The upcoming weekend is the first busy one of the new year. North Coast Rep opens Marat/Sade on Thursday. This adventuresome musical play from the 60s set in an insane aslyum is directed by Michael Thomas, with musical direction by Dianne Zuleger. Among the performers are Lonnie Blankenchip as the Marquis de Sade, James Read as Jean-Paul Marat, Kimberly Hodel as Charlotte Corday, Silas Knight, Jerry Nusbaum, Heath Houghten, Darcy Daughtry, Melanie Ann Quillen and Calder Johnson. Update: Betti Trauth has a preview at the T-S. And Heidi Walters reviews Jesus Christ Superstar in the Journal.
On Friday and Saturday, the Arcata Playhouse presents Subhuman: True Tales From Beneath the Sea, a one person show performed by "San Francisco funny man" Ed Holmes of the San Francisco Mime Troupe. Holmes tells tales of his job as mechanic on a diesel submarine. "Caution: contains salty language and slapstick philosophizing." This show starts at 8 PM, reservations recommended: 822-1575.
Also this weekend, the play Souvenir, a two-hander about Florence Foster Jenkins, a self-financed singer notable for being terrible--the William Hung of her time, though her career lasted 32 years. This play (one of several about her) ran on Broadway in 2005. I've received no information on this production, but a chance encounter with Jean Bazemore in the Wildberries parking lot leads me to believe she's directed it, and it's a North Coast Prep production. [Correction: According to the NCJ listings, it's a Humboldt Light Opera show.] It's at Gist Hall Theatre on the HSU campus, beginning at 7:30 Friday and Saturday, and 2 PM on Sunday. 445-4310.
Coming up the following weekend, besides the aforementioned opening of Ferndale Rep's 12 Angry Men and the Redwood Curtain radio play, Dell' Arte will present a one weekend reprise of their Golden State, their Californicated version of Moliere's The Miser, before it goes to LA for a month. It's in the Carlo Theatre in Blue Lake on Thursday, January 24, Friday and Saturday at 8.
From College of the Redwoods, this audition notice:
Auditions for the College of the Redwoods Spring theater production will be held at 7 p.m., Jan. 28 in the Forum Theater (FM 103) on the main Eureka campus.
The play currently under consideration is the award-winning and outrageously funny “La Bete.” Roles available for five men and four women, ages 18 and over. Technical positions are also available. No preparation is necessary.
Theatre production is offered as part of the CR Drama Program. Those selected to participate will be required to enroll in Drama 26 for two units of credit.
Rehearsals begin Monday, Feb. 4, at 7 p.m. Performances run from late March to early April. Please call 707-441-1592 for further information.
Auditions for Little Shop of Horrors. 5-9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at North Coast Repertory Theater, 300 5th St., Eureka. Dress for comfortable movement and bring a song to sing with sheet music. 442-NCRT.
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