TCAN Presents PROOF, 11/4-13; Announces Concerts, & Workshops

TCAN PLAYERS present PROOF on Friday November 4, 2011 - 8:00 PM. They also announced current and upcoming productions, concerts, and workshops.

The TCAN Players present Proof, the Tony and Pulitzer prize winning play exploring the complex relationships between genius and mental illness; fathers and their children; and between siblings in wake of a parent's passing. Touching and often humorous, Proof is the story of Catherine, the daughter of Robert, a recently deceased mathematical genius at the University of Chicago. After Robert's death, a paradigm- changing proof about prime numbers is found in Robert's office. The play's title refers to the play's central question: Can Catherine prove the proof's authorship? Directed by Paul Gillespie.

Admission is $18, for members it is $16 and for Seniors/Students it is $9.BUY TICKET at www.tcanplayers.org.

Deborah Henson-Conant will be performing at TCAN on Saturday Jan 7. She has toured with the Boston Pops, opened for Ray Charles at Tanglewood, jammed onstage with Bobby McFerrin and offstage with Aerosmith's Steven Tyler.She's been featured on television shows from Charlie Rose to Joan Rivers and "The View" and in two full-length PBS music specials.

Rock Off Main Street returns on Saturday, November 26th. The stage lights up at 7:30pm as Novation (Natick), Splatter Cactus (Hopkinton), Sound Sedation (Wayland), Insanity Plague (Needham, Wellesley) and Emily Ronna (Cambridge) take the TCAN stage! Sponsored by Berklee College of Music Summer Programs.

The Wellesley High School Rice Street Singers, along with 1:00 and 2:00 Jazz Bands will be performing with jazz vocalist Alyssa Jones at TCAN on Monday November 21 at 7pm. The performance will include fabulous vocalist Alyssa Jones singing with the jazz choir and jazz bands, as well as many more popular jazz selections for both bands and the choir.

The Sarah Levecque Band will be opening for Eilen Jewell's band on December 2. Sarah's music lives where rock,country, blues and folk traditions find common ground.

CALIFORNIA GUITAR TRIO ans MONTREAL GUITAR TRIO will perform on Friday November 18, 2011 at 8:00 PM.

California Guitar Trio's virtuosity and sly sense of humor have earned them a rabid following and wide notoriety. Montreal Guitar Trio features guitar virtuosos from four countries (Japan, Canada, Belgium, and US), and inspired by their recent Canadian tour, this six-by-6 string ‘phenomensemble' explores intricate original compositions as well as new arrangements of progressive rock, jazz, surf, world and classical music.

Admission is $30 and for Members it is $28 and for Students/Seniors there is a $1 discount. For tickets visit http://www.natickarts.org/tcan_ticketsales.php. For more information visit https://www.cgtrio.com/ and http://www.mg3.ca/.

FARREN-BUTCHER, INC. will perform on Saturday November 19, 2011 at 8:00 PM.

FBI will be appearing with full band, including members of Farrenheit and Beatlejuice. Also, as a courtesy to patrons, beer and wine may be purchased at this event. They have diverse backgrounds, but as veterans of the now legendary Boston music scene, Jon Butcher and Charlie Farren intersect with a shared history and common love and appreciation for the roots of what makes music move us. They have now combined forces to present a new duo that is more than the sum of its parts. Their unique talents multiply each other, creating an evening that is instrumentally stunning, vocally powerful, lyrically touching, and just plain fun!

Admission is $25 and for members it is $23 and Students/Seniors receive a $1 discount. For tickets visit http://www.natickarts.org/tcan_ticketsales.php. For more information visit www.farrenbutcherinc.com.

CHARLIE ALBRIGHT will perform on Sunday November 20, 2011 at 3:00 PM

The young Charlie Albright studies economics, pre-med and music at Harvard University and the New England Conservatory of Music. Albright has performed twice with Yo-Yo Ma. Once at the age of 18 and more recently with Mr. Ma in a program commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of human rights, featuring Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison. Albright will perform selections from Franz Joseph Haydn, Maurice Ravel, Leos Janacek, and Adolf Shulz-Evler. TCAN Young Masters Series generously sponsored by the Roy L. Komack Memorial Fund.

Admission is for members $25 and for non-members $20. Discounts (seniors, students, children) are available. For tickets visit http://www.natickarts.org/tcan_ticketsales.php. For more information visit www.charliealbright.com.

There are New Art Classes for Ages 2-6 Next Week.

LittleArtists classes allow kids to get creative and messy, and we do the clean up! Little Picassos exposes ages 4-6 to famous artists, and then inspires them to experiment with these styles by creating their own unique art. Doodlebugs Art focuses ages 2-4 on the magical world of nature with plenty of painting, sticking, gluing,coloring and collaging. Mondays or Tuesdays, 3:30-4:30.

Junie B. Jones Has a NYC Cousin!

April J.Adams is a delightful new musical theater February vacation week workshop for ages 4-10. Junie's NYC cousin, April has big mishaps on the Broadway stage involving the backstage crew and onstage scenes that don't quite work. April's co-stars, director and stage manager have their hands full with this ball of energy! Feb. 20-24, 9am-3pm.

Former Big Apple Circus Performer's One Man Circus in-a-Suitcase,

Step right up and witness performance artist Kevin O'Keefe's acts of daring as he attempts to be the One-Man Circus in-a Suitcase! He will conjure an entire circus from one suitcase, including a tent, band, a very silly head usher, a boisterous ringmaster, the incredible Bumbilini family, and much more. Even audience members will join him in his theater adventure. Sat.,Dec. 3,11am.

For mor information visit http://www.natickarts.org/index.php. TCAN - The Center for Arts in Natick is located at 14 Summer Street, Natick, MA 01760.