LOCAL THEATRE LISTINGS

Local Theatre Companies

Good Company Players Tickets can be purchased here!

Good Company Players at Roger Rocka’s:

The Sound of Music

Thursday, July 18, 2024 7:30 PM
Sunday, September 15, 2024 4:30 PM

2nd Space Theatre

Our Town

August 16 – October 6

You may reserve by calling our Box Office at (559) 266-9494. You can purchase tickets on their website here.

For more information, call (559) 891-2238, email nicolettea@cityofselma.com, or visit the Selma Arts Center website at selmaartscenter.com.

Kings Players in Hanford:

OUTWARD BOUND

A drama by Sutton Vane
Directed by Hugh Munro Neely

Aug. 23, 24, 25, 30, 31
Sept. 1, 6, 7, 8

From a fog-shrouded dock, seven passengers have boarded an oceanliner for a lonely voyage. In the ship’s lounge a friendly steward serves them. Who are these people and why does each seem to be harboring a secret. This mysterious and mesmerizing 1923 classic comedy-drama is one you will remember long after the curtain falls.

Learn more on their website: https://www.kingsplayers.org/

Fresno, CA- Prepare for an unforgettable theatrical experience with “Collective Rage: A Play in 5 Betties,” an innovative comedy by Jen Silverman. This bold and captivating play explores the depths of women’s rage, loneliness, and identity through both humor and heartfelt moments.

Five distinct women named Betty converge in a whirlwind of anger, desire, and the theatrical arts. One Betty is wealthy but isolated, another is engrossed in fixing her truck, while yet another is grappling with her need for both love and a physical outlet. Each Betty uses a small hand mirror to examine parts of herself previously unexplored. With its nomination for the 2019 Drama League Award for Outstanding Production of a Play, this is a performance you won’t want to miss!

Director Haley White shared, “Jen Silverman is one of my favorite contemporary playwrights. ‘Collective Rage’ tackles deeply personal and universally relatable themes like women’s rage and loneliness, transforming them into remarkably funny material. The play’s relentless absurdity and its inventive approach to traditional theatre make it an ideal choice for this reading.”

MEET THE CAST

Haley White

Director

Sunshine Cappelletti

Betty 1

Karina Balfour

Betty 2

Allison Botello

Betty 3

Camille Gaston

Betty 4

I Adeficha

Betty 5

Tickets: https://urhere.ticketleap.com

$10 in Advance | $5 Students | $15 at the door

BEST DEAL: SERIES PASS FOR ALL 3 SHOWS FOR ONLY $24

Saturday, September 14th at at 2:00pm

2nd Space Theatre

928 E Olive Ave, Fresno, CA

The Fall 2024 Series is Co-Sponsored by

Linda Knight & Jerry Palladino

Collective Rage: A Play in 5 Betties Sponsored

in Part by Fresno Neon and ‘Betty’ Julie Lucido

REGARDING CONTENT: UR Here productions may include strong language,

be considered political or triggering, contain characters that reflect various demographics in our society, graphic topics, and discussions of intimate themes.

If you would like to peruse scripts prior to auditions feel free to contact us.

ABOUT UR HERE:

UR Here is a Fresno-based Arts Collaborative committed to creating opportunities

for under-represented populations to share their stories on stage and beyond.

Visit our website URHereTheater.com or find us on social media @URHereTheater

Rogue Festival accepting applications for 2025 Rogue Festival Sept. 16-October 18, 2024

Theater groups, musicians, and performing artists of every kind encouraged to apply

FRESNO, CA — The Rogue Festival, Fresno’s freewheeling, unpredictable and completely uncontrolled celebration of the performing arts, is accepting applications for the 2025 Rogue Festival from Monday, Sept. 16 through Friday, Oct. 18. Applications will be available on the Rogue website, fresnoroguefestival.org.

The Rogue Festival calls for Central Valley theater groups, musicians, dance troupes, storytellers, poets, spoken word artists, comedians, magicians and every other kind of artist to apply. Artists of color and artists from marginalized communities are encouraged to apply.

Performers for the 2025 Rogue Festival will be randomly selected from all applicants through a lottery to be held Saturday, Oct. 19, which will be streamed live on Facebook and Instagram. The Rogue Festival is a noncurated festival, which means that there are no gatekeepers choosing who performs in the festival. All applications are accepted, and all applicants have an equal chance to be selected. Rogue Festival performances are never vetted for content, and the Rogue Festival places no restrictions on what material may be performed at the festival.

Applicants may apply in one of three divisions: Indoor Mainstage venues, which can seat up to 70 audience members; Outdoor Cabaret venues, which also seat up to 70 audience members; and Indoor Gallery venues, which seat up to 45 audience members. In each division, half of all available slots are reserved for performers from the Central Valley (Fresno County and contiguous counties).

Each application will be charged a nonrefundable application fee of $40. Performers selected for the Rogue Festival will be charged a venue fee of $250-$600, depending on venue division. For a full description of Rogue venues and fees, please see the Rogue Festival website.

One hundred percent of all ticket sales during the Rogue Festival are paid directly to performers

About the Rogue Festival:

Founded in 2002 by Fresno playwright Marcel Nunis, the Rogue Festival is now one of the oldest and best respected Fringe theater festivals in North America. The Rogue is an uncurated, unjuried, uncensored festival — performers are selected through a random lottery and there are no restrictions on what performers can say or do. In an age of book bannings and threats to free speech, the Rogue Festival stands firm for unrestricted artistic expression and celebrates the power of outsider art to challenge society.

The Rogue Festival features independent artists performing their own original work, often for the first time. The Rogue provides a venue for artists to present their most daring and experimental work and gives audiences a unique chance to see new, bold and utterly unconventional performances before anyone else. At the Rogue Festival, only the audience judges what is good or bad.