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MBS Productions is pleased to announce that tickets are now on sale for their first play of their season: Theatre of Death, which runs from October 15 ? November 1, 2009.

A Red Orchid Theatre announces the extension of the World Premiere of Mistakes Were Made by the Emmy-nominated writer of Six Feet Under Craig Wright and directed by Dexter Bullard. The production, extended by two weeks, is now playing through October 31, 2009 at A Red Orchid Theatre, 1531 North Wells St.

Cape Rep Theatre announces the final addition to the 2009 Indoor Theatre Season. A Class Act, the Broadway musical features music and lyrics by Edward Kleban and book by Linda Kline and Lonny Price. A Class Act will open September 17 and run for 5 weeks through October 18. Performances will take place Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 8pm with Sunday matinees at 2pm. There is no performance on September 20. Tickets are $28-$35 and are available by calling 508.896.1888 or visiting www.caperep.org.

On Monday, October 26, 2009 at 7:30 p.m., the San Francisco cast of Wicked, along with members of the San Francisco arts community (and beyond), is coming together for one of the most important events of the year - Defying Inequality: The San Francisco Concert,a one-night only concert benefitting Marriage Equality USA and Garden State Equality - two equal rights organizations. Featuring stars from stage & screen, the concert will be held at the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre (3301 Lyon Street, San Francisco, CA). A VIP reception will be held in the lobby immediately following the event. For tickets and information, please contact City Box Office at (415) 392-4400 and visit defyinginequality.com (click on San Francisco).

The Christmas classic ?It?s A Wonderful Life? is the final show at Newnan Community Theatre Company in 2009. Auditions for the play are October 5 and 6 at the theatre. A large cast with roles for all ages is needed. No experience is necessary to audition for a part. Those auditioning will be asked to do a cold reading from the script. Auditions will begin at 7 pm. Actors may attend either evening to try out for a role. Callbacks are October 8. Rehearsals will be Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings.

Trent Armand Kendall returns to The Laurie Beechman Theatre four Mondays in November & December with Picture Incomplete - a new musical. The show has music and lyrics by Michael Polese, book by Trent Armand Kendall, and direction by Greg Ganakas.

The following is SCR's four month calendar for October 2009 ? January 2010.

Chapel Hill?s Deep Dish Theater will host its third ?Words to Music: Songwriters Up Close? event on Friday, October 2, at 8 PM. The special series showcases intimate acoustic performances and engaging conversation about the songwriting process with area musicians who defy the stereotypical singer-songwriter tag. This installment will feature three unique talents of the local music scene, one of which might be called a veteran; the others more aptly described as young upstarts.

Festival audiences will laugh out loud at the playful, precocious production of ?The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged),? presented as part of the 2009 fall season at the Utah Shakespearean Festival.

PURE Theatre is set to present Up by Bridget Carpenter. The play is directed by PURE?s artistic director and co-founder Sharon Graci, and will feature R.W. Smith, Cristy Landis, Jon Raz Van Pinxteren, Carly Sumner Ridgeway, Rodney Lee Rogers, and Tara Denton. It will open Thursday, October 2, 2009 at Upper Lance Hall on the grounds of Circular Congregational Church, and run through Saturday, October 24.

Come meet a vampire (or four or five) at Theater at Lime Kiln. Fear not, your life's not in danger - only your eardrums! There should be plenty of howls of laughter, as Theater at Lime Kiln takes the New Vic Theatre of London version of Bram Stoker classic novel and turns it into a crackling, tongue-in-cheek farce. If you've seen a New Vic show before, you'll know what to expect - action which regularly spills over into the audience.

The Baltimore Playwrights Festival is looking for a few competent, motivated and dedicated script readers. The BPF will likely receive between 60 and 80 plays, submitted by September 30, 2009 for possible inclusion in the 2010 BPF festival. In order to receive a staged reading (a first step in BPF play production), a play must receive a high grade provided by 3 of our readers. Readers are normally selected from among the Baltimore theatre community who are interested in new plays and playwrights and have some experience in the production, casting, or selecting of plays. While there are no academic prerequisites for being a reader, the BPF is looking for people who will provide authentic, honest and constructive feedback regarding submitted plays and who will ultimately determine whether a submission is given a staged reading. For more information, visit http://www.baltplayfest.com/readers.htm.

Countless award-winning, multi-platinum recording artist, Jo Dee Messina brings her intimate 2009 Music Room Series Acoustic Tour to Mesa Arts Center on Thursday, November 5, 2009, at 7:30 p.m. Staged after her very own music room, Jo Dee Messina?s 2009 tour promises an up close and personal look at this singer/songwriter?s life and the inspiration behind her music. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for audiences to ask questions, request songs, and get to know Jo Dee during a performance that is sure to relay messages of optimism and hope during the toughest of times.

Rain Man hits the New Theatre, Cardiff from Tuesday 29 September - Saturday 3 October. The show will be performed evenings at 7.30pm, Thursday matinee at 2.30pm, and Saturday matinee at 4.00pm. Rain Man stars Neil Morrissey, Oliver Chris, and Charles Lawson.

Diversionary Theatre and ion theatre company are pleased to announce an eagerly-awaited collaboration of the seminal, riveting Holocaust love-story, Bent, co-directed by ion artistic directors, Glenn Paris and Claudio Raygoza.

New Line Theatre, 'the Bad Boy of Musical Theatre,' opens its nineteenth season of provocative, adult, alternative musical theatre with the world premiere of Kyle Jarrow's searing new rock musical Love Kills, running October 1-24, 2009, at the Washington University South Campus Theatre (formerly CBC High School), 6501 Clayton Road, just east of Big Bend.

Jim Caruso?s Cast Party is set to present the return of Patrick DeGennaro to the Broadway at Birdland concert series. Patrick DeGennaro will bring 'Unbroken' to Birdland on Monday, November 9th at 7:00pm.

Asolo Repertory Theatre and theatres around the world will present the simultaneous global premiere of The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later on October 12, 2009, at 8 p.m. This landmark event is free and open to the public, and a national and international interactive online presence.

Thin Air Theatre Company presents at the Butte Theatre, 139 E. Bennett Ave., Cripple Creek; Oct. 2-31, a melodrama adapted from the 1867 Victorian melodrama Lost in London. This new adaptation tells the story of a poor Cripple Creek miner who journeys to Denver to reclaim his wife and to have his vengeance on the villain who stole her. It is a thrilling story of honor, revenge, and enduring love, even from beyond the grave. The show will be followed by an all-new longer-than usual Halloween Olio ? 45 minutes of trilling and chilling musical fun. Opening night will also feature a meet the cast and crew event with snacks and champagne ? tickets are first-come-first-serve.

REDCAT (the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater) presents the West Coast premiere of Discover Love, a love story based on real events created by Belarus Free Theatre. Discover Love opens Thursday, October 1, 2009 at REDCAT and runs for a limited three-night engagement through Saturday, October 3, 2009.