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Youth theatre group receives much-needed grant
Young actors from Stanislaus County will have money for costumes, sets, and props this summer thanks to a grant from Newman's Own Foundation. Stanislaus County Office of Education's Youth Entertainment Stage (YES) Company received a $35,000 grant from Newman's Own Foundation for the second year in a row.
Donation to expand arts access
Modesto businessman Dan Costa and his family have made a $1 million donation to the Gallo Center for the Arts for the purpose of increasing access to the arts among low income children and their families.
Playhouse brings back popular Patsy Cline show
The wildly well-received country drama "Always ... Patsy Cline," is returning to the Playhouse Merced with the opening show on Friday.
Chinese acrobats tumble into town
The seemingly impossible and gravity-defying acts of the New Shanghai Circus Acrobats of China will be taking the stage at the Turlock Community Theatre Saturday evening.
Local company and philanthropists give Gallo Center a much needed financial boost
Two major contributors to the Gallo Center for the Arts have made a large donation to the performing arts center and a challenge to the community.
Theatre department returns to radio days for ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’
The classic Christmas story of "It's A Wonderful Life," is being retold in a new format at California State University, Stanislaus. The College of Arts Theatre Department production of "It's A Wonderful Life: The Radio Play" moves the timeless tale of Christmas' true meaning into the venue of radio dramas from bygone days.
Turlock teen takes on sweet role in ‘Willy Wonka’
Fourteen year-old Turlock resident Leah Bateman is a brat. Well, not in real life, but up on the stage. Bateman is playing Veruca Salt in Playhouse Merced's production of "Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka." Based on the book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Dahl, and the movie "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" starring Gene Wilder, this musical fantasy tells the familiar tale of chocolate maker Willy Wonka, as he hosts five lucky children on ...
Turlock native pens script for film contest
Mary De Ruse remembers the exact moment she fell in love with the movies. As a little girl, her dad took her to see a double feature at the Turlock cinema. As "Smokey and the Bandit" led into the "The Sting," De Ruse said it was as if time had stopped clicking by and everything outside of that theater had melted away.
It’s ‘Suddenly Seymour’ for Turlock performer
Turlock resident Keaton Williams says he always enjoyed singing, but when he enrolled in a voice class at Modesto Junior College, he says it was more as a lark, than a chosen career path.
Turlock ballerina to perform Juliet in Central West production
The first time Lindsay Weddle took the stage it was as a moonbeam fairy in the ballet version of "Twas The Night Before Christmas." It was a small role for the then 12-year-old budding ballerina, but it left a lasting impression.
Gallo Center names new CEO
The board of directors of the Gallo Center for the Arts announced today that Lynn Dickerson, former publisher and president of the Modesto Bee as well as vice president of operations for the McClatchy Company, has been named the new chief executive officer of the performing arts center.
Summer lovin’ comes to town
Sandra Dee and Danny Zuko are set to come to life at the Turlock Community Theater during the last weekend of August. Turlock Youth Performing Arts will be performing "Grease: The School Version" as their summer production.
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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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