Things weren't looking too good for the popular cirque-du-dinner-theater back in January. Teatro ZinZanni was looking even worse in March, when founder and artistic director Norm Langill's negotiations with the Seattle Opera (their landlord) and Washington Holdings (the developer who bought the land beneath the tent) failed. At that time it was looking like ZinZanni and its 106 Seattle-area employees were out of luck.

But now the clowns are back where they began—programming-wise, at least—with a six-month run of Love, Chaos, and Dinner at Marymoor Park. The performance begins on October 19 of this year.

Those of us alive and glittering in Seattle in 1998 might remember the show's debut, which starred Stranger Genius Kevin Kent and which made ZinZanni a thing in the first place.

The move to the east side is temporary. A spokesperson for ZinZanni told me the engagement with King County Parks, which owns Marymoor Park, will last no longer than six months. Though there's potential for another run some other time in the future, nothing is certain for now.

Despite this move to Redmond, the company is still looking around for "a permanent home in the Seattle area," according to press materials.

As for those 106 employees?

"The full previous staff was alerted to all of this news yesterday," the ZinZanni spokesperson said. "They're top-of-mind as ZinZanni moves forward with their plans in Redmond."