Mid-September Theatre Offerings on the California Central Coast

As we move toward the middle of September and beyond, I trust you will want to take in a couple of the theatre and live performance productions that are presently showing at any one of the numerous entertainment establishments that make their home here on the amazing Central Coast of California!

SLO Little Theatre's (www.slolittletheatre.org) current production of the Tony Award Winning ART will run through September 18.

Winner of the 1998 Tony Award for Best Play, ART is a dazzling comedy about three men and a painting that deals with questions of male friendship, intellectual honesty, and, of course, what is or isn't art.  The three best friends debate their interpretations of art, economics, loyalty, the values of society, intimacy and human expectation - and the debate shakes this trio's 15-year relationship to the core.

"Anyone looking for a play that is funny, sophisticated, stylish, stimulating and moving should go to ART." -Independent (London).

PLUS - Ubu's Other Shoe will present a readers' theatre production of Kimberly Akimbo by David Lindsay-Abaire September 23 & 24.

Espressivo! Chamber Theatre's (http://espressivotheatre.com) next production: LUNATICS IN LOVE!, or Singing in the Reign (of Terror) have performances scheduled in various venues September 21 - October 2.  Call David Hance at (805) 550-7656 for more information.

The God Is Still Speaking Players (https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/92718528887) was proud to present Sister Amnesia's Country Western Nunsense Jamboree, September 2-5 & 9-11.  Next up?  "Celebration In Song" - a musical variety show, November 19 & 20 at 2 PM, to benefit the good works of GALA and PFLAG here on the Central Coast.

Kelrik Productions' (www.kelrikproductions.com) was proud to present From Main Street to 42^nd Street on August 13, featuring Jacque Carnahan.  Stay tuned for what's next (I'm hearing rumblings about a production of Avenue Q)!   

Upcoming performances at the Cal Poly Performing Arts Center (www.pacslo.org) include Chanticleer: Love Story on September 25, Jeffery Broussard & The Creole Cowboys on September 30, and Come Together: The Beatles Concert Experience on October 1.

The Brickyard Theatre (www.brickyardhteatre.com) in Atascadero will present The Clean House through September 18.  

The Theatre at the Old Grammar School in Cambria (TOGS) (http://artistsofcambria.com/cambriapac/id4.html) and Allied Arts Theatre will present Dearly Departed October 21 - November 20.

The Pewter Plough Playhouse (www.pewterploughplayhouse.org) will present A.R. Gurney's The Fourth Wall in October - stay tuned for dates & times.

The REC Foundations and City of Paso Robles is sponsoring 2 FREE performances of Broadway Goes Country (https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=279039182111827) at Centennial Park in Paso Robles at 6 PM on Friday & Saturday, September 16 & 17.

Murder In Mind Productions (www.murderinmind.com) will present The Addams Family Reunion October 2 - November 6 at The Spyglass Inn in Shell Beach.

Sorcerer Productions' Little Shop of Horrors (https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=137142626372228#!/event.php?eid=219102174797618) recently closed their run on the Clark Center main stage in Arroyo Grande.  Next up?  Arsenic and Old Lace October 7-23 in the Studio Theatre.

Other upcoming performances at the Clark Center (www.clarkcenter.org) include Rudolf Budginas in Concert Featuring Kenny Lee Lewis on September 17, America the Beautiful presented by Central Coast Follies October 1-9, and the Kingston Trio on October 9.

The Great American Melodrama (www.americanmelodrama.com) is proud to present Butch Cassidy and the Sunburnt Kid, which is running in repertory with Lost At Sea through September 18.  Both productions are, or course, followed by a high energy Vaudeville Revue - which many theatre patrons say is worth the price of admission in and of itself!  Next up?  The Werewolf of Dr. Oz, opening September 22 and running through November 13. 

The Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts (www.pcpa.org), the Central Coast's Resident Professional Theatre Company, located on the Allan Hancock College Campus in Santa Maria, is proud to present Caroline, or Change through September 18 at the Marian Theatre in Santa Maria, and My Fairytale, a new musical about Hans Christian Andersen with music & lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Pippin, Wicked) through September 25 at the Solvang Festival Theater  [NOTE: Saw a matinee of this show at the Marian Theatre in Santa Maria before it departed for its Solvang run - and it is absolutely MAGICAL ... you will be hearing MUCH more about this show as more people see and hear about it, of this I have NO doubt!].

Santa Maria Civic Theatre's (www.smct.org) next production, Blithe Spirit, will run September 16 - October 8.

The Lompoc Civic Theatre's (www.lompoccivictheatre.com) next endeavor will be a reading of a new play called Saints of My Own Design as a fundraiser for the Susan G. Komen Fund.  The play is the story of a family each touched by breast cancer.  It will be done October 8 at the Grossman Gallery in the Lompoc Public Library located at 501 E. North Avenue, Lompoc CA 93436.  There will be a silent auction as well.

So, whatever else you have going on over the course of the next week or two, I hope you will want to make plans to take in at least one or two of the live performance and theatre opportunities that are eagerly awaiting your patronage here on the California Central Coast!

Curt Miner ... your BroadwayWorld.com guy on the ground with the California Central Coast theatre "news & views"