California Central Coast November Theatre Happenings

As we continue on into November, I trust your plans will include attending one or more of the theatre and live performance productions that are currently running (or soon will be) at one of the several live entertainment venues here in the heart of the California Central Coast!

The Mission College Preparatory High School (www.missionprep.org) Drama Department will present The Sound of Music November 11-20. 

This final collaboration between Rodgers & Hammerstein was destined to become the world's most beloved musical.  When a postulant proves too high-spirited for the religious life, she is dispatched to serve as governess for the seven children of a widowed naval Captain.  Her growing rapport with the youngsters, coupled with her generosity of spirit, gradually captures the heart of the stern Captain, and they marry.  Upon returning from their honeymoon they discover that Austria has been invaded by the Nazis, who demand the Captain's immediate service in their navy. The family's narrow escape over the mountains to Switzerland on the eve of World War II provides one of the most thrilling and inspirational finales ever presented in the theatre.  The motion picture version remains the most popular movie musical of all time.  Call (805) 543-2131 for more information.

SLO Little Theatre (www.slolittletheatre.org) is pleased to announce a special engagement of Between Iraq and a Hard Place and Killing Me Softly With Jazz Hands, starring Jill Turnbow and Beck Pedigo, November 11 & 12.   Ubu's Other Shoe readers' theatre next production will be The Cocktail Party on November 18 & 19.

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.

By Will ... Alone, a Shakespearean collage, adapted and performed by local actor/director John Pillow, will run through November 19 at St Stephen's Church in SLO.  For reservations and information, call (805) 781-0511.

Over the Rainbow (a tribute to Yip Harburg), with Gale McNeeley and Betty Faas, will be presented at Linnaea's Café on Garden St in downtown SLO at 7 PM on Sunday, November 13,

The God Is Still Speaking Players' (https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/92718528887) next production is "Celebration In Song" - a musical variety show, November 19 & 20 at 2 PM at the SLO UCC (11245 Los Osos Valley Rd), to benefit the good works of GALA and PFLAG here on the Central Coast.

Kelrik Productions' (www.kelrikproductions.com) is pleased to announce the first 2 productions of their 2012 BEYOND Season - a remount of the children's favorite Pinkalicious (auditions November 30, matinee performances January 21 - February 5) and Avenue Q (auditions November 10, evening performances January 13 - February 4).  The remainder of the 2012 Season is set to be announced on November 14 - stay tuned!

Upcoming performances at the Cal Poly Performing Arts Center (www.pacslo.org) include Rick A Delicious Potpourro of Fantastical Fairytales and Astonishing Folk Legends November 10-12 & 17-19, SLO Symphony: Modern Masterpeices on November 12, Wynonna on November 13, and Warren Miller Ski Film: Like There's No Tomorrow on November 15.  

The Pewter Plough Playhouse (www.pewterploughplayhouse.org) in Cambria just closed A.R. Gurney's The Fourth Wall - stay tuned for what will be next!

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.  Auditions will be held on November 28 & 29 for the romantic comedy Almost, Maine (performances January 27 - February 19).

Murder In Mind Productions (www.murderinmind.com) will present A Dickens of a Mystery, December 4 - January 29 at The Spyglass Inn in Shell Beach (reservations required).

The Spot (https://www.facebook.com/#!/hit.the.spot) in Arroyo Grande will present the adult themed one act Women and Wallace November 11 & 12 and 18 & 19 (no one under 16 will be admitted).

Sorcerer Productions (https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Sorcerer-Productions/105954829426281) will present Plaid Tidings November 25 - December 18 in the Clark Center Studio Theatre in Arroyo Grande.

Other upcoming performances at the Clark Center (www.clarkcenter.org) include Crooked Still on November 11, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band on November 13, The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon November 17-19, Ain't Misbehavin' November 18 & 19, Chris Perondi's Stunt Dog Experience on November 20, and Everybody can DANCE and the Santa Maria Civic Ballet's The Nutcracker November 26 & 27.

The Great American Melodrama (www.americanmelodrama.com) is pleased to present The Werewolf of Dr. Oz, a new musical written by Eric Hoit and Jordan Richardson, through November 13.  And then starting on November 17 and running through New Year's Eve is The Holiday Extravaganza.  

The Santa Maria Civic Theatre (www.smct.org) will present It's a Wonderful Life: Radio Play November 18 - December 10.  Auditions for Rabbit Hole will be held November 28 & 29 (performances February 2-25).   

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 proud to present A Christmas Carol - the musical, which will run through 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, whatever else you may be considering as part of your entertainment hit parade over the course of the next few weeks, I hope you will want to make sure it includes supporting the performing arts community here on the Central Coast of California by patronizing some of our live performance and theatre establishments that are looking forward to a chance to entertain you!

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

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