Performance Riverside announces open call auditions for professional non-union performers for the upcoming production of All Shook Up! The production is directed and choreographed by John Vaughan, and musically directed by Allen Everman. Auditions will be held on Sunday, July 12 at 6pm, in Landis Performing Arts Center on the campus of Riverside City College. Performance pay is available. (Read on …)

National Youth Theatre is excited to announce the winners of our Fourth Annual National Youth Theatre Awards to honor outstanding work in youth theatre. This year more than 200 productions were considered for the awards, including shows from more than 100 different theatres in more than 60 cities spanning 20 states.  (Read on …)

Disney’s Beauty and the Beast musical coming to Corona in July!

Experience six performances of the heart-warming musical Beauty and the Beast, music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, book by Linda Woolverton. Bring the entire family to the magical tale of redeeming love and be swept away in the spectacle of dazzling storytelling and vibrant costumes and sets. (Read on …)

Riverside Community Players presents Kiss Me Kate, a musical, directed by Patrick Brien, music and lyrics by Cole Porter, and book by Samuel and Bella Spewack.

A play-within-a-play that begins with the cast singing “Another Op’nin, Another Show” and welcoming the audience to Baltimore and the opening of the musical version of Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew.”  Shakespeare combines with Cole Porter’s music and lyrics in this fun, melodious, and sophisticated musical, where cast members’ on-stage lives are complicated by what is happening off-stage, starting with the director/ leading man and his ex-wife leading lady.

Tickets - $18.00
NO LATE SEATING
No children under 5 years of age admitted
 
Box Office - Opens on July 6th and will be open Monday-Saturday 6pm-8pm and Sunday 12pm-2pm through the run of the show. On the day of the show, the hour prior to curtain time is reserved for business pertaining to that performance only.

For reservations and information call: (951) 686-4030.

Riverside Community Players is located at 4026 14th Street in Riverside. Take the 14th Street exit off the 91 Freeway. Head west on 14th past the Riverside Community Hospital. Turn left into the drive way marked 4000 for the hospital. The theater will be immediately to your left.

OBCTheater will hold auditions for Honk!, the Award-Winning Musical Comedy on Monday, July 13th, 2009.   Casting ages 8 & up.

Casting:
15 Adult/Teen Principle Roles
5 Child Principle Roles
15 Ensemble Roles

Audition appointments are available from 5-7pm and open auditions will be from 7-9pm.  For an appointment please call 951.264.5794 or e-mail amandamarie1@gmail.com.

Please come prepared with 16 bars (1 minute) of music from a Broadway uptempo number that best shows your personality and vocal ability.  For rehearsal schedule, performance times, and additional information visit obctheater.org.

CAT Community Theater presents their 5th Annual Corona Summer Theater Festival, running August 14th – 23rd at the Corona Civic Theater (815 W. 6th Street in Corona).

Fresh Off Broadway: A Musical Revue
Our musical theater production is Fresh off Broadway: A Musical Revue.  This dynamic show will feature some of the greatest songs which were either on Broadway recently or are currently being performed. Included are songs from shows like Billy Elliot, Hairspray, Spamalot, The Light in the Piazza, Young Frankenstein, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and Spring Awakening, just to name a few.  Top performing singers and dancers, many of whom grew up in the CAT youth education program, have come together from all over Southern California for this “once in a life time” show directed by Rebecca Schubert and Hollee Hennebelle. A show full of non-stop thrills, laughter, passion, sorrow and exhilaration, this is one you won’t want to miss!

Tickets:
$11 – $15, purchase on-line at http://www.catcorona.org/ or through our box office at (951) 279-2298.

Also featured in the festival are Much Ado About Nothing and Disney’s Aladdin.

CAT Community Theater presents their 5th Annual Corona Summer Theater Festival, running August 14th – 23rd at the Corona Civic Theater (815 W. 6th Street in Corona).

Youth Production:  Disney’s Aladdin
This Summer Festival offering is for the kids by the kids!  Disney’s Aladdin will hit the stage with all your favorite characters from the lovely Jasmine and the evil Jafar, comical Iago and Abu and, of course, Aladdin and the Genie.  Naturally, all the wonderful Disney music will be included too, like “Never Had a Friend like Me” and “A Whole New World”.  CAT’s youth shows are always wildly successful “sell outs” and it is expected that Aladdin will be no different.  This is a great show to introduce your children to live theater: all the colorful costumes, amazing dancing and familiar music will captivate them!

Tickets:
$11 – $15, purchase on-line at http://www.catcorona.org/ or through our box office at (951) 279-2298.

Also featured in the festival are Much Ado About Nothing and Fresh Off Broadway: A Musical Revue.

CAT Community Theater presents their 5th Annual Corona Summer Theater Festival, running August 14th – 23rd at the Corona Civic Theater (815 W. 6th Street in Corona).

Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing
Easily dubbed the first true “Romantic Comedy”, Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing will be directed by award-winning director Krista Jo Miller, an associate professor at California Baptist University. This Much Ado will bring a new perspective as it is set in the post -WW2 1940’s. The lead characters in the play, Beatrice and Benedick, have a love-hate relationship that rivals the classic films of Tracy and Hepburn and gives their well meaning but mischievous friends the perfect opportunity to trick them into falling in love. It’s “No fear Shakespeare” for everyone!

Tickets:
$11 – $15, purchase on-line at www.catcorona.org or through our box office at (951) 279-2298.

Also featured in the festival are Disney’s Aladdin and Fresh Off Broadway: A Musical Revue.

It is with great excitement and anticipation that the Redlands Footlighters Theatre proudly announces their Summer 2009 Children’s Theatre Workshop!

This incredible theatre opportunity is being run by veteran theatre producer, director, actress and playwright, Pat Adeff.  Pat is also one of Footlighters Theatre’s original child actors.  (Read on …)

Rialto Community Players continues its summer season with Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks by Richard Alfieri.  This funny and touching comedy is directed by Jeff Richards and runs for two weekends from June 19 -28.   Show times are June 19, 20, 26 & 27 at 8 pm, and June 21 & 28 at 2 pm.  Tickets are only $8 for general non-reserved seating.

Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks concerns a formidable older woman who hires an acerbic dance instructor to give her dance lessons.  Antagonism gives way to a profound compatibility as they swing dance, tango, fox trot, cha-cha, and twist while sharing secrets, joys and fears.  ITL-winning actors Deborah W. McFatter and Christopher Diehl take the roles that were originated by Uta Hagen and David Hyde Pierce in 2001.

To reach the Rialto Playhouse, take the I-10 freeway, exit Riverside Avenue, go north approximately 3/4 of a mile.  The theatre is located on the corner of Riverside and San Bernardino Avenues in the city of Rialto.  The address of the theater is 150 East San Bernardino Avenue, Rialto, CA.  For additional information call (909) 873-8514 or visit www.rialtocommunityplayers.org.

Chino Community Theatre offers a Weekender Series production with the Pulitzer Prize-winning Wit, by Margaret Edson, directed by Tom Hurst.

Vivian Bearing is a college professor whose life takes a turn when she is diagnosed with metastatic Stage IV ovarian cancer. As she suffers through the various side effects of treatment, she attempts to put everything in perspective.

Toward the end, Vivian realizes that kindness is something she should have exhibited to more people. In her time of greatest need, she learns that human compassion was of more profound importance than intellectual wit.

All performances are at Seventh Street Theatre in Chino, 13123 Seventh Street. Performances are at 8 p.m. June 19, 20, 26 and 27 and at 2:30 p.m. June 21. Ticket cost is $15 general admission or $12 for students or seniors.

Dine first at Owen’s Bistro, 5210 D Street and take the receipt to a same night performance for a $3 discount per adult entrée, per ticket. Box office: 590-1149. Owen’s: 628-0452.

For one night only, Scooter Thomas Makes it to the Top of the World, by Peter Parnell, returns to Seventh Street Theatre.

The performance at 8 p.m. today (Saturday) is fundraiser dedicated to sending the multi-award wining show to participate in the American Association of Community Theatres Festival in Tacoma, June 22-27. (Read on …)

Due to an unprecedented response, Church Basement Ladies, a show that is a celebration of the church kitchen and the women who work there, has been extended. Selected dates have now been added through July 26th. Church Basement Ladies, is a new musical comedy featuring four distinct characters and their relationships as they organize the food and solve the problems of a rural Minnesota church about to undergo changes in 1965.

From the elderly matriarch of the kitchen to the young bride-to-be learning the proper order of things, we see them handle a record breaking Christmas dinner, the funeral of a dear friend, a Hawaiian Easter Fund Raiser, and, of course, a steaming hot July wedding. They stave off potential disasters, share and debate recipes, instruct the young, and keep the Pastor on due course while thoroughly enjoying, (and tolerating) each other as the true “steel magnolias” of the church. Funny and down to earth, audiences will recognize these ladies as they witness the church year unfold from below the house of God. (Read on …)

The University of Redlands announces the Fifth Annual Summer Musical Theater Day Camp were students (ages 6-14) will explore the basic concepts of musical theater. Participants will be introduced to the essentials of voice, drama, make-up, costuming, scenic design, puppetry, and the life and masterful heritage of Frederick Loewe the composer that helped shape American Musical Theater forever. Classes are designed to encourage expressive imagination, creative thinking, self-confidence, and team-work. (Read on …)

The Inland Empire Christian Theatre Coalition announces auditions for Dedicated To The One I Love, their premiere performance in the San Bernardino area.

With hundreds of Christian churches in the Inland Empire, the ieCTC has decided to assemble a troupe of talented cast and crew members who will work together to bring quality stage performances to the area. (Read on …)

Heartland Players will hold open auditions for Adventures in Camelot Written and directed by Mitchell Burke. Seeking performers ages 13 to adult will be held on Wednesday, July 15, 2009, from 6:30pm to 8:30pm at Heartland Players Theater (33994 Avenue E. Yucaipa). (Read on …)

Follow the amazing exploits of Don Diego de la Vega as he assumes the mysterious identity of the cunning fox crusading for true justice in the days of Spanish California.  Suspenseful swordfights combine with romance and comedy for a rousing musical adventure signed with the “Z” of Zorro!

Performances begin Saturday, June 27, at 7:30 PM and will continue on weekends through August 2, 2009.  Performances are Fridays at 7:30 PM, Saturdays at 2:15 PM (except Opening Night) and 7:30 PM, and Sundays at 2:15 PM.  In addition to the weekend performances, there will be a special Thursday performance on July 30, 2009 at 7:30 PM.  The 7:30 performance on Saturday, July 11th will also feature an interpreted presentation for the hearing impaired.
 
Advance ticket prices are $12 or $18 for adults and $6 or $9 for children ages 3-11 (no children under 3 are admitted) and can be purchased over the phone with a Visa or MasterCard by calling 335-3037, ext. 21.  Checks can also be mailed to LifeHouse, provided reservations are made far enough in advance.  Tickets may also be purchased in person at the box office, which is open Fridays from 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM and one hour prior to and during show times on the weekends.  Tickets are $1 more the day of the performance.  Group rates are available for groups of ten or more.  Guests are encouraged to reserve seats early as many performances sell out.

The theater is located at 1135 N. Church St. in Redlands, next to the Redlands Christian School.  Free parking is available in back of the theater.  For more information, please visit our website at  www.lifehousetheater.com.

Shakespeare in the Vines auditions for Comedy of Errors will be held Saturday, June 6, at the Svetlana Dance Academy in Temecula from 11-3.

For more information, please visit our website at www.shakespeareinthevines.org or call John Clark at: 925-895-3700.

All parts are open. Please bring a prepared monologue or be prepared to read from script, a resume and current photo.

Svetlana’s Dance Academy is located at 41760 Rider Way in Temecula.

Murrieta Repertory Theatre presents an Evening of One Acts. 

The Evening of One Acts includes Zoo Story by Edward Albee, A Marriage Proposal by Anton Chekov, Snowangel by Lewis John Carlino, Ashes to Ashes by Harold Pinter, plus two other selections. The list of directors for the festival include Troy Spieler, Paul Jacques, Arielle Rosenbaum, Jim Marbury, and Alisa Lovas who is directing two pieces.

Evening of One Acts opens June 11 and performs June 12, 20, 21, 25, and 26 at the Ramona Hillside Playhouse, located at 27402 Ramona Bowl Road in Hemet.

Murrieta Repertory Theatre presents Doubt, written by John Patrick Shanley and directed by Jim Marbury.

Doubt opens June 4 and performs June 5, 6, 7, 13, 14, 18, 19, 27, and 28. at the Ramona Hillside Playhouse, located at 27402 Ramona Bowl Road Hemet.

The cast includes Alisa Lovas as Sister Aloysius, Rebecca Williams as Sister James, Mark Rogers as Father Flynn and Marcy Wright as Ms. Muller.

A preview can be enjoyed at http://www.youtube.com/murrietarep.

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