San Luis Obispo County's Connection to Arts and Culture
Photos by B App A remarkable production of an unconventional play opened onstage (literally) at Cal Poly’s Spanos Theatre on May 8. Passage—written by award-winning playwright Christopher Chen, directed…
Frank Lanzone, president and general manager of KCBX-FM Central Coast Public Radio, recently sent an urgent appeal to local supporters that bears repeating to a larger audience. His message, in…
You’ll see more characters die (or at least pretend to, in more ways than one) on the By the Sea Productions stage than you ever have before when you pay…
Photos by Luis Escobar, Reflections Photography Studio Let’s cut to the chase: Waitress, on stage 'til May 11 at the Marian Theatre in Santa Maria, and scheduled June 19-July…
Photos by Sammy Gore and Quinlin Gallagher When someone says “Let’s put on a play!” it takes more than just a troupe of willing actors to pull together a fully-realized…
Bob Mackie hasn’t been to San Luis Obispo in decades, and then it was just a brief stopover on the road to somewhere else. Now the famed costume designer will…
It’s the 50th anniversary of The Great American Melodrama in Oceano, and its current production epitomizes much of what makes this venerable institution worth celebrating. Shut Up, Sherlock (playing now…
There’s a show being staged at The Great American Melodrama that couldn’t be a more perfect choice to help celebrate the 50 years that this mighty theatre company in Oceano…
Sweet, profane, insightful, down-to-earth, undaunted. That’s one description of Sugar, an Internet advice columnist and the main character in Tiny Beautiful Things, a two-act play based on the best-selling book…
Ever wonder what taking an acting class would be like? Or whether you'd enjoy being in a play at a local community theatre? Or who even signs up for these things?…