Border Songs, the novel that won Jim Lynch the 2010 Washington State Book Award (not to mention the coveted Best Writer status in our recent Best of Olympia edition!), has now been adapted into a stage play by local playwright Bryan Willis. This version was produced through Saint Martin's University Theatre Department but was commissioned by Book-It Repertory Theatre in Seattle, which will remount the play there in September. It's about a rookie border control agent, Brandon Vanderkool, who's more in love with birds than his job.

Border Songs

Friday, Feb. 25, March 2-5 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 26-Sunday, Feb. 27, 2 p.m., $7-$12
State Theater, 202 Fourth Ave. E., Olympia
360.786.0151