Live Performance in and around Fresno
(Plus Other Events of Interest)
Holy cow! Act now for Hairspray
at Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater
Wow! Time has flown by and HAIRSPRAY –
our ode to comedy, fun, dance, song and joy – is already in its final weeks.
You’ll have to pick your date and make your reservation right away if you want to see it. Box Office (559) 266-9494. HAIRSPRAY must end March 18. It’s rated PG.
“Coming back to the upbeat and feverishly happy Good Company Players production of ‘Hairspray is like meeting up for dinner with old friends… ‘Hairspray’ is a show that will send you out of the theater with happy, dancing feet.” Donald Munro, Fresno Bee
Opening March 22
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a fiendishly clever musical that follows the antics of two con men who compete for the affections (and inheritance) of a beautiful socialite.
As their victim unwittingly evades their clutches, they become more outrageous in their attempts to out do each other and the result is one of the best surprise endings in musical theater.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels runs through May 20 and is rated PG-13.
To see the all shows for the 2012 Season at Roger Rocka’s, click HERE
Full frontal noodlery
Do you know about Pasta Night? Once each show, on a Wednesday night, we offer a chance to see the show and have a pasta dinner at a bargain price. Pasta Night for DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS will be on Wednesday, April 4. The price for pasta and show is $23. Can’t beat that! Make reservations with our Box Office at (559) 266-9494.
At Good Company Players’ 2nd Space Theatre
Three highly respectable couples are celebrating the anniversary of their weddings, performed on the same day by the same parson.
When they discover the parson was not completely ordained, the celebration transforms into hilarious misadventures.
On stage at 2nd Space through April 15. Rated PG. Call (559) 266-0660.
Feisty 90 year old Grace has rejected medical care and returned to her mountain cabin to finish her life alone.
When Gloria, the uptight and sophisticated hospice volunteer arrives, Grace tells her she’s not needed. A lot of laughs and a few tears later, they find they need each other. PG-13.
Opening April 19.
To see the all shows for the 2012 Season at GCP’s 2nd Space Theatre, click HERE
The Journey: an Evening with Alicia O’Neill,
and friends Terry Lewis and Dr. Alan Rea
Wednesday evening, March 28 at Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater. Show $27. Appetizers, Complete Dinners, Desserts and Beverages will be available for purchase. Dinner Service from 5:45 PM. Show at 7:30. For tickets, call our box office at (559) 266-9494
Born and raised in Fresno, and a former member of the Good Company Players, Alicia is now an opera star based in Austria and touring all across Europe.
This coloratura soprano’s musical calling card is the Queen of the Night in Mozart’s The Magic Flute. She has sung this role over 200 times at venues including the Theater an der Wien, the St. Margarethen Opera Festival, Salzburg, and others.
For her “homecoming” show with Terry and Alan at Roger Rocka’s, Alicia is planning some of the music she is performing now in Europe, with musical highlights from shows she has sung in the past with GCP in Fresno, like Carousel, Secret Garden, Hello Dolly and Fiddler on the Roof. She’ll add great hits from other musicals like Phantom of the Opera and songs like Somewhere Over the Rainbow.
Find out more HERE.
Canada’s musical poet laureate
James Keelaghan
Tuesday evening, April 17 at Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater. Show $17 adults, $10 youth 15 and under. Appetizers, Complete Dinners, Desserts and Beverages will be available for purchase. Dinner Service from 5:45 PM. Show at 7:30. For tickets, call our box office at (559) 266-9494
Winner of a Juno Award (Canada’s Grammy), Keelaghan is credited as “Canada’s finest songwriter” by American music critic and historian Dave Marsh.
Terry Wickham of the Edmonton Folk Music Festival calls Keelaghan “a brilliant tunesmith who has become one of the most engaging performers of our time.”
Find out more HERE.
Spring Acting Class for Teens
Taught by Laurie Pessano, veteran of Good Company Players, numerous TV and radio commercials, and Program Director of the highly respected Junior Company, this class will use improvisation, monologues, scene work and commercial copy to teach the fundamentals of acting. Students will learn basic terminology, how to use their voices and bodies effectively onstage and how to quickly analyze scripts and make strong character choices for auditions and commercial work. Have fun, make new friends, build your confidence, add to your monologue repertoire, all while networking with an esteemed theatre company!
Class meets Saturdays, 3:30-4:30, March 10—April 21. Signup Deadline: March 8. Call 266-0211 to sign up, Tuesday – Friday, 10 am – 5:30 pm. Class fee is $85.
Auditions next month
Auditions will be held April 7 for the 2nd Space shows Beau Jest & To Kill a Mockingbird.
Auditions will be held April 28 for Calamity Jane & Singin’ in the Rain at Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater.
For complete audition information, click here.
Good Company Players at Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater & The 2nd Space Theatre
BOX OFFICE (559) 266-9494 or 1-800-371-4747
gcplayers@aol.com * tickets@rogerrockas.com
www.GCPlayers.com * www.RogerRockas.com
MARCH 2012 Events Calendar
Thursday- March 1, 2012-
*The Rogue Performance Festival, Various Venues throughout the Tower District & Fresno, through 3/10/2012, http://roguefestival.net/Rogue2012/
*Art Hop, 6:00P, Fresno Arts, Tower District & Downtown
*Jazz Hop, 6:00P, Fresno Arts, Throughout Arthop locations
*Jim Schmidt Jazz, 7:00P, Pinot Wine Bar, Fresno
*A Royal Fanny, 8:00P, Reedley Opera House, Reedley, 559-638-6500
Friday- March 2-
*First Friday Art Hop, 6:00P, Downtown Mariposa, 559-760-9690
*Thoroughly Modern Millie, 7:30P, Roosevelt School of the Arts, Fresno, 559-253-5323
*Yo Vikings, 7:30P, Children’s Musical Theaterworks, Fresno, 866-973-9610
*Almost, Maine, 7:30P, Fresno City College Theater, Fresno, 559-442-8221
*Fresno Home and Garden Show, 11:00A, Fresno Fairgrounds, Fresno, 800-897-7899
Saturday- March 3-
*Blossom Days Festival, 7th & N Streets, Downtown Sanger, Sanger Chamber of Commerce, 559-875-4575
*Sierra Vista Mall Blood Drive, 1:00P, Sierra Vista Mall, Clovis, 559-389-5433
*The Secret Garden, 2:00P, William Saroyan Theatre, Fresno, 559-444-2180
*Jim Schmidt Jazz, 7:00P, Patio Café’, Fresno
*Miss Fresno County 2012 & Fresno’s Outstanding Teen Scholarship Pageant, 7:00P, Tower Theatre, Fresno, 559-269-9249
Sunday- March 4-
* Craig VonBerg Trio, 6:00P, Tokyo Gardens, Fresno, 559-268-3596
Tuesday- March 6-
*25th Annual Kids Day for Children’s Hospital Central California, Morning Hours, Throughout The Greater Fresno Area, 559-353-7100
Wednesday- March 7-
*George Thorogood and the Destroyers, 7:30P, Visalia Fox Theatre, Visalia, 559-625-1369
Thursday- March 8-
*Fresno Food Expo, 5:00P, Fresno Convention Center, Fresno, http://fresnofoodexpo.com
*Jim Schmidt Jazz, 7:00P, Pinot Wine Bar, Fresno
*Drake: The Club Paradise Tour, 7:30P, SaveMart Center, Fresno, 559-347-3401
*The Concordia Choir, 8:00P, Paul Shaghoian Concert Hall, Fresno, 218-299-4886
*Herman Rarebell & the Fatal Sting, 8:00P, Tower Theatre, Fresno, 559-485-9050
Saturday- March 10-
*Breakfast at Tiffany’s- Brunch and Fashion show-The Junior League, 11:00A, Fresno Convention Center, Fresno, 559-360-3114
*Fresno County Sheriff’s Foundation for Public Safety 3rd Annual Crab Feed, 5:00P, Clovis Veterans Memorial Building, Clovis, 559-488-3686
*Freebo, 7:30P, Arte’ Americas, Fresno, 559-307-3610
Sunday- March 11-
*Opera on Van Ness- Fresno Grand Opera Chorus, 5:00P, First Congregational Church, Fresno, 559-227-8489
Monday- March 12-
*Girl Scouts 100th Birthday Celebration, 4:00P, Girl Scouts Council Office, Fresno, 800-490-8653
Wednesday- March 14-
*Tower District Community Meeting-Neighborhood Revitalization and Code Enforcement, 6:00P, Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater, 1226 N. Wishon, Fresno, 93728, 559-497-8362
Thursday- March 15-
*Art Hop, 6:00P, Fresno Arts, North Fresno
Friday – March 16-
*Bronte, 8:00P, Dennis & Cheryl Woods Theatre, Fresno, 559-278-2216
*Isley Brothers and Keith Sweat, 8:00P, SaveMart Center, Fresno, 559-347-3401
*Colin Quinn: Long Story Short, 8:00P, Visalia Fox Theatre, Visalia, 559-625-1369
Saturday- March 17-
*Happy St. Patrick’s Day from all of us at Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater, Good Company Players, & 2nd Space Theatre!
*Brian Sturgeon St. Patrick’s Day Run/Walk- supports United Cerebral Palsy, 7:00A, Woodward Park, Fresno, 559- 221-8272
*Jim Schmidt Jazz, 7:00P, Patio Café’, Fresno
Sunday- March 18-
*Final Performance – HAIRSPRAY
*Mike Dana Trio, 6:00P, Tokyo Gardens, Fresno, 559-268-3596
Wednesday- March 21-
*Larry The Cable Guy, 7:00P, Table Mountain Casino, Friant, 559-822-7777
*Ray Romano & Kevin James, 8:00P, William Saroyan Theatre, Fresno, 559-444-2180
Thursday- March 22-
*OPENING NIGHT! DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS –PG-13, Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater, 1226 N Wishon, Fresno 93728, 559-266-9494, www.gcplayers.com,
*Fresno Women’s Network at Night, 5:00P, Fresno Convention Center Valdez Hall, Fresno, 559-450-2102
*Godspell, 8:00p, Ashley Auditorium-Fresno Pacific University, Fresno, 559-453-5586
Saturday- March 24-
*2012 NCAA Women’s Tournament- Fresno Regional, SaveMart Center, Fresno, 559-347-3401
Sunday- March 25-
*David Aus Trio, 6:00P, Tokyo Gardens, Fresno, 559-268-3596
Tuesday- March 27-
*Renee Fleming, 7:30P, William Saroyan Theatre, Fresno, 559-442-5699
Wednesday- March 28-
*The Journey: an Evening with Alicia O’Neill and Friends, Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater, 1226 N Wishon, Fresno 93728, 559-266-9494, http://www.rogerrockas.com/pages/Alicia.html
*Lady Antebellum Own the Night Tour, 7:00P, SaveMart Center, Fresno, 559-347-3401
Saturday- March 31-
*Club Swing! – Fresno Phil, 8:00P, William Saroyan Theatre, Fresno, 559-261-0600
If you have events for upcoming calendars, send them to gather@RogerRockas.com
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