Lots to see on stage around the region outside Seattle

Theater roundup: Outdoor (and indoor) theater in Western Washington is not limited to Seattle, with productions of "The Sound of Music," "The Comedy of Errors," "Oklahoma!" and other plays and musicals in the Bellingham area, Fall City, Leavenworth and Port Townsend.

By Misha Berson

Seattle Times theater critic

Planning a summer getaway somewhere in Western Washington?

If so, you might want to make room in your vacation for some theatergoing.

Many local tourist-destination towns offer shows for the season, the majority of them musicals and comedies aimed at the family crowd, and quite a few of them staged in the great outdoors.

Here are a few awaiting, hither and yon.

Shakespeare Northwest

If you're ready for a Shakespeare fix and you're anywhere near Bellingham, forsooth, this troupe aligned with Skagit Valley College is mounting their annual Skagit Valley Shakespeare Festival in a variety of indoor and outdoor locales.

The slate of shows includes "Love's Labours Lost" and "The Tempest," plus that spoofy shortcut through Shakespeare's entire canon, "The Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr ... (abridged)."

Shakespeare Northwest performs in Bellingham, Burlington, Sedro- Wooley, La Conner and Mount Vernon through Aug. 9 (find a complete rundown at www.shakesnw.org; tickets at 360-416-7727, Ext. 2).

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