Just like seeing “A Christmas Carol” is a holiday tradition for many, producing the Charles Dickens novella in some form has become a holiday tradition for Spokane Civic Theatre.
Jenny Shotwell first joined forces with Ellen Travolta in 2021 as a pianist. Now, it's an all-Shotwell family affair for "The Sound of Christmas" at the Coeur d'Alene Resort, with Travolta as producer. Shotwell has extensive musical experience, but her costars have stage merits, including husband Dalton and children Clark, 9 and Skye, 6. They'll do nostalgic songs and touch on Coeur d'Alene's holiday history.
When Kelly Prendergast was 10 years old, she traveled to New York for the first time and saw “Wicked” on Broadway. She knew right then and there that she belonged on stage.
As it gets colder, it’s easy to reminisce about the fun of summer barbecues with friends. The sun is shining, music playing in the background, conversations flowing – it’s the perfect way to spend the afternoon.
Since the 1843 publication of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” the story of the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge has become a holiday staple. Though not merry and bright from beginning to end, the story shows it’s never too late for redemption.
Rounding out the Bing Theater’s last presentation of Stage to Screen plays this year is “Prima Facie,” written by Suzie Miller and directed by Justin Martin.
The quick-wit and historical dialogue combined with a seemingly ever-constant streamline of logic and commentary make it difficult to define the comedy stylings of Eddie Izzard, but they also make up the many variables that have made her on-stage antics so special over the years.
Immediately following the events of Sept. 11, 2001, stories of people who went out of their way to help began to be told. Tales of those who guided others down flights of stairs in the World Trade Centers; first responders who searched for survivors; people who stood in line for hours to donate blood.
Arthur Miller’s adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s “An Enemy of the People” is a dramatic historical play following one man, Dr. Thomas Stockmann, and his transformation from a beloved figure of his community to a so-called enemy as he attempts to expose the poison within the town springs’ water supply.
It seems like a few times a year, a photo of kindergarten-aged children decked out in hard hats and hi-vis vests makes its rounds online as part of a meme complaining about job listings that require a seemingly impossible number of years of experience.