The Inland Stage Company is holding a second round of auditions for the
2010-2011 season 11 a.m Saturday, Nov. 13, at the Esplanade Art Center,
2181 West Esplanade Avenue in San Jacinto.

The ISC auditions includes:

• December – Touring holiday singers
• January/February – The Rocky Horror Show
• March – The Suffragette Hamlet (a reversed gender Hamlet!)
• May – Twelfth Night, or What You Will

For auditions prepare a monologue, a song or simply read from one of the
scripts. All roles are open (except for Hamlet in the Suffragette Hamlet).

Actors and technicians selected for the 2010-2011 Company will be paid. Need more info? Email or call Executive Artistic Director Jim Marbury at jim.marbury@inlandstage.org or (951) 600-7273 x110.

Rialto Community Players presents Over the River and Through the Woods, Written by Joe DiPietro and Directed by Candy Kane.   A hysterical, heartwarming comedy not to be missed! The perfect production to get you in the Thanksgiving mood!

Evening Performances: Nov. 6, 12, 13, 19 & 20, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.
Matinees: Nov. 7, 13, 14 & 21, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. 

Nick (played by Ian McLean) is a single Italian American young man from New Jersey. His parents have retired and moved to Florida. He still is tied to his family, because he sees both sets of grandparents every Sunday for dinner. These wacky, wonderful grandparents are portrayed by the award-winning, very talented; Thomik Deverien, Catherine DeBrule, Mike Hanrahan and  Heidi Merrigan. This Sunday dinner routine is perfect until Nick announces that he’s been offered a dream job (marketing executive) and is moving to Seattle. This news does not sit well with Frank, Aida, Nunzio, and Emma, and they do their level best to keep Nick around, including bringing to dinner the lovely – and single – Caitlin O’Hare (played by Macie Hanrahan) as bait. The antics that follow in this family comedy are both hilarious and touching. (Read on …)

From the whimsy of childhood to the wisdom of old age, this is theatrical storytelling at its most charming. Based on the best-selling books, it takes a funny, insightful and heartwarming look at what is profound in everyday life. Full of colorful characters and delightful stories, this is a celebration of life’s small triumphs and has earned standing ovations around the world.

Tickets - $15.00
NO LATE SEATING
No children under 5 years of age admitted

Box Office - Opens on November 8th 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. (Read on …)

Feed me, Seymour! Little Shop of Horrors is the next offering from Performance Riverside, opening November 12. The upbeat musical spoof of sci-fi movies is well-known and loved by a wide audience from its successful 1986 film version starring comedians Steve Martin, Rick Moranis, Bill Murray and John Candy.  The stage musical and film versions were adapted by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman from the Roger Corman film, with original screenplay by Charles Griffith.

If the names Alan Menken and Howard Ashman sound familiar, they should: They’re the successful musical duo behind such Disney classics as Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid. This original production, directed by Ashman, with musical staging by Edie Cowan, was critically acclaimed and won several awards including the 1982-1983 New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical, and the Outer Critics Circle Award. Howard Ashman wrote, in the introduction to the acting edition of the libretto, that the show “satirizes many things: science fiction, ‘B’ movies, musical comedy itself, and even the Faust legend”.

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JTL Productions Presents Lord, Save My Poor Soul: An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe.  This critically acclaimed one man show chronicling the turbulent life, and mysterious death of one of America’s biggest literary legends stars Travis Rhett Wilson, as Poe, and is written, arranged, and directed by John Lynd.

All proceeds from this performance will go to benefit Kirk, Elizabeth, and Christian Beck, who lost their home in a devestating fire this year. (Read on …)

Family Theatre At The Grove is proud to present The Enchantment of Beauty and the Beast, running on Saturdays at 2:00 p.m from October 30th through November 13th.

A powerful witch is rejected by a selfish prince. After a curse is placed on him, he is destined to be a “beast” until he learns to love. Years later, a poor widow plucks a forbidden rose. Though he sentences the woman to death, Beast allows her to say good-bye to her family. (Read on …)

Gold Leaf Theatre Productions is proud to announce our Season Two line-up:

• Reluctant Debutante by William Home
  Auditions January 3rd and 6th, 2011
  Performances March 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20 2011
• Scotland Road by Jeffrey Hatcher
  Auditions March 21st and 24th, 2011
  Performances May 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15 2011

Summer Workshops:

Theatre History Workshop
From Greek tragedies to modern slapstick, this workshop puts a new and exciting spin on learning history.  This workshop will go through a myriad of different theatre eras through out history and give you a hands on look at what acting was really like in the past.  This six week workshop includes learning the history of theatre and acting out scenes from the lessons you will be learning.  It is an exciting new way to approach both learning and having fun.  (Read on …)

The amazing events described in the final book of the Bible come to life in the powerful new musical, Revelation, presented by LifeHouse Theater.  Audiences will tour this prophetic account through music and drama in this theatrical experience faithful to scripture.  Already a hit with audiences on tour, Revelation features Dustin Ceithamer, an award-winning actor and composer who also directs.

Performances begin Saturday, November 6 at 7:30 PM and will continue on weekends through November 21.  Except for opening weekend, performances are Fridays at 7:30 PM, Saturdays at 2:15 PM and 7:30 PM and Sundays at 2:15PM.  In addition to the weekend performances, there will be a special Thursday performance on November 18 at 7:30 PM.  The performance on Saturday, November 13 will also feature an interpreted presentation for the deaf.

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A Repertory Theatre Group (ART) announces auditions for A Radio Christmas Cavalcade to be presented in December. This fun-filled, inspirational production will be a special touring fundraiser for a charitable organization in the Pass area.

Auditions will be held in Replier Park in the Boy Scout House on Saturday, October 23 from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.; Sunday, October 24 from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. and Wednesday, October 27 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. (Read on …)

Mt. San Jacinto College’s Menifee Valley Campus Theatre Arts Department is getting ready to raise the curtain on their fall production Dark of the Moon, by Howard Richardson & William Berney. Set in the Smokey Mountains, this is a dark musical play based on “The Ballad of Barbara Allen” and is just in time for Halloween.

Two worlds collide in this piece, as witches, conjure-folk, and townspeople find themselves in unusual, but always-feared circumstances. “The piece plays on superstitions and deeply held fears/beliefs which compel seemingly good people to do unspeakable things,” according to director Lori Craig Torok. The play brings two moon-crossed lovers together, only to end in personal disaster. (Read on …)