Welcome to the Salon of Shame!

Alex Garland
Photography by Alex Garland

We invite you to join us as we drink and exploit our younger selves for your entertainment! The idea is simple: folks read on stage from their worst adolescent writing, including middle school diaries, high school poetry, unsent letters, etc.

Founded in 2005, the Salon is cathartic for readers and hilarious for the rest of us. Everybody wins when it comes to embarrassment!

2024 Shows @ Theatre Off Jackson, SEATTLE: Doors at 7pm, Show at 8pm

  • January 16th
  • March 12th
  • May 14th
  • July 16th
  • September 17th
  • November 12th

2024 Shows @ Edison Square, TACOMA: Doors at 6pm, Show at 7pm

  • August 23rd
  • December 15th

All ticket sales are exclusively through Bold Type Tickets. Sale dates will be announced on our Instagram and via our mailing list.

Wanna be a part of the show? Click here, brave soul. Confirmed readers get themselves and a lucky friend in for free! Be sure to let us know if you’re looking to read in Seattle or Tacoma.

Don’t have anything to read, but still want to get in for free? We always need a few volunteers for set up and take down at the Seattle show. Let us know!

Finally, here’s a documentary about us from 2010(!) by Andy Tran: