PCPA Explores “Every Brilliant Thing”
1) Ice cream. 2) Kung Fu movies. 3) The color yellow. 4) Laughing so hard you shoot milk out your nose. That’s how you start the list of every brilliant…
Of Faith, Family, and a “Miracle”
Tempesta, Bowers, Bolyard, Peters and Lyons About half-way through the second act of Tom Dudzick’s 90-minute, two-act play Miracle on South Division Street, a character makes a timely observation:…
“Hansel and Gretel” Continues OperaSLO Tradition
Opera San Luis Obispo’s next production is a delightful operatic setting of the Brothers Grimm fairytale Hansel and Gretel, sung in English and slated for two performances in October. Composed…
“Odysseus Dies . . .” in Four Performances Only
Not many theatrical productions telegraph their denouements right up front, but the Central Coast Shakespeare Festival is taking the plunge with its first-ever fall production, Odysseus Dies at the End,…
Raise a Glass to the Melodrama at 50
Wow . . . 50 years. How can you possibly sum up all the people, performances, and applause produced over five decades by The Great American Melodrama in Oceano? Well…
“Gabby’s Dollhouse” Comes to the PAC SLO
Gabby's Dollhouse Live!, an a-MEOW-zing musical show, brings to life an original story with an all-Australian cast, unique puppets, dynamic staging, and song favorites—including “Sprinkle Party,” “Hey Gabby,” “Music In…
By the Sea Stages Tom Dudzick’s “Miracle”
By the Sea Productions presents a staged reading of Miracle on South Division Street by Tom Dudzick for one weekend only September 12-14 at 545 Shasta Avenue in Morro Bay.…
“Fortinbras” Begins Where “Hamlet” Ends
Have you ever wondered what happens after (spoiler alert!) everyone dies at the end of Shakespeare’s Hamlet? In 1991, playwright Lee Blessing took this question seriously enough to pen Fortinbras,…
“I Love You” Sets the SLO REP Bar High
Jeffrey Laughrun, Joe Ogren, Katelyn Shreiner & Morgan Tapp SLO REP is opening its 79th season with a bang—an auspicious beginning to an ambitious lineup of shows for 2025-26,…
Jill Turnbow Brings “17 Raccoons” to SMCT
Some people don’t slide their way to the bottom, sometimes the bottom reaches up and knocks them out. Jill Turnbow brings her storytelling skills to her one-woman show 17 Raccoons…