Master classes, performance by Thodos Dance Chicago
Thodos Dance Chicago, an internationally acclaimed dance company featured in a PBS special, comes to Homer this weekend to share expertise as a rare treat for dancers and audiences.
Workshops Friday and Saturday are followed by a full scale performance at 7 p.m. at the Mariner Theatre.
As they perform their vibrant choreography, Thodos Dance Chicago has been described as breathtakingly athletic and powerfully beautiful.
Audiences are in for a delightful performance from a level of skillful dancers that normally do not venture far from the large metropolitan areas.
After-school youth theatre skills training slated
The Homer Council on the Arts and Pier One Theatre are collaborating to hold after-school youth theatre training courses this school season.
A 12-week program called “TheatreShakes” will start September 7, with instruction being held Wednesdays at Homer Council on the Arts. The goal of this program is to develop basic theatre skills and perform a short version of William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” with Brenda Dolma directing. No experience is required and any experience level is welcomed, according to a press release. The focus is on middle school age students but any interested child may register. A minimum of 12 students is required for TheatreShakes.
Oleanna opens at Pier One this weekend
Marc Oliver directs and costars with Ruby Quarton in an intense two-character play, Oleanna, opening Saturday.
Written by David Mamet, the play dramatizes a power struggle between a university professor and one of his female students who accuses him of sexual exploitation and, by doing so, spoils his chances of being awarded tenure.
As in many of these types of conflict, it’s a case of ‘he said, she said’ and sorting out the truth.
Rent as a dramatic love story
The curtain goes up on a stage. Three young men stand center stage; Mark, a filmmaker, Roger, a songwriter and Collins, the philosopher. This is the musical Rent . The history behind the show, the play itself, the cast and behind the scenes are all important parts of this love story.
Concert Choir ‘Rent’ engages on uneasy, uplifting themes
Homer High’s Concert Choir presents the rock opera “Rent,” in three shows this weekend, the story of impoverished artists and musicians living in New York’s Lower East Side.
The presentation is based on Puccini’s opera, “La bohème.” Roger, played by Jody Gaines, is reeling from his girlfriend’s suicide, and is HIV positive. He wants to write “one great song” before he dies.
Pier One brings 1 man to 2-act play
Things have gone very bad for Arthur.
His wife, Esther, has run off with his friend. And, while Arthur is able to weather the crisis — thanks to the small community library he runs — his library is becoming obsolete.
And libraries are in Arthur’s blood. His father ran one before him, using the organizational decimal system that his great-grandfather Melville Dewey invented.
Homer’s production turns 21: Magic year for Nutcracker Ballet
It takes a town and more than 2 decades to keep the beloved script moving By Naomi Klouda Homer Tribune When the curtain opens on this year’s Nutcracker Ballet, young Clara, played by Alyssa VanLiere, isn’t alone in her daydreams. Her younger brother, Fritz, played by Flynn Bloom, is marching with tin soldiers and generally [...]
‘Thank You Dance’ comes to Homer
On the Sterling Highway, near Clam Gulch, an old-fashioned bar made of logs carries a Yup’ik name that’s spelled wrong; mostly to help people pronounce it correctly: Que’Ana Bar.
It means “thank you,” and is the place resting fitfully in the memory of a young woman who visited her grandparents there for many years.
Cyrano’s brings ‘The Big One’ to Homer
A lot of people misattribute the reason for why the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill happened.
“It wasn’t really simply because Captain Hazelwood was drunk or because Exxon officials were bastards,” said playwright Dick Reichman. “There is much more to it than that; there’s more mystery to it. You have to try to delve into the industry’s need to cut corners and pursue profits to find the larger understanding.”
Musical comedy caps Pier One season
Wrapping up the summer season with smiles and songs, Pier One Theatre brings the off-Broadway hit musical, “Hedwig and The Angry Inch” to audiences beginning this Friday, and running through the Labor Day Weekend.
The comedy tells the story of Hedwig – an “internationally ignored” rock singer – searches for love and stardom while dealing with a botched sex change.
