The Inland Stage Company features a roaring 20s 12th Night opening May 6 at the Esplanade Art Center in San Jacinto.

“This is such a crowd-pleaser and an acting challenge to our troupe,” said ISC Director Jim Marbury. “The characters of the strange island of Illyria fascinate me. There are so many casting possibilities due to the incredible quality of performers that turned out for our auditions. It really feels as though we have the cream of the actors in the area.”

Vanessa Downs will be playing the role of the shipwrecked twin sister Viola.

“Viola is a survivor,” Downs said. “She’s the kind of person that will do what it takes to make it on her own. To survive, Viola must become Cesario, she must become a man. Yet, at the same time, she is still a girl who has found someone that she cares for in the Duke. She struggles with her feelings in a very real way.”

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Blowing in from Kansas City this summer are rough-and-tumble cowboy Oscar Gubelman (as Bo Decker) and alluring nightclub singer Hayley Lerch (as Cherie) starring in Inland Valley Repertory Theatre company (IVRT)’s production of Bus Stop opening Wednesday, June 1st as part of IVRT’s 2011 Season at the Candlelight Pavilion in Claremont.

Mismatched lovers, Gubelman and Lerch will be snowed-in along with six other quirky personalities, including: Covina Center art board member Jill Gerber as the sassy diner-owner Grace Hoylard, Lisa Younger as the naïve Elma Duckworth, 89.3 KPCC Morning Edition host Steven Julian as bus driver Carl, David Wayne as the drunken scholar Dr. Gerald Lyman, Michael Buczynski as the stern sheriff Will Masters, and long-time IVRT veteran Walt Schafer as the wise Virgil Blessing. Bus Stop will be directed by Terre Gunkel and assistant directed by IVRT casting director, Hope Kaufman. (Read on …)

Riverside Community Players presents Election Day, by Josh Tobiessen.

Adam’s political activist girlfriend, Brenda, makes one demand on the day of the mayoral election and that is for Adam to vote. This seemingly simple task becomes more difficult than he could ever imagine as Adam is visited throughout the day by an eco-terrorist, his emotionally starved sister and a mayoral candidate who will do anything for a vote. This is a delightfully farcical comedy about the price of political (and personal) campaigns.

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

Box Office - Opens on May 9th 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 …)

Riverside Youth Theatre presents Summer Theatre Day Camp from June 13-18

Registration: May 25 from 4-6 pm (no appointment necessary)
Registration Fee: $150
At Registration: Receive musical CD and script, Be measured for costumes
Ages: Elementary Students currently enrolled in 1st-6th grades. (Read on …)

OBCTheater announces open call auditions for its production of the Tony Award winning musical Fiddler on the Roof, May 9 & 10 from 6—9pm.
Callbacks will be by invitation May 13. 

Based on the stories of Sholom Aleichem, Fiddler on the Roof has been lauded by critics again and again, and won the hearts of people all around the world. Filled with a rousing, heartwarming score, which includes “Tradition,” “Matchmaker, Matchmaker,” “If I Were A Rich Man” and “Sunrise, Sunset,” Fiddler on the Roof is a timeless classic. (Read on …)

Riverside City Community College presetns Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show.  Book, music, and lyrics by Richard O’Brien, directed by Gary Krinke and Jodi Julian, choreography by Anthony Loa, and musically directed by Gregory Nabours.

Tickets: $15 or $10 presale until May 12th.

Landis Box Office: 951-222-8100 — www.landispac.com

Pass Area Performing Artists (PAPA)  presents Neil Simon’s comedy Barefoot in the Park, directed by award winning Marsha Kennedy.

After a steamy honeymoon at the Plaza, free spirited Corie Bratter is determined to create a picturesque home for her equally sensible attorney husband in their fifth floor walk-up apartment – one room with no heat, a hole in the skylight, and oddball neighbors.  She also wastes no time setting up a blind date for her conservative mother and quirky Victor Velasco, who lives in the attic.  The New York Times called it, “A rib-tickling comedy.”

• Location: The Banning Woman’s Club Building at 175 W. Hays St, in Banning.
• Tickets:  $12.00
• Box office:  951-722-5526
• Web site:  www.passareaperformingartists.com

Ramona Hillside Players proudly present Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, dramatized by Christopher Sergel and directed by Carol Damgen.

Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, brother and sister Jem and Scout Finch are growing up in the Deep South during the 1930s depression. Their idyllic childhood is jolted with the realization that prejudice and bigotry rule in their small town. Their widowed father Atticus Finch, a deeply principled man, is appointed to defend a young black man accused of raping a white woman, for whom a guilty verdict from an all-white jury is a foregone conclusion. This American classic is as evocative of its age as it is timelessly relevant; a tale of moral duty, humanity and respect, observed with brilliant clarity through the restless and inquiring eyes of a child.  “You never know someone,” Atticus tells Scout, “until you step inside their skin and walk around a little.” But fear keeps them at a distance until one night, in streetlight and shadows, the children confront an evil born of ignorance and blind hatred and must somehow find their way home.

Performance Dates:5/6/2011 – 5/22/2011
Friday/Saturday Nights:7:30pm
Sunday Matinee’s:2:30pm

Ticket Information: Reservations will be accepted beginning April 25, 2011.
Please call our reservation line at 951-658-5300
Opening Night Only Special:All Seats- $5.00

Address:
Ramona Hillside Playhouse
27402 Ramona Bowl Road
Hemet CA 92544

Rialto Community Players is pleased to announce Moments to Remember opening May 21st!  Performing on: May 21, 27, 28, June 3, 4, at 8pm
and May 22, 28, 29, June 4, 5 at 2pm.

Your most beloved singers spring to life in our newly created musical revolving around the ultimate forties hits! Doris Day, Rosemary Clooney, Frank Sinatra and Bobby Darrin and more will unite to bring you the most treasured Moments to Remember!

Directing and choreographing this original production will be the award-winning Jubel Obien. The musical originally slated for this spot, The Flight of the Lawnchair Man, will now open our new season in September!

For information and reservations, call our box office at 909-873-4501.  The Rialto Playhouse is located at 150 E. San Bernardino Ave., Rialto.  Due to construction, the Riverside Ave. exit off the I-10 fwy. will be closed.  Please take either the Pepper Ave. or Cedar Ave. exits.  Turn on Valley Blvd. and make your way to Riverside Ave.

Tickets are on sale for the Tony Award-winning musical, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, by William Finn and Rachael Shinekin with performances April 29 through May 21 at Chino Community Theatre.

Six young people in the throes of puberty, overseen by grown-ups who barely managed to escape childhood themselves, learn that winning isn’t everything and that losing doesn’t make them a loser. Featuring songs such as “Magic Foot,”  “Pandamonium,” and “The I Love You Song.”

This production is rated PG-13 for adult language and content.

Tickets are $15 general admission, $12 for students with ID and seniors age 55 plus. Performances are at 8 p.m. April 29, and 30, May 6, 7, 13, 14, 20 and 21 and 2:30 p.m. May 1, 8 and 15.  Group rates are available. The theatre is located at 13123 Seventh Street in Chino. For more information, visit the website at www.chinocommunitytheatre.org.

Dinner and a Show! Dine first at Owen’s Bistro and bring the receipt to the box office the same night for a $3 discount per adult ticket, per adult entrée purchased. Box office: 590-1149. Owen’s Bistro: 628-0452.

Directed by Rhesa Richards and featuring: Bruce Hutchins, Derek Ashley Macumber, Ed Fornoles, Juan Luis Torres, Lauren Deards, Sarah Meals, Seth Weiner and Shalimar Malimban.