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University drama production chosen for national festival
The California State University, Stanislaus staging of "Debris," an unflinching drama dealing with the consequences of lifelong abuse, has been selected for a performance in the national spotlight.
Turlockers help bring fairytale to Merced stage
Turlock resident Kelsey Verschelden is making her stage debut in the Playhouse Merced production of "Cinderella."
Death By Chocolate
The theater arts are once again thriving at Denair High School as the newly-formed drama club debuts their inaugural play "Death By Chocolate."
Turlocker brings new life to Joseph and his colorful coat
Playhouse Merced is opening their new season with a production of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," starring Turlock native Keaton Williams.
TYPA tells the story of Annie Oakley
Turlock Youth Performing Arts Senior Company will revive the classic story of sharpshooter Annie Oakley this weekend with their production of "Annie Get your Gun."
Turlock High grad nominated for Emmy
Bayard Stryker, a 1996 Turlock High graduate, was nominated for a 2010 Emmy Award for "Outstanding Short-Form Picture Editing." Stryker's nomination was entered by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in recognition of a three-minute montage - a "Horror Tribute" - he prepared for the 82nd Academy Awards. The montage, which begins with the ominous, pulsating cellos of "Jaws," is an ...
Merced Shakespearefest opens ‘A Comedy of Errors’
Heike Hambley is promising a few beatings, a theft and even a possible demonic possession at Merced's Applegate Park on Saturday. However, park-goers need not worry since it will all be happening up on the stage as the Merced Shakespearefest stages "A Comedy of Errors.""It's going to be a lot of fun to watch," said Hambley, the founder and director of Merced Shakespearefest. ...
The sun is coming out for Denair’s ‘Annie’
The story of little orphan Annie and her faithful canine companion Sandy is opening at the Denair Gaslight Theatre Friday night.The well-known musical stars 12-year-old Mary Curry as Annie; former Turlock City Councilman Kurt Vander Weide as the billionaire tycoon Daddy Warbucks; Esther Herrera as Miss Hannigan, the miserly matron of the orphanage; Carly Berich as Grace, Warbuck's secretary; and Henry, the golden ...
TCT brings diverse line-up to upcoming season
The Turlock Community Theatre is bringing in some headlining shows for the upcoming season that managing director Kit Casey says, "Hit all the bases."
Local youth theatre programs offer a variety of shows
Summer is here, but the kids aren't done with the books yet … well, at least when it comes to scripts.
CUPS dancers bring Jonah’s tale to life
The Center for Urban Performance and Service will bring the biblical story of Jonah to the bright lights and big stage of the Turlock Community Theater this weekend.
Shakespeare returns to outdoor amphitheatre
The popular Shakespeare under the stars show is returning to California State University, Stanislaus with the upcoming production of "A Midsummer's Night Dream."
Follow the White Rabbit to TYPA’s newest production
The Turlock Youth Performing Arts is opening the curtain on their production of "Disney's Alice in Wonderland Jr.," on Friday for a three-day run.
Turlock woman makes strides toward ballet dream
Some gifts truly do keep on giving, no matter the passage of time. For Turlock's Brittnie Cudo, 21, a gift she received as a little girl has opened a door of possibilities for her and helped her identify a lifelong dream.
Turlock teen takes on iconic character for second go around
For the second time in his short musical theater career, Turlock's Aleq Bateman is taking on the role of the quick-witted and unruly Huckleberry Finn.
Articles by Section - Theatre
History ‘through comic strip’
Thorton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning American play "The Skin of Our Teeth" is coming to the Merced College Theater stage this weekend. Wilder referred to this 1940s American classic as "a history of mankind through comic strip." "The Skin of Our Teeth" follows the trials and tribulations of the Antrobus family over the course of thousands of years. "Wilder presents us with the iconic American family at their best . . . and at their worst," ...
Prospect opens new season
Since its onset more than a decade ago, the Prospect Theater Project has been brining compelling and challenging works to the stage. They have brought audiences classics from Aristophanes to Shakespeare and Moliere; modern masterpieces of world theater including Ibsen, Brecht, Shaw; the work of American masters like Albee, O'Neill, and Miller; and classic Americana with productions of "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "The Grapes of Wrath." The theater looks to continue their ...
Rock, Blues and lots of laughs in TCT season line-up
The Turlock Community Theatre's long-standing tradition of bringing top-notch performers to town is about to add another year to the list as the 2012-13 season features a stellar line-up of musicians, comedians and entertainers. "We always try to appeal to as many people as we can," said Kit Casey, manager of the Turlock Community Theatre. While the line-up has quite a bang already, Casey said the theatre tries to book additional acts ...
TYPA takes a walk on the dark side with ‘Sweeney Todd’
"He never forgets and he never forgives." So go the lyrics of "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" in describing the disposition of the title character in "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street." Turlock Youth Performing Arts senior troupe is tackling this musical that manages to mix in both the farcical and the macabre, with opening night set for Friday at the Turlock Community Theatre. "The kids approached us about ...
Prospect brings new twist to comedy classic ‘Tartuffe’
The partnership between the Prospect Theater Project and the Gallo Center for the Arts is bringing another classic play to the stage with their production of "Tartuffe." "Tartuffe," is a French comedy originally written by Moliere in 1664. In this version, the theater group is performing Miles Malleson's free adaptation of the comedy classic. The play follows the story of Orgon, a misguided husband and head of the household, who takes in a ...
Valley native and Broadway star Colleen Hawks comes home for ‘Anything Goes’
Colleen Hawks can remember vividly the moment she got bit with the acting bug. The Oakdale native was in the fourth grade and was seeing a production of "Stop the World I Want to Get Off." Amid the colorful circus backdrop, the lively dances and the perfectly-pitched tunes, a dream was unfolding in the young Hawks. "There was something about it that made me want to get up there with them," Hawks ...
Youth actors prepare for opening night of ‘Cinderella’
With less than two hours before the curtain rises on Turlock Youth Performing Arts production of "Disney's Cinderella," the activity behind the scenes is at a monumental level. Crew members are checking the lights and sound and making sure all the props are in place while in the dressing rooms a host of volunteers are helping the cast with their costumes, hair and make-up. And through it all, the 40-plus kids who will ...
On with the show
Turlock Youth Performing Arts is just days away from rolling out their production of "Disney's Cinderella." Brooklyn Boice as Cinderella and Jacob Sylvester as Prince Charming lead the 40-plus cast in the musical version of the classic fairy tale. Hannah Friesen and Eliana Roberts portray the mean stepsisters and Natalie Tout is the evil stepmother. The show opens at 7 p.m. Friday at the Turlock Community Theatre. Additional shows are at 2 p.m. and ...
‘Comedy of Errors’ set for outdoor venue
Shakespeare under the stars is once again returning to Turlock as the California State University, Stanislaus Theatre Department stages "The Comedy of Errors." One of William Shakespeare's earliest plays, "The Comedy of Errors" is a play full of mistaken identities and the comedic complications they cause. The story is about two sets of twins who were accidentally separated at birth. When the two sets of twins find themselves in the same town, it ...
Denair High brings 1940s radio show to stage
The behind the scenes look at staging a high school play will take center stage during the Denair High School Drama Club's production of "Our Miss Brooks." "Our Miss Brooks" originally began as a radio show in 1948 on CBS. It was adapted to television in 1952 and starred Eve Arden. In 1956 it was made into a movie. The theatrical version tells the story of Miss Brooks, a high school teacher ...
Hughson student ready to play Cinderella
When Brooklyn Boice was a little girl one of her favorite pastimes was to pretend to be a Disney princess. One day she would wake up and be Belle from "Beauty and the Beast" and the next day she might feel more like Snow White. But her favorite princess and the one that she would play most often was Cinderella. The story of the put upon young girl who finds her prince with ...
Bollywood in Turlock
Six local college students of Modesto Junior College and California State University, Stanislaus merged together to create Tashan, a Bollywood dance group in November 2011. These six multiethnic students come from an array of educational backgrounds that include communications, biology and liberal studies; but they all share a colloquial interest for Bollywood dance. Bollywood is a slang term used in the Hindi film industry derived from "Bali" and "Hollywood," that describes the song and ...
Broadway classic comes to Sonora stage
A burst of trumpet opens the musical classic "Gypsy" and instantly marks a masterpiece.
Missoula Theatre Company comes to Chatom
Ross Egan and Morgan Briggs, actors from Detroit and Washington D.C. never dreamed they would visit Turlock - until they were hired by the Missoula Children's Theatre based in Montana. All last week they taught the budding actors of Chatom Unified School District for this year's district play entitled "King Arthur's Quest." On Monday, Egan and Briggs auditioned some 65 children for just 40 slots. In just three days of rehearsal the ...
Students benefit from professor’s costume design expertise
Dunya Ramicova's costume designs have enchanted audiences for decades, but some of her biggest fans now sit in UC Merced classrooms. Ramicova, the university's first arts professor and one of its founding faculty members, also is an acclaimed costume designer. Last year, she worked on four projects that included the Metropolitan Opera production of "Nixon in China" and the Santa Fe Opera's "Griselda." But home base is UC Merced, where the Emmy-winning ...
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