Theater, dance and opera around the region

Published 1:30 am Friday, March 31, 2017

Theater

Edmonds Driftwood Players: Wade James Theatre, 950 Main St., Edmonds; www.edmondsdriftwoodplayers.org or 425-774-9600, option 3. “Leaving Iowa” is 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” is staged through April 9. The comedy “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. “Female of the Species,” April 14-30 at 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.

Village Theatre: Everett Performing Arts Center, 2710 Wetmore Ave.; 425-257-8600 or www.villagetheatre.org/everett. “A Proper Place,” April 28-May 21, and “Dreamgirls,” July 7-30.

“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.

Late Nite Catechism: Archbishop Murphy High School hosts the comedy at 7:30 p.m. April 7 at the school, 12911 39th Ave. SE, Everett, as a fundraiser. Tickets are $40.

Murder Mystery Dinner Theater: Marysville Opera House hosts “Til Death Do Us Part — All is Fair in Love and Murder” at 7 p.m. April 22 at the opera house, 1225, Third St. Tickets are $45, which must be purchased in advance. Call 360-363-8400.

AUDITIONS

Last Leaf Productions: The Snohomish County based Shakespeare touring company is auditioning actors and needs a stage manager for its summer shows — “The Comedy of Errors” and “Henry the Fourth.” Rehearsals are weekday evenings in May and June, followed by performances in July and August. Auditions are late afternoon April 1-2. For more information, go to www.lastleaf99.org or contact Charles Eliot at charles@charleseliot.com.

Youth theater

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

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.

Opera

Mozart’s “Don Giovanni”: Pacific Northwest Opera presents one of the greatest operas ever composed at 7:30 p.m. March 31 and April 7 and at 3 p.m. April 2 and 9 at McIntyre Hall, Skagit Valley College campus, 2501 College Way, Mount Vernon. Box office is 360-416-7727, ext. 2.

BALLET

“Giselle”: The Edmonds-based 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.

“Alice in Wonderland”: Bellydance Evolution, which focuses on world fusion dance, performs the tale at 8 p.m. April 7 at Historic Everett Theatre, 2911 Colby Ave. Tickets are $28 to $44. Call 425-258-6766.

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