Riverside Community Players presents A Little Night Music, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Hugh Wheeler, and directed by Merillee Drake.

One of Broadway’s masterpieces, this romantic and achingly beautiful musical deals with the universal subject of love, in all its wondrous, humorous, and ironic permutations. Sophisticated, literate, and stylish A Little Night Music is also disarmingly warm, funny, charming, and very human. The lilting Ravel-inspired score includes Sondheim’s most popular song, the haunting “Send in the Clowns.”

Tickets - $18.00
NO LATE SEATING
No children under 5 years of age admitted

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

The box office opens on May 12th 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.

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 driveway marked 4000 for the hospital. The theater will be immediately to your left.

Beginning July 12, the Candlelight Pavilion will bring adventure, nostalgia, and fantasy to the Inland Empire with the show Peter Pan.

Visit their Web site at http://www.candlelightpavilion.com/ for details about specific show times.

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Murrieta Repertory Theatre (”The Rep”), the critically-acclaimed and award-winning theatre company, is currently looking for actors/actresses for its upcoming world-premier of a new original play - A Breakfast of One Acts.  Producer/Director Coley O’Brien McAvoy will be heading up the project, and is holding open auditions for all roles.

Auditions will be held at the Murrieta Community Center, 41810 Juniper Street in Murrieta, on Saturday, June 28, from 12pm to 3pm, and on Monday, June 30, from 7pm to 9pm. (Read on …)

Shakespeare in the Vines will hold auditions for The Taming of the Shrew on Friday, June 27, and Saturday, June 28, at Svetlana’s Dance Academy, located at 41760 Rider Way in Temecula.

Svetlana’s Academy is off of Enterprise Circle South. From the intersection of Winchester and Jefferson, go west on Winchester to Enterprise Circle South and turn left. Go two short blocks to Rider Circle and turn left and then left again directly into parking lot.

For more information, please call the director, John Edward Clark, at 925-895-3700 or visit www.shakespeareinthevines.org.

Redlands Footlighters will hold open auditions for the hillarious sequel Nunsense II: The Second Coming by Dan Goggin and directed by Mark Allen-Everett.

Auditions will be held at Redlands Footlighters theater, located at 1810 Barton Road in Redlands, on Monday and Tuesday, July 14 and 15, at 7:00pm.  Five women, all able to move (not necessarily dance) and have good humor.  Come prepared to tell a funny story and sing 16 bars of music either unaccompanied or with CD.

• Mother Superior, age 50+, alto, Irish accent;
• Mary Hubert, age 40+ alto;
• Mary Amnesia, age 30+, soprano;
• Robert Anne, age 40+;
• Sister Leo, age 20s, soprano, able to roller skate.

Show runs September 11 to 28.

The Murrieta Repertory Theatre will reprise it’s hit musical I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change June 19-22.  Evening performances on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 8:00 pm and matinees Saturday and Sunday at 2:00 pm.

Performances will be held at the Old Town Temecula Community Theatre located at 42051 Main Street in Temecula.

To purchase tickets, call 866-653-8696 or purchase online at http://tickets.temeculatheater.org/eventperformances.asp?evt=289  This is a special engagement in collaboration with the Fine Arts Network.

New Works Series

THE REP is proud to be producing three new works by local playwright Thomas Trerise.  Auditions will be next week, time and location to be determined, and performances will be the first three weekends in August.  For information, email murrietarep@verizon.net or call 951-600-7273.

Not Haunted (working title) is a short horror film about a group of five students just out of high school trying to find real haunted houses for a documentary.  The five of them finally come across a promising house, but its not haunted by ghosts.  Final running time approximately fifty minutes. 

Filming for the production is scheduled for dates between 6/27 and 7/17.  There will be a required script rehearsal for the selected cast before production begins.  Production will be submitted to film festivals and shown at an upcoming Fallbrook Film Factory meeting.

Auditions will be held Saturday, June 21st, beginning at 12 noon. Appointment are required.

Contact writer/director James Deuling (member of the Fallbrook Film Factory) at abstractpremieres@hotmail.com for more information and to make an appointment. (Read on …)

Catalina Island Resort Services Entertainment Division will conduct open call auditions in the Inland Empire for its Fall production of Grease, to be performed in the historic Avalon Theatre at the Catalina Casino on Catalina Island. Producer/Director Steven Sabel will head up the production for the island-based company by assembling a cast and conducting rehearsals on the mainland, prior to moving the show to Catalina Island for performances. Judith Johansen will serve as music director.

All roles are open for nonunion performers. Selected cast members will be provided with a stipend, travel, and lodging. Auditions will be held 1-5 p.m. Sunday, July 6, and 7-10 p.m. Monday, July 7, in the upstairs performance space of the Redlands Police Annex, 30 Cajon St., Redlands. (Read on …)

So, you wanna be famous! SE Corporation and WBZB Entertainment present: Inland Idol – a solo vocal competition and concert event coming to Corona this summer!

This competition is open to kids aged 7 through 18!  (Group 1:  age 7 - 10, Group 2: age 11 - 14, Group 3: age 15 - 18)  This exciting concert event will feature celebrity judges from the television and Broadway industries as well as dynamic guest performers. (Read on …)

A one week summer camp for kids ages 6 & up!

Join the Musical Theater Camp July 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 from 9am - 2pm and discover drama, dance, costumes, voice and diction, scenic design, props, sound and lights, theater makeup, and participate in a full scale theater production.

Classes wil be held at Heartland Players Theater in Yucaipa.  Students will be working on the musical The Golden Scepter and will perform on Saturday July 12 at 3pm.  Camp tuition $200.00.

For more information contact starsoftomorrowct@gmail.com or call 909-335-1082. http://www.heartlandplayers.org/StarsOfTomorrowChildrensTheaterPage.html   

Riverside Community Players will sponsor a theatre workshop for children on Tuesday, July 29th.

Riverside Community Players’ Curtain Raisers invites children (ages 5-12) to live the theatre dream at a workshop that is sure to fire up the imagination and encourage the star within to shine. (Read on …)

The Ophelia Theatre Group will be holding auditions at 123 S Main Street 92530 in Lake Elsinore on Saturday, June 14th, at 2pm for Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

• All roles are open
• All that will be required for the audition is a cold reading

Performance dates are July 18th, 19th, and 20th At the Lake Elsinore Cultural Center.  Call Sarah at 951-265-6329 for more information! (Read on …)

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Fontana Community Players presents Lagooned!, a musical comedy by Tim Kelly and directed by Lynette Allen.

A group of crazy castaways are shipwrecked in the middle of the South Pacific on an island that belongs to Fantasy Tours, who creates shipwrecks for wealthy clients with a tribe of restless natives. The phony cannibals think the shipwrecked loonies are customers, and the passengers and crew think they are going to be a meal for the hungry inhabitants.

Show runs June 13-29. Performances are Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30. General Admission $10, Student/Seniors $8, and under 12 $6. For directions or show information, please call 909-822-4052.

Rialto Community Players proudly presents our first summer show Pick Somethin’. Featuring all original songs written by Bob Fraley and directed by Bruce Burton, this is one show you don’t want to miss. This is a limited engagement with only 6 shows running June 20-29th, so be sure to catch it.

Summer ticket special:  $8.00 each.  No reservations needed.

Rialto Community Players first summer show, Pick Somethin’, is the second writing collaboration for Bob Fraley and Bruce Burton.  It tells the story of a boy that leaves his home in Pennsylvania at an early age to discover what life has in store for him.  The new Folk Musical has a cast of seven and contains ten original songs written by Bob Fraley.  Pick Somethin’ is directed by Bruce Burton. (Read on …)

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning pen of Sam Shepard, Kadn Fox directs Fool for Love, Chino Community Theatre’s second in the weekender series. Set in  Mojave Desert motel room, a wild story about a stormy relationship has May and Eddie dragging each other over an emotional mine field. Starring Tony Collins, Buffy Guzenski, Troy Spieler and Jeff Richards. CCT is located at 13123 Seventh Street in Chino. Box Office: (909) 590-1149. Five performances only—don’t miss out!

Mature themes and strong language - suitable for ages 13 and up.

Ticket price is $15 general, $12 for students and seniors over 55. Group rates are available.

The Ramona Bowl Amphitheatre will present My Fair Lady, August 15-23.

My Fair Lady is the standard by which other productions are measured. A live orchestra will perform the famous tunes Wouldn’t It Be Loverly?, The Rain in Spain and I Could Have Danced All Night. It’s no wonder everyone – not just Henry Higgins – fall in love with Eliza Doolittle.

Performances will be held at 27400 Ramona Bowl Road in Hemet. For reservations and information, please call (800) 645-4465 X103 or visit http://www.ramonabowl.com.

Temecula Valley Players is pleased to present the American musical classic Damn Yankees at the Old Town Temecula Theater this summer. Director Sean Tamburrino and Music Director Victoria Mora invite you to a casting call June 22 and 23 at Old Town Temecula Community Theatre, located at 42051 Main Street in Temecula.

Performance dates are late August through early September. With hit songs like “You Gotta Have Heart” and “Whatever Lola Wants”, the cast will include both men and women. Are you ready to hit it out of the park? Come join the fun.

For more information, call the producer, Hillary Willhite, at (951) 767-9767.

ABC has a new family game show where the entire family could walk away with a huge cash prize!

• Are you an outgoing and fun family with teenagers and/or kids (ages 7-21) ?
• Would you love to finally pay off that debt, buy that flat screen TV, new refrigerator, or even a new bedroom set for the kids’ room?

This is a fun new game show where we bring the game to you! Your whole family gets to participate for a chance to win money and amazing prizes! We are looking for outgoing and fun families with a lot of personality. You’ll be the envy of your block! (Read on …)

The National Youth Theatre has announced the winners and nominees of the Third Annual National Youth Theatre Awards to honor outstanding work in youth theatre. The awards include more than 170 productions from more than 90 different theatres in more than 60 cities spanning 23 states. The complete list of nominees and winners is listed on the NYT website at http://www.nationalyouththeatre.com.

The winners will be formally presented with their awards at a ceremony honoring their accomplishments in different regions of the country. The California awards ceremony will be held on Sunday, July 27, 2008, at 7:30 PM at the Old Town Temecula Community Theatre, 42051 Main Street in Temecula.

Congratulations to the following Inland Empire youth theatres for being honored nationally! (Read on …)