Mid January Theatre Opportunities on the Central Coast of California

As we move on into the second half of January, I trust you will want to be including going to see a couple of shows at one of the numerous live performance and theatre venues that ply their artistic trade here on the beautiful California Central Coast!

SLO Little Theatre's (www.slolittletheatre.org) current theatrical offering is ACT's (Academy of Creative Theatre) The Little Prince, presented through January 29.

Experience this much loved story by Antoine de Saint Exupéry about a stranded aviator who meets a mysterious boy from another planet and learns of the boy’s adventures exploring both the stars and the depths of his own heart.  Directed by Shelagh Garren.

Auditions for the next mainstage production, Dinner With Friends, will be held January 24 & 25 (performances April 13 - May 6).  In SLOLT's Ubu's Other Shoe readers' theatre series, next up is Opus, February 3 & 4.

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 (matinee performances through February 5) and Avenue Q (evening performances through February 4) at Unity (1490 Southwood Dr inSan Luis Obispo). 

The God Is Still Speaking Players (https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/92718528887) will be holding auditions soon for either a readers’ theatre production or gearing up for another musical revue in mid March - stay tuned!

Upcoming performances at the Cal Poly Performing Arts Center(www.pacslo.org) include Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific on January 25, Orchesis Dance Company’s Immersion January 27 – February 4, and Joan Rivers LIVE on January 28.      

The Spot (https://www.facebook.com/#!/hit.the.spot) in Arroyo Grande will present a Songwriters at Play Tim Jackson Showcase on January 23, and Comedy on THE SPOT January 26 & 27.

Sorcerer Productions’ (https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Sorcerer-Productions/105954829426281) I’ll Be Seeing You … WWII Through the Eyes of Radio scheduled to run December 30 - January 15 at the Clark Center in Arroyo Grande has been postponed.  Stay tuned for details on future productions!

Other upcoming performances at the Clark Center (www.clarkcenter.org) include The Peking Acrobats on January 25, and Forbidden Broadway 30th Anniversary on January 27.

The Great American Melodrama (www.americanmelodrama.com) in Oceano is pleased to present Greater Tuna running through March 4.

The Santa Maria Civic Theatre's (www.smct.org) next production, Rabbit Hole, will run 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 Little Women, the Broadway Musical, February 16 – March 11.

The Lompoc Civic Theatre (www.lompoccivictheatre.com) will present a dinner theatre production of The Outrageous Adventures of Sheldon and Mrs Levine starting on January 22 (reservations required) at D'Vine Wine Bar.  And then Almost, Maine will be presented at the Lompoc Civic Auditorium March 16 - April 1. 

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

The Pewter Plough Playhouse (www.pewterploughplayhouse.org) in Cambria is proud to present Wait Until Dark February 10 – March 25.

The Theatre at the Old Grammar School in Cambria (TOGS) (http://artistsofcambria.com/cambriapac/id4.html) and Allied Arts Theatre's next production will be the romantic comedy Almost, Maine, January 27 - February 19.

So, whatever else you might have schedules for the weeks ahead, I hope you are planning to attend a performance or two at one of the several theatre or live entertainment establishments here on the Central Coast of California!

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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