Get out your dictionaries! Stage Right Productions/2nd Street Theater presents The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, by William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin, April 3-18. There will be an opening night Champagne Reception on Friday, April 3 from 6:30-7:30pm. Performances are Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm and two Sunday Matinees at 3pm. The 25th…
Tom Dugan brings the confederate general to life for one evening at the Tower Theatre The room is empty but General Lee is not alone. Posterity sits in judgment, ready to render a verdict of traitor or patriot. How did the most trusted soldier in the United States Army become its greatest enemy? Why did…
BendFilm is hosting a screening of two independent films celebrating the Pacific Crest Trail and the 50th Anniversary of the Wilderness Act on Saturday, March 7 at 7pm at The Old Stone Church in Bend. Filmmakers will be in attendance! The headlining film, Only the Essential, is a truly independent documentary film by former Bend…
Howard Schor says of his process for directing Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, “It is different from the five plays I have directed or the 40 plus I have produced here in Bend, in that the actors and I have been given the privilege of adding or modifying the dialogue to further enhance this beautifully…
Performing Arts students from the Redmond Proficiency Academy (RPA) will perform Almost, Maine – a wintry tale of falling in, falling out and tripping over love. An almost small ensemble cast takes on various characters of a community from a town that almost doesn’t exist and almost got organized. Scene by scene, the citizens…
The Panther Theatre Company (Redmond High School’s theatre troupe) will present a music-infused, 60’s-inspired version of Moliere’s classic, The Imaginary Invalid, November 12-15 at the Redmond High School (RHS) auditorium. This adaptation of the classic French farce, adapted by Oded Gross and Tracy Young for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in 2011, is sure to remind…
A Paris hotel room in 1963: a famous American movie director is being interviewed by a French critic who, due to his history of harsh criticism, is generally not well liked by the film community. The relationship between these two, however, is surprisingly amicable. Or at least, it appears to be. A loyal but infirmed…
by RENEE PATRICK Cascade A&E Editor Central Oregon loves BendFilm. As over 100 filmmakers make their way to the high desert, the venues ready the popcorn and the public pours over the festival schedule, the excitement is palpable. With the goal of elevating the art of filmmaking and their connection to Central Oregon,…
The quirky but down-to-earth residents of a small town are faced with the discovery of Harry Worp inconveniently appearing on the hillside above the town. Each person has a different idea of what needs to be done with Harry and whom is responsible. The trouble with Harry is that he’s dead. Alfred Hitchcock is the…
Thoroughly Modern Productions (TMP) is in the midst of rehearsals for a production of The Wizard of Oz on a scale that Central Oregon has never seen before. It’s all in preparation for the curtain going up for six shows August 22-31 at Bend’s Summit Theater, on the campus of Summit High. With a cast…
