Hidden in plain sight, the Rabbit Box offers an intimate experience for those in the know from within the heart of Seattle’s famous Pike Place Market. A treasured secret for locals, and a storied destination for travelers, the Rabbit Box serves as a gathering place and venue for storytellers, writers, poets, performers, comedians, and musicians to revel in the company of each other, explore new ideas, build community, and share their work—all the while enjoying simple but exquisite food, cocktails, and aperitifs.
Always open to the traveler but never pandering to tourism, the Rabbit Box serves as a window into the world of music, local art, and culture, while offering a welcome moment of reprieve from a bustling world or busy itinerary and as a connection point to home and friends abroad.
For all, the Rabbit Box is an invitation to pause, gather one’s thoughts, send a letter to a friend or loved one, imbibe, revive, and enjoy the moment of life that one is living. By resurrecting and recreating forgotten traditions and the little rituals of days past, the Rabbit Box serves as a reminder that the simple pleasures of life are ours to make, and that the power to bring beauty to the world and begin anew lies within us all.
Happy Hour Tuesdays 3 to Close
Wednesday through Saturday 3 pm ~11 pm
Sundays 11 am – 11 pm
The Rabbit Box
94 Pike St. Seattle, Wa 98101
Phone: 206-623-3166
Events: booking@rabbitboxtheatre.com
Under 21 are welcome until 10 pm
The Rabbit Box Founders
Robynne Hawthorne
Robynne has been in Seattle since 1988. Growing up in the 90s was integrated naturally into the working scene of artists. She and Thaddeus Dallas built the Pearl Coffeehouse stage in the U-district in 1998 and that began her journey behind the scenes. She has been building, booking, and curating shows ever since from Horses Cut Shop, Underwood Stables, Hotel Albatross, and other designed events in Seattle including Underwood Live, a live stream platform that spawned during the pandemic. She also writes short tales and works with children in linguistics and the arts.
As a champion for artists, The Rabbit Box will be focusing on music, and literary events, including independent film, interviews, children's programming & a variety of entertainment. This experience is an homage to Joseph Pintauro ~the author of the quartet The Rainbow Box 1970
Tia Matthies
Tia Matthies is currently a partner and co-creator of The Royal Room in Columbia City. In 1989, she and her husband, Steve Freeborn opened the iconic OK Hotel which played host to the early Seattle grunge scene and welcomed the Knitting Factory’s Bill Frisell and Wayne Horvitz (a current partner at The Royal Room). After it closed in the 2001 Nisqually earthquake, she and her husband were invited to partner and develop the Rendezvous in Belltown, which they built and operated for 14 years. In 2007, Tia transformed a neighborhood coffee shop into Lottie’s Lounge, also located in Columbia City, which she calls home and has been actively engaged in neighborhood festivals, committees and general goings on. She is also a fine artist and aspiring children’s book author and illustrator.
