Who doesn’t love a high comedy with a man in drag? Theater and film are replete with great comedies featuring cross-dressing characters. Think Tootsie or Charlie’s Aunt or many a Shakespeare play, and of course, Monte Python’s Flying Circus. In this long tradition of madcap character-in-drag farces, Pentacle Theatre’s summer comedy, Jest a Second!, opens…
Read our latest newsletter: Fools, The Great American Trailer Park Musical auditions, 65th Anniversary and a list of improvements at the theater. June 7, 2019 newsletter Fools week three
What: Open auditions for Jest a Second!, a comedy written by James Sherman. Directed by Valerie Steele. When: 1 p.m., Saturday, May 18. Where: Pentacle Theatre 324 52nd Ave. NW, off Highway 22 About 6 miles west of downtown Salem, Oregon Casting: Four males, two females. For a full list of parts, genders and ages, please visit…
SALEM—The Westmorelands of Vicksburg, Mississippi, are the perfect family—or so it seems—in Yellow, onstage April 12-May 4 at Salem’s Pentacle Theatre While playwright Del Shores is best known for Southern comedies such as Daddy’s Dyin’: Who’s Got the Will? and Sordid Lives, he skillfully mixes comedy with family drama in Yellow. Bobby Westmoreland and his…
SALEM—While “Dancing Queen” and “Waterloo” may have made the Swedish band ABBA a worldwide sensation from the mid-1970s through the early 80s, their award-winning Broadway musical Mamma Mia! has ensured them continuing fame. You can see ABBA’s Mamma Mia! live onstage at Pentacle Theatre March 1-23. An added performance on March 12 is a sing…
In our latest newsletter: Rave reviews for Distracted Yellow auditions A call for your Pentacle Theatre memories Salem Storytellers Project comes to Pentacle Theatre Read it here.
Read the Distracted program here! And welcome to Carlee Wright who is building the programs for us this year. 2019 Distracted program
Read our latest newsletter. Inside: Year-end appeal with a video from Heather Dunkin Toller How to get your tickets to The Little Mermaid Distracted opening Jan. 18 Auditions for Mamma Mia! and Yellow Office closed on Dec. 24 & 25
What: Open auditions for Yellow, written by Del Shores. Directed by Heather Dunkin Toller. When: 1 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 9. Where: Pentacle Theatre 324 52nd Ave. NW, off Highway 22 About 6 miles west of downtown Salem, Oregon Casting: Three adults and three teens. For a full list of parts, genders and ages, please scroll…
SALEM— Distracted, a comedic take on modern family life, kicks off the 2019 Pentacle Theatre season Jan 18. – Feb. 9. What’s wrong with 9-year-old Jesse? His teacher and parents aren’t really sure. He can’t sit still, he curses, he raps, and his teacher thinks it’s Attention Deficit Disorder. Dad says, “He’s just a boy!”…