The Addams Family

The Addams Family logo

 

We’re thrilled to announce that the local premiere of The Addams Family has been added to the Good Company Players’ 2014 Season at Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater. This frightfully delightful musical comedy about the original creepy, kooky, spooky family will run September 18th to November 9th. It’s deliciously eerie musical fun, perfect for the fall season!  Call 559-266-9494 or 800-371-4747 right away, or go to our website to reserve.

 

Morticia says “buy the 2014 Season and save 10%”

2014 Season including Addams FamilyThere’s still time to save 10% off the 2014 Season, but you need to act by March 14. Six fantastic nights out, enjoying mouth-watering meals and six award-winning musicals at a great price. Best of all, you guarantee your favorite table for every show.

Great theater, great food, and a great night out. Buy your season tickets online at our special 10% season discount page or call the Box Office at 559-266-9494 or 800-371-4747.

Can’t make it to all six shows? Pick your favorite 3, 4, or 5 shows and we’ll book your custom Mini Season for you, and you’ll still save money off individual per-show prices.

Funny Forum down to the final few

Photo from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

 

The Tony Award winning “Best Musical,” A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is in its final two weeks at Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater.  It will wind up with the matinee performance on Sunday, March 16.  Rated PG.

Reviewers are saying “all comic cylinders are firing” in Good Company Players’ romp, “chock full of  sight gags, pratfalls, wild chases, cross-dressing, fake dead bodies and a gaggle of courtesans.”

Act fast if you don’t want to miss it.  Call now to grab your table for this spirit-lifting joyride.  (559) 266-9494 or (800) 371-4747.  Or get your tickets online at our secure webpage.

The King and I logo

Good Company Players presents The King And I at Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater, beginning March 20th.

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s masterful score accompanies the magnificent story of the prim Victorian school teacher, Anna Leonowens, who is hired by the King of Siam to teach his numerous offspring and wives.

By turns hilarious and heartrending, The King and I follows the contest of wits between the feisty Anna and the intelligent but autocratic King of Siam. The two begin as adversaries but slowly find a common bond in their love for Siam and its people. As their affection grows into a deep and sincere regard for each other, a sudden turn of events catapults them into an ideological battle that threatens to destroy them both.

The King And I is rated G for the whole family and tickets are already selling briskly. Get yours by calling (559) 266-9494 or (800) 371-4747.  Or buy online at our secure webpage.

Lifetime Achievement AwardCRA logo

Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater and Good Company Players are thrilled to be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Fresno Chapter of the California Restaurant Association.  Roger Rocka, Dan Pessano and staff from both organizations will bask in the limelight March 10 at the CRA’s Best of the Valley Restaurant Awards at the Radisson Hotel.  If you’re interested in attending you can contact the CRA at (800) 765.4842.

At Good Company Players’ 2nd Space Theatre

Logo for The 39 Steps

The Tony Award-winning comic adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps is careening around the stage at Good Company Players’ 2nd Space Theatre with a double dose of thrills and laughs.  A man bored with life meets a beautiful, mysterious and seemingly paranoid woman who requires his help in thwarting an evil plot and uncovering the meaning of “the 39 Steps”. Finding her dead — and himself the main suspect — he flees to Scotland to find the real culprit. But time is running out; can he save the free world and solve the mystery of the “39 Steps” before it’s too late?
This spoof of all things Hitchcock is incredibly fast-paced, uproarious, full of intrigue and frantic with fun! Rated PG. Get your tickets at 559-266-0660 or buy them securely online.

There’s much more to come in 2014 at Good Company Players’ 2nd Space Theatre:   Les Liaisons DangereusesOver the River and through the WoodsThe Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare, and The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.   You can purchase tickets in advance at 559-266-0660 or at the 2nd Space webpage.

Workshops and Classes with Good Company Players

Preparing for upcoming musical auditions? Join GCP’s Theatre Dance Class, beginning Saturday, March 8th. Open to ages 10 and up, there will be 8 Saturday sessions through April 26th. Beginning Level will meet at 3:15 pm and the Intermediate Level will meet at 4:30 pm at Good Company Players’ Annex (1230 N. Wishon Ave., Fresno). Nicholle Debbas instructor. Call 559-266-0211 to sign up or visit Good Company Players’ website for more information.

Pirates of Penzance logo
Good Company Players is now enrolling for its annual Performance Experience Workshop featuring an All-Kids Production of The Pirates of Penzance, which begins rehearsals June 2nd.  Young people aged 8-17 will present their own performances of The Pirates of Penzance, a zany operetta full of swashbuckling pirates, ditzy fair maidens, bumbling policemen, lovable villains and confused heroes. There are many delightful roles for young actors to explore, and everyone who registers is in the cast.  Sign up deadline is May 21.  Call (559) 266-0211 to enroll or to be added to GCP’s mailing list. For more information, visit Good Company Players’ website.

Act Now?

Good Company Players’ auditions for Over the River and Through the Woods and The Comedy of Errors will be held on April 12 at 2nd Space Theatre. Get complete audition information at 559-266-0211 or at the GCP website.

Entertainment Calendar for March

Saturday – March 1, 2014-

*The Rogue Festival, Throughout the Tower District, Through March 8th, 559-514-6715

*Once On This Island, 7:30P, Roosevelt School for the Arts, Fresno, 559-253-5323

*26th Annual San Joaquin Valley Jazz Festival, 8:00A, Paul Shaghoian Memorial Concert Hall, Fresno, 559-355-1108

*Chinese New Year Parade and Festival, 10:00A, Fresno’s Chinatown Area, Fresno

*Bill Cosby, 8:00P, Saroyan Theatre, Fresno, 800-745-3000

*Keith Sweat, 8:00P, Selland Arena, Fresno, 559-445-8100

Sunday – March 2, 2014-

*Fresno Marti Gras Parade & Festival, 1:00P, Throughout the Tower District, Fresno, 559-497-8362

*Fresno State Music Faculty Showcase Concert, 3:00P, Fresno State Concert Hall, Fresno, 559-278-2654

*Shrek-The Musical, 7:00P, Playhouse Merced, Merced, 209-729-8587

* Fresno Choral Artists – “A Mixed-up Mass A.D. 550 thru 2014”, 4:00P, First Congregational Church, Fresno, 559-240-0087

*Craig VonBerg Trio, 6:00P, Tokyo Gardens, Fresno, 559-268-3596

Monday – March 3, 2014-

*Tu and Fro with Miss K’s Dance Bungalow, 7:30P, Broken Leg Stage, Fresno, 559-514-5217

Tuesday – March 4, 2014-

*Fat Tuesday-Marti Gras in the Tower District, Fresno, 559-497-8362

Thursday – March 6, 2014-

*Art Hop, 6:00P, Fresno Arts, Tower District & Downtown

*Merle Haggard, 8:00P, Hanford Fox Theatre, Hanford, 559-584-7823

*Jazz Hop, 6:00P, Fresno Arts, Tower District & Downtown

Friday – March 7, 2014-

*In the Mood-Big Band Musical Revue, 7:00P, Tower Theatre, Fresno, 559-485-9050

*First Friday Art Hop, 5:00P, Downtown Mariposa, Mariposa, 559-760-9690

*Choral World Music Concert, 7:30P, Fresno City College Old Administration Building, Fresno, 559-442-8221

*Keyboard Concert with Sergei Babayan and Daniil Trifonov, 8:00P, Fresno State Concert Hall, Fresno, 559-278-2337

Saturday – March 8, 2014-

*35th Annual Brian Sturgeon Run- United Cerebral Palsy of Central California, 6:15A, Woodward Park-Mountain View Shelter, Fresno, 559-221-8272

Sunday – March 9, 2014-

*Richard Giddens Trio, 6:00P, Tokyo Gardens, Fresno, 559-268-3596

Monday – March 10, 2014-

*2013 Best of the Valley Restaurant Awards Honoring Roger Rocka & Dan Pessano, 5:30P, Radisson Hotel & Conference Center, Fresno, 559-432-0399 x 202

Thursday – March 13, 2014-

*Kenny Rogers, 8:00P, Hanford Fox Theatre, Hanford, 559-584-7823

Friday – March 14, 2014-

*Two Absurd Masterworks, 8:00P, Woods Theater- Fresno State, Fresno, 559-278-2216

*Tool, 8:00P, Selland Arena, Fresno, 559-445-8100

Saturday – March 15, 2014-

*Visalia Irish Fest, 1:00P, Rawhide Park, Visalia, 559-679-6373

*Miss Fresno County, 7:00P, Tower Theatre, Fresno, 559-287-1328

*Janka, 7:00P, Selma Arts Center, Selma, 559-891-2238

Sunday – March 16, 2014-

*CLOSING PERFORMANCE-A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM-PG, Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater,

*Broadway on Van Ness-Fresno Grand Opera, 7:00P, The Big Red Church, Fresno, 559-442-5699

*Mike Dana Trio, 6:00P, Tokyo Gardens, Fresno, 559-268-3596

*Lady Antebellum, 7:00P, Savemart Center, Fresno, 559-347-3401

Monday – March 17, 2014-

*Happy St Patrick’s Day from all of us at Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater, Good Company Players, & 2nd Space Theatre!

Thursday – March 20, 2014-

*OPENING NIGHT- THE KING AND I -G, Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater, 1226 N Wishon, Fresno 93728, 559-266-9494, www.RogerRockas.com

*Ralphie May, 8:00P, Tower Theatre, Fresno, 559-485-9050

Sunday – March 23, 2014-

*David Aus Trio, 6:00P, Tokyo Gardens, Fresno, 559-268-3596

Wednesday – March 26, 2014-

*Jason Mraz, 7:30P, William Saroyan Theatre, Fresno, 559-445-8200