California Central Coast Early September Theatre Performances

As we come to the end of August and make our way on into September (is this weekend REALLY Labor Day Weekend … already?!), I trust you are planning to take in one or more of the wonderful productions playing at some of the many theatre and live performance establishments that make their home and ply their artistic trade here on the California Central Coast!  And speaking of WONDERFUL …

SLO Little Theatre (www.slolittletheatre.org) will present The Marvelous Wonderettes August 31 – September 23.

Featuring your favorite songs from the 50’s and 60’s - The Marvelous Wonderettes takes you to the 1958 Springfield High School prom where we meet the Wonderettes, four girls with hopes and dreams as big as their crinoline skirts!  As we learn about their lives and loves, we are treated to the girls performing such classic ‘50s and ‘60s songs as “Lollipop,” “Dream Lover,” “Stupid Cupid,” “Lipstick On Your Collar,” “Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me,” “It’s My Party” and over 20 other classic hits!  You’ve never had this much fun at a prom and you will never forget The Marvelous Wonderettes - a must-take musical trip down memory lane!

Directed and Choreographed by Jake Liam McGuire

Cast (Photo courtesy of SLO Little Theatre, L-R):
Danielle Mendoza, Caitlin Fuller, Michelle hansen, Lizz Premer, Jessica Quandt

The Theatre at the Cambria Center for the Arts’ (http://artistsofcambria.com/cambriapac/index.html) Rumors, by Neil Simon, will run through September 2.

The Pewter Plough Playhouse (www.pewterploughplayhouse.org) in Cambria will present A.R. Gurney’s The Grand Manner August 31 – September 30.

The REC Foundation in Paso Robles is sponsoring a production of Man of La Mancha, directed by Cynthia Anthony and Jacob Shearer, at CentennialPark, performances September 21 & 22.  Call Jacob at 805-975-5023 for more information.

Kelrik Productions (www.kelrikproductions.com) has recently closed their Summer Camp/Performance Class production of Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr – stay tuned for what their new season theme and lineup with be starting in the fall!

Upcoming performances at the Cal Poly Performing Arts Center (www.pacslo.org) include Ohana Dance Company’s Aloha: Today, Tomorrow, Always on September 15, The Foundation for the Performing Arts Center and Opera SLO’s When Stars Align on September 23, the National Circus of the People’s Republic of China on September 25, The Capitol Steps on September 26, Cal Poly Faculty Recital Featuring Jacalyn Kreitzer: “Celebrated Classics” on September 29 (Spanos Theatre), and Elvis Costello on September 29 (Cohan Center).  

Murder In Mind Productions (www.murderinmind.com) will present Pirates of Pirates Cove through September 2 at the Spyglass Inn in Shell Beach (reservations required).  

The Spot (https://www.facebook.com/#!/hit.the.spot) will present an Original Works Festival September 21-30.  Each accepted piece will receive a minimum of 3 opportunities to be performed.

Upcoming performances at the ClarkCenter (www.clarkcenter.org) include Central Coast Celebration Chorus’ Alice in Barbershop Land on September 8, Grammy Award winning Rodney Crowell on September 21, and the Central Coast Follies’ That’s Entertainment October 6-14.

The Great American Melodrama (www.americanmelodrama.com) in Oceano is proud to present Gunsmokin’, or All Riot’s on the Western Front, written by Ben Millet and adapted by JorDan Richardson, through September 15, followed at each performance by the TGAM Wide World of Sports Vaudeville Revue, directed by Jake McGuire, with musical direction and accompaniment by Mark Pietri.  Gunsmokin’ will run alternate performances with the Melodrama’s second summer show, From Rags to Riches, or I Will Not Pay the Price You Ask.

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, will present Daddy Long Legs through September 9 at the Solvang Festival Theater, and Chekhov’s Three Sisters at the Severson Theatre in Santa Maria September 6-30.

The Santa Maria Civic Theatre (www.smct.org) will present their first mainstage production of the 2012/13 Season, Dearly Beloved, September 14 - October 6.

The Lompoc Civic Theatre (www.lompoccivictheatre.com) will present Count Dracula by Ted Tiller October 19 – November 4.

So, regardless of what else you may have planned as we come to and move beyond the UNofficial “last weekend of summer” - I hope you will be including some of the many live entertainment and theatre performances that are so readily available here on the beautiful (and may I say talented?) 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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