Key City Public Theatre’s Annual Artist CoLab features “City of Dreams” in performance May 11 through May 14.

“City of Dreams” takes its title from the guide to
Port Townsend, edited by Peter Simpson. It will showcase each of 10 dancers who have chosen to make Jefferson County their home. The featured dancers are Abbie Doll, Aili Emilia, Lauren Ehnebuske, Lisa Flores, Ashley A. Friend, Don Halquist, Anna Hansen, Camille Hildebrandt, Rae Kala, and Stephanie Sanders.

Choreographer/dancer Bill Evans and composer/musician Linda Dowdell first worked together in Seattle in the Bill Evans Dance Seattle School and Company. In the early 1980s, they worked in Port Townsend at summer residencies produced by Centrum.

Both artists now reside on the Olympic Peninsula. In the past few years, they have worked together again in performances at Fort Worden and at Key City Public Theatre. In “City of Dreams,” they are enjoying the opportunity to collaborate more fully.

Organizers said the 90-minute show offers a dance/music journey through a wide range of emotions and moods, with emphasis on the works of Harold Arlen.

Tickets can be purchased online at keycitypublictheatre.org or in person at the box office.

Shows are at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 11 and Friday, May 12; at 1:30 and 7 p.m. Saturday, May 13;
and 1:30 and 5:30 p.m. Sunday, May 14.

More information is available online at keycitypublictheatre.org, by emailing boxoffice@keycitypublictheatre.org, or in person during box office hours from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. from Thursday-Saturday and 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Sunday. Thursday evening and Saturday afternoon performances are pay-what-you-wish.