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Topics: Bakersfield, Holiday, Holidays, Christmas, december, 2006, entertainment, Kern County, theatre, theater, acting, stage, plays, shows, Show, showing, arts, holiday fun, entertainment schedule
Posted by theatreaddict Thu Nov 30, 2006 16:47:46 PST
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THIS WEEK IN BAKERSFIELD THEATER:
Week ending December 3, 2006
 
OPENING:
1. Miracle on 34th Street at Spotlight Theatre
2. Christmas Travelers presented by Omnipresent Puppet Theatre at The Empty Space mornings
3. Living Out at Bakersfield College
4. Curtain Going Up at East High School
5. The Mousetrap at Arvin High School
6. The Night of the Living One Acts Pt 3 at South High School
7. FrUiTCaKeS at Ridgeview High School
8. The Night Before Christmas at the Gaslight Melodrama
9. It's A Wonderful Life at the Jewel Box Theatre
10. It's A Merry Christmas at Stars Dinner Theatre
 
ONGOING:
11. Major League Improv at the Spotlight Theatre
 
AUDITIONS:
12. Lettice & Lovage at The Empty Space
13. Glengarry Glen Ross at The Spotlight Theatre
14. The Vagina Monologues at The Empty Space
15. Macbeth at The Empty Space
 
MISCELLANEOUS:
16. The Theatre Addict
17. Guide to seeing all the shows you can in a weekend
 
UPCOMING:
Hurry Up, Santa at the Empty Space (December 8)
The Velveteen Rabbit at Bakersfield Community Theatre (December 8)
RAT Christmas Show at the Empty Space late nights (December 15)
 
 
OPENING: 
1. Miracle on 34th Street
at THE SPOTLIGHT THEATER
Written by Patricia DeBendetto Snyder, Will Severin, and John Vreeker
Directed by Roger Mathey
 
Friday and Saturday at 8pm
Sunday at 2pm
 
Based on a 1947 novel by Valentine Davis, “Miracle on 34th Street” is the story of Kris Kringle (John Fowler), an elderly, kindhearted man who believes he is Santa Claus. Doris Walker (Abby Chapin) and her 7-year-old daughter, Susan (Amelia Egland), meet Kringle when Doris hires him to play Santa for New York’s Macy’s department store. Kringle’s efforts to fight the commercialism surrounding Christmas and to grant children their Christmas wishes eventually lead him into court for a competency hearing, defended by attorney Fred Gailey (Joshua Hensley) who believes and wants Susan and Doris to believe as well. The stakes are high for Kringle, who is trying to avoid commitment to a psychiatric hospital, and for Susan, who desperately wants to believe in Santa. As mother and daughter overcome their skepticism, they learn the true meaning of the Christmas spirit, as does the audience.

Tickets for this event are $18 for general admission, $15 for students, seniors, and active military.
 
Save $3 by getting your tickets a day in advance of the performance!
 
FRIDAY NIGHT COME AND ENJOY A FREE RECEPTION WITH FOOD AND DRINKS,
INCLUDED WITH THE PRICE OF YOUR TICKET!
 
The Spotlight Theatre is located at 1622 19th Street, downtown Bakersfield.
 
Call 661 634 0692 for more information or to make reservations.
 
2. Christmas Travelers
at THE EMPTY SPACE
presented by Omnipresent Puppet Theater
 
Friday and Saturday at 10a
 
This unique story is about a family traveling at Christmas time and is loosely based on the biblical story about the wise men.
 
Doors open at 9:30 AM.
 
Admission is only $7 for adults and $5 for children under 12. Children under 2 are FREE!
 
The Empty Space is located at 706 Oak Street.
 
More information can be obtained by calling The Empty Space at 327-PLAY (327-7529).
 
 
3. Living Out
at BAKERSFIELD COLLEGE INDOOR THEATRE
Written by Lisa Loomer
Directed by Kimberly Chin
 
Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8pm
 
Living Out tells the story of the complicated relationship between a Salvadoran nanny and the Anglo lawyer she works for. Both women are smart, hard-working mothers. Both want better lives for their children. The play explores what is the shared humanity between them...and what are the differences wrought by race, class and Ana's illegal status. Through Ana, we understand what it means to leave a child in order to care for someone else's. Through Nancy, we understand the pressure on women today to "do it all" and the cost of making that choice. The play also looks at the prejudices and misconceptions between Anglos and Latinos. How do we make someone "the other"? What is the cost of doing so? The play is both outrageously funny and ultimately tragic.

Bakersfield College is located at 1801 Panorama Dr.

Call 395-4326 for more information or to make reservations.
 
 
4. Curtain Going Up
at EAST HIGH SCHOOL
Written by Gregory Johnston
Directed by Jenna Widelock
 
Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30pm
 
Among the comic obstacles facing Miss Burgess in producing her first play at the high school are a grouchy janitor, disappearing scripts, crossed up romances, a stage struck heroine and her bewildered boyfriend, an actor with a swollen head, a disgruntled athlete who feels out of place on stage, a flamboyant professional actress with advice, a banker's daughter driven to theft and, perhaps most unexpected of all, a romance for Miss Burgess herself! The solution to the mounting complications sets forth a worthwhile theme that will further satisfy any audience.
 
East High is located at 2200 Quincy Dr
 
Call 661 871 7221 for more information.
 
4. The Mousetrap
at ARVIN HIGH SCHOOL
Written by Agatha Christie
 
Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7pm
 
Agatha Christie comes forth with another hit about a group of strangers stranded in a boarding house during a snow storm, one of whom is a murderer. The suspects include the newly married couple who run the house, and the suspicions that are in their minds nearly wreck their perfect marriage. Others are a spinster with a curious background, an architect who seems better equipped to be a chef, a retired Army major, a strange little man who claims his car has overturned in a drift, and a jurist who makes life miserable for everyone. Into their midst comes a policeman, traveling on skis. He no sooner arrives, than the jurist is killed. Two down, and one to go. To get to the rationale of the murderer's pattern, the policeman probes the background of everyone present, and rattles a lot of skeletons. Another famous Agatha Christie switch finish! Chalk up another superb intrigue for the foremost mystery writer of her time.
 
Arvin High School is located at 900 Varsity Rd. in Arvin. 
 
Call (661) 854-5561 for more information.
 
 
5. Night of the Living One Acts Part 3
at SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL
Written by David Ives
Directed by Julie Ingram
 
Thursday and  Friday  at 7:30pm
 
The show consists of five one-act plays written by the hilarious David Ives and directed by Julie Ingram. Doors open at 7pm and the show starts at 7:30pm on Thursday, November 30th and Friday, December 1st.
 
We hope you will come out and support the drama program at South High. Enjoy the show!
 
Tickets are $5 for adults and students, $4 for students with ASB, and $3 for children.
 
South High School is located at 1101 Planz Road
 
Call (661) 831-3680 for more information.
 
 
6. FrUiTCaKeS
at RIDGEVIEW HIGH SCHOOL
Written by Julian Wiles
 
Friday and Saturday at 7:00pm
 
Mix together a batch of fruitcakes, three dozen Christmas trees, 10,000 outdoor Christmas lights, a chicken pox epidemic, two southern spinsters, an angel on roller skates, shepherds on skateboards, an estranged old man, a lost cat named Tutti Frutti and a Christmas hog named Buster and you've got the recipe for a fun filled and touching evening filled with holiday cheer. Into this world comes Ryan, a kid who has run away from home and come as far as his money will take him. At first he thinks this town's inhabitants are "nuttier than fruitcakes," but soon he comes to admire, appreciate and adore this nutty little town. A moving story of alienation, understanding and reconciliation, FrUiTCaKeS provides audiences with a heaping helping of holiday warmth and Christmas cheer.
 
Ridgeview Auditorium is located at 8501 Stine Road.
 
Call (661) 398-3100 for more information.
 
 
7. The Night Before Christmas
at THE GASLIGHT MELODRAMA THEATRE AND MUSIC HALL
 
Friday at 7pm
Saturdays at 1pm & 7pm
Sundays at 1pm & 7pm
Tuesdays - Thursdays at 7pm
 
Those of you who came to see "A Christmas Carol" last December, know exactly how much fun Christmas can be here at the Gaslight Melodrama. This year, the fun is guaranteed to continue. You'll see a mix of heart-warming Christmas themed-tales mixed with holiday music and outrageous comedy! It's fun for the whole family!
 
Prices are $17 for adults, $15 for seniors and students, and $7.50 for children 12 and under.
 
The Gaslight Melodrama Theatre & Music Hall is located at 12748 Jomani Drive
 
E-Mail at gaslightmelodrama@yahoo.com for more information or to make reservations call (661) 587-3377.
 
 
8. It's A Wonderful Life
at THE JEWEL BOX THEATER at the HILL HOUSE
Written by Thomas M. Sharkey from the original story by Philip Van Doren Stern
Directed by David Zent
 
Friday at 7pm
Saturdays at 1pm & 7pm
Sundays at 1pm
 
About to kill himself on Christmas Eve, George Bailey (Jeremiah Lowry) discovers, with the help his guardian angel Clarence (Tim Fromm), what the world would be like if he had never been born.
 
The Jewel Box Theatre at the Hill House is located at 700 Truxtun Ave
 
For more information or questions, please call Candice or David at 325-7585 or 327-3737
 
 
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