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Take two diametrically different coaches and stick them together running their sons' team, and you've got a recipe for bad baseball - and great comedy. 'It's a modern day Odd Couple,' says Tim Lile, director of the upcoming Human Race Theatre Company production of Richard Dresser's Rounding Third, 'with varying views on parenting and about male relationships as they develop in the sporting world.'

Take two diametrically different coaches and stick them together running their sons' team, and you've got a recipe for bad baseball - and great comedy. "It's a modern day Odd Couple," says Tim Lile, director of the upcoming Human Race Theatre Company production of Richard Dresser's Rounding Third, "with varying views on parenting and about male relationships as they develop in the sporting world."

Monty Python had it wrong - somebody does expect the Spanish Inquisition, namely audiences for Man of La Mancha. And those who come to The Human Race Theatre Company's production at The Loft will find themselves in the same dungeon as those awaiting their fate before the inquisitors.

The Human Race Theatre Company will present a workshop for teachers that's sure to bring a smile to the faces of participants - not to mention a bunch of guffawing and knee-slapping. 'Commedia for Teachers' is a hands-on workshop on the stereotypical characters of Commedia dell'Arte and its Lazzi, or bits, which have brought laughter to audiences around the world from the Renaissance to YouTube.

The Human Race Theatre Company will present a workshop for teachers that's sure to bring a smile to the faces of participants - not to mention a bunch of guffawing and knee-slapping. 'Commedia for Teachers' is a hands-on workshop on the stereotypical characters of Commedia dell'Arte and its Lazzi, or bits, which have brought laughter to audiences around the world from the Renaissance to YouTube.

Eight students with local ties will compete before an audience that is expected to include one of the foremost composers of our time, when the Second Annual Stephen Schwartz Scholarship finals are held at The Human Race Theatre Company's Loft Theatre April 18.

Eight students with local ties will compete before an audience that is expected to include one of the foremost composers of our time, when the Second Annual Stephen Schwartz Scholarship finals are held at The Human Race Theatre Company's Loft Theatre April 18.