Performing View
A Time To Perform in August
By Kaye Osborn
Hot August Nights are here again! Children will be heading back to school. (Still hard to believe that school reconvenes in August) There are several local shows coming up this month.
A very exciting announcement by Dr. Jim Johnson. Gallo Center will have its own repertory theater company: Gallo Center Repertory Company. The first show will be The Diary of Anne Frank: November 3-6. There will be four morning school performances and three public performances.
To all the high school and college drama directors, please let ModestoView know about your shows so that we can help you get the word out.
Here’s what is happening in our neck of the woods:
Modesto Performing Arts
Oklahoma
August 6,7,12,13 & 14
7:30 PM and 2 PM
The Valley Talent Project
August 26 & 27
SpecialView
By Tracie Sprague
Center Stage Conservatory will be hosting a series of events this month to fundraise the remainder of their season. There is bound to be something for everyone on the Lower Level during these Hot August Nights.
Spoken Word and Singer Songwriter Showcase
Saturday August 6 starting at 8pm (doors 7:30pm)
A night of local talent performing their original work. The first half will be spoken word artists from the Central Valley, and after a short intermission we will finish the evening with a set of local singer-songwriters.
The spoken words artists will be: Alexys Rushing, Brandon Leake, Chad Sokolovsky, Jake Yates, Juniper Sprague, Melchor Sahagun III, Nena Larieze, and Summer Krafft
Musician’s Appearing:
Ben Baxter Brye, Mattea Overstreet, and Uri Rodriguez
Tickets will be $10 cash at the door.
The 24 Hour Plays
Saturday August 20 at 8pm (doors at 7:30pm)
6 ten-minute plays are written, rehearsed, and performed within 24 hours. Part spectacle, part sporting event, part theatrical experience, the 24 Hour Plays is always an exciting, entertaining event.
Tickets $5 cash at the door
Actors! Directors! Playwrights! It’s time again for the 24 Hour Plays at Center Stage. We need up to 24 actors, 6 directors and 6 playwrights. 6 short plays are written, rehearsed, and performed in a 24 hour period. Please message producer Dawn Trook to sign up at dtrook@gmail.com<mailto:dtrook@gmail.com>
TIME COMMITMENT:
All participants will arrive for a one-hour meeting at 9:30 PM on August 19th.
10:30 PM-5:30 AM: Writers will write 10 minute plays, specifically for the actors they are randomly assigned.
7:00 AM: Directors arrive for script assignments
8:00 AM: Actors return for team assignments
8:00 AM-9:30 PM: Rehearse! Memorize lines! Tech Rehearsal! And Performance!
Center Stage Conservatory
948 Eleventh Street
Inside the City Center on the Lower Level
Enter on J Street
(209) 345-2739 www.centerstagemodesto.com
Caption: Photo of Summer Kraft by Philip Johnson
