Five local playwrights, Jonessa Brittan, Dan Beckman, Jim Dowling, Jason Prado and Chad McFarlane, stage readings of their original work. This is a Riverfront Playhouse Capital Campaign event. Tickets available at the door for $10. Show starts at 7:30 PM.… Continue Reading
Director Tony Taccone. magus of the Berkeley Rep, doing a guest turn this year at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF), launches his new production of “The Tempest” not quite in a teapot but at least in a washtub. In the… Continue Reading
Hundreds of people came to the Cascade Theatre Saturday to hear local opera soprano Sydney Mancasola perform on her hometown stage with the North State Symphony, conducted by Brian Stone. “An Evening With Soprano Sydney Mancasola” was hosted by Mercy Foundation… Continue Reading
Only at a world-class repertory theater like Ashland can you get to see live stagings of Shakespeare’s “Comedy of Errors” and the Marx Brothers’ “Cocoanuts” in a single theater weekend. It’s almost too much hilarity to handle at a go.… Continue Reading
James Santos, former Cirque du Soleil artistic director of DRALION will return to Shasta College this summer as Guest Artist and Choreographer for the smash Broadway hit “CHICAGO”. Santos, the founding director of A Cascade Christmas and The Dance Project,… Continue Reading
ASHLAND, Ore.—‘Tis the season once again at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, our first-class theatrical neighbor some 140 miles north of Redding. As always, a mix of freshly interpreted classics by the Bard, original scripts and other dramas and comedies are… Continue Reading
The Cascade Theater rocked with guitar virtuoso Pavlo on Thursday night. The audience was instantly drawn into the music and performance the moment Pavlo and his band took the stage. To say that Pavlo is a guitar master is too… Continue Reading
Shasta High School is pleased to present Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific at the David Marr Theatre, May 1-3 and May 8-10. Set on a tropical island during World War II, this romantic classic won ten Tony Awards, including Best… Continue Reading
Not for nothing have I just dropped what might be the first ever F-bomb in these decorous columns. It’s there to prime you for “Accidental Death of an Anarchist,” a must-see at the Berkeley Rep from now through April 20th.… Continue Reading
In this brilliant and powerful drama, Sister Aloysius, a Bronx school principal, takes matters into her own hands when she suspects the young Father Flynn of improper relations with one of the male students. The play won the 2005 Pulitzer… Continue Reading
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