‘Shrek’ Tickets Still Available

Jadd Davis, artistic director of the Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre, tells Huckleberries that tickets are still available for each of this weekend’s four performances of “Shrek” (7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday). Best seats are available for Saturday shows. Cost: Adult: $49, Senior (62+): $42, Child (12-): $27; Student rush $15 half-hour before curtain with valid student ID. Take it from one who enjoyed the play last week … it’s worth the cost of admission.

Shrek is an ogre. Then again, anyone who has paid attention for the past 25 years knows that. Based on a 1990 picture book by William Stieg, the animated version of “Shrek” was a box office smash in 2001, and won the first-ever Oscar for best animated feature. There have been three sequels, a spinoff and various holiday specials. And a Broadway musical. The 2008 “Shrek: The Musical” has an impressive pedigree, with music by Jeanine Tesori, who this year won a Tony for her “Fun Home” score, and a book by David Lindsay-Abaire, a Pulitzer Prize winner for “Rabbit Hole.” Now, the story of Shrek, Princess Fiona and the lovable talking Donkey are on stage at Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre/ Caroline Lamberson , SR. More here.

Question: When did you last see a Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre production? Which one?