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Local audiences have a chance to see an anti-war drama that’s one of the classic works of 20th-century theater when Seattle University brings its production of “Mother Courage” to The Merc Playhouse on Saturday (Dec. 2).
Written by the German playwright Bertolt Brecht, “Mother …
After four years at the Merc Playhouse, Artistic Director Ki Gottberg is leaving at the end of February, with pride and regrets — and some disappointments.
“I’ve absolutely adored every project that I’ve worked on at the Merc,” said Gottberg. But she hadn’t anticipated it would be so difficult to …
Spooky Muldoon Manor hosts a cast of suspicious characters — including a dead body waiting to be discovered — in a comic, fast-paced murder mystery spoof that opens Thursday (July 27) at The Merc Playhouse.
“The Real Inspector Hound” begins with …
By Matthew Taylor Four Seattle University students are interning at The Merc Playhouse in Twisp this summer. They are helping to design, manage and perform “The Real Inspector Hound,” a comedy by noted playwright Tom Stoppard that opens on July 27. The students are engaged in a wide variety of roles related to the preparation […]
Fight off the winter doldrums with an evening of laughter and poetry by taking in “Getting Through — Double-edged Comedies for the New Year,” The Merc Playhouse production that opens Thursday (Jan. 19).
“Getting Through” includes three one-act plays plus some poetry readings.
The ambience and vocabulary may be more than 100 years old, but the basic themes of 19th-century melodramas — sensationalism and sentimentality — will be quite familiar to 21st-century audiences when The Merc Playhouse presents The Diabolical Elixir, or Choose Your Poison beginning Friday (Oct. 23)
Reddington exhibit at Mazama Country Inn Works by local artist Ginger Reddington are on display at the Mazama Country Inn through Dec. 30. Reddington’s paintings can be seen in the dining room and lobby whenever the inn is open. For more about her work, visit www.gingerreddington.com. The exhibit is sponsored by Confluence Gallery. For more […]
Students exhibit at Spartan Art Gallery Artists of the Methow Valley Young Adult Art Intensive — a three-day art camp for teens happening this week in Twisp — invite the public to view their work at an exhibition on Friday (June 26) from 6-8 p.m. at the Spartan Art Gallery on the TwispWorks campus. “This camp is about encouraging kids […]
In the post-World War II, pre-“Mad Men” era that was the mid-1950s, coming-of-age Americans were sorting out a lot of questions about self-realization, sexual exploration and the mutability of social …
When four people in a small, rural community enroll in a six-week-long acting class at their local community center, the relationships that develop among them reveal the humor and sadness in their lives.
