stage matters

Feb. 2

Exit Laughing

A Joke-Filled Neil Simon at North Coast Rep

Jan. 19

Winter Stages

A wide variety of upcoming shows, and sad news

Dec. 29, 2011

Year Out, Community In

The year past and year ahead on North Coast stages

Dec. 8, 2011

Yule Tales

A Recessionary Christmas at Arcata Playhouse and Dell’Arte’s Traveling Nutcaper

Nov. 24, 2011

Murder Most Fun

Agatha Christie Classic at NCRT, Human Nature’s Latest

Nov. 17, 2011

On Stage Over the Holidays

Manic Mice, Music, Recession, Leg Lamp and Barbed Wire on the Christmas Tree

Nov. 3, 2011

The Last Five Musicals

Couple trouble at Redwood Curtain

Oct. 20, 2011

Slap Steps

Comedy at Ferndale, Classic Musical at HSU

Sept. 29, 2011

Lively Woods

Fractured fairytales at North Coast Rep

Sept. 22, 2011

Fat Pig Falters

Flat characters, spare staging don’t help a difficult play

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Recent stage matters

Feb. 2

Exit Laughing

A Joke-Filled Neil Simon at North Coast Rep

Jan. 19

Winter Stages

A wide variety of upcoming shows, and sad news

Dec. 29, 2011

Year Out, Community In

The year past and year ahead on North Coast stages

Today

Look Back in Anger Matinee

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.

Venus

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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