Play. Music. Heal., an original production by Acting Up (in Acadiana), will be presented at the New Orleans Fringe Festival November 13th through the 15th, 2009 at Peter's Piano Place (3811 Chartres St. in New Orleans). The shows will start at different times every day: November 13th at 7 pm, November 14th at 9 pm, and November 15th at 3 pm. Tickets are $7 at the door or in advance at http://www.nofringe.org/. Please note that advance tickets get priority seating.
If you can change the world with only three chords, will they every listen?--Play. Music. heal.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Theatre--Performance
The cast of Ladies of the Cajun Prairie: A Celebration of Four Generations of Cajun Women, to be presented by Caroline McGee on November 25th on the UL-Lafayette campus, will feature local actresses Martha Diaz, Christy Leichty, and Carmen Nicholson.
Theatre--Performance
The University of Louisiana--Lafayette Department of Performing Arts presents Noises Off! by Michael Frayn in the Burke Theatre November 12th through the 14th at 7:30 pm and November 15th at 2:00 pm. This will be the first production housed in the newly renovated Burke Theatre (located in Burke-Hawthorne Hall on the UL-Lafayette campus). Tickets are $10 for general admission, $5 for UL-Lafayette alumni, senior citizens, students and children and free (with a valid ID) for UL-Lafayette students, faculty and staff. Tickets are only available at the door.
From Wikipedia:
In his plot for Noises Off, Frayn plays on the concept of a play within a play, in this case a dreadful sex comedy titled Nothing On—the type of play in which young girls run about in their underwear, old men drop their trousers, and many doors continually open and shut. Nothing On is set in "a delightful 16th-century posset mill that has been converted to a modern dwelling for which renters are solicited; the fictional playwright is appropriately named Robin Housemonger. Each of the three acts of Noises Off contains a performance of the first act of Nothing On.
In theatrical stage directions, the term "noises off" specifies sounds that are meant to originate offstage.
For more information, call (337) 482-6357.
From Wikipedia:
In his plot for Noises Off, Frayn plays on the concept of a play within a play, in this case a dreadful sex comedy titled Nothing On—the type of play in which young girls run about in their underwear, old men drop their trousers, and many doors continually open and shut. Nothing On is set in "a delightful 16th-century posset mill that has been converted to a modern dwelling for which renters are solicited; the fictional playwright is appropriately named Robin Housemonger. Each of the three acts of Noises Off contains a performance of the first act of Nothing On.
In theatrical stage directions, the term "noises off" specifies sounds that are meant to originate offstage.
For more information, call (337) 482-6357.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Theatre--Performance
The Dream of the Marionettes or Le Reve Des Marionette, an original musical production, will be performed at Cité des Arts the first three weekends in November. Tickets are now on sale: $15 for adults and $10 for students and seniors. Everyone is encouraged to get their reservations in now because performances are beginning to fill up.
The burlesque-inspired musical, features an all-star fourteen member cast of Lafayette locals, including Erica Fox, Bria Hobgood, Bruce Coen and John Vincent (who also served as the choreographer), with music performed by a live band. The show begins each night at 6:30pm with Cirque De Cite, in the Cité des Arts lobby, featuring fortune tellers, jugglers, stilt-walkers, and an assortment of circus side shows. The play begins at 7:30pm.
In The Dream of the Marionettes, a hard, task-driving puppetmaster is cast aside by a freedom-seeking band of marionettes, who begin to express their hidden dreams and aspirations in song. The play was co-written by local artists Christine Leichty and Johanna Divine, with an original score by Divine and Daniel Coolik, and choreography by New Iberia native, Johnn Vincent.
The show runs every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night from November 5th to November 21st, 2009. Pre-show festivities begin at 6:30 each night, so come early for the best seats. For pre-sale tickets, contact Cite des Arts at 337-291-1122.
The burlesque-inspired musical, features an all-star fourteen member cast of Lafayette locals, including Erica Fox, Bria Hobgood, Bruce Coen and John Vincent (who also served as the choreographer), with music performed by a live band. The show begins each night at 6:30pm with Cirque De Cite, in the Cité des Arts lobby, featuring fortune tellers, jugglers, stilt-walkers, and an assortment of circus side shows. The play begins at 7:30pm.
In The Dream of the Marionettes, a hard, task-driving puppetmaster is cast aside by a freedom-seeking band of marionettes, who begin to express their hidden dreams and aspirations in song. The play was co-written by local artists Christine Leichty and Johanna Divine, with an original score by Divine and Daniel Coolik, and choreography by New Iberia native, Johnn Vincent.
The show runs every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night from November 5th to November 21st, 2009. Pre-show festivities begin at 6:30 each night, so come early for the best seats. For pre-sale tickets, contact Cite des Arts at 337-291-1122.
Theatre--Performance
Ladies of the Cajun Prairie: A Celebration of Four Generations of Cajun Women, a heartfelt homage to our daughters, sisters, mothers and grandmothers just in time for the Thanksgiving season, will be performed by local actors who completed the July 2009 Master Method Acting Workshop in Lafayette taught by NYU Professor Caroline McGee. The performance is scheduled to be presented on the UL-Lafayette campus on November 25th from 5 to 6 pm. It will be presented free of charge, but space is limited and reservations are required, so reserve early by e-mail at mcgeec50@yahoo.com
The play is based on interviews of women from the Pointe Noire/Richard community by folklorist Dr. Donna Onebane and subsequently fashioned into a compelling dramatic piece by New York poet/playwright, Allan Graubard. Graubard is an internationally published writer with works translated into twelve languages. His latest play, Woman Bomb/Sade, explores the world of female suicide bombers and was presented at the New York HOTINK International Festival in 2009.
The play is based on interviews of women from the Pointe Noire/Richard community by folklorist Dr. Donna Onebane and subsequently fashioned into a compelling dramatic piece by New York poet/playwright, Allan Graubard. Graubard is an internationally published writer with works translated into twelve languages. His latest play, Woman Bomb/Sade, explores the world of female suicide bombers and was presented at the New York HOTINK International Festival in 2009.
Theatre--Master Class
Lee Strasberg: “The Method is simply what all actors have done when acting well.”
Caroline McGee is announcing a Master Method Acting Workshop for local actors on November 23rd-25th to take place on the campus at UL-Lafayette. Building on the success of Professor McGee’s July 2009 acting workshop at ULL, which introduced 18 actors of various ages and levels of experience and training to the rigors of the Method acting technique, this session will focus on the often eccentric and zany characters in the plays of Anton Chekhov. Modern adapters of Chekhov (Tom Stoppard, David Mamet, Lanford Wilson, Michael Frayn and Tennessee Williams!) will be used. The work will culminate in a presentation of “The Cajun Chekhov” at ULL in December 2009. For more information and/or applications to the workshop, e-mail mcgeec50@yahoo.com
Caroline McGee, an alumna of ULL & UNO, served as Director of The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute, NYU Tisch School of the Arts Drama Studio and Stonestreet Studios for Film & TV professional program in New York City. Additionally, she is currently offering workshops in the famed Moscow Art Actor Training techniques with members of the Studio Six Company, in residence at The Baryshnikov Center. The MXAT studio school was created by Stanislavski and was the first company to perform Chekhov’s plays. Their current program builds upon that legacy, while also incorporating the subsequent techniques of Meyerhold, Michael Chekhov and Grotowski, among others.
Professor McGee holds a Master’s Degree from the University of California at Berkeley in Directing, Theatre History, Literature & Criticism; actor training with Robert Lewis at The Yale School of Drama; a 2-year acting certificate at the Conservatoire Nationale in Strasbourg, France, on a CODOFIL scholarship.
She studied acting professionally in New York City with master teachers William Esper , Michael Howard, Stella Adler, Wynn Handman and Elaine Aiken (the Strasberg Method).
She has performed at Yale Repertory Theater, Williamstown Theater Festival, NY Shakespeare Festival, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, and in films by Woody Allen and Norman Jewison, with Gregory Peck, Gina Rowland and Gregory Peck, among many others. She is a member of all three actor unions, Actors Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild, and AFTRA.
Caroline’s parents are Sylvia and Dean McGee, retired farmers in the Richard area; 4 siblings, folklorist and local historian Dr. Donna McGee Onebane, Advantage Wealth Manager Gary McGee, Liz McGee Smith, mother of six, and Joseph McGee, a medical courier, all of Lafayette.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Theatre--Audition
Auditions for IPAL’s Guys and Dolls will be held Friday, November 20th from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, November 21st, from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m., at the Essanee Theater, 126 Iberia St. in New Iberia. Parts are available for all ages from high school up. Audition materials can be picked up in advance at the Essanee Theatre on Sunday, November 15th between 4:00 and 6:00 p.m..
Guys and Dolls is an award-winning musical from the Golden Age of Broadway which has enjoyed numerous Broadway revivals and was made into a movie starring Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra. Guys and Dolls is based on writer Damon Runyon’s humorous tales of gamblers, hustlers, gals, and various denizens of New York in an earlier era. Great songs, costumes, and staging will make this another memorable IPAL musical. The show will have a large cast and orchestra of sixteen and will be presented in March, 2010.
For further information, contact the director, Katherine Caffery, at (337) 256-0604, e-mail ipal@cox.net, or visit the website .
Guys and Dolls is an award-winning musical from the Golden Age of Broadway which has enjoyed numerous Broadway revivals and was made into a movie starring Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra. Guys and Dolls is based on writer Damon Runyon’s humorous tales of gamblers, hustlers, gals, and various denizens of New York in an earlier era. Great songs, costumes, and staging will make this another memorable IPAL musical. The show will have a large cast and orchestra of sixteen and will be presented in March, 2010.
For further information, contact the director, Katherine Caffery, at (337) 256-0604, e-mail ipal@cox.net, or visit the website .
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Theatre--Master Class
Caroline McGee will be back in Lafayette holding a Master Class in the Lee Strasberg Method from Monday, November 23rd through Wednesday, November 25th. Times of the classes and venue will be announced as soon as possible.
Theatre--Performance
Pictured from left to right: Michael Sanchez as Ben Hecht, Wesley Saunders as David O. Selznick and Brett Faulkner as Victor Fleming in the Eunice Players' Theatre's production of Moonlight and Magnolias.
CYT-Lafayette (Christian Youth Theatre of Lafayette) is presenting its first production, Godspell, on Saturday, November 7th (2 pm and 6 pm) and Sunday, November 8th (3 pm) at the Bayou Bijou in the UL-Lafayette Student Union.
Based on the Gospel According to St. Matthew, and featuring a sparkling score by Stephen Schwartz, Godspell boasts a string of well-loved songs, led by the international hit, "Day By Day." As the cast performs "Prepare Ye The Way Of The Lord," "Learn Your Lessons Well," "All For The Best," "All Good Gifts," "Turn Back, O Man" and "By My Side," the parables of Jesus Christ come humanly and hearteningly to life.
Drawing from various theatrical traditions, such as clowning, pantomime, charades, acrobatics and vaudeville, Godspell is a groundbreaking and unique reflection on the life of Jesus, with a message of kindness, tolerance and love.
Tickets are $8 per person. For more information, or for tickets, call (337) 258-1130.
Theatre--Performance
The director of IPAL's upcoming show, The Importance of Being Uncle Roscoe, is announcing a cast change: Alex Bonin will be replaced by Robert Lancon. No other changes to the production are being made at this time.
Theatre--Performance
The Lafayette Science Museum is looking for volunteers for its Museum of Fear exhibit, running through this weekend. The exhibit has been doing very well in attendance, but needs extra people now. Those interested should call (337) 257-2908 for more information.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Theatre--Performance
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette Performing Arts Department and Alpha Psi Omega present The Birthday Dinner, a play written and directed by Brian Egland on Thursday (October 29th), Friday (October 30th) and Saturday (October 31st) at Fletcher Hall (on the University of Louisiana Lafayette Campus--on the corner of Girard Park Circle and E. Lewis St.). Admission is free, and tickets are only available at the door. Please arrive early because seating is limited.
This Show is Suggested For Mature Audiences.
A birthday can also be a time to recognize the change in someone else. A boy becoming a man or a girl becoming a woman. The blossoming of identity or the losing of innocence
Living life, we as people often do not stop to notice or celebrate the changes that has arisen in our lives. We often ignore it or continue to go with the flow, but there is one day when the changes in life cannot be ignored. That day is a birthday. It is nearly impossible to ignore life on that day because it is the anniversary of a person’s emergence into life. People choose to commemorate the day different ways. Some choose to celebrate and then there are those who try to ignore it, but most likely find themselves reflecting on the past or wondering about their future. You cannot ignore your life on its anniversary.
For more information, visit http://playsbybrianegland.blogspot.com/
The cast:
Jasmine Chapman--Jerýline Pete
Hunter Burke--Miles “Mr. Zee” Zeeman
Amandah Baker--Emma Osmond
Jeremy Drewery--Kaden “KC” Channing
Jamel Small--Boris Osmond
Kenny Gabriel--Guy Channing
Kristina Marshall--Judith Channing
Allison Schilhab--Ava Stone
This Show is Suggested For Mature Audiences.
A birthday can also be a time to recognize the change in someone else. A boy becoming a man or a girl becoming a woman. The blossoming of identity or the losing of innocence
Living life, we as people often do not stop to notice or celebrate the changes that has arisen in our lives. We often ignore it or continue to go with the flow, but there is one day when the changes in life cannot be ignored. That day is a birthday. It is nearly impossible to ignore life on that day because it is the anniversary of a person’s emergence into life. People choose to commemorate the day different ways. Some choose to celebrate and then there are those who try to ignore it, but most likely find themselves reflecting on the past or wondering about their future. You cannot ignore your life on its anniversary.
For more information, visit http://playsbybrianegland.blogspot.com/
The cast:
Jasmine Chapman--Jerýline Pete
Hunter Burke--Miles “Mr. Zee” Zeeman
Amandah Baker--Emma Osmond
Jeremy Drewery--Kaden “KC” Channing
Jamel Small--Boris Osmond
Kenny Gabriel--Guy Channing
Kristina Marshall--Judith Channing
Allison Schilhab--Ava Stone
Theatre--Performance
Mayhem and merriment soar this Halloween season at Opelousas Little Theatre with Bats in the Belfry, a two-act comedy by Angela Randazzo, directed by Walter Duncan McBride. Four spinster witches at the Ogilby Conservatory of Music have been keeping secrets from their young ward. When Pamela returns from boarding school with her fiancé, everyone and everything that has been invisible suddenly appear, and the shocking truth becomes as clear as mud.
The audience will get caught in the web of witchcraft and magic with this delightful play that runs October 29-31 at 7 pm with matinee performance on November 1 at 2 pm.
Special events for Halloween night at OLT include Trick or Treating from 5:30-6:30 pm and a costume contest. Come in costume and get 20% off the ticket price. Stay after for the "killer" costume contest because two winners will receive free season tickets for the OLT’s 2010 season.
Tickets are $10 and can be purchased in advance from Sebastien-Dupre Fine Jewelery (822 S. Main Street in Opelousas ((337) 948-4367)) or at the door before the show.
The audience will get caught in the web of witchcraft and magic with this delightful play that runs October 29-31 at 7 pm with matinee performance on November 1 at 2 pm.
Special events for Halloween night at OLT include Trick or Treating from 5:30-6:30 pm and a costume contest. Come in costume and get 20% off the ticket price. Stay after for the "killer" costume contest because two winners will receive free season tickets for the OLT’s 2010 season.
Tickets are $10 and can be purchased in advance from Sebastien-Dupre Fine Jewelery (822 S. Main Street in Opelousas ((337) 948-4367)) or at the door before the show.
Theatre--Performance
Under the direction of Debi L. Crawford, the actors of the comedy Moonlight and Magnolias are romping around the Eunice Players’ Theatre stage as they busily prepare for the opening of the third show of the season.
The year is 1939, and famed Hollywood director, David O. Selznick, has shut down production of his epic movie, replaced his director with Victor Fleming, and called in the wonder boy of screenwriters, Ben Hecht. It is only left to the imagination what happens in that locked office for five long days and nights as the three Hollywood power houses rewrite the script for one of the most beloved films of all time, Gone With the Wind.
The dates for the production of Moonlight and Magnolias are set for Saturday, November 7 at 7:00 pm and Sunday, November 8 at 2:00 pm. Dinner theatre, which is a steak dinner and dessert, catered by Nick’s on Second St., is set for Tuesday, November 10th at 6:00 pm. The comedy continues November 11, 12, and 14 at 7:00 pm and closes Sunday, November 15th with a 2:00 pm matinee. Single tickets ($10) and Dinner theatre tickets ($25) are available for purchase at David’s Hair Salon or by calling 337-546-0163 or 337-457-2156. The theatre accepts Visa and Mastercard for purchase of tickets.
The director would like to stress to people with peanut allergies that real peanuts and peanut shells will be used during production. Also, this show contains strong language.
For more information, please call Debi L. Crawford at 337-457-2156 or log onto the Eunice Players' Theatre website.
The year is 1939, and famed Hollywood director, David O. Selznick, has shut down production of his epic movie, replaced his director with Victor Fleming, and called in the wonder boy of screenwriters, Ben Hecht. It is only left to the imagination what happens in that locked office for five long days and nights as the three Hollywood power houses rewrite the script for one of the most beloved films of all time, Gone With the Wind.
The dates for the production of Moonlight and Magnolias are set for Saturday, November 7 at 7:00 pm and Sunday, November 8 at 2:00 pm. Dinner theatre, which is a steak dinner and dessert, catered by Nick’s on Second St., is set for Tuesday, November 10th at 6:00 pm. The comedy continues November 11, 12, and 14 at 7:00 pm and closes Sunday, November 15th with a 2:00 pm matinee. Single tickets ($10) and Dinner theatre tickets ($25) are available for purchase at David’s Hair Salon or by calling 337-546-0163 or 337-457-2156. The theatre accepts Visa and Mastercard for purchase of tickets.
The director would like to stress to people with peanut allergies that real peanuts and peanut shells will be used during production. Also, this show contains strong language.
For more information, please call Debi L. Crawford at 337-457-2156 or log onto the Eunice Players' Theatre website.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Theatre--Performance
The Opelousas Daily World has an article about Bats in the Belfry, the latest offering from the Opelousas Little Theatre. The article includes information about special events set up at the theatre for Halloween, including Trick or Treating for children and a costume contest.
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