Riverside City College Theatre Department will be having auditions for The Laramie Project on Monday, September 8th from 3pm to 7pm in room Tech A 107 on the RCC campus.  Callbacks are on September 10.

Auditioners should prepare a one minute memorized serious monologue for the audition.  Performance dates are November 20-23.  For more information contact the director, David Nelson, at david.nelson@rcc.edu.

FTC Inland Theatre Works presents Two Gentlemen of Verona, in repertory with Othello, August 15-29.

Comedy, love and a bit with a dog. In Shakespeare’s earliest comedy, Two Gentlemen of Verona, he takes us on a journey from “boring” Verona to “fabulous” Milan to a lawless Italian forest. Proteus and Valentine are best friends, but the bounds and bonds of friendship are tested when they both want the same girl. See the original characters that would be echoed in his future plays, his first use of cross dressing, lovers that would reappear in a summer’s dream, and hints of many of his other future characters. Throw in a real dog (who may or may not bark in verse) and you never know what will happen.

Tickets: $10 general admission, $5 students and seniors

Performances will be held at the The Performing Arts Center at Arroyo Valley High School, located at 1881 West Baseline in San Bernardino. For reservations, call 909-954-4540 or visit www.inlandtheatreworks.org.

FTC Inland Theatre Works presents Othello, in repertory with Two Gentlemen of Verona, August 15-29.

Othello is unique among Shakespeare’s masterpieces for its purity of story and morality. A black man in a white society, Othello has earned immense respect and honored military position – but does he go too far when he woos Desdemona, the epitome of white beauty and goodness. Their marriage represents absolute virtue, which can only be destroyed by equal malfeasance. That degree of evil quickly provided by the Shakespeare’s most perfect villain, Iago who plots to vanquish the happiness surrounding him.

Tickets: $10 general admission, $5 students and seniors

Performances will be held at the The Performing Arts Center at Arroyo Valley High School, located at 1881 West Baseline in San Bernardino.  For reservations, call 909-954-4540 or visit www.inlandtheatreworks.org.

Last summer it was the ITL award winning, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. In spring was the stunning presentation of the musical, The Secret Garden. And now CCV presents Disney’s High School Musical!

It burst onto the cultural landscape first as a smash hit Disney Channel original movie and the soundtrack climbed to the top of the Billboard charts. It’s the irresistible story of two teenagers – Troy Bolton, super-popular captain of the basketball team, and Gabriella Montez, super-smart transfer student and a genius in science class – who try to navigate the tricky currents of peer pressure to follow their dream and score the leads in the big school show. This production is a must-see not only for fans of the movie but theatre-goers alike.

To purchase tickets online please go to: http://public.serviceu.com/ticketing/default.asp?orgID=9185 or call (626) 859-0161.

Christ’s Church of the Valley is located at 1404 West Covina Boulevard in San Dimas.

The Murrieta Repertory Theatre proudly present the world premiere of Thomas Trerise’s new comedy, Breakfast and Loathing in Suburbia.

Breakfast and Loathing in Suburbia is a collection of three one-act comedies; each telling a unique story on the challenges facing relationships, and some of the disillusionments of modern-day suburban life.   The three stories occur simultaneously throughout the course of a single day, and the plot of each story is driven by or around the titular object.

Download and print this poster for a $5 savings on admission.

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Wednesdays just got dramatic! The award-winning Inland Valley Repertory Theatre (IVRT) will present The Man Who Came to Dinner, a comedy by the team of George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart.

It is the story of the larger-than-life radio personality Sheridan Whiteside, a fictional character modeled after Alexander Woollcott. After falling on an icy doorstep at the home of the Stanleys, a well-to-do Ohio family, Whiteside proceeds to hold the family hostage to his whims, making international telephone calls, inviting eccentric guests to call, and generally wreaking hilarious havoc. Kaufman and Hart’s comedy first appeared on Broadway in 1939, and the revival was produced on Broadway in 2000 with Nathan Lane as Whiteside. IVRT previously produced the play in 1994 featuring a local celebrity, the late actress Nedra Volz.

The Man Who Came to Dinner will run with one matinee performance, Wednesday August 13 at 1:30 p.m. and three evening performances, July 30, August 6, and August 13 at 7:30 p.m. on the stage at the Candlelight Pavilion in Claremont. (Read on …)

Inland Empire Shakespeare Festival presents The Tempest at the Main Auditorium of San Bernardino Valley College, located at 701 S. Mt. Vernon Ave, in San Bernardino, on August 2 and 8. All shows begin at 8PM.

TICKETS: $10 General, $8 Groups 10+, $5 Students, Seniors, Children, Military
Tickets available at the door or presale at http://bookstore.valleycollege.edu/

Questions? Contact Paul Jacques at 909-213-7130 or the Riverside Arts Council at 951-680-1345, or visit www.inlandempireshakespearefestival.com

The Tempest is directed by Paul Jacques and runs about 2 hours.

Inland Empire Shakespeare Festival presents Macbeth at the Main Auditorium of San Bernardino Valley College, located at 701 S. Mt. Vernon Ave, in San Bernardino, on August 1, 3, 9, and 10.  All shows begin at 8PM.  There will be an opening night reception after the performance on August 1.

TICKETS: $10 General, $8 Groups 10+, $5 Students, Seniors, Children, Military
Tickets available at the door or presale at http://bookstore.valleycollege.edu/

Questions? Contact Paul Jacques at 909-213-7130 or the Riverside Arts Council at 951-680-1345, or visit www.inlandempireshakespearefestival.com
 
Macbeth is directed by Patrick Brien and runs about 2 hours and 15 minutes.

Don’t Miss Out on Cabaret!   Temecula Performing Arts Company’s newest production at the Old Town Temecula Theater.

Performances are July 25, 26, 27 and August 1, 2, 3: Friday and Saturday evenings at 8:00pm and Saturday and Sunday Matinee performances at 2:00 pm.

Tickets are $10, $15, and $20 with limited VIP tables for two at $70 ($30 per person).  VIP tables include a bottle of wine, personal service by the Kit Kat Klub performers, and  a “ring-side” seat for all the fun in the Kit Kat Klub!

As the song says “What good is sitting alone in your room?  Come hear the music play”.  Come on out to Temecula and see Cabaret!

FTC Inland Theatre Works presents, in its first public reading, Wish of an Almost Widow, by Molly Gross.

Admission is free with a reception following the reading on Friday, July 25th at 7pm, at the Arroyo Valley High School Performing Arts Center located at 1881 West Baseline in San Bernardino.  For more information, call 909-954-4540. (Read on …)