Late November Theatre Opportunites on the California Central Coast

As we celebrate Thanksgiving and move toward the end of November, I trust you will want to plan on availing yourself of at least one or two of the theatre and live performance productions currently (or soon to be) playing at one of our several live entertainment venues here on the California Central Coast!

Sorcerer Productions (https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Sorcerer-Productions/105954829426281) will present Plaid Tidings through December 18 in the Clark Center Studio Theatre in Arroyo Grande.

The Plaids return, tied up in a nifty package with a big Christmas bow on top!  Filled with Christmas standards that have all been “Plaid-erized,” the boys return to earth once again from the afterlife to do their Christmas Special.  At first they’re not sure why they’ve returned, but a phone call from the heavenly Rosemary Clooney lets them know that they’re needed to put a little harmony into a discordant world [PHOTO: back L-R - Cody Pettit, Scott Nelson; front L-R - Mark Rohner, Christian Clarno].   

Other upcoming performances at the Clark Center (www.clarkcenter.org) include Everybody can DANCE and the Santa Maria Civic Ballet's The Nutcracker November 26 & 27, Coastal Chamber Youth Ballet’s Babes in Toyland on December 3, and internationally acclaimed Nipomo High School Drama Department’s production of 42^nd Street December 8-10.

Murder In Mind Productions (www.murderinmind.com) will present A Dickens of a Mystery, December 4 - January 29 at The Spyglass Inn in Shell Beach (reservations required).

The Spot (https://www.facebook.com/#!/hit.the.spot) in Arroyo Grande will present a FREE screening of It’s a Wonderful Life on November 27 at 6:30 PM, and The Studio of Performing Arts’ production of The Grinch December 2-4 and 9-11.

The Great American Melodrama (www.americanmelodrama.com) is pleased to present The Holiday Extravaganza running through December 31.  

The Santa Maria Civic Theatre (www.smct.org) will present It's a Wonderful Life: Radio Play through December 10.  Auditions for Rabbit Hole will be held November 28 & 29 (performances February 2-25).   

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 A Christmas Carol - the musical, which will run through December 23 [NOTE: saw the official opening night performance on November 12 - and it was MAGICAL!].

The Lompoc Civic Theatre's (www.lompoccivictheatre.com) will present 2 holiday one act plays: The Cowhand's Christmas Carol and Not on This Night, December 2-10. 

SLO Little Theatre's (www.slolittletheatre.org) next main stage production will be A Christmas Story, December 2-23.  ACT's (Academy of Creative Theatre) The Little Prince will be presented January 13-29.

Kelrik Productions' (www.kelrikproductions.com) is pleased to announce the first 2 productions of their 2012 BEYOND Season - a remount of the children's favorite Pinkalicious (auditions November 30, matinee performances January 21 - February 5) and Avenue Q (evening performances January 13 - February 4).  The remainder of the 2012 Season will soon be announced - stay tuned!

The God Is Still Speaking Players' (https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/92718528887) have just completed their “Celebration In Song” musical variety show to benefit GALA and PFLAG.  After the Holiday Season, they will be holding auditions for a readers’ theatre production of Screwtape, based on CS Lewis’ “The Screwtape Letters."

Upcoming performances at the Cal Poly Performing Arts Center(www.pacslo.org) include The MET live in HD: Mozart's Don Giovanni on November 27, Dan Horrigan’s The Big “A” on December 1 (Pavilion Theatre), and John Tesh’s Big Band Christmas on December 1 (Cohan Center).   

The Pewter Plough Playhouse (www.pewterploughplayhouse.org) in Cambria recently closed A.R. Gurney's The Fourth Wall.  Next up is 'S Wonderful -a musical memoir showcasing the extraordinary songs of America's favorite composing team, George and Ira Gershwin, running through December 31

The Theatre at the Old Grammar School in Cambria (TOGS) (http://artistsofcambria.com/cambriapac/id4.html) and Allied Arts Theatre will hold auditions on November 28 & 29 for the romantic comedy Almost, Maine (performances January 27 - February 19).

The North County Dance and Performing Arts Foundation (www.northcountyperformingarts.org) will present The Nutcracker at the Templeton Performing Arts Center December 2-11.

So, regardless of your other plans over the next few weeks, I hope you will include attending a show at one of our live performance and theatre establishments here on the beautiful Central Coast of California!

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

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