Sydney Mancasola, a Redding native, Shasta College graduate and 2013 winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, will join the staff of the 2015 Shasta Vocal Institute. The Institute begins Mon., July 27, and will conclude with a final concert on Thurs.,… Continue Reading
It’s 1948 and an old woman backs her car through a neighbor’s garage. Her son, rightfully, decides that she’s no longer able to drive and means to hire her a driver, but Daisy Werthan is having none of it. She… Continue Reading
On-stage chemistry can be an elusive element in musicals, and especially in student productions. Happily, both the guys and the dolls have it in abundance in the Shasta College production of “Guys and Dolls.” There is a lot to enjoy… Continue Reading
The ARPEE ballots have been sent out to Riverfront Playhouse members to vote for their favorite performances staged in 2014. The plays along with the performers and directors will be recognized. The 2014 Season included 2 Across, Doubt: A Parable,… Continue Reading
Riverfront Playhouse presents “The Gin Game” Weekends July 11 to August 8 By Donald L. Coburn Directed by Elsie Ritchie Starring Victoria Graham and Bob Koroluck “A thoroughly entertaining lesson in the fine art of theatrical finesse. The closest thing… Continue Reading
In this, our Age of the Selfie, why shouldn’t the drama be as solipsistic as any other cultural artifact? Hence the proliferation, nowadays, of plays about players and playwrights. The Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF), ever in the vanguard, has served… Continue Reading
In the five years since he’s moved to Ashland, director Christopher Liam Moore has distinguished himself bringing American modernist theater to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF). He’s made full use of the Bowmer Theater, OSF’s hi-tech proscenium stage, to project… Continue Reading
Another season of innovative storytelling is underway on three stages to the north, heralding the eighth decade of theatrical excellence at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF). Shakespeare fans will enjoy excellent productions of the comedic “Much Ado About Nothing” (read… Continue Reading
Enjoy what many critics have hailed as “the perfect musical comedy,” and “the best and most exciting thing of its kind!”– the summer musical production “Guys and Dolls!” premiers this summer at the Shasta College Theatre. Winner of a bevy… Continue Reading
From Shaw’s “Pygmalion” to “Fifty Shades of Grey,” we, as audiences, love to see confirmed bachelors or bachelorettes inveigled into marriage. The more louche or outré the singleton the better. It somehow ratifies the sweetness, rightness and inevitability of our… Continue Reading
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