`Man of La Mancha' writer's new play tells old tale.Byline: The Register-Guard Very Little Theatre's production of "Players in the Game," a new work by Dale Wasserman Dale Wasserman (born 1917) is a prolific writer of drama. Biography "I was born. That seems fairly certain, but where or when less so, since I could not boast a birth certificate. , heads up a busy week on local stages. OPENING THIS WEEK Players in the Game Very Little Theatre Friday through May 5 A medieval drama about power and religion during the Inquisition, `Players in the Game' is a new work by Dale Wasserman, the Tony Award-winning author of ``Man of La Mancha'' - which, not coincidentally, just finished up at Very Little Theatre. Director Reva Kaufman was offered the new play after corresponding with Wasserman while she was co-directing ``La Mancha La Man·cha A region of south-central Spain. The high, mostly barren plateau is famous as the setting for Cervantes's Don Quixote. .'' The play is set in 1316, a year in which the Catholic Inquisition burned thousands of people at the stake, and details the efforts of the bishop of Prague to keep the peace. The cast includes Bill Campbell as the Bishop, along with Nancy Boyett, Cate Wolfenbarger, Chris McVay, Richard Scheeland, Don Kelley, Chris Gorton, Frank Long, Steve Mandell and Caroline Cramer. Performances are at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and April 26-27 and May 4-5, and at 2 p.m. Sunday and April 28-29. All shows are in VLT's Stage Left theater, 2350 Hilyard St. Tickets are $10; call 344-7751. Mud University Theatre Wednesday through May 5 Maria Irene Fornes' "Mud," written in the 1980s, explores the struggle of women searching for love in all the wrong places - such as a love triangle A love triangle is a romantic relationship involving three people (known as a triad). While it can refer to two people independently romantically linked with a third, it usually implies that each of the three people has some kind of relationship to the other two. . In this University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. Second Season production, Stephanie Brubaker plays Mae, the searcher; Kelly Mackay plays her common-law husband, Lloyd, and Henry the older neighbor is played by Ryan Primm. Theater student Melissa Hurt directs the show. Performances are at 8 p.m. Wednesday and April 26-29 and May 3-5 in the UO's Arena Theatre, Villard Hall Villard Hall is a historic building located in Eugene, Oregon, United States. Completed in 1886, it is the second-oldest building on the University of Oregon campus after Deady Hall. The Second Empire-style building was listed on National Register of Historic Places in 1972. , 1109 Old Campus Lane. Tickets are $6; call 346-4363. A Year With Frog and Toad A Year With Frog and Toad is a musical written by brothers Robert (music) and Willie Reale (book and lyrics), based on the Frog and Toad children's stories written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel. Actors Cabaret of Eugene Friday through May 20 This upbeat, Broadway-style family musical about friendship opens Friday at Actors Cabaret of Eugene, where it will run for four weekends before moving to the Hult Center's Soreng Theater. The music runs lightly from ragtime ragtime: see jazz. ragtime U.S. popular music of the late 19th and early 20th centuries distinguished by its heavily syncopated rhythm. Ragtime found its characteristic expression in formally structured piano compositions, the accented left-hand to Dixieland; the action traces cheerful Frog and grumpy Toad through four seasons of travels. The cast of 19 is headed by Bruce McCarthy as Frog and Gaylord Walker as Toad. Joe Zingo is the director and designer. Performances at ACE, 996 Willamette St., begin at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and April 27-28, May 4-5 and 11-12. Two matinees begin at 2 p.m. April 29 and May 13. Tickets are $18 reserved, $15 general admission and $34.95 for dinner seating; call 683-4368. Hult Center performances are at 7:30 p.m. May 18-19 and 2 p.m. May 20. Tickets are $22 to $25; call 682-5000. Children of Eden Churchill High School Friday through April 28 `Children of Eden' opens Friday as the first fully staged and orchestrated musical at Churchill High School in six years. The play puts a new spin on the Genesis story of Adam, Eve, Cain and Abel Cain and Abel In the Hebrew scriptures, the sons of Adam and Eve. According to Genesis, Cain, the firstborn, was a farmer, and his brother Abel was a shepherd. Cain was enraged when God preferred his brother's sacrifice of sheep to his own offering of grain, and he murdered , and creates an original fable involving Noah and his family onboard the ark. Director Al Villanueva has a cast of 60, accompanied by a high school orchestra led by Christopher Mudd. Shows are at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and April 26-28, and 2 p.m. Sunday at the school, 1850 Bailey Hill Road. Tickets are $8; call 687-3420. Return to the Forbidden Planet This article or section may contain excessive or improper use of copyrighted images and/or audio files. Please review the use of non-free media according to policy and guidelines, correct any violations, then remove this tag once compliant. See the talk page for details. Marist High School Friday through April 28 ``Return to the Forbidden Planet,'' a wild and wacky sci-fi ride, opens Friday. The play, by Bob Carlton Bob Carlton is an English theatre director and writer. 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Curtain is at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and April 27-28, and at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. All shows are in the Bob Deveraux Theatre at Marist High School, 1900 Kingsley Road. Tickets are $10; go to www.marisths.org/ theatretickets.htm. Into the Woods Junior Actors Cabaret Youth Academy Friday through April 29 The Brothers Grimm For information about the other uses of the name, see Brothers Grimm (disambiguation). The Grimm Brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, were German academics who were best known for publishing collections of folk tales and fairy tales,[1] go Broadway in this Stephen Sondheim Noun 1. Stephen Sondheim - United States composer of musicals (born in 1930) Sondheim show, which has been scaled down for a youth cast. Rebecca Teran directs a cast of 13 young actors between 9 and 18 years old. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and April 27-28, and 2 p.m. Sunday and April 29. All shows are at Actors Cabaret Annex, 39 W. 10th Ave. Tickets are $15, $10 for children; call 683-4368. |
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