60 San Diego Reader February 9, 2017


THEATER


On Golden Pond The Broadway Theatre presents Ernest Thompson’s Tony Award- winning comedy/drama. Ethel and Norman Thayer, now retired, spend summers at their home on Golden Pond. This year, their adult daugh- ter visits, with her 13-year-old son. Long submerged differences surface.


Randall Hickman directs. BROADWAY THEATRE, 340 E. BROADWAY, VISTA. 760-806-7905. 7PM THURSDAYS & FRIDAYS, 1PM & 8PM SATURDAYS, 1PM SUNDAYS, 7PM WEDNESDAYS.


Our Great Tchaikovsky Hershsy Felder portrays famed composer Pyotor Illyich Tchai- kovsky and combines a piano concert, a one man show, and political theater. Felder creates a performance that both enter- tains and makes audiences think. With so much to offer — exqui- site music, artistically thoughtful images, amusing characters, and the life story of a composer most people have heard but probably know little about, Our Great Tchai- kovsky has something for every- one and should not be missed.


Critic’s Pick. SAN DIEGO REPERTORY THEATRE, 79 HORTON PLAZA, DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO. 619-544-1000. 8PM THURSDAYS & FRIDAYS, 4PM & 8PM SATURDAYS, 2PM & 7PM SUNDAYS.


Perfect Arrangement Intrepid Theatre Company stages Topher Payne’s comedy about Bob and Norma. It’s the 1950s, and they have been tasked with identifying sexual deviants within their ranks. “There’s just one problem: Bob and Norma are gay, and have married each other’s partners in a carefully constructed cover.” Can they sustain


“heteronormativity”? HORTON GRAND THEATRE, 444 FOURTH AVE., DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO. 619- 234-9583. 4PM & 8PM SATURDAYS, 2PM SUNDAYS.


Picasso at the Lapin Agile The Old Globe Theatre presents Steve Martin’s comedy. In Paris, 1904, the Lapin Agile was a favor- ite watering hole for struggling


artists and wannabe geniuses. Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso, with “egos as big as their intel- lects,” compare notes. Barry Edel-


stein directs. OLD GLOBE THEATRE, 1363 OLD GLOBE WAY, BALBOA PARK. 619-234-5623. 8PM THURSDAYS & FRIDAYS, 2PM & 8PM SATURDAYS, 2PM & 7PM SUNDAYS, 7PM TUESDAYS & WEDNESDAYS.


Redneck Romeo and Juliet The Improv Dojo presents a “mod- ern-day, modern-language adap- tation of the original, with crystal meth. Followed by a long-form improv set by the cast. All ages wel- come, but the show does contain


adult language and situations.” CULTURE SHOCK DANCE STUDIO, 2110 HANCOCK ST., OLD TOWN. 619-299- 2110. 8PM FRIDAYS.


Sweet Charity Have you ever known a girl who wanted something so badly that she tried too hard to get it? Meet Sweet Charity, the girl who wants to be loved so much that she has lost sight of who she is. By Helix Charter


High School Theater. HELIX MAINSTAGE THEATER, 4200 LOWELL ST., LA MESA. 7PM FRIDAY & SATURDAY.


Urinetown: The Musical Ocean Beach Playhouse presents Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis’s Tony Award-winning, ecological comedy about wasted resources. There’s a terrible water shortage in Urinetown, so terrible that the citizens must pay to urinate. Should they stage a massive protest — or are


they in fact the problem? OCEAN BEACH PLAYHOUSE, 4944 NEWPORT AVE., OCEAN BEACH. 619- 222-0836. 8PM THURSDAYS, FRIDAYS, & SATURDAYS, 2PM SUNDAYS.


Well Diversionary Theatre presents Lisa Kron’s “reverent study of the play- wright’s chronically ill Mom and her extraordinary ability to heal a racially divided community despite her inability to make herself well.” The piece runs in repertory with Kron’s 2.5 Minute Ride. Kym Pap-


pas directs. DIVERSIONARY THEATRE, 4545 PARK BL., UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS. 619-220- 0097. 7PM THURSDAYS, 8PM FRIDAYS, 2PM & 8PM SATURDAYS, 2PM & 7PM


SUNDAYS, 7PM WEDNESDAYS.


What the Butler Saw Lamplighters Community Theatre presents Joe Orton’s madcap farce. “When a psychiatrist tries to seduce an aspiring secretary, his botched efforts lead to comic bedlam involv- ing his insatiable wife, a randy bell- hop, a befuddled police officer and Sir Winston Churchill.” Keith A. Anderson directs.


LAMPLIGHTERS COMMUNITY THEATRE, 5915 SEVERIN DR., LA MESA. 619-303- 5092. 8PM FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS, 2PM SUNDAYS.


UPCOMING SHOWS


A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking Point Loma Playhouse stages John Ford Noonan’s comedy. Maude Mix, a “meticulous, proper wife,” is hav- ing a bad day. Her husband’s hav- ing a fling with his secretary, and her pesky new next-door neighbor drops in uninvited for coffee. She wants to be friends because ‘my back door faces your back door.” David


Sein directs. POINT LOMA ACTORS THEATRE, 3035 TALBOT ST., POINT LOMA. 619-225- 0044. FEBRUARY 17 THROUGH MARCH 5.


Beau Jest The Patio Playhouse stages James Sherman’s comedy about a proxy fiance needed to fool Sarah Gold- man’s Jewish parents; her real fiance is a WASP, and they would not approve, or so she fears. For this production Sarah’s brother Joel


becomes her sister Joely. PATIO PLAYHOUSE THEATRE, 116 S. KAL- MIA STREET. FEBRUARY 17 THROUGH MARCH 12.


The Blameless The Old Globe Theatre pres- ents the world premiere of Nick Gandiello’s drama about “the power of familial bonds in the most extraordinary of circum- stances.” Today is no ordinary day for the Garcia family. They must hold the family together as they welcome to dinner the one per-


son who might help them heal, or reopen old wounds. Gaye Taylor


Upchurch directs. SHERYL AND HARVEY WHITE THEATRE, 1363 OLD GLOBE WAY, BALBOA PARK. 619-234-5623. MARCH 2 THROUGH MARCH 26.


The Geeze & Me Rag Lady Productions presents a humorous, irreverent musical pro- duction about “the wild side of life’s later years, addressing the good, the bad, and the ugly of aging.” Songs range from pop to blues to corner street doo-wop. “Think Hair after it’s gone.” Original music by Hedges Capers, book by Hedges and Nancy


Locke Capers. TENTH AVENUE ARTS CENTER, 930 TENTH AVE., EAST VILLAGE. 619-920- 8503. MARCH 31 THROUGH APRIL 29.


Into the Woods For its spring musical, Claire- mont High School Theatre pres- ents Stephen Sondheim’s Tony award winner about what hap- pens in fairy tales after the end, and everyone’s supposed to live


happily ever after. CLAIREMONT HIGH SCHOOL, 4150 UTE DR., CLAIREMONT. 858-273-0201. MARCH 10 THROUGH MARCH 18.


The Illusion North Coast Repertory Theatre presents Tony Kushner’s free adap- tation of Pierre Corneille’s l’Illusion Comique, “a tale of passion, regret, love, and magic.” David Ellen- stein directs.


NORTH COAST REPERTORY THEATRE, 987-D LOMAS SANTA FE DR., SOLANA BEACH. 858-481-1055. FEBRUARY 22 THROUGH MARCH 19.


The Matsuyama Mirror SDSU’s Theatre for Young Audiences presents Velina Hasu Houston’s Japanese folktale-fantasy. “In this coming of age story, a young woman copes with the loss of her mother by escaping into the beautiful world she sees in her magic mirror.” Peter


Cirino directs. SDSU’S EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE, 5500 CAMPANILE DR., SDSU. 619-594-6884. FEBRUARY 17 THROUGH FEBRUARY 26.


On the 20th Century Cygnet Theatre presents the San Diego premiere of the musical — book and lyrics, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, music by Cy Coleman — about a luxury train (the Twentieth Century) traveling from Chicago to New York City. Mischief ensues when a bankrupt theater producer attempts to cajole a glamorous Hollywood starlet. Sean


Murray directs. CYGNET THEATRE, 4040 TWIGGS ST., OLD TOWN. 619-337-1525. MARCH 18 THROUGH APRIL 30.


If You Lived Here You’d Be Home Now


“Horton Plaza is a whole different world, the real world. It’s the world the people in the suburbs have run away from,” says Offi cer Vattimo. Though it’s just ten o’clock


in the morning, the park benches are beginning to fi ll with retired railroad men, young people without home or much hope, sunbaked men with alcohol-bloated livers.


“In the night you have more of the young people who are out selling dope and drinking wine, but in the day you have mostly old people.” By Richard E. Reed, June 23, 1977


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San Diego, I Love You (The Musical) Circle Circle dot dot premieres their site-specific “traveling romantic comedy.” Interviews with local arts educators inspired the series of musical vignettes based on their lives, “perfect for a site like Liberty Station since it has become a hub for diverse forms of education, spe- cifically in the arts.” Written and directed by Soroya Rowley and Andrew Steele. Starting location: The Lot, 2620 Turxton Rd., Lib-


erty Station. LOT – LIBERTY STATION, 2620 TRUXTON RD., POINT LOMA. 619-566-0069. FEB- RUARY 25 THROUGH MARCH 5.


AUDITIONS


Alice in Wonderland, the Musical VILLAGE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 6225 Paseo Delicias, Rancho Santa Fe


Repertory Theatre. Auditions: FEB. 22 4PM, FEB. 23 6PM


The Man Who Came to Dinner


WELK RESORT THEATRE 8860 Lawrence Welk Dr., Escondido A Broadway classic filled with great female characters. Runs April 7 through 30.


Dance callbacks on Tuesday, February 21 (7-8 pm). Roles for youth and adults, age ten and up. Performances: May 5, 6, and 7.


Auditions: FEB. 19 2PM, FEB. 20 5PM


Arsenic and Old Lace LAKE PAVILION AT LAKE SAN MARCOS


1105 La Bonita Dr., San Marcos The Lake San Marcos Players is excited to announce open auditions for Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring, directed by Debbie Jardin. Rehearsals: Sunday and Wednesday evenings, 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm. Show dates April 21, 22, 23 with two shows on Saturday, April 22. Info: sanmarcosplayers@gmail.com. Lake San Marcos is a non-profit community theater. Everyone associated with the production, including the director and actors, is a volunteer.


Auditions: FEB. 15 & 19 6:30PM


Lion King Jr. STAR THEATRE 402 N. Coast Hwy., Oceanside Star Theatre Coast Kids presents Lion King Jr., the story of the epic adventures of a curious cub named Simba as he struggles to accept the responsibilities of adulthood and his destiny as king. Auditions are open to ages 7 to 18. Bring one headshot and one resume. A school picture is fine. Prepare only 16 bars to 1 minute of an audition song in the style of Disney or classic musical theatre with CD ac- companiment (no background vocals) or smartphone accompaniment. Callbacks Saturday, February 25 at 9 am. Rehearsals begin Monday, March 6. Show runs May 5 to 14. There will be a production fee. Star Theatre Company is not affiliated with the STAR


Sex with Strangers The San Diego Repertory Theatre presents Laura Eason’s “sensuous and provocative comedy about fame, cyber identity, and the desire for inti- macy and respect.” Two writers, one mid-career and under-appreciated, the other a young blogger famous for writing about his “sexcapades,” join up. Delicia Turner Sonnen- berg directs.


SAN DIEGO REPERTORY THEATRE, 79 HORTON PLAZA, DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO. 619-544-1000. FEBRUARY 23 THROUGH MARCH 19.


The Taming of the Shrew UCSD department of Theatre & Dance offers Shakespeare’s popular/ controversial comedy about Kate and Petrucchio and what might be a marriage from hell. Kyle Don-


nelly directs. POTIKER THEATRE AT UCSD, 9500 GILMAN DR., LA JOLLA. FEBRUARY 28 THROUGH MARCH 11.


Auditions: FEB. 20 7PM Evita


SAN DIEGO REPERTORY THEATRE 79 Horton Plaza, Downtown San Diego


Email your headshot and resume to casting@sdrep.org. Pic/Res should be sent as an attachment and not embedded in the email. Please use the subject line “Evita Submission” and be sure to indicate which role you are interested in being seen for. Auditions: FEB. 13 & 14


San Diego Follies FLETCHER HILLS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH


455 Church Way, Fletcher Hills CCT is excited to announce the new plans for San Diego Follies 2017. This year we are pulling out all the stops as it represents The Best of the Follies, a Ten-Year Celebration. Paul Russell, founder of CCT and CYT, is directing this year.


Auditions: MAR. 3 6PM, MAR. 4 10AM


To add your audition to our listings, go to sdreader.com/ events/submit and select Auditions as the category.


To Kill a Mockingbird Pickwick Players stage a theatrical version of Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. It’s sum- mer, 1935, in Maycomb, Alabama. Scout and Jem come of age and learn to see the world from other people’s perspectives. Tyler Richards


Hewes directs. OFF BROADWAY LIVE, 9490 CUYAMACA ST., SANTEE. 619-988-5483. FEBRUARY 17 THROUGH FEBRUARY 26.


Waiting for Godot UCSD Department of Theatre & Dance presents Samuel Beckett’s classic about two apparently home- less tramps waiting for a person who may point the way — to who knows where. They pass the meantime entertaining each other and recall- ing fragments of their lives. Gabor Tompa directs.


THEODORE AND ADELE SHANK THEATRE, 9500 GILMAN DR., UCSD. 858-534-3791. MARCH 10 THROUGH MARCH 16.


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