“The story of Edward Scissorhands has never felt timelier. In an era when uniqueness and identity are both celebrated and reviled, the story of how we treat anyone who appears to be different in our communities is as poignant and relevant now, as when my dear friend Caroline Thompson wrote the screenplay for Tim Burton’s legendary movie fable some 33 years ago… If you come to see it in cinemas, I hope that you too will fall in love with the enchanting story of Edward Scissorhands, the incomplete boy left alone in a strange new world.” Sir Matthew Bourne, Artistic Director, New Adventures.
Filmed during a live event, the Live Cinema Series offers audiences an equivalent to the best seat in the house, with incredibly detailed close-ups of the performers.
Reserved seating tickets are $15 ($10 for students) and are available online or by calling 509-529-6500. Runtime is 95 minutes.

★★★★★ ‘Stunning! The wonders keep coming in Bourne’s magical version of the Tim Burton classic.’ The Observer
★★★★★ ‘Straight from the heart. A stunning finale that knocks you sideways.’ Metro
★★★★★ ‘Full of wit and invention. A joyful theatre experience.’ WhatsOnStage

Shane Smith & The Saints
2024-09-27 20:00 - 21:00 | Gesa Power House Theatre, 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States
On Friday, September 27, at 8 PM, Gesa Power House Theatre welcomes Shane Smith & The Saints. This event is a fundraiser, aiming to aid victims of domestic violence, support youth programs, and ensure that local families and children have what they need for a great school year and holiday season.
“It ain’t black or white, babe; it’s all the greys between,” Shane Smith sings in “The Greys Between,” the first single from Norther. On the surface, it’s a cinematic love song about a relationship’s twists and turns, punctuated by slide guitar, Appalachian fiddle, and sharp storytelling. Take a deeper listen to Shane Smith and the Saints’ fourth studio album, though, and those words also sound like the motto of a band that’s spent the past decade blurring the lines between genres.
Norther is anything but monochromatic. Written and recorded during breaks in the band’s touring schedule, the album captures Shane Smith and the Saints at their most colorful, offering up a hard-hitting version of American roots music that’s influenced by country, folk, and roadhouse rock & roll. It’s a sound that’s been shaped by the road, where the Saints spent the past decade on tour, building a cult audience with each gig. Those years of raw, redemptive performances are now paying off — not only with headlining concerts at bucket-list venues like Red Rocks Amphitheater (which the group sold out in 36 hours) and the Ryman Auditorium, but also with an appearance on the hit TV show Yellowstone, where the Saints premiered Norther‘s final track, “Fire in the Ocean,” with an onscreen performance.
For an independent band like Shane Smith and the Saints, the work is never done. “It’s like you can’t help but feel like you’ve paid your dues to get to a certain spot, but once you get there, you realize you’re just starting to touch the surface of the bigger picture,” Smith admits. “At the end of the day, it still feels like we’re getting discovered. But maybe that’s what it’s all about.”
All ticket holders are invited to a pre-party at Rotie Cellars from 3:30 to 5:30 for a complimentary full pour and light bites catered by TMACS!
About This Fundraiser:
WallaRocks was born from a desire to create a lasting legacy. Following a show, one of our founders found themselves on the tour bus with Shane Smith and the Saints, sharing the beautiful wines from our valley, when the idea struck.What if they could create something that was both a heck of a good time and a way to make a meaningful monetary impact on organizations that help those in our valley who need it most? You can find out more here!
Reserved seating tickets are available for $325, and can be purchased either online or by calling the box office at 509-529-6500. All proceeds will be donated to local charities.
This event is a rental. To learn more about renting the theater for your own event, click here!
