No Reason Is Good Enough to Miss “JCS”
Photos by Namu Williams This production was scheduled April 26-May 5, 2024. Don’t let the subject matter, or the drive up the coast, or other plans already scheduled—or indeed any…
“Little Shop” Conjures Horror and Comedy
Photos by Luis Escobar, Reflections Photography Studio Production dates April 25-May 12, 2024 in Santa Maria and June 13-July 7, 2024 in Solvang. Just how bad does a plant (yes,…
SLOIFF Panel Offers Industry Insights
Three industry professionals talked film festivals and the future of independent filmmaking at a “State of the Industry” panel Saturday morning as part of the SLO International Film Festival. Ian…
Catch “The Fish Whisperer” at the Melodrama
This production was scheduled March 22-May 11, 2024. The ending of any musical theatre work that opens with the words “The fish ain’t bitin’” (sung in an Upper Midwestern accent,…
A Gift to the Community
Photo by RyLo Media Design, Ryan C. Loyd This production was scheduled March 29-April 14, 2024. Regardless of your political persuasion, you will be challenged by the Obie Award-winning play…
“Talk Radio” Deserves a Full House
This production was scheduled March 22-24, 2024. For a staged reading, the latest offering from By the Sea Productions in Morro Bay contains a great deal of action, and the…
PCPA’s “Wolf” Is Intense, Haunting
Photos by Luis Escobar, Reflections Photography Studio This production was scheduled February 29-March 17, 2024. There are some unexplained, and in the end unexplainable, happenings in Wolf at the Door,…
PCPA’s “Henry V” and Playmaking
Photos by Luis Escobar, Reflections Photography Studio This production was scheduled February 16-25, 2024. PCPA artistic director Mark Booher describes Shakespeare’s Henry V as “a kind of living treatise to…
Six Amazing Women, One Shining Show
Photos by Ryan C. Loyd, RyLo Media Design This production was scheduled February 9-March 10, 2024. Six amazing singers, four terrific instrumentalists, and one shining show brought the house to…
“Grave Mistakes” Measures Up at Melodrama
This production was scheduled January 26-March 16, 2024. For a number of reasons, the first production of The Great American Melodrama’s 2024 season more than lives up to the troupe’s…