Bakersfield Drama News #4 (Weekend of June 24, 2007)
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This Week In Bakersfield Theatre - weekend of June 24th, 2007
Welcome to our fourth issue of the drama news, the emails that keep you in the know! I'm adding this opening commentary to create a space for more news & gossip about local theatre. For now I'll use it to fill in the details about upcoming and current shows, but in the future I think it would be great to include outside thoughts, opinions, links...so consider this a hint for you to send them in.
I am very excited to see two major summer shows opening this weekend and next. HAIR opens at the Empty Space on Friday. It's a major undertaking for the cast & crew at the Empty Space, so I am really excited and hopeful that it will come together and reach it's full potential. I will have a video for you on TheatreAddict TV next week, so stay tuned.
The History of Rock & Roll Goes to the Movies is the next major show that I'm referring to, and that opens next weekend. Last year's HR&R was a blast, and I can't wait to see what they do for the new show. I already know that Stevie Wonder is coming back, and that's all I need to know... lol
In other news, BCT's 20th annual One Act Play Festival debuted last weekend and promptly received TWO write-ups. Bakersfield.com columnist David Burger wrote a nice article, and local artist Jen Raven blogged her own experience as well. The Californian article is shut in the pay-only archives, but you can read the Raven's article on clicking here. And make sure to catch the One Acts closing weekend...it's always a fun experience featuring local authors and many directorial debuts. Says producer Julie Jordan-Scott: "This is going to be the most diverse One Act Festival ever...I am so proud to be a part of this project. We have plays that will make you laugh out loud, we have plays that will make you cry, we have plays that will make you think, we have plays that may make you want to write poetry. People are leaving the One Act Festival in a different frame of mind than when they arrived - and that is a good thing. We've done our job, then."
Lastly, Space: The Musical is continuing at the Gaslight Melodrama and I highly recommend it for curing the summer doldrums. It's the best show I have seen at the Gaslight, a fun musical spoof of many familiar space movies...even features several reworked Queen songs that bring the house. For a free preview of Space, check out the video on youtube. Oh yeah, it's also musical director Warren Dobson's last show before leaving Bako! Sniff.
That's it for this week.
-Aaron Mauldin
Editor
I am very excited to see two major summer shows opening this weekend and next. HAIR opens at the Empty Space on Friday. It's a major undertaking for the cast & crew at the Empty Space, so I am really excited and hopeful that it will come together and reach it's full potential. I will have a video for you on TheatreAddict TV next week, so stay tuned.
The History of Rock & Roll Goes to the Movies is the next major show that I'm referring to, and that opens next weekend. Last year's HR&R was a blast, and I can't wait to see what they do for the new show. I already know that Stevie Wonder is coming back, and that's all I need to know... lol
In other news, BCT's 20th annual One Act Play Festival debuted last weekend and promptly received TWO write-ups. Bakersfield.com columnist David Burger wrote a nice article, and local artist Jen Raven blogged her own experience as well. The Californian article is shut in the pay-only archives, but you can read the Raven's article on clicking here. And make sure to catch the One Acts closing weekend...it's always a fun experience featuring local authors and many directorial debuts. Says producer Julie Jordan-Scott: "This is going to be the most diverse One Act Festival ever...I am so proud to be a part of this project. We have plays that will make you laugh out loud, we have plays that will make you cry, we have plays that will make you think, we have plays that may make you want to write poetry. People are leaving the One Act Festival in a different frame of mind than when they arrived - and that is a good thing. We've done our job, then."
Lastly, Space: The Musical is continuing at the Gaslight Melodrama and I highly recommend it for curing the summer doldrums. It's the best show I have seen at the Gaslight, a fun musical spoof of many familiar space movies...even features several reworked Queen songs that bring the house. For a free preview of Space, check out the video on youtube. Oh yeah, it's also musical director Warren Dobson's last show before leaving Bako! Sniff.
That's it for this week.
-Aaron Mauldin
Editor
Contents:
Shows
Hair Empty Space
BCT 20th Annual One Act Festival Bakersfield Community Theatre
Lewd Mechanicals (Sketch Comedy) Empty Space
World Goes Round Stars
SPACE: The Musical Gaslight Melodrama
Auditions
(None)
Misc.
(Nada)
Shows:
Hair
Opening Weekend!
THE EMPTY SPACE
Friday & Saturday at 8PM
The Empty Space is excited to present Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical! Hair was a significant part of the drug, music and peace-love culture of the 1960's putting rock music and the culture that went with it on stage. The show has a strong effect on everyone, and acts as a bridge between generations and viewpoints. Phenomenal musical numbers include Aquarius, Good Morning Starshine, Hair, and many more. The lyrics show more depth than noticed at first glance, borrowing anything from the drug culture to Shakespeare.
This show has a vitality, a timelessness and a meaning that outlives the late 1960's and early 1970's in America. "...be free, no guilt, be whoever you are, do whatever you want, just as long as you don't hurt anyone." This Utopian philosophy incorporates many concepts which supply lyrics for a show comprised almost exclusively of rock musical numbers. As a social commentary of our times, Hair provides an insight into the philosophy of the flower children of the 1960's. Come see the first and most successful of the rock musicals this June and July at The Empty Space. Opening June 22 and running through July 14, Hair promises to be THE event of the summer!
The Empty Space
706 Oak Street
Bakersfield, CA 93304
http://www.esonline.org
(661) 327-PLAY
Bakersfield Community Theatre 20th Annual One Act Festival
The Canvases
CLOSING WEEKEND
AT BAKERSFIELD COMMUNITY THEATRE
Friday & Saturday at 8PM, Sunday at 2PM
"Wordplay"
by Carol-Baker Willey and Terry Willey
Directed by Jody Lowry
"Cup of Apple Cider Tea"
Written by Kathryn Jordan
Directed by Enrique Acosta
"Old Friends"
by Carol-Baker Willey and Terry Willey
Directed by Althea Williams
"The Script"
Written by Robert Schmid
Directed by Michael Pawloski
"I Wait for Sleep"
Written by Laura Maxwell
Directed by Julie Jordan Scott
The Phone Monster
Written by Vicki Kyker-Jameson
Directed by Helen Acosta
BCT is located at 2400 South Chester Avenue
Call 831-8114 for reservations
Lewd Mechanicals: Sketch Comedy
One Weekend Only
AT THE EMPTY SPACE
Friday & Saturday at 11PM
More sketch/improv comedy? Why not?! The Lewd Mechanicals have been seen at other venues and we are glad to offer them a home this June 22 and 23 at 11 PM. See them in their special one weekend engagement.
The Empty Space
706 Oak Street
Bakersfield, CA 93304
http://www.esonline.org
(661) 327-PLAY
World Goes Round
Closing Weekend!
AT STARS THEATRE RESTAURANT
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 8PM
Dinner is served 1 hour & 30 minutes before showtime
"Sometimes you're happy and sometimes you're sad – but the world goes 'round." Life – with its glories, indignities, hopes and quiet dreams – is the subject of this stunning revue of the beloved songs of John Kander and Fred Ebb.
The vast range of human experience is explored in song after impeccable song by one of Broadway's most daring and successful teams and masters of the heart-grabbing Broadway showstopper. This glittering revue features unforgettable gems from throughout their incredible career in theatre, film and television, spotlighting songs from "Cabaret;" "Chicago;" "New York, New York;" "Funny Lady;" "Kiss Of The Spiderwoman" and more.
1931 Chester Avenue
Downtown Bakersfield
(661) 325-6100
SPACE: The Musical
Playing through June 30th
AT THE GASLIGHT MELODRAMA & MUSIC HALL
Friday & Saturday at 7PM, Sunday at 2PM
Watch the video preview on YouTube
Written by James Mongold and Michael Prince
Directed by Michael Prince
To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the release of the first "Star Wars" movie, the Gaslight Melodrama Theatre and Music Hall is paying tribute with their latest production, which opens exactly thirty years to the day of the original "Star Wars" motion picture. Come on down dressed as your favorite "Star Wars" or "Star Trek" character and experience the most fun you'll have all summer.
Join the crew of the USS Rent-A-Ship as their fearless leader, Captain James B. Jerk, leads them in a battle against the evil Flingons in a fight to save the Galaxy from intergalactic war. With the help of young Duke Flyswatter and the old, but wise Master Won Ton Kenobi, there's no way this adventure could be anything short of fun. This comedic parody, which lampoons everything from Star Wars to Star Trek, is sure to be a show every techie, trekkie and family will enjoy.
Followed by a brand new Vaudville Revue:
"Whatever Happened To Broadway"
written & directed by Warren Dobson
A comedic, musical tribute to all things "Broadway".
Both shows starring: Garrett Marshall, Greg Ramsdell, Ken Burdick, Jay Stodder, Christie Maturo, Michael Prince, Coryn McBride, Kate Jeffrey, Andy Jeffery and Matt Thompson
Where: The Gaslight Melodrama Theatre & Music Hall
12748 Jomani Dr.
Bakersfield, CA 93312
(661) 587-3377
When: May 25th – June 30th 2007
Friday 7:00pm
Saturday 7:00pm
Sunday 2:00pm
Prices: General Admission $17.00 Matinee Prices: General $15.00
Seniors $15.00 Student $7.50
Child (12 & under) $7.50 Child $7.50
The Gaslight Melodrama & Music Hall is owned and operated by Arnie Carlos and Linda Larma (Producers).
Auditions:
There are none this weekend that we are aware of
Miscellaneous:
Yabba dabba doo.
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