Start with a dreary, rainy English March, take an Italian castle, add four English women with sadness and problems of their own, drench them in wisteria and sunshine, and what do you get?
Enchanted April.
Marc Gonzalez has been a part of the local theatre scene for some time in various different ways—actor, director, choreographer, theatre reviewer, and now playwright. Recently, he presented a staged reading of his latest play Station Two and I was honored to be present. Despite the current Covid protocols that had the entire cast wearing masks, the heart and story of the play came through, and I look forward to the day when Marc produces a full production of this show.
Five hundred twenty-five thousand, six hundred minutes….No, it’s not Rent. But it’s a year, in a sense. It’s maybe 100 minutes, divided into 12 playlets and an intermission. It’s Months on End by Craig Pospisil, playing at the Good Company Players’ 2nd Space Theatre through February 27.
Theatre is back in varying degrees and this weekend the Selma Arts Center will be presenting Zoot Suit by Luis Valdez. We took a moment to interview the show’s director and Vice-Chairman of the Selma Arts Council, Juan Luis Guzman, about the show.
Barefoot in the Park, Neil Simon’s longest-running Broadway play, turns fifty-eight years old this year. Is it still funny? Under Dan Pessano’s expert direction, the Good Company Players’ production at the GCP Second Space answers with a resounding…”YES!”
As we see more and more local theatre companies and schools presenting shows online, one more theatre company has taken the leap this holiday season with their second virtual show! Lindsay Community Theater will be presenting A Christmas Carol online December 19 and 20! We took a moment to chat with the show’s director Alli Smith to learn more. She has been directing shows for Lindsay since 2016.
What happens when a worldwide pandemic closes the doors to live theaters? After recovering from the initial shock, creative minds of organizations, writers, directors, and actors go virtual!
As theatre continues to be presented online, University Theatre at Fresno State will be presenting its latest show, Detroit ’67, streaming December 4-12. The cast includes Trey Jones, Alexis Myles, Madeline Nelson, Nwachukwu Oputa, and TJ Taylor. We chatted with the director of the show, Thomas-Whit Ellis, Professor of Theatre Arts, Department Chair, Africana Studies, to learn more.
Stupid F***ing Bird opened this past weekend at the College of the Sequoias in Visalia produced by their performing arts department. The play is a contemporary adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull, written by American playwright Aaron Posner.
Suppose you were an Englishwoman in 1922, vaguely unsatisfied with your marriage, and you saw an ad for an Italian castle for rent for the month of April? Wouldn’t that intrigue you?
