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Growing Pains, Theatre Edition

Artists struggle to find affordable performance space in Bend

The first thing I did when I moved to Bend was storm into 2nd Street Theater and beg to be included in any way possible. Sandy J. Klein, the managing director of Stage Right Productions (the nonprofit that used to operate out of 2nd Street), graciously offered me a stage-managing role. Since then, I have […]

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Enter the Splatter Zone

Front-row “victims” get a free t-shirt for the splaying blood in “Evil Dead, the Musical”

It’s ti-ime! That’s right, Ash is back to slay some zombies in “Evil Dead, the Musical,” the Stage Right production opening Thursday at the Cascades Theatrical Company. Producer/director Sandy Klein has been bringing the “Dead” to life for Bend audiences about every other year, she says, for the past 10 years. “I thought the last […]

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Sneak Peek: Rehearsal for Shakespeare in the Park

A peek into the Aug. 18 & 19 production at Drake Park

Brace yourselves, because the onslaught of folks visiting for the Great American Eclipse is already headed our way. BUT! If you don’t want to A. leave Bend, B. rent out your house for a million bucks during eclipse week or C. have to brave anywhere that requires parking for the entire weekend before the eclipse, […]

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When Man Becomes Monster

The Source’s Arts & Culture Editor gets a drastic makeover for his part in “Young Frankenstein”

Most guys don’t relish the thought of going bald on topโ€”and neither does the Source’s Arts & Culture editor Jared Rasic. But when it’s required of you in order to play a part in a local play, you do what you can.  Jared started off his week getting his head and face shaved, in preparation […]

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