Elizabethan Sitcom
A sidelight: JM Wilkerson as Falstaff has several seduction scenes with Rae Robison as Mistress Ford. In what even actors occasionally call real life, they are married. Over in Arcata at the same time on opening weekend, their daughter, Meghan Hughes, was performing in The Fire-Bringer at HSU.
Another sidelight: When Judy GeBauer, playwright of TheFire-Bringer, was in Arcata from Denver last week, she stayed with HSU Theatre, Film & Dance chair Bernadette Cheyne and her husband, scenic designer Ivan Hess. Eventually GeBauer and Hess realized they’d both grown up in Oakland at around the same time, let’s say more than a few years ago. Then that they had gone to the same high school, with the same drama teacher. Then that they were there at the same time. Finally, when Ivan found his high school yearbook, there they were: literally on the same page.
Coming Up: Here’s an unusual opportunity for local theatergoers. For over a decade, the Ghost Road Company of Los Angeles has been working on their modern adaptation of The Oresteia, the trilogy of tragedies by Aeschylus, which they are calling Home Siege Home. Before it premieres at the Getty Museum next spring, the company is performing one of the plays, Elektra, at the Arcata Playhouse this weekend: Thursday through Saturday (Sept. 25-27) at 8 p.m. More information at www.arcataplayhouse.com.
→ post a comment
booknotes
Lone Survivors: How We Came To Be The Only Humans On Earth
By Chris Stringer - Times Books
filmland
Paging Mr. Scissorhands
In their eighth collaboration, Burton and Depp have lost their magic
Recent stage matters
May 3
Wedding Ring Tone
Cellular comedy connects at Redwood Curtain
April 19
Play Ball
Damn Yankees at HLOC, Evita coming to Ferndale Rep
April 5
Much “I Do”
Shakespeare’s comedy-melodrama frolics at NCRT
Today
Once Upon A Time
dance / 7 p.m. Arkley Center for the Performing Arts, 412 G St., Eureka. North Coast Dance children's recital inspired by fairy tales. $12/$10 kids 12 and under. northcoastdance.org. 442-7779.
Ba-Dum-Chh Comedy Night
Comedy / 8:30 p.m. Cher-ae Heights Casino, Trinidad. Local blue comedy troupe makes with the funny. If you get offended, don't go! This month features Bay Area comedian Matt Gubser. cheraeheightscasino.com. 800-684-2464.
Eureka Mindfulness Group
wellness / 7:15 p.m. First Christian Church Eureka, 730 K St. Led by Cindee Grace. Topic: “Enlightenment On Your Own Terms.” Fragrance free, please. $3/$6 free will donation. 269-7044.
Fratello Marionettes
for kids / 6:30 p.m. Humboldt County Library, 1313 Third St., Eureka. Kevin Menegus and Fred C. Riley III present "The Vaudeville Follies," a marionette variety show presented in the spirit of the old time music hall. humlib.org. 269-1910.
More →
0 Comments