by JEFF SPRY Cascade A&E Feature Writer Capitalizing on the coffee-crazed culture of Central Oregon, local actor and comedian Nathan Woodworth has just completed work on The Barista Times, a humorous web-series filmed entirely at Sisters Coffee Company in downtown Sisters. Woodworth has teamed up with filmmaker Sam Pyke to create this caffeinated cup-of-life dramedy…
Stage Right Productions, the company that brought the hit sold-out show, Spamalot to the Tower Theatre, presents Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler. Performances will be June 13-29 at 2nd Street Theater. “I am thrilled by the talent that abounds in our local theater community,” says…
by JEFF SPRY Cascade A&E Feature Writer This summer, director David DaCosta’s Thoroughly Modern Productions will tackle one of the great pieces of American literature in their micro-budget feature adaptation of Stephen Crane’s 1895 classic, Red Badge of Courage. The project is currently in pre-production, aligning schedules and scouting area locations for the start of…
by ASHLEY BRUCE, Cascade A&E Editorial Intern Maralyn Thoma’s career has been “a wild ride from the beginning,” as she puts it. Experienced professionally in dancing, writing, acting and movie producing, Thoma will now embrace a new role: host of the Bend Follies as well as starring in Helen on Wheels, on stage at…
CTC is proud to announce the next regular season show will open on Friday, March 14 (with a preview night on Thursday, March 13). Funny Money is an English farce written by Ray Cooney whose writing career to date has sent 18 plays to London’s West End, including his biggest success Run for Your Wife….
LessonPLAN (Performing Live Arts Now), the Tower Theatre Foundation’s award-winning series bringing students and families to the theatre and using performing arts to enhance education, returns Friday, February 7 at 7pm for its third season with an adaptation of the award-winning Warriors Don’t Cry. The drama recounts a very personal story of 15 year-old Melba…
Stage Right Productions and 2nd Street Theater present Picasso at The Lapin Agile by Steve Martin, directed by David DaCosta. The production features the characters of Albert Einstein, played by John Page (Spamalot) and Pablo Picasso played by Alex Elmaleh (Working), who meet at a bar called the Lapin Agile (Nimble Rabbit) in Montmartre, Paris….
The Tower’s Transition from 1940 to 2004 by RENEE PATRICK Cascade A&E Editor The Tower Theatre’s history is a rocky one. What started as a movie theatre in the growing mill town of 1940, fell into disrepair decades later, forcing the doors to close. New life was to come however, and through the efforts of…
The award winning 10 minute play Break Dreams by local playwright Cricket Daniel will move into production this November and will be filmed in Santa Barbara. Daniels plan to put it into as many film festivals as possible making its premiere in the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Filming will take place November 9-10. Break…
by RENEE PATRICK Cascade A&E Editor Deciding which movies will make a splash during the BendFilm each year can be a daunting task, if only for the sheer numbers of films which apply. For the 82 official selections in this year’s line-up, the BendFilm selection committee members watched, evaluated and rated 450 films. “We use…
