Shakespeare in the Vines’ 2007 season opens on August 3rd at the beautiful Keyways Winery.  They are proud to present two of Shakespeare’s most popular works in its second season:  The Merry Wives of Windsor and the tragedy of Othello. 

Shakespeare in the Vines 2007 Season Poster (Read on …)

Back by popular demand, Disney’s High School Musical will return to the Grove Theatre on August 3rd and run through September 9th.  The Grove Theatre at 276 E. 9th Street, in Upland. 

Show times:
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:29 p.m.
Sundays at 2:00 p.m.
 
Tickets: $25 and $20. Student, senior and group discounts are available.  Call 909-920-4343 or visit our website at grovetheatre.com for information and tickets. (Read on …)

Riverside City College’s Summer Conservatory will present Disney’s High School Musical August 2, 3 and 4 at the Landis Performing Arts Center on the Riverside City College campus.

For ticket information call: (951) 222-8100. (Read on …)

The Riverside Dickens Festival is a regional educational non-profit corporation that provides educational, family oriented, literary entertainment and activities such as plays, dramatic and musical performances, pageants, living history presentations, workshops, lectures, classroom study, exhibits and a street bazaar with free entertainment, vendors, and costumed characters.

Below are three requests for proposals for performers for the 2008 Riverside Dickens Festival.  Deadline is August 15.

• Venue Performer Proposal
• Dickens Character Troupe Proposal
• One Person Show Proposal

Visit their website at http://www.dickensfest.com/ for more information and other opportunities.

The City of Rancho Cucamonga Community Services Department proudly presents is Summer Family Musical 2007, The Wizard of Oz, written by L. Frank Baum, music by Harold Arlen, lyrics by Yip Harburg, Stage Direction by Barbara Hinrichsen, Musical Direction by Melanie Alpert, and Choreography by Janet Renslow.

Performances will be held at the Lewis Family Playhouse July 27 through August 4, 2007 at the Victoria Gardens Cultural Center located at 12505 Cultural Center Drive in Rancho Cucamonga.

Fontana Mummers will hold auditions for The Rocky Horror Picture Show, directed by Joe Impastato, August 26th & 27th at 6:00pm at the Fontana Mummers’ leater located at 8443 Nuevo Ave in Fontana.
 
For more information call 909-822-4052 or e-mail: cwhitfield_publicrelations@fontanamummers.com

Shakespeare in the Vines’ 2007 season includes the tragedy of Othello.

Othello, under the direction of Beverly Stephenson, Founder/Executive Director of the Fine Arts Network, will be set in an early 1930′s speakeasy/jazz club. This timeless tale of jealousy, treachery and tragedy is sure to incite anger and perhaps tears to even the most staid viewer. The beautiful Wien’s Family Cellars Winery will host this show on
September 7, 8, 9, 15, and 16.

Tickets are available by calling the winery directly. Wien’s Family Cellars: 951-694-9892. For more information, visit www.shakespeareinthevines.org.

Shakespeare in the Vines 2007 Season Poster

Yucaipa Little Theatre presents Grease, directed by Christine Presley, July 19-29.  Performances are held at  12135 California Street in Yucaipa.  For reservations and information, call 795-5699 or 790-1884.

You’ll enjoy this fun show at a cute little theatre that seats only 100!  You feel like your part of the 50′s!
www.yucaipalittletheatre.com (Read on …)

In The Company Community Theatre, in conjunction with The Grove Community Church, presents Ragtime as the first musical at their new location: 19900 Grove Community Drive in Riverside.

• July 27, 28 & August 3, 4 at 7:30
• July 29 & August 5 @ 2:30

Tickets: $12;  $8 for seniors and children under 12
Call (951) 571-9090, extension 2151, for reservations.

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Riverside Community Players will hold auditions on July 30th and 31st for their family series production, Oz, by Patrick Shanahan (based on L. Frank Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”).  This production is directed by Jennifer Young Lawson and runs October 5-7, 2007. (Read on …)