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The Bastrop Opera House presents

Starring Paul Standefer & Jennifer Warwick
Directed by Chester Eitze
Produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Bastrop Opera House - 711 Spring Street 
May 9, 10, and 16 at 7:30 p.m. 

Austin performance on Sat. May 17 at 7:30 p.m. at the Grace United Methodist Church, 205 E. Monroe.  A Mother's Day treat or early Father's Day delight.

Tickets:  Adults $10; Seniors 60 and up $8
High school and college students $7; Children 14 and under $5

Paul Standefer:  No stranger to the Opera House, Paul has performed in a number of local productions during the past ten years. Most recently, he starred as Chester in the one-man comedy/drama, Circumference of a Squirrel, which won the 2007 contest at the American Association of Community Theatres/Texas Nonprofit Theatres Festival in Fort Worth.

Jennifer Warwick graduated from Northwestern University, where she received her degree in theatre.  While studying with Tony-winner Frank Galati, she appeared in such diverse roles as Calpurnia in Julius Caesar, Babe in Crimes of the Heart, Audition in Talking With... and private eye Philip Marlowe in an all-women adaptation of Raymond Chandler's Trouble is My Business.  She made her regional theatre debut as Bianca in Shakespeare's Othello at Alaska Repertory Theatre.  Professional performances include Gwendolen in The Importance of Being Earnest, Elain in The Miss Firecracker Contest, Ruffiana in A Company of Wayward Saints, Prudence in Beyond Therapy, Sister Robert Anne in Nunsense, among many more.  She also performed in a weekly comedy improv show for several years.  Seen most recently on the Opera House stage as Madame De La Rougepot and Mrs. Leatherfoot in Say Uncle, Uncle Silas.

Classical Guitar Concert
Isaac Bustos
Saturday, May 17th at 7:30 p.m. 
Tickets $7

An impressive array of top prizes include: 
First Prize – 2006 Miami International Guitar Competition, Miami, FL;
First Prize – 2005 Texas International Guitar Competition, Dallas, TX; 
First Prize – 2004 Lachine International Guitar Competition, Lachine, QC, Canada; 
First Prize – 2004 St. Joseph International Solo Guitar Competition, St. Joseph, MO; 
First Prize – 2004 Portland Solo Guitar Competition, Portland, OR; 
First Prize – 2004 East Carolina University Solo Guitar Competition, Greenville, NC; 
First Prize – 2002 University of New Hampshire Concerto Competition, Durham, NH; 
Top Prize – 2003 Appalachian State University Solo Guitar Competition, Boone, NC; 
Top Prize – Second International JoAnn Falletta Concerto Competition, Buffalo, NY; 
Top Prize – 2006 Columbus State University Solo Guitar Competition, Columbus, GA; 
Top Prize – 2007 Southwest International Guitar Competition, San Antonio, TX; 
Top Prize – 2008 IX Concurso Internacional Guitarras Alhambra, Valencia, Spain. 

In addition, Bustos has performed in several premieres of new music for guitar. Most recently, works by composers Peter Askim for solo guitar, Andrew Dickinson for four guitars, a work for two guitars and electronic sound effects by Jeremy Cumbo and “After Sylvius” a solo guitar work written for Isaac by composer/guitarist Frank Wallace. 

Isaac has participated in Masterclasses of international world-renowned performing artists such as Manuel Barrueco, David Russell, Paul Galbraith, Fabio Zanon, Ricardo Iznaola, Odair Assad, Elliot Fisk, Jason Vieaux and Pepe Romero. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree in guitar performance from the University of New Hampshire, where he was the only guitarist to ever hold a full scholarship, a Master of Music degree from the University of Texas at Austin where he is also currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree under the tutelage of world-renowned American guitarist Adam Holzman. Isaac is currently on faculty at Texas A&M University Department of Performance Studies. 

This two act play has great lines, lots of action, suspense, and unexpected twists.  The "charming grossness" should really appeal to 1st to 5th graders.  The scenes are played for humor not gore, still some children might find it scary.  The primary characters are all played by young children who chose the script because they found the script hilarious.

A little of the story:  When straight-A-student 7-year-old Alexis applies for a job in the science lab of Dr. Frankenstreudel, chase scenes and funny things happen.  Alexis frees other children from Frankenstreudel’s cages, and they hide pretending to be just more body parts on a shelf.  While escaping from the lab two of the children fall into a grave, and while one old zombie tries to help them out other zombies try to eat them!  Of course being polite and respectful save them, and they go back to the laboratory to rescue the other children - But not before the Zombies sing and dance in the graveyard!  There is a happy ending.

The Princess and the Porcupine
by Ed Monk
Directed by Engela Edwards
Saturday May 24 and Sunday May 25 at 3 p.m.
$5

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Saturday May 24 and Sunday May 25 following Princess and the Porcupine (approx. 4:15 p.m.) the
Spring 2008 Youth Theater Games Team
will present improv and skits.

Collin Porter, Ethan Porter, Dominic Holcomb, Rachel Edwards, Landon Holcomb, McKenzie Miller, Allison Hewett, Jared Bellejos, Lauran Bellejos, Jacob Block, Keaton Holcomb, Jonathan Gamm
Come see The Princess and the Porcupine and stay for the improv.


Ralph Roister Doister
by Nicholas Udall adapted by I. E. Clark
directed by john daniels, jr.
Friday, June 6
Saturday, June 7
7:30 p.m.
$5
Cash at the door, no reservations needed.

“Roister Doister is none but a scoundrel, a fool, and a lout!”  Joyously the “Not-Just-One-More-Time-Players” bring his story to the stage in the daniels & Son Theatre Company’s production of Nicholas Udall’s, Ralph Roister Doister, adapted for the modern stage by Schulenburg’s I. E. Clark. 

This high energy, snappy paced, physical comedy, written in 1563, was the first play written in the English language.   Not to worry, the cadre of calamitous comedians under the field direction of theatrical commando john daniels, jr. blow the dust off the pages, take a defibrillator to its heart and push it through the automatic car wash. 

“What’s not to like about a love story between neighbors, neighbors who don’t really know each other?  Neighbors who don’t even like each other and the ‘friend for hire’ that makes it all impossible,” says daniels pulling his sunglasses down the bridge of his nose and cutting his eyes back and forth in a paranoid fashion.  The director continues in a whisper, “Not to mention rebellious servants, gung-ho servants, apathetic servants, egotistical servants and lascivious servants.” 

The Not-Just-One-More-Time-Players are Matt Torrez, Michael McGary, Megan Mossman, Caitlyn Goodwin, Shelby Jones, Amanda Wallace, Virginia Haladyna, and Kody Dyer.

A young woman tests her Christian faith by handling poisonous snakes. A housewife escapes to Oz every day. A destitute woman wants to live in McDonald’s, where the sick are cured by Big Macs and no one ever dies.  A baton twirler sees the face of Jesus thirty feet in the air. 

In eleven powerful monologues, "Talking With ..." by Jane Martin exposes the common bonds of the lives of women as varied as a redneck rodeo champion, a wealthy matron, a grieving daughter, a pregnant woman, and a "slightly bizarre" actress. The unexpected camaraderie revealed in the depth of emotion - and complemented by the playwright's razor wit - speaks to all audiences.

Produced by special arrangement with Samual French, Inc.
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