Podcasts about bakersfield mist

In this podcast, Brighton Theatre Company's Artistic Director Brad Lowry is speaking to Colin Tyrus about the BTC's latest production Bakersfield Mist. The season starts on 19 August and runs until 3 September 2022 with a total of 13 performances, including three weekend matinees at Bayside Arts and Cultural Centre, Cnr Wilson and Carpenter Streets, Brighton. Tickets and info: brightontheatre.com.au

Theatre Workshop of Nantucket presents “The Play's the Thing”, a series of stage readings at Bennett Hall with “Bakersfield Mist” on April 28th, Collected Stories” on April 29th, and “Slow Food” on April 30th!  More info at theatrenantucket.org.

Thomas Gough was first on stage at the age of five, but clearly remembers acting before that. He works frequently in the Independent Theatre in Toronto, having appeared in the last few years with the Alumnæ Theatre, Safeword, Single Thread, the Storefront, Thought For Food, Theatre Lab, Plain Stage, and Unspoken Theatre, as well as Theatre By The Bay (Barrie) and the Kick And Push Festival (Kingston). Most recently he appeared in the Toronto Fringe Festival (2018) as Lionel Percy in Bakersfield Mist, and as The Reporter in Teatron Toronto Jewish Theatre's production of The Story of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg.Thomas appears in The Three Ships Collective and Soup Can Theatre's new and immersive adaptation of Dickens’ timeless holiday classic set in the historic Campbell House Museum! Soup Can Theatre: www.soupcantheatre.com Twitter: @soupcantheatre Instagram: soupcantheatre Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/soupcantheatre/ Tickets: https://christmascarolto.brownpapertickets.com/

In 1992, a retired truck driver named Teri Horton paid five dollars for a painting from a southern California thrift store to give as a gag gift to a friend. An incomprehensible series of dots, blotches and streaks, her friend refused her gift and Horton ending up trying to unload the gangly canvas at a yard sale. It caught the eye of a local high school art teacher who let her know she just might be in possession of a genuine Jackson Pollock painting worth millions. Horton’s response is unprintable, but it was the beginning of a decades-long quest to determine the authenticity of the painting and its true value. That’s the backstory to Bakersfield Mist, playwright Stephen Sachs’s fictionalized take on Horton’s quest running now at Santa Rosa’s Left Edge Theatre. Set in a Bakersfield trailer park, it’s a two-character comedy of desperation that imagines the meeting between ex-bartender Maude Gutman (played by Sandra Ish at her blowsy best) and art connoisseur Lionel Percy (a prickly Mike Pavone.) Gutman has scraped enough money together to hire Percy to render his professional opinion on the work in question. As dismissive of Gutman as he is of the painting, what follows is an 80-minute, bourbon-soaked battle of wits between the two that raises issues of class, culture, personal validation and authenticity that go beyond the determination of the status of a single work of art. Sachs packs a lot into 80 minutes and falters a bit when he veers into maudlinism. At its core, the script is a neo-Neil Simon Odd Couple with Gutman’s ‘Oscar’ clashing with Percy’s ‘Felix’, albeit with a bit more depth and a lot more adult humor and language. Ish and Pavone are equally matched talents and equally matched adversaries, each seeking their own validation. For reasons greater than simply the money at stake, Gutman needs the painting to be genuine. Percy has his own issues in needing his decision to be right. Co-directors Argo Thompson and Kimberly Kalember set Ish and Pavone loose on a nicely detailed set (also by Thompson) that perfectly captures the stock ambiance of a mobile home. From its fake wood paneling to its omnipresent collection of shot glasses to a well-worn recliner, the set almost becomes a third character in the play, and maybe even a fourth if you include the painting itself. Bakersfield Mist uses the inhabitants of an art museum and a trailer park as a clever means of examining the classic blue collar/white collar (or, if you prefer, red state/blue state) divide and, more interestingly, the current hot-button topic of authenticity. Should a leader in a field calling something ‘fake’ overrule scientific evidence to the contrary? Sound familiar? “Bakersfield Mist” plays at Santa Rosa’s Left Edge Studio Theatre in the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts through December 2nd with evening performances at 8pm with some additional weekend performances at 2 or 5pm. For specific show dates and times, go to leftedgetheatre.com

The holiday season will soon be upon us and Sonoma County Theatre companies will be providing plenty of opportunities to escape the bumper-to-bumper traffic, full parking lots, and crowded stores that are all too common at this time of year. Some will be presenting traditional Christmas programs while others will be giving audiences some theatrical refuge from this often-overwhelming season. Perhaps the most traditional will be 6th Street Playhouse’s production of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, a stage musical based on the popular 1954 film starring Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye. It’s the story of a couple of song-and-dance men who come to the rescue of their old Army commander who’s now the proprietor of a failing Vermont lodge. Looks like they’re gonna put on a show to save the lodge, and do it while singing a bunch of classic Irving Berlin songs like “Happy Holidays”, “Blue Skies” and, of course, the title tune. The show opens on the GK Hardt stage December 1st and runs through December 23rd. In their smaller Studio Theatre, 6th Street will be presenting the somewhat less traditional Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge, playwright Christopher Durang’s manic mash-up of A Christmas Carol, Oliver Twist, It’s a Wonderful Life and some other stories. It’s a very funny show and runs from December 8th to December 23rd. Out in Sonoma, the folks at Sonoma Arts Live will be presenting Inspecting Carol, a comedy about a flailing theatre company trying to get through a disastrous production of A Christmas Carol with the hopes of receiving a financial grant dangling over their heads like mistletoe. The Carl Jordan-directed show opens on November 29th and runs through December 10th. For a wine country take on a couple of holiday classics, you might check out the Raven Players’ A Vintage Christmas. It’s a world premiere production written by Tony Sciullo that’s described as a cross between A Christmas Carol and It’s a Wonderful Life set in wine country. It’s a Raven on the Road production that plays at the Trione Vineyards and Winery in Geyserville from December 1st through December 10th. Travel a little further north and you’ll find The Nutcracker Musical being presented by the Cloverdale Performing Arts Center. It is not the ballet based on Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite (though there should be about one hundred productions of that produced in the next two months.) It’s a musical play based on the original E. T. A. Hoffman story “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” and has a two-weekend run starting on December 1st. For those seeking a respite from holiday-themed shows, you have a few choices. Santa Rosa’s Left Edge Theatre opens Bakersfield Mist on November 17th. It’s a comedy based on the true story of a Southern California trailer park resident who’s convinced the five-dollar painting she bought at a thrift store is a Jackson Pollack original worth millions. Sebastopol’s Main Stage West is presenting the two-person musical Daddy Long Legs. A turn of the century story most famously turned into a Fred Astaire/Leslie Caron film, it’s a May-December romance set to music. The Spreckels Theatre Company in Rohnert Park is reprising its production of Little Women: the Musical, albeit with a new director and an almost entirely new cast. It opens in Rohnert Park on November 24th. Monte Rio’s Curtain Call Theatre presents Rapture, Blister, Burn, a drama that presents a generational debate over the question “Can today’s woman really have it all?” Finally, for those looking to ring-a-ding-ding in the New Year with the Chairman of the Board, Petaluma’s Cinnabar Theater is presenting My Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra. It opens December 15th and runs through mid-January. Sonoma County Theatres are serving up a nice variety of shows for the holiday season. Consider checking one out or make a present of live theatre to a friend or family member. Season tickets to one of your local theatres would make a great gift.

  Meet the cast of Iron Horses Can’t Be Broken as we discuss the production and behind-the-scenes. In this episode: James Sparling, Doug Schuetz, and Sean Francis. Show Notes Episode 13 Synesthesia Theatre is produced by Kat O'Connor and Michael Coorlim. Audio technicians were Kat O’Connor and Bill Bullock. Our cast’s upcoming projects: James Sparling As You Like It in the Parks: Saturdays and Sundays in July and August Dates/Locations/Details: midsommerflight.com Understudying Mike Nussbaum in Bakersfield Mist: produced by Timeline Theatre At Stage 773: 1225 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60657 September through October Annie Warbucks at Theatre at the Center Munster, Illinois November/December 2016 Sean Francis Wii U-Logies Synesthesia Theatre theme music by Stav Drieman. Learn more at StavMusic.com. Questions? Comments? Follow us on Facebook or Twitter. Like this episode? Subscribe, rate, and review it on iTunes. Want to write for us? Find out more here. Join our mailing list for news, announcements, and an exclusive audio drama download. If you like what you hear, please consider clicking on the Support Us button. We’ll be your best friend. Support Synesthesia Theatre Synesthesia Theatre is a Burning Brigid Media production, copyright © 2016. All rights reserved.

As Yet Unnamed London Theatre Podcast 01-Jun-2014 With T R P Watson  - JohnnyFox - PaulInLondon - Gareth James - Plays Discussed Bakersfield Mist - Duchess Theatre  [00:10]   This May Hurt a Bit - St James’ Theatre  [08:29]   The Life of the Party - Menier Chocolate Factory  [21:19]   Incognito - Bush Theatre  [30:07]

Kirsty talks to Kathleen Turner and Ian McDiarmid who are starring in Bakersfield Mist in London's West End, and meets artist Bill Viola who has created a new permanent installation for St Paul's Cathedral. Also tonight, musician St Vincent discusses her literary influences, and should opera stars be critiqued on their appearance?

From the "Best of Sterling and Stroili - 2011" - A Special Repeat: It’s a laugh-a-minute as Sterling and Stroili welcome Broadway and television stars Jenny O’Hara (Promises, Promises; My Sister Sam) and Nick Ullett (Me and My Girl; Loot). The foursome discuss the 65th Annual Tony Awards Broadcast. O’Hara and Ullett are interviewed about their marriage, their careers, and their co-starring roles in Steven Sachs’ world premiere comedy Bakersfield Mist at the Fountain Theatre in Hollywood, CA. The Live Arts Calendar features the Pasadena Playhouse’s west coast premiere of Twist, An American Musical directed by Debbie Allen; and the Long Beach Opera’s presentation of The Difficulty of Crossing a Field at the Terrace Theatre in California’s Long Beach Performing Arts Center. O’Hara and Ullett recant their most embarrassing moments on stage. Sponsored by Breakdown Services (http://www.breakdownexpress.com/)

It???s a laugh-a-minute as Sterling and Stroili welcome Broadway and television stars Jenny O???Hara (Promises, Promises; My Sister Sam) and Nick Ullett (Me and My Girl; Loot). The foursome discuss the 65th Annual Tony Awards Broadcast. O???Hara and Ullett are interviewed about their marriage, their careers, and their co-starring roles in Steven Sachs??? world premiere comedy Bakersfield Mist at the Fountain Theatre in Hollywood, CA. The Live Arts Calendar features the Pasadena Playhouse???s west coast premiere of Twist, An American Musical directed by Debbie Allen; and the Long Beach Opera???s presentation of The Difficulty of Crossing a Field at the Terrace Theatre in California???s Long Beach Performing Arts Center. O???Hara and Ullett recant their most embarrassing moments on stage. Sponsored by Breakdown Services (http://www.breakdownexpress.com/)