Theater, dance and opera around the region

Published 1:30 am Friday, March 24, 2017

Opera

Cinderella en Espana: Seattle Opera visits the Marysville Opera House to perform this operetta at 2 p.m. March 25, 1225 Third St. Admission is free, but reservations are required. Call 360-363-8400. This deceptively simple story is about the beauty of kindness, the power of compassion and the ugliness of mistreating others. Set in the city of Barcelona, Spain, it provides a lively, modern-day bilingual backdrop. The performance is hosted by the city of Marysville and the Marysville Library, with funding by the Gellerson Memorial Programming. Doors open at 1:30 p.m. Refreshments will be available for purchase.

Theater

Village Theatre: Everett Performing Arts Center, 2710 Wetmore Ave.; 425-257-8600 or www.villagetheatre.org/everett. “The 39 Steps” runs through March 26 in Everett, followed by “A Proper Place,” April 28-May 21, and “Dreamgirls,” July 7-30.

Edmonds Driftwood Players: Wade James Theatre, 950 Main St., Edmonds; www.edmondsdriftwoodplayers.org or 425-774-9600, option 3. “Leaving Iowa” will be staged through April 2. “The Drowsy Chaperone,” a musical comedy, goes up April 28 and plays through May 14.

Red Curtain: Red Curtain Arts Center, a nonprofit arts education organization, 9315 State Ave., Suite J, Marysville (in the Goodwill shopping center behind the Everett Community College cosmetology school). More at www.redcurtainfoundation.org or 360-322-7402. “You Can’t Take It With You” will be staged March 24 through April 9. “Noises Off” opens May 19.

Phoenix Theatre: The comedy theater is at 9673 Firdale Ave., Edmonds. For tickets — $19 general and $16 seniors, military and students — call 206-533-2000 or go to www.phoenixtheatreedmonds.org. Watch a rehearsal of the next production, “Female of the Species,” at 7 p.m. March 25. Have a glass of wine, ask questions of the cast. Performances run April 7-30: 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $19.50, or $16.50 for seniors and military. Call 206-533-2000.

“Always…Patsy Cline”: This Theatre Arts Guild show with Ria Peth Vanderpool and Kelly Visten as Patsy Cline and Louise Seger, respectively, plays at 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through April 1 at the Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce St. Call 360-445-3000; conwaymuse.com. For tickets, $28 each, go to www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2728750.

Neil Simon’s “Rumors”: Whidbey Island Center for the Arts in Langley presents the comedy, under the direction of Elizabeth Herbert, March 31 through April 15. The cast includes Brian Plebanek, Gail Liston, David Mayer, Kathy Stanley, Ken Stephens, Nicole Parnell, Christina Parker, Jim Carroll, Brian Burroughs and Megan Parker. Shows are 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. More at www.wicaonline.org.

BALLET

“Giselle”: The Edmonds-based professional Olympic Ballet Theatre, under the direction of Mara Vinson and Oleg Gorboulev, presents “Giselle” at 7 p.m. April 8 at Everett Performing Arts Center, 2710 Wetmore Ave., and at 7 p.m. April 29 at Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 Fourth Ave. N. Ticket information is available at www.olympicballet.com/obthome/tickets.

Quixotic Cirque Nouveau — Gravity of Center: Artistic dance, aerialists and musicians perform with muiltimedia visuals at 8 p.m. March 25, Historic Everett Theatre, 2911 Colby Ave. Tickets are $25 to $39. Call 425-258-6766.

Youth theater

Ludus Performing Arts: “Into the Woods” plays at 7 p.m. March 24-25, and 2 p.m. March 25 at the PUD Auditorium, 2320 California St., Everett. For more information and tickets, call 425-239-6627 or go to www.ludusperformingarts.org.

Everett High School: Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” will be performed at 7 p.m. April 14, 15, 21, 22, and 2:30 p.m. April 15 and 22 at Everett Civic Auditorium, 2415 Colby Ave. General admission is $12; kids, seniors and ASB for $8.

Snohomish High School: “Les Miserables” will be performed May 4-14 in the school’s performance art center, 1316 Fifth St. In the meantime, students in the school’s theater club are encouraging community members to volunteer to help produce the musical. People are needed for the tech crew, orchestra, set construction and costume assembly. For more information, contact Morgan and Dutch Heetbrink at heetbrink@gmail.com.

Comedy

Laugh Catchers Comedy Show: 8 p.m. March 24, Historic Everett Theatre, 2911 Colby Ave. Tickets are $25. Comedians include Susan Jones, Joe Vespanzani, Brad Upton and Duane Good.

Everett Comedy Night: Emory’s on Silver Lake, 11830 19th Ave. SE, Everett, hosts a second-Sunday monthly comedy night with Cory Michaelis. Tickets are $10. The evening begins at 8:30 p.m. and features touring and local comedians. The next dates are April 9, May 21, June 11. To reserve a table, call 425-337-7772.

To submit info, email reporter Gale Fiege at gfiege@heraldnet.com.