SALEM—While “Dancing Queen” and “Waterloo” may have made the Swedish band ABBA a worldwide sensation from the mid-1970s through the early 80s, their award-winning Broadway musical Mamma Mia! has ensured them continuing fame. You can see ABBA’s Mamma Mia! live onstage at Pentacle Theatre March 1-23. An added performance on March 12 is a sing…
Distracted opens Friday, Yellow Auditions and 65th Anniversary tickets on sale
Read the Distracted program here! And welcome to Carlee Wright who is building the programs for us this year. 2019 Distracted program
What: Open auditions for Yellow, written by Del Shores. Directed by Heather Dunkin Toller. When: 1 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 9. Where: Pentacle Theatre 324 52nd Ave. NW, off Highway 22 About 6 miles west of downtown Salem, Oregon Casting: Three adults and three teens. For a full list of parts, genders and ages, please scroll…
SALEM— Distracted, a comedic take on modern family life, kicks off the 2019 Pentacle Theatre season Jan 18. – Feb. 9. What’s wrong with 9-year-old Jesse? His teacher and parents aren’t really sure. He can’t sit still, he curses, he raps, and his teacher thinks it’s Attention Deficit Disorder. Dad says, “He’s just a boy!”…
Read the Little Shop of Horrors program here. Inside, our governing board president David Ballantyne previews the end of 2018 and the start of our 2019 season. Little Shop of Horrors Program
1984, George Orwell’s classic dystopian novel of misplaced government authority comes alive onstage July 6-28 at Pentacle Theatre. 1984 is a thrilling drama adapted for the stage from Orwell’s novel. It depicts the horrors of man’s fate in a society where Big Brother is always watching, and where everything that is not prohibited is compulsory.…
Learn more about Pentacle Theatre’s production of Cabaret: read the program
Contact: Lisa Joyce, 503-485-4300, lisa@pentacletheatre.org SALEM—The Elephant Man, Bernard Pomerance’s story of John Merrick’s journey from a sideshow freak to become a celebrated member of Victorian London’s high society, opens April 13 at Pentacle Theatre. The Elephant Man is based on the life of John Merrick, who lived in London during the latter part of the…
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