In Other News: Plaza Suite

Neil Simon's Plaza Suite

directed by Elena Vitale

at the USO Building

show times:

December 4 @ 7pm

December 5 @ 7pm

December 6 @ 2pm

Tickets are available at Red Rock Books & at the door.

CLOTA's 2010 Season Announced!

The Community Light Opera and Theatre Association is pleased to announce the plays to be produced in 2010 at the CLOTA Center Stage, 1425 N. Inyo. Anyone interested in participating should leave a message on the CLOTA hotline at 760-446-2411.

PROOF, a drama by David Auburn, directed by Barbara Roberts, will be the first CLOTA production of 2010. Auditions will be held January 9 & 10 at the CLOTA Center Stage. A perusal copy of the script will be at the Kern County Library by mid-December. There are roles for 2 men and 2 women. Production dates are March 5,6,12,13, 19,20 at 7:30 P.M. and Sunday, March 14, at 2 P.M.

The second production of the season will be the musical CABARET by Kander and Ebb, directed by Tristan Kratz. Auditions will be held May 21,22 & 23, 2010, with performances the first three weekends of August. There are numerous singing roles available and some non-singing.

The third production will be the comedy ARSENIC AND OLD LACE by Joseph Kesselring, directed by Elena Vitale. Auditions will be held August 27 & 28, 2010, with performances scheduled for the first three weekends of November. There are roles for 3 women (2 older and one early 20’s) and 11 men of varying ages.

Free readings by the CLOTA Center Stage Readers will be scheduled around these 3 major productions as time allows. Watch for more information about all these events in the local newspapers and on the CLOTA website, www.ridgecrest-arts.org/clota.

News Release: Bronte

THE MANY VOICES OF JANIS JAMISON

Though there’ll be only one person on stage, Readers Theatregoers will be treated to nearly twenty different characters the 14^th and 15^th of this month when Janis Jamison reads the challenging one-woman play “Brontë.” William Luce’s entertaining, thought-provoking script demands that—in addition to central figure Charlotte Brontë, renowned creator of the gothic masterpiece “Jane Eyre”—the actress bring to life the family and servant members of the 19^th-century Yorkshire household in which Charlotte grew up, plus a diverse score of colorful individuals who impacted her life at significant moments.

As she prepares this stimulating theater piece, Janis is drawing on the many lessons learned in her acquisition of two theater arts degrees from Cal State University Long Beach. Director Bill Blanc says that he’s “powerfully impressed by the performance skills this lady manifests in our rehearsals. ” Janis honed these skills in numerous professional stage, film and television appearances throughout the Southland in the 1960s and ‘70s before she came to the Indian Wells Valley and began starring in our musicals (including “Sweeney Todd” and “Gypsy”) and applying her teaching and acting skills in the Cerro Coso theater and English programs.

Bill also commends Greg Coté for “the masterful job he’s doing in compiling busy sound- and music-tracks, plus functioning as our pretty-busy Narrator.”

Play dates for “Brontë” are Saturday, November 14 (7:30) and Sunday afternoon, November 15 (2:00); doors open 30 minutes before show time. Admission is free; donations to help cover royalty and other expenses are welcome. For more information,leave a callback request on our hotline,1-760-446-2411.

In Other News: RCTT's Short Plays Festival

Ridgecrest Community Theatre Troupe

will be presenting

it's second Short Plays Festival

at the USO building

7pm

November 6, 7, 13 & 14.

Tickets are $5

available at Red Rock Books or at the door

The evening will include:

"Poppy"

written and directed by Greg Shlanta

Yesterday

Written by Colin Campbell Clements

Directed by Daryl A. Moline Jr.

The Sequel

Written by Percival Wilde

Directed by Katherine Fox

Helena's Husband

Written by Phillip Moeller

Directed by Anne Schreckengost

Porcelain and Pink

Written by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Directed by Christian Sherman

The Least Offensive Play in the Whole Darn World

Written by Jonathan Rand

Directed by Sarah Robinson

In Other News: BHS presents "Ring of Fire"

Burroughs High School Drama presents

Ring of Fire

featuring the music of Johnny Cash

directed by CLOTA Board nominee Tristan Kratz

November 6, 7, 13 & 14

It's Votin' Time!

Ballots for this year's Board of Directors have been mailed out.

Members have until November 30 to submit their votes for up to five new and incumbent candidates.