Winter is over and spring is finally here. So if you’re in the mood for an adventure in the great outdoors after emerging from hibernation (and who isn’t?), perhaps something affordable and close to home that will delight and possibly inspire you, listen up.
A beautiful woman wearing an elegant black dress is seated onstage, devouring a sandwich like it’s her last meal on earth and talking with her mouth full. Thus begins the prologue for Delusions and Grandeur, a classical music/clown show hybrid from Karen Hall.
Here are 3 more Rogue show reviews, with many more to come over the next few days! You will be able to find all of our reviews, and our performer preview articles, and our article about Rogue 2024 in our Rogue Festival section here at KRL.
Kurt Fitzpatrick is an actor. He’s also the survivor of cancer. But The Jester of All Maladies, Kurt’s solo show, is neither a disease-of-the-month chronicle nor a therapy show (in which the audience is subjected to the performer’s trials and tribulations in self-serving detail). What it is, is a side-splitting, thought-provoking celebration of living, and the events and people in Kurt’s journey that have allowed him to remain that way.
Tim Mooney Repertory Theatre has returned to the Rogue Performance Festival once again, this time with his highly entertaining, slyly informative Breakneck Romeo and Juliet.
When you hear the word, “crochet,” what comes to mind? Is it lacy doilies on your grandmother’s dresser? If you’re of a certain age, it could be a colorful vest made from granny squares or a toilet paper cover in the form of a poodle. Baby booties, anyone?
Blame it on Uncle Joe. Local professor, playwright, and director of spooky spectacles, Maria Coon, credits this beloved family member with inspiring her love of horror literature and films. And just in time for Halloween, Maria will once again be sharing her favorite genre with a part audience-immersive, all scare-the-pants-off-you production, Red Fiend.
“I’ve been a fan of silent movies since before I ever saw one.” Those are the words of well-known local entertainer, Nate Butler. One of his many passions, Nate began reading about classic cinema when he was a kid. His fascination with old movies and their history began when he got his first library card at the age of seven, and he’s been soaking up information like a sponge – and generously sharing it – ever since.
If you were asked to name something you’d find in the Central San Joaquin Valley, historic movie theaters probably wouldn’t be the first thing that would come to mind, but from Merced to Visalia and Hanford, there are at least eight. They were all built between the mid-1920s and late 1940s and function primarily as entertainment venues today.
Dance like no one is watching. You know – don’t worry about what others may think, just jump around and wave your arms with wild abandon in an exuberant statement of self-expression. What if you sang like no one is listening? Or played a guitar or kazoo, or beat out a rhythm on a drum or box with a complete lack of self-consciousness, just for the sake of making music?
