Upcoming Shows at the Playhouse
Entertainment at the Brown County Playhouse in November and December includes two plays:“ The Lonesome West” and“ A Tuna Christmas,” and a one-night-only( November 15) performance by IU Soul Revue.
THE LONESOME WEST by Martin McDonagh— November 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 7:30 p. m.
The Lonesome West is the darkly comic story of two Irish brothers fighting over their inheritance. They struggle to find peace and the true meaning of family and fail miserably. Despite the best efforts of the local Parrish Priest and a booze-peddling teenage girl, these two brothers may never get along. The cast features both co-directors Ian McCabe and Nora Leahy along with Patrick Tierney and Dan Lendzien.
IU SOUL REVUE presented by the African American Arts Institute— Saturday, November 15, 7:30. Tickets $ 17.50.
Listen, groove, and dance to the soulful sounds of the IU Soul Revue, America’ s first and finest collegiate popular music ensemble. The“ Revue” will bring you back to Black popular music from the 1960s through the present
The IU Soul Revue was founded in 1971, with ethnomusicologist Portia K. Maultsby appointed as the ensemble’ s first director. For more than 40 years the“ Revue” has wowed its local audience and audiences across the country with dynamic performances of timeless R & B, Soul, Funk, and contemporary Black popular music styles delivered by its commanding male and female vocal ensemble, powerful horn line, and tight rhythm section. The group makes annual appearances in schools, colleges and universities, nightclubs, and other venues. Revue has also opened for renowned artists, including The Emotions, James Brown, The Temptations, Con Funk Shun and Booker T. Jones.
Opening before IU Soul Revue will be the highenergy Richard Baskin Quartet, showcasing the vocal talents of Richard Baskin, a scholarship student in the newly established vocal jazz program at Jacobs School. The quartet explores the vocal jazz tradition, following in the footsteps of greats such as Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae and Joe Williams, but bringing it new life through today’ s fresh ideas.
A TUNA CHRISTMAS By Ed Howard, Joe Sears, and Jaston Williams— November 28, 29, 30, December 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, all shows 7:30 p. m. except Sundays which are 2 p. m. matinees
20 characters, two actors, one small Texas town, and a whole lot of Christmas Eve shenanigans. In this hilarious comedy play, full of holiday cheer, it’ s Christmas in the third smallest town in Texas: the town called Tuna. Radio station personalities Thurston Wheelis and Arles Struvie report on various Yuletide activities: hot competition in the annual lawn display contest and voracious Joe Bob Lipsey’ s production of A Christmas Carol jeopardized by unpaid electric bills. Leahy will direct this production with McCabe and White co-starring.
Tickets for the plays are $ 20. All Friday performances are Dinner Theatre with finger food buffet catered by Hotel Nashville starting at 6:30pm. Dinner Theatre tickets are $ 28. There is a $ 1 discount for all shows for student, senior, military or veteran.
For tickets to any performances call( 812) 988-6555 or visit < www. browncountyplayhouse. org >. •
60 Our Brown County • Nov./ Dec. 2014