Feb. 2012 California Central Coast Mid Month Matinees - and MUCH More!!

As we come to the middle of February, I trust you will want to include taking in a show or two in whatever else you may be planning at one of our numerous live performance and theatre venues here on the amazing Central Coast of California!

The Theatre at the Cambria Center for the Arts and Allied Arts Theatre’s (http://artistsofcambria.com/cambriapac/index.html) current production is the romantic comedy Almost, Maine, running through February 19.

Jill Turnbow directs this first production of the 2012 Theatre Season - a lovely romantic comedy set in the fictitious town of Almost in the state of Maine, presenting stories about love … blooming, comfortable, lost - and living within it.
“Those of us in the performing arts join with our wonderful visual artists in creating
ART for the whole community's pleasure and enjoyment.  The play closes on Sunday, February 19th.  Make it a Valentine for someone you love!
In our monthly newsletter, I will keep you abreast of the Theatre's next production.
All you have to do is order your tickets and show up.” … Nancy Green, Theatre/Artistic Director.
Tickets are available at the Gallery on weekends or through www.brownpapertickets.com.  For reservations, call Nancy Green at 927-5951. Members of Allied Arts receive a $5.00 discount but you must show your membership card.  

The Pewter Plough Playhouse (www.pewterploughplayhouse.org) in Cambria is proud to present Wait Until Dark through March 25.

Such Great Heights will be presented through February 25 by the SLOHS Drama Club (https://www.facebook.com/events/297057623681203/).

SLO Little Theatre's (www.slolittletheatre.org) current mainstage theatrical offering is My Generation, running through March 25.  Auditions for the future mainstage production, The House of Blue Leaves, will be February 27 & 28 (performances May 25 - June 17).  Dinner With Friends will be presented on the mainstage April 13 - May 6.  In SLOLT's Ubu's Other Shoe readers' theatre series, next up is Dollhouse, March 30 & 31.

Kelrik Productions (www.kelrikproductions.com) is now taking registrations for Winter Semester acting & improv classes (ages 4 1/2 - 9th grade) that begin in mid February.  Next up in the Family Theatre Series is Once Upon A Mattress, February 25 - March 11.  In their Theatre After Dark Series, The Rocky Horror Show will be presented March 30 - April 14.   

The God Is Still Speaking Players (https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/92718528887), in collaboration with Bent Angel Productions, will be holding auditions Feb 20 & 21 for a readers’ theatre production of Our Town, with performances March 16-18.

Upcoming performances at the Cal Poly Performing Arts Center (www.pacslo.org) include SLO County Honor Band Festival on February 22, Cal Poly Theatre and Dance Department’s A Sreetcar Named Desire February 23-25 & March 1-3, and The MET Live in HD: Verdi’s Ernani on February 25.      

Murder In Mind Productions (www.murderinmind.com) will present SLO Legal, April 1 - May 6 at Spyglass Inn in Shell Beach.

Sorcerer Productions’ (https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Sorcerer-Productions/105954829426281) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof will run through February 26 at the Studio Theatre at the Clark Center in Arroyo Grande [NOTE: Attended an opening weekend performance - this show is WELL worth seeing!].

Other upcoming performances at the Clark Center (www.clarkcenter.org) include Best of Doo Wop on February 24, Branch Elementary School’s annual Talent Show on February 27, Don’t Fence Me In - Songs, Music and Poetry of the American West on March 1, and Surfin’ Safari – The Ultimate Tribute to The Beach Boys on March 3.

The Spot (https://www.facebook.com/#!/hit.the.spot) in Arroyo Grande will present Songwriters at Play LIVE Music Showcase on February 20, Comedy on THE SPOT February 22 & 23, and SOPA’s The Wizard of Oz February 24 & 25.

The Great American Melodrama (www.americanmelodrama.com) in Oceano is pleased to present Greater Tuna, followed by a Rat Pack Vaudeville Revue, running through March 4 [NOTE: Saw a Sunday early evening performance of this show - and Billy Breed and George Walker are BRILLIANT!].

The Santa Maria Civic Theatre's (www.smct.org) current production, Rabbit Hole, will run through February 25.  Auditions will be held on February 20 & 21 for the comedy Battle of Shallowford (performances April 27 - May 19).

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, presents Little Women, the Broadway Musical, through March 11.

The Lompoc Civic Theatre (www.lompoccivictheatre.com) is currently presenting a dinner theatre production of The Outrageous Adventures of Sheldon and Mrs Levine at D'Vine Wine Bar (performances: March 4, April 15, May 6), with reservations required.  Additionally, Almost, Maine will be performed at the Lompoc Civic Auditorium March 16 - April 1. 

So, regardless of what else you might be planning for your recreational entertainment activities over the course of the next few weeks, I hope you will want to include a couple of performances at any one of the various theatre and live entertainment establishments here on the California Central Coast!

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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