Mid-October Theatre Happenings on the California Central Coast!

As we make our way into the latter half of October, I hope you are making plans to attend one or two (or three?) of the live performance and theatre productions currently being (or soon to be) presented at any one of the several live entertainment establishments here on our idyllic California Central Coast!

SLO Little Theatre (www.slolittletheatre.org) is pleased to present its current main stage production, Oklahoma!, through November 6 [NOTE: Saw an opening weekend performance and this is a WONDERFUL production!].

In 1961, San Luis Obispo Little Theatre produced Oklahoma!  Join them for the 50th anniversary of this timeless production, re-imagined by local director/choreographer Zach Johnson.

Full of fun, adventure and America's all-time favorite songs, Oklahoma! is a romantic romp through the wild west that leaves the audience tapping their feet and humming the music.  It's a classic musical feast that the whole family will enjoy!

Next on the SLOLT main stage will be A Christmas Story, December 2-23.  ACT's (Academy of Creative Theatre) The Little Prince will be presented January 13-29.

The God Is Still Speaking Players (https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/92718528887) was proud to present Sister Amnesia's Country Western Nunsense Jamboree last month.  Next up?  "Celebration In Song" - a musical variety show, November 19 & 20 at 2 PM, to benefit the good works of GALA and PFLAG here on the Central Coast.

Kelrik Productions' (www.kelrikproductions.com) was pleased to present From Main Street to 42^nd Street in August, featuring Jacque Carnahan.  Stay tuned for what's next (I'm hearing rumblings about productions of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and Avenue Q)!   

Upcoming performances at the Cal Poly Performing Arts Center (www.pacslo.org) include Come Together - a joint venture between The Academy of Dance and CORE Dance Company on October 22 & 23, The Magic School Bus Live: The Climate Change on October 29, Pilobolus on October 30, and "Weird Al" Yankovic - The Apocalypse Tour on November 2.   

The Pewter Plough Playhouse (www.pewterploughplayhouse.org) in Cambria will present A.R. Gurney's The Fourth Wall through October 30.

The Theatre at the Old Grammar School in Cambria (TOGS) (http://artistsofcambria.com/cambriapac/id4.html) and Allied Arts Theatre will present Dearly Departed through November 20.

Sorcerer Productions (https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Sorcerer-Productions/105954829426281) proudly presents Arsenic and Old Lace through October 23 in the Clark Center Studio Theatre in Arroyo Grande [NOTE: Saw an opening weekend performance of this production - and not only was it GREAT fun, but it was obvious why it continues to be done by so many groups ... it's a GREAT show!].

Other upcoming performances at the Clark Center (www.clarkcenter.org) include Opera SLO's The Yeomen of the Guard on October 22 & 23, the California Theatre Center's Emperor's New Clothes on October 27, and Abbey Road - A Tribute to the Beatles on October 29.

Murder In Mind Productions (www.murderinmind.com) presents The Addams Family Reunion through November 6 at The Spyglass Inn in Shell Beach [NOTE: Saw the Oct 2 performance - FUN!].

The Great American Melodrama (www.americanmelodrama.com) is pleased to present The Werewolf of Dr. Oz through November 13.  This production is, of course, followed by an all new high energy Vaudeville Revue - which many theatre patrons insist is worth the price of admission!

The Santa Maria Civic Theatre (www.smct.org) will present It's A Wonderful Life: Radio Play November 18 - December 10.   

The Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts (www.pcpa.org), the Central Coast's Resident Professional Theatre Company, located on the Allan Hancock College Campus in Santa Maria, is currently in rehearsals for A Christmas Carol - the musical, which will run November 10 - December 23.

The Lompoc Civic Theatre's (www.lompoccivictheatre.com) will present 2 holiday one act plays: The Cowhand's Christmas Carol and Not on This Night, December 2-10. 

So, regardless of what else you have on your social calendar in the next week or 2, I trust you will want to find or make the time to attend a production or two at one of our theatre or live entertainment venues to support the performing arts here on the Central Coast of California!

Curt Miner ... your BroadwayWorld.com guy on the ground with the California Central Coast theatre "news & views" 

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