North Coast Rep Presents HOW DO YOU SPELL CHANNUKAH 12/3-5

What is Hanukkah... or Chanukkah? How do you really spell it, anyway? What's it ever done for me and why should I care? Hash it out (a nice lean kosher hash) with our hosts Marc and Doug for a unique evening of fun and music and story telling. We'll share, we'll kibitz, we'll have a little something to eat! Sure, go see A CHRISTMAS CAROL, (we're going to be on their set... how ironic if that?) but do yourself a favor and spend a little time this year spinning the dreidel with Marc and Doug. Who knows, maybe we'll even learn something about all this holiday mishagas. Maybe, maybe not... you put 3 Jews in a room together you get 5 different opinions. So...what can I tell you, we'll see what happens, but even if we don't solve any baffling Jewish mysteries...we'll have a lot of fun not getting anywhere together. Oy! Did we mention that we'll have a little nosh?

"but basically, what we've got here is a vaudeville type comedy team... two guys playing a game of dreidel...learning to appreciate each other and appreciate the meaning of the holiday and why it is important...in sort of a wacky comedic kind of way. There is music and audience participation and a lot of laughs and most importantly...we'll have a nice nosh after the show. " - Marc Silver

Saturday, December 3rd, 2010 @ 7:30 PM

Sunday, December 4th, 2010 @ 7:30 PM

Monday, December 5th, 2010 @ 7:30 PM

TICKETS: $15 - $20

Subscribers: $15, Senior/Student/Military: $17, Regular Single Tickets: $20

The shows will take place at North Coast Repertory Theatre, 987 Lomas Santa Fe Drive, Solana Beach, CA 92075. Tickets are available only at North Coast Repertory Theatre in Solana Beach at 987 Lomas Santa Fe Drive, Suite D, 92075. For ticket information or reservations call (858)-481-1055 or visit www.northcoastrep.org. Box Office hours are Noon to 4pm daily and Noon to 6pm show days.

Marc Silver (writer/director/actor) says:

I am thrilled, I tell you, thrilled, to return once again to North Coast and to be collaborating with my dear friend Mr. Ellenstein (he likes when I call him Mr.). He likes it even better when I call him Al. Our last venture together was seen here a couple of years back in Einstein Comes Through(that's me in the lobby with the atom bomb going off.) Because of my age and tenacity, I am a veteran off over fifty-five shows in L.A. and Ventura counties including a regular stint with the Kingsmen Shakespeare festival (12 years running) where I actually met David, sorry, Al, for the first time. Last year I traveled to Tennessee to play the choice role of Theo in Tennessee Reps. The Underpants and I did a little more Shakespeare there as well.

Here's something ironical... Doug and I met in a production of CHRISTMAS CAROL. I was Scrooge and he was Fred, the kind and forgiving nephew. In real life Doug is not so kind and forgiving, so, hopefully doing this show with me will make him a better Jew and a better person in general. On TV, I was a recurring character on 'Designing Women', 'Stir Crazy' and 'Throb' (that's right, Throb) and guest starred on everything from 'Hardcastle and McCormack' to 'The Famous Teddy Z'. If you don't like my performance tonight you can rent a movie called 'Motel Hell' and see me get made into sausage.

Douglas Dickerman (writer/director/actor)

Off Broadway: NEVER SWIM ALONE, THE FACE; Theatre: THE JEWELER'S SHOP (Carnegie Hall), THE UNSEEN (The Road Theatre Co.) THE LAST SEDER (E.S.T.-LA/Greenway), THE ACTION AGAINST SOL SCHUMANN (The Hypothetical Theatre Co.), UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN REMAINS (The Gene Frankel Theater) HAMLET, THE TEMPEST, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, TWELFTH NIGHT (Hampshire Shakespeare Co.) Film: 'How To Be A Serial Killer', 'Terminal Conversation', 'The Great Pretenders'. Television: 'Law &Order', 'Numb3rs', 'Law &Order: Criminal Intent', 'Out of the Blue' www.douglasdickerman.com

About the North Coast Repertory Theatre: North Coast Repertory Theatre is a professional equity theatre founded in 1982. For over 29 years, North Coast Rep has received critical acclaim from media and audiences alike. With the fifth largest operating budget of non profit theatres and employing the third most Actors' Equity Association members (the union of professional actors and stage managers) in San Diego, North Coast Rep continues to produce high quality, award winning theatre and has evolved into one of the area's leading performing arts organizations. Located in Solana Beach, California, NCR not only draws its audience from the North County region but 50% of its audience base resides in metro San Diego and throughout Southern California. Recognized for the quality of its work and its commitment to quality, this season will be performed on the Blakistone Stage, newly dedicated to North Coast Rep founders Olive Blakistone and her recently departed husband Tom, who passed away in March of 2009. David Ellenstein is now the Artistic Director and Leader of North Coast Repertory Theatre since 2003. His bio is as follows:

David Ellenstein (Artistic Director) A nationally recognized director and actor, David served as Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Repertory Company and the Arizona Jewish Theatre before joining North Coast Rep in 2003. Over 200 career productions include directing 22 shows at North Coast Rep, including BECKY'S NEW CAR, GHOSTS, TALLEY'S FOLLY, THE DRESSER, OVER THE TAVERN, HALPERN & JOHNSON, THE CHOSEN, and ROMEO AND JULIET. Elsewhere; SONIA FLEW starring Lucie Arnaz, HALPERN AND JOHNSON starring Hal Linden and Brian Murray, and THE CHOSEN starring Theo Bikel and John Lloyd Young at the Coconut Grove Playhouse. Other venues include the Paper Mill Playhouse, Alabama, California, Nevada, Great Lakes, Southwest, and Kingsmen Shakespeare Festivals, Laguna Playhouse, Meadow Brook Theatre, Arizona Theatre Company, Los Angeles Theatre Center, Portland Repertory Theatre, and Gaslamp Quarter Theatre Company.