On Stage in January, 2017

 

Good Company Players’ exuberant production of A Christmas Story the Musical wraps up it’s phenomenal run at Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater on January 8th!  We’re very full, but there are still tickets available at a few performances for this heartwarming family favorite.
Get a video peek at the show here.
Then, call 559-266-9494 to get in on the fun. 

You may be too young to remember humorist Will Rogers but his wit and wisdom still resonate today.  Take these quotes, for example:

  • “It isn’t what we know that gives us trouble, it’s what we know that ain’t so.”
  • “Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.”
  • “Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and their politicians as a joke.”
  • “If there are no dogs in heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.”
  • “Never miss a good chance to shut up.”

GCP’s production of The Will Rogers Follies hits the stage at Roger Rocka’s January 12th.  This show-stopping, eye-popping, heart warming salute to an American icon will take you back to a time when things were – not so very different from today! It’s all in good fun as America’s beloved humorist shares his folksy wit and wisdom in a sensational musical revue.

A part-Cherokee cowboy from Oklahoma who never finished high school, Will Rogers went on to become a newspaper columnist, social commentator and the biggest, most popular, most highly paid star of every existing medium of his time – stage, screen, radio and print. Famed for saying “I never met a man I didn’t like,” the feeling was mutual; the world adored Will Rogers. Rogers’ good-natured ribbing of politicians, gangsters, celebrities – and himself – was laced with kindness, compassion and honesty.  Rated PG and on our stage through March 12.

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Opening Thursday at Good Company Players’ 2nd Space Theatre: the fiendishly funny Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward.
Hoping for a few laughs and some new material, a novelist hires a medium – and winds up being haunted by the ghost of his tempestuous first wife. What begins as a prank turns into a hilarious battle between the bad-tempered banshee and a tangibly ticked off second wife for the affections of their mutual husband. Rated PG.

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Auditions for Good Company Players

On Saturday, January 14th GCP will begin casting for the wonderfully whimsical comedy, Peter and the Starcatcher, and the fabulously funny baseball musical, Damn Yankees. Auditions begin at 10:00 a.m. in Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater (1226 N. Wishon Ave., Fresno, CA. 93728).

Good Company Players will also be holding auditions for its Junior Company on January 21st, 2017 at 9:00 am in Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater.

For more information, go to www.gcplayers.com, or call Good Company Players’ Business Office at 559-266-0211.

Good Company Players’ 2017 Winter Classes

To enroll, or for more information, call GCP’s Business office at 559-266-0211 or go online to gcplayers.com.

Beginning Tap (Ages 9+)
Dates:  Fridays,  1/20 – 3/24
(10 class meetings)
Times:  4:00 p.m. – 4:50 p.m.
Fee:  $135
(Current Company & Fan Club Members: $100)

Intermediate Tap (Ages 13+)
Dates:  Fridays,  1/20 – 3/24 (10 class meetings)
Times:  5:00 p.m. – 5:50 p.m.
Fee:  $110    (Current Company & Fan Club Members: $80)Basic Ballet (Ages 9+)
Dates:  Saturdays, 1/21 – 3/25 (10 class meetings)
Times:  3:15 p.m. – 4:05 p.m.
Fee:  $135    (Current Company & Fan Club Members: $100)Beyond Basic Ballet (Ages 13+)
Dates:  Saturdays, 1/21 – 3/24
Times:  4:10 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (10 class meetings)
Fee:  $135    (Current Company & Fan Club Members: $100)

Improv Yourself (Adults and young people 16+)
Dates:  Saturdays;  10/22 – 12/10  (8 class meetings)
Times:  5:15 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.
Fee:  $160    (Current Company & Fan Club Members: $125)

Improv Yourself Jr: (Young people aged 10-16)
Date:  Wednesdays, 10/12 – 12/14  (8 class meetings, NO CLASS 11/9 or 11/23)
Time: 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Fee:   $110 (Current Company Members & Fan Club Members $80)

Live events in January

Saturday – December 31, 2016-
*It’s New Year’s Eve at Roger Rocka’s! Doors open at 6:00P, Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater, 1226 North Wishon Ave, Fresno, 559-266-9494. Tickets are $99 per guest and include dinner and show, party favors, champagne toast at Midnight and music & dancing with The Ed Burke Revue.Sunday – January 1, 2017-
*HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM ALL OF US AT ROGER ROCKA’S DINNER THEATER, GOOD COMPANY PLAYERS, AND 2ND SPACE THEATRE!Thursday – January 5, 2017-
OPENING NIGHT-BLITHE SPIRIT-PG-2nd Space Theatre, 928 E Olive, Fresno 93728, 559-266-0660, www.2ndspacetheatre.com, Hoping for a few laughs and some new material, a novelist hires a medium-and winds up being haunted by his tempestuous first wife! THROUGH FEBRUARY 26, 2017

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

Friday – January 6, 2017-
*First Friday Art Hop, 5:00P, Downtown Mariposa, Mariposa, 559-760-9690

Sunday – January 8, 2017-
FINAL PERFORMANCE-A CHRISTMAS STORY-THE MUSICAL-G-Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater,

*Craig Von Berg Trio, 6:00P, Tokyo Gardens, Fresno, 559-268-3596
*Jim Schmidt Jazz, 9:00P, Veni Vidi Vici, Fresno, 559-266-5510

Thursday – January 12, 2017-
OPENING NIGHT-The Will Rogers Follies-PG-Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater, 1226 N Wishon, Fresno 93728, 559-266-9494, www.RogerRockas.com , America’s beloved humorist shares his folksy wit on a show stopping Vaudeville tour! THROUGH MARCH 12, 2017

*Here, There, and Everywhere, 7:30P, Tower Theatre, Fresno, 559-485-9050

Friday – January 13, 2017-
*Try to stay away from ladders and black cats today- It’s Friday the 13th!
*The Harlem Globetrotters, 7:00P, Savemart Center, Fresno, 559-347-3400

Saturday – January 14, 2017-
*Auditions for Peter and the Starcatcher and Damn Yankees, 10:00A, Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater, 1226 N. Wishon, Fresno, 93728, 559-266-0211

*Bostyx, 7:00P, Tower Theatre, Fresno, 559-485-9050

Sunday – January 15, 2017-
*Mike Dana, 6:00P, Tokyo Gardens, Fresno, 559-268-3596

Tuesday – January 17, 2017-
*Miranda Sings, 7:00P, Tower Theatre, Fresno, 559-485-9050

Wednesday – January 18, 2017-
*John Edwards-Psychic, 7:00P, Tower Theatre, Fresno, 559-485-9050

Thursday – January 19, 2017-
*Art Hop, 6:00P, Fresno Arts, North Fresno
*Tower of Power, 7:30P, Tachi Palace, Lemoore, 559-924-7751

Saturday – January 21, 2017-
*Auditions for Good Company Players’ Junior Company, 9:00A, Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater, 1226 N. Wishon, Fresno, 93728, 559-266-0211

Wednesday – January 25, 2017-
*Hunter Hayes, 7:30P, Tower Theatre, Fresno, 559-485-9050

Friday – January 27, 2017-
*Jim Messina, 8:00P, Tower Theatre, Fresno, 559-485-9050

Sunday – January 29, 2017-
*Monthly Big Band Dance-Central California Big Band Dance Society- “The Hal Magnie Band”, 1:00P, The Grand 1401, Fresno, 559-292-6073
*David Aus, 6:00P, Tokyo Gardens, Fresno, 559-268-3596

February 14, 2017  (Valentine’s Day)
AFTER DINNER MINTS PRESENTS SONGS OF LOVE (AND ALSO FOOD), 6:00P, Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater, 1226 N. Wishon Ave, Fresno, www.facebook.com/afterdinnermints Tickets on sale soon…