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Christmas on stage
Saturday, December 08, 2007 | No comments posted.
The 15th-annual Little Ole Opry Country Christmas show runs this weekend at Little Theatre on the Bay in North Bend.
Though the Saturday and Sunday shows were sold out, tickets were still available for all tonight’s opener, according to LTOB manager Don Williston.
First-time director Shirley Kintner said she feels like the show has a life of its own after 14 years.
“There’s your regulars, and there’s a lot of new, young talent coming up,” Kintner said. “A lot of them are in high school and they’re really, really good.”
The lineup includes current Bay Area Teen Idol Clint Guevara, past winner Sara Martin and past finalists Micah Langley and Alyssa Birrer, as well as Abby Collings, a local finalist in the ColgateCountry Showdown, and Kelley Coolen.
Also among the younger performers are several children of Opry regulars who have become Opry regulars themselves, including Kintner’s 16-year-old daughter Hannah, who made her Opry debut at age 3. Also in that group are Martin, Austin Thompson and Raegan Spence, who share the stage with their mothers, Angie Martin, Tara Thompson and Deana Spence.
Other Opry singers are Tom Barnett, the Young Bucs, emceePam de Jong, Dan Keller, Leatha Lewison-Gonzalez, Janet Lunstroth, assistant director Josie Reid, Catherine Rowe, Ray Silvia, Roger Sims and Jon Thomas.
They will be joined on stage by dancers Kayla Fletcher, Haley Latta, Amanda Osborn, Noel Caffey, Kaja Gresko and Ty Whitley; the Opry band, Dave Ford, Doug Jones, David Andrist, Bill Berrian, Dwain Rayburn and Greg Griffith; and comedy team members Jill Hanson, JeffCragun, Marty Crouse, Ron Koopman, Deb McDonald, Carla Mobley, Nancy Nix, Alan Spjut, Joe Stoffel, Mary Beth Woods, Howard Swick and Elizabeth Hewitt.
Performances are at 8 tonight and Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday. All tickets are $10 and sold reserved.
Other shows
Three other Christmas-themed theatrical shows are happening this weekend on the South Coast.
• At Marshfield High School, the Madrala Players will present a Holiday Fireside Celebration variety show at 7 tonight and Saturday in the school drama lab.
The show consists of five short staged segments of classic holiday stories — “Twas the Night BeforeChristmas,” “The Gift of the Magi,” “Herschell and the Hanukkah Goblin,” “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” and “A Christmas Carol” — with Christmas carols and audience involvement interspersed. Tickets are $5.
• In Bandon, the musical comedy “Bethlehem Road” will run for a second weekend at the Sprague Community Theater. Performances are at 7:30 tonight and Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $5.
• Also entering its second weekend is “Bah Humbug,” a religious-themed adaptation of “A Christmas Carol” presented by the On Broadway Thespians at the Egyptian Theatre in Coos Bay. Performances are at 8 tonight and Saturday and at 1 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $10, $7 for children and $8 for the Sunday show.
Though the Saturday and Sunday shows were sold out, tickets were still available for all tonight’s opener, according to LTOB manager Don Williston.
First-time director Shirley Kintner said she feels like the show has a life of its own after 14 years.
“There’s your regulars, and there’s a lot of new, young talent coming up,” Kintner said. “A lot of them are in high school and they’re really, really good.”
The lineup includes current Bay Area Teen Idol Clint Guevara, past winner Sara Martin and past finalists Micah Langley and Alyssa Birrer, as well as Abby Collings, a local finalist in the ColgateCountry Showdown, and Kelley Coolen.
Also among the younger performers are several children of Opry regulars who have become Opry regulars themselves, including Kintner’s 16-year-old daughter Hannah, who made her Opry debut at age 3. Also in that group are Martin, Austin Thompson and Raegan Spence, who share the stage with their mothers, Angie Martin, Tara Thompson and Deana Spence.
Other Opry singers are Tom Barnett, the Young Bucs, emceePam de Jong, Dan Keller, Leatha Lewison-Gonzalez, Janet Lunstroth, assistant director Josie Reid, Catherine Rowe, Ray Silvia, Roger Sims and Jon Thomas.
They will be joined on stage by dancers Kayla Fletcher, Haley Latta, Amanda Osborn, Noel Caffey, Kaja Gresko and Ty Whitley; the Opry band, Dave Ford, Doug Jones, David Andrist, Bill Berrian, Dwain Rayburn and Greg Griffith; and comedy team members Jill Hanson, JeffCragun, Marty Crouse, Ron Koopman, Deb McDonald, Carla Mobley, Nancy Nix, Alan Spjut, Joe Stoffel, Mary Beth Woods, Howard Swick and Elizabeth Hewitt.
Performances are at 8 tonight and Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday. All tickets are $10 and sold reserved.
Other shows
Three other Christmas-themed theatrical shows are happening this weekend on the South Coast.
• At Marshfield High School, the Madrala Players will present a Holiday Fireside Celebration variety show at 7 tonight and Saturday in the school drama lab.
The show consists of five short staged segments of classic holiday stories — “Twas the Night BeforeChristmas,” “The Gift of the Magi,” “Herschell and the Hanukkah Goblin,” “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” and “A Christmas Carol” — with Christmas carols and audience involvement interspersed. Tickets are $5.
• In Bandon, the musical comedy “Bethlehem Road” will run for a second weekend at the Sprague Community Theater. Performances are at 7:30 tonight and Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $5.
• Also entering its second weekend is “Bah Humbug,” a religious-themed adaptation of “A Christmas Carol” presented by the On Broadway Thespians at the Egyptian Theatre in Coos Bay. Performances are at 8 tonight and Saturday and at 1 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $10, $7 for children and $8 for the Sunday show.
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