Actors Circle at Providence Playhouse
(1256 Providence Rd, Scranton, reservations: 570.342.9707, actorscircle.org)
• “The 39 Steps:” Feb. 2-5, 10-12, 17-19. Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m., Sun., 2 p.m. $12 GA, $10 seniors, $8 students. Preview Feb. 2, 8 p.m., $8 GA/seniors, $6 students. From the novel by John Buchan and movie by Alfred Hitchcock. A small cast plays more than 150 roles, recreating the classic tale of an ordinary man caught up in a spy story. Reservations suggested, call.
• “Crimes of the Heart:” March 22-25, 30-31, April 1.
• “’Night Mother:” May 10-13, 18-20.
Applause Theatre Co.
(applausetheatre.webs.com, applausetheatre@gmail.com)
• Calling All Dancers: Auditions Feb. 11-12, 2-4 p.m., Arts YOUniverse, Wilkes-Barre. 18+ female, male for signature fundraiser event. Be prepared to learn group routine. Music CD +2 minute (max) routine a plus, not mandatory. Event tentatively May 4-5, Scranton. For info, contact choreographer LuAnn at 570.592.5996.
Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble
(Alvina Krause Theatre, 226 Center St., Bloomsburg, 570.784.8181, 800.282.0283, bte.org)
Ticket prices: $9-$25
• “Julius Caesar:” Jan. 27-28. Special school matinees Jan. 25-27, 10 a.m., $9/person for all audience members. Part of Page To Stage Program. Study Guide, play script, synopsis available online. Schools may book a “Julius Caesar” workshop in the school at no additional charge. For info, call 570.458.4075, e-mail phenry@bte.org.
• “Murder at the Howard Johnson’s:” March 2-25. Set in the late ’70s, spoiled Arlene and her lover check in to a cheap motel and plot to kill her husband.
• “In the Next Room, or The Vibrator Play:” May 3-20, parental discretion advised.
Coughlin High School Drama Club
(80 N. Washington St., Wilkes-Barre, 570.406.3976)
• “Legally Blonde-The Musical:” March 1-3, 7 p.m., March 4, 2 p.m. $10/all ages, senior citizens’ discount night March 1, 55+, $5. Tickets day of show only at door. For info, call.
Dietrich Theatre
(60 E. Tioga Street, Tunkhannock, 570.996.1500, dietrichtheater.com)
• Auditions for “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest:” Jan. 28-29, noon-5 p.m. By appointment only, call 570.996.1511. 4 women, ages 18-50; 12 men, ages 18-70. Will be asked to read from script, sides available online. Looking for people to work behind the scenes. Non-equity community production. Show dates in March.
• “Love Letters” by A. R. Gurney: Feb. 11, 7 p.m., Feb. 12, 3 p.m. $15. Two actors sit at a table reading their letters. Call for tickets, reserved seating.
• Life On Mars-After School Players Theater Arts Show: Feb. 25, 11 a.m. $5. Written and produced by the students.
• “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest:” March 21, 23-24, 7 p.m.; 22, 10 a.m., 25, 3 p.m. $10.
F.M. Kirby Center
(71 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, 570.826.1100)
• “Charlotte’s Web:” Jan. 29, 2 p.m., Jan. 30, 10 a.m., $14.50
• “La Boheme:” Feb. 3, 7:30 p.m., $29-$58
• “Fiddler on the Roof:” Feb. 15-16, 7:30 p.m., $30-$60
• “Proof:” Feb. 25, 8 p.m., $17-$37
• “Fish Face (The Kids of Polk Street School):” March 27, 10 a.m., $6.50
• Treasured Stories/The Best of Eric Carle: April 11, 10 a.m., $6.50
King’s College Theatre:
(Admin. Bldg., 133 N. River St., Wilkes-Barre, 570.208.5825)
• King’s Players will perform “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee:” Feb. 16-19, 7:30 p.m. Tale of overachievers’ angst chronicling the experience of 6 adolescent outsiders vying for spelling championship. $10; non-King’s students/senior citizens, $5.
KISS (Kids Innovating Stage & Sound) Theater
(in old movie theater at Wyoming Valley Mall), kisstheatre.org, 570.991.1818/0844)
• “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: The School Edition:” through Jan. 29. Parental guidance suggested. Tickets, show times available online.
The Limelight Players
(570.814.6790)
• “Titanic-The Musical:” May 24-27, May 31-June 3.
Little Theatre of Wilkes-Barre
(537 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre: 570.823.1875, ltwb.org)
• “Forever Plaid:” Jan. 27-28, 8 p.m., Jan. 29, 3 p.m. $18, call to reserve. Produced in cooperation with Mitchell Financial Group. Musical story of a classic 1950s all-male singing group who return from the Great Beyond to perform the show they never got to when they were alive.
• NEPA Premiere Production of William Shakespeare’s “Titus Andronicus:” Feb. 10-11, 8 p.m., Feb. 12, 3 p.m. $10. In association with Oblivion Productions. Call to reserve.
Music Box Players
(196 Hughes St., Swoyersville: 570.283.2195 or 800.698.PLAY or musicbox.org)
• Auditions for “The Full Monty:” Actors, actresses still needed, particularly a man of African-American descent who sings (to play a principal). Call for information. Performances in Feb., March.
• “American Stars of Tomorrow”-Musical Revue: Feb. 3-4, 7 p.m., Feb. 5, 2 p.m. $12-$14. Show-only performance. Call for reservations.
• “The Full Monty:” Feb. 17-19, 24-26, March 2-4. Fri.-Sat., curtain 8 p.m., Sun., 3 p.m. Buffet dinner 90 minutes before curtain. Tickets for dinner and show and show-only. Tony-Award winning musical about out-of-work blue-collar workers who “strip” to make ends meet. Call for reservations.
Pennsylvania Theater for Performing Arts
(JJ Ferrara Center, 212 W. Broad St., Hazleton, 570.454.5451, ptpashows.org)
• “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels:” Jan. 28, 7 p.m.; Jan. 29, 3 p.m. All-you-can-eat dinner buffet 90 minutes prior to all performances. $16/adults, $14/seniors 62+, students 12+, $10/children. Dinner-and-show tickets, $32/adults, $28/seniors, students, $20/children. Group discounts available, some tickets sold at door. Call or go online to reserve.
The Phoenix Performing Arts Center
(409-411 Main St., Duryea, 570.457.3589, phoenixpac.vpweb.com, phoenixpac08@aol.com)
• “Bye Bye Birdie” Musical: March 23-April 1.
• “Rent:” April 20-May 6. Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m. Sun., 2 p.m.
Scranton Cultural Center
(420 N. Washington Ave., Scranton)
• “In the Mood:” Jan. 26, 7 p.m., $39.80-$57.70. 1940s musical revue. For tickets, visit ScrantonCulturalCenter.org, TicketMaster.com, call 570.344.1111, 800.745.3000.
• The Amazing Kreskin: Jan. 29, 2 p.m. $15. $35 ticket/meet & greet, $50 4-ticket package via box office, 570.344.1111, Ticketmaster.
• “South Pacific:” March 23-25, times vary, $46.25-$67.25
• “Young Frankenstein:” May 18-20, times vary, $46.25-$67.25
Shawnee Playhouse
(570.421.5093, theshawneeplayhouse.com)
• “Those Fantastic Forties:” Jan. 27, 29, 2 p.m.; Jan. 28, 8 p.m. $18/adults, $15/seniors, $10/children under 12.
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