The Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, “August, Osage County,” opens at the Cascades Theatre Friday. The 2008 play, upon which the 2013 film starring Meryl Streep was based, delves into the personal lives of the Weston clan as they come together at their Oklahoma homestead after the mysterious disappearance of an elder family member. We sat down […]
Playwright Cricket Daniel loves to tell the story of how she conceived her newest play, “The Lost Virginity Tour,” in which four women in a baking club set out on a road trip to revisit the sites of their first intimate encounters. “I was peddling my Christmas play last year,” Daniel told the Source Weekly, […]
Director Marla Manning describes Alan Alda’s “Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie,” as a rewarding and unconventional project in more ways than one. The tribute to Nobel physicist Madame Marie Curie opens at the Cascades Theatre Friday. Most people associate the playwright with his iconic portrayal of Hawkeye, the wisecracking surgeon on the TV series […]
It’s like a perfect marriage, without the trip to the chapel. The sixth annual Muse Women’s Conference, beginning March 1, serves this year to kick off the inaugural Bend Women’s March, a month-long program of events to coincide with both Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day. If you’ve attended in the past, then you […]
You’ve heard or seen the classic holiday tales such as “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” “Frosty the Snowman,” “Home Alone” and “A Christmas Story.” Now, 2nd Street Theater is bringing a new take on those stories, aiming to poke fun at political correctness. Clinton K. Clark’s “A P.C. Christmas,” opening Dec. 8, involves back-stories offering good […]
Kelley Ryan has acted, managed and costumed dozens of plays in her long career as an actress, but the Cascades Theatrical Company’s “A Christmas Carol,” will mark Ryan’s directorial debut. We talked with Ryan about the iconic tale, and how CTC’s production will set itself apart. Source Weekly: How do you feel about taking on […]
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