Designing Grandparents
On a less happy note, North Coast theatre is losing two theatre artists married to each other who have made substantial and unique contributions over a number of years here. Together, director Dan Stone and actor Tinamarie Ivey founded Sanctuary Stage and managed programs at the Eureka Theatre. They created a number of theatre projects that included community participation, and last summer were instrumental in bringing in L.A.’s celebrated Cornerstone Theatre to produce Jason in Eureka. They are also dedicated educators.
Among the memorable theatrical moments they’ve left me are Tinamarie’s solo performance in Bad Dates at the Arcata Playhouse (via Redwood Curtain), and Dan’s production of Memories, for which he fashioned a script from existing and community-generated material, and (as he often did) created the music. There are few directors locally who work with the kind of plays Dan did. I’ll also especially remember getting a whole new idea of commedia dell’arte from a Sanctuary Stage performance for Sunday brunch at an Arcata restaurant, for which I was pretty much the entire audience.
Dan and Tinamarie are relocating to Oregon. We note this transition with sadness and gratitude, and send our best wishes for their future.
Also moving to Oregon is another couple active in North Coast theatre lately: teacher/writer/actor James Peck (he was Leonard Bulge in Blue Lake: The Opera)and actor Sarah Peters. Sounds too much like a trend.
Coming Up: Ferndale Rep opens the musical Rent on August 5.
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theater / 2 p.m. Ferndale Repertory Theatre, 447 Main Street. John Osborne’s sharply funny, fiercely honest exploration of political disillusionment and basic human yearning. Directed by John Heckel. $15/$13 students and seniors. ferndale-rep.org. 800-838-3006.
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theater / 2 p.m. Gist Hall Theater, HSU. Play by Pulitzer Prize winner Suzan-Lori Parks, loosely based on the life of a real African woman displayed as a "wild female jungle creature" in England and France. $10/$8 . HSUStage.blogspot.com. 826-3928.
Laughter On The 23rd Floor Matinee
theater / 2 p.m. North Coast Repertory Theatre, 300 Fifth St., Eureka. NCRT continues its 28th Season with the comedy by Neil Simon. $15/$12 students and seniors. ncrt.net. 442-6278.
Open Celtic Music Session
music / 3 p.m. Cafe Veritas/Mosgo's, 180 Westwood Center, Arcata. Informal monthly gathering of musicians playing Irish and other Celtic music. Hosted by Seabury Gould. seaburygould.com. 845-8167.
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