Mid-December Theatre Offerings (and MORE!) on the California Central Coast

As we come to the middle of December, I hope your holiday plans include finding your way to a show or two at one of the several live performance and theatre establishments that make their home here on the fabulous Central Coast of California!

SLO Little Theatre's (www.slolittletheatre.org) current main stage production is A Christmas Story, running through December 23.

Humorist Jean Shepherd's memoir of growing up in the Midwest in the 1940s follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas.  Ralphie pleads his case before his mother, his teacher - and even Santa Claus himself!  A Christmas Story is the perfect, family-friendly way to celebrate the season [NOTE: Caught the Dec 11 Sun evening performance of this show and it was a delightfully warm and charming holiday treat!]. 

Ubu's Other Shoe's readers' theatre production of Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol will be presented December 20 & 21.  ACT's (Academy of Creative Theatre) The Little Prince will be presented January 13-29.

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 (matinee performances January 21 - February 5) and Avenue Q (evening performances January 13 - February 4).  The remainder of the 2012 Season will soon be announced!

The God Is Still Speaking Players' (https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/92718528887) recently completed their “Celebration In Song” musical variety show to benefit GALA and PFLAG.  After the Holiday Season, they will be holding auditions for either a readers’ theatre production or gearing up for another musical revue in early March - stay tuned!

Upcoming performances at the Cal Poly Performing Arts Center (www.pacslo.org) include Bob and Tom Comedy All-Stars Tour on December 30, W. Terrence Spiller Piano Recital on January 6, Transatlantic Landscapes – New Music by Craig Russell on January 7, and The MET Live in HD: Handel’s Rodelinda on January 8.      

The Pewter Plough Playhouse (www.pewterploughplayhouse.org) in Cambria is proud to present Fascinating Gershwin! - a musical memoir showcasing the extraordinary songs of America's favorite composing team, George and Ira Gershwin, running through December 31

The Theatre at the Old Grammar School in Cambria (TOGS) (http://artistsofcambria.com/cambriapac/id4.html) and Allied Arts Theatre's next production will be the romantic comedy Almost, Maine (performances January 27 - February 19).

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

The Spot (https://www.facebook.com/#!/hit.the.spot) in Arroyo Grande will present Comedy On The Spot: Improv Comedy December 22 & 23, and All In One Music Productions' A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Foreclosure December 29 & 30, along with Spinning the Globe and a simulcast of the ball dropping in Times Square on December 31.

Sorcerer Productions (https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Sorcerer-Productions/105954829426281) will presents I’ll Be Seeing You … WWII Through the Eyes of Radio, December 30 – January 15 at the Clark Center in Arroyo Grande.

Other upcoming performances at the Clark Center (www.clarkcenter.org) include Jingle Bell Rock on December 20, and ABBA-Mania & Night Fever – A Tribute to the Bee Gees on January 12.

The Great American Melodrama (www.americanmelodrama.com) is pleased to present The Holiday Extravaganza running through December 31.  

The Santa Maria Civic Theatre's (www.smct.org) next production, Rabbit Hole, will run 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 musical adaptation of A Christmas Carol, which will run through December 23 [NOTE: Attended the official opening night performance on November 12 - and it was MAGICAL!].  Next up is Little Women, the Broadway Musical (February 16 – March 11).

The Lompoc Civic Theatre (www.lompoccivictheatre.com) has just finished presenting 2 holiday one act plays: The Cowhand's Christmas Carol and Not on This Night.  Next up is a workshop production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, January 6-8. 

So, whatever else you have planned in the next week or two, I trust you will want to include supporting the performing arts here on the California Central Coast by attending a production at one of our area theatre or live entertainment venues!

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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