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The Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza Foundation presents SPANK! THE FIFTY SHADES PARODY in the Cabaret Lounge inside the Scherr Forum Theatre from July 16-21, 2013. Scroll down for a sneak peek at the production!

The best-selling book comes to life in the musical satire, SPANK! The Fifty Shades Parody, on the Colonial stage tonight, March 14 to March 16 at 8pm. Contains mature content.

The best-selling book comes to life in the musical satire, SPANK! The Fifty Shades Parody, on the Colonial stage March 14 to March 16 at 8pm. Contains mature content.

By now, you've heard of E.L. James' Fifty Shades of Grey, the erotica novel that found mainstream success and wide readership in 2011. You probably even know it spurned a trilogy (what isn't a trilogy these days). And you may have even read at least a portion of the novel yourself. You may have swooned over Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey's torrid and steamy couplings and love affair. Well, Houston's Society for the Performing Arts is ready to make you relive the release of America's pent-up sexual frustration and laugh raucously at the same time with their presentation of Mills Entertainment's SPANK! THE FIFTY SHADES PARODY.

SPANK! The Fifty Shades Parody, the hilarious and naughty new parody of Fifty Shades of Grey, will dominate willing audiences at the Royal George Theatre Main Stage, 1641 N. Halsted, in a limited three-week engagement starting Wednesday evening, November 28. The production, which premiered in Springfield, MA earlier this month, is produced by Mills Entertainment, and is being presented in Chicago by the Just For Laughs Group. Get a first look at the cast in the photos below!

A record breaking 12,000* people visited LaCenterra at Cinco Ranch this past Saturday for the 8th Annual KVPAC ARTS for ALL! Family Festival. Spring weather brought families out, then art displays, craft projects, fun games, a giant slide, princesses, prizes, and professional entertainment kept them there for hours - admission, activities, and performances were all free-of-charge, courtesy of Katy Visual & Performing Arts Center and their 2012 festival sponsors: LaCenterra at Cinco Ranch, Heroes Delivery & Moving LLC, Katy Parent Magazine, Camp Katy Technology Camps, Pump It Up, Primrose Schools, Waggin' Tails Pet Ranch and Grand Vision.

KVPAC's Encore Players wrap up final rehearsals this week in time to mount Dan Goggin's musical comedy sensation, Nunsense. Directed by Gregory Magyar, this 1986 Outer Critics' Circle Award Winner for Best Off-Broadway Musical will close May 22, 2011 at 2 PM.

KVPAC's Encore Players wrap up final rehearsals this week in time to mount Dan Goggin's musical comedy sensation, Nunsense. Directed by Gregory Magyar, this 1986 Outer Critics' Circle Award Winner for Best Off-Broadway Musical will run two weekends, May 13-15 and 20-22, 2011. All shows begin at 8:00pm, except for Sunday's performances which are matinees and will begin at 2:00pm.

KVPAC's Encore Players wrap up final rehearsals this week in time to mount Dan Goggin's musical comedy sensation, Nunsense. Directed by Gregory Magyar, this 1986 Outer Critics' Circle Award Winner for Best Off-Broadway Musical will run two weekends, May 13-15 and 20-22, 2011. All shows begin at 8:00pm, except for Sunday's performances which are matinees and will begin at 2:00pm.

Katy Visual & Performing Art Center's Encore Players gave it their all in their final performance of The Diary of Anne Frank on Sunday afternoon. The play, directed by Tina Morille, along with Assistant Director Jordan Morille, was, in Morille's words 'about real people, during a real time in history, being forced to undergo real feelings and raw emotion in a literal and metaphorical cramped space.'

KVPAC's Encore Players are currently in rehearsal with the transcendently powerful new adaptation by Wendy Kesselman of The Diary of Anne Frank from the original stage play by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. Directed by Tina Morille, this Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play will run two weekends, February 11-13 and 18-20, 2011. All shows will begin at 8:00pm, except for Sunday's performances which are matinees and will begin at 2:00pm.

As both artists and educators, KVPAC was extremely proud to see such an enormous turnout of students to this past weekend's stage production of The Diary of Anne Frank. "This is an important story for young people to learn about," says Lisa Connolly, KVPAC's Director of Marketing. "The day will come eventually when all remaining, eye-witness survivors will have passed on. It is up to us to teach this new generation about the Holocaust, so they can accurately educate future generations to come."

KVPAC's Encore Players are currently in rehearsal with the transcendently powerful new adaptation by Wendy Kesselman of The Diary of Anne Frank from the original stage play by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. Directed by Tina Morille, this Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play will run two weekends, February 11-13 and 18-20, 2011. All shows will begin at 8:00pm, except for Sunday's performances which are matinees and will begin at 2:00pm.

KVPAC's Encore Players are currently in rehearsal with the transcendently powerful new adaptation by Wendy Kesselman of The Diary of Anne Frank from the original stage play by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. Directed by Tina Morille, this Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play will run two weekends, February 11-13 and 18-20, 2011. All shows will begin at 8:00pm, except for Sunday's performances which are matinees and will begin at 2:00pm.

KVPAC's Encore Players are currently in rehearsal with the transcendently powerful new adaptation by Wendy Kesselman of The Diary of Anne Frank from the original stage play by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. Directed by Tina Morille, this Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play will run two weekends, February 11-13 and 18-20, 2011. All shows will begin at 8:00pm, except for Sunday's performances which are matinees and will begin at 2:00pm.

KVPAC's Encore Players are currently in rehearsal with the transcendently powerful new adaptation by Wendy Kesselman of The Diary of Anne Frank from the original stage play by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. Directed by Tina Morille, this Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play will run two weekends, February 11-13 and 18-20, 2011. All shows will begin at 8:00pm, except for Sunday's performances which are matinees and will begin at 2:00pm.

KVPAC's Encore Players finish out another successful season of theatre with their solute to the mad-cap, physical comedy. An ode to the British farce, The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society's Production of A Christmas Carol is exactly as it seems a play within a play about the beloved Dickens's classic. Directed by Amber Gray and sponsored by Sarah Springer, Attorney at Law, the show runs one weekend only December 17, 18 & 19. All shows begin at 8:00pm, except for Sunday's performance which is a matinee beginning at 2:00pm. 'This show promises you a night full of holiday cheer that you will never forget,' boasts Amber Gray, Farndale's director. 'I think the audience will love it. Rehearsals have been great! All of my actors (and Frank Mena, costume designer) have put in 100% since the process began. I am really excited for this show!'

KVPAC's Encore Players finish out another successful season of theatre with their solute to the mad-cap, physical comedy. An ode to the British farce, The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society's Production of A Christmas Carol is exactly as it seems a play within a play about the beloved Dickens's classic. Directed by Amber Gray and sponsored by Sarah Springer, Attorney at Law, the show runs one weekend only December 17, 18 & 19. All shows begin at 8:00pm, except for Sunday's performance which is a matinee beginning at 2:00pm. 'This show promises you a night full of holiday cheer that you will never forget,' boasts Amber Gray, Farndale's director. 'I think the audience will love it. Rehearsals have been great! All of my actors (and Frank Mena, costume designer) have put in 100% since the process began. I am really excited for this show!'