No fool left behind
NORTH BEND No one planned a Neil Simon festival in North Bend, but with productions of four of his plays scheduled in six months, it sure seems that way. There are two each at Little Theatre on the Bay and North Bend High School, and directors at b...
 4.5K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 204.0 Pirates seek spot in state tournament
Marshfield s volleyball players want to prove themselves in the postseason this year, as they travel to Summit on Saturday in the Class 5A playoffs. After losing to Mountain View in the second round last season, the Pirates want to get past that hurd...
2.8K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 261.0 Committee approves Coos Bay school budget
COOS BAY - Marshfield High School academic activities will be completely funded next year, but the district will downsize sports programs. The school district's contingency fund will be a little lighter, too, and there will be new management of the c...
6.5K - Jun. 5, 2009; scored 261.0 Committee approves Coos Bay school budget
COOS BAY - Marshfield High School academic activities will be completely funded next year, but the district will downsize sports programs. The school district's contingency fund will be a little lighter, too, and there will be new management of the c...
3.9K - Jun. 4, 2009; scored 204.0 Coos Bay schools postpone new budget
COOS BAY - Coos Bay school officials have postponed approving a 2009-10 budget to reconsider cuts to extracurricular programs. The delay was prompted in part by the yearbook, forensics and newspaper advisors defending their programs as well as the dr...
4.9K - May. 28, 2009; scored 158.0 Going Out
Theater etc. This weekend Sawdust Theatre presents The Pride of the Sawdust League, or Three Strikes and You re Out beginning tonight at the theater in Coquille. Show times are at 8 p.m. Saturdays; additional dates listed with photo below. �...
5.7K - May. 22, 2009; scored 158.0 Raw and order
COOS BAY Hollywood routinely shows us how easy it is to turn an old story into something new by changing a few details. Classical theater likewise thrives on adaptation. It s possible to see a dozen productions of the same Shakespeare play and reca...
4.1K - May. 22, 2009; scored 366.0 Going Out
Theater etc. This weekend From Shakespeare to Saturday Night, a sketch comedy variety show, will be presented at 7 tonight at North Bend High School. Fundraiser for NBHS drama program. $5 or $20 family. The Nerd opens tonight at L...
5.5K - May. 8, 2009; scored 204.0 Revenge on the nerd
NORTH BEND Something unusual is happening tonight at Little Theatre on the Bay. There s a play opening. It s the first non-musical show in three years for the theater group, which is beginning its run of The Nerd. The last play at LTOB was The O...
4.6K - May. 8, 2009; scored 204.0 Going out
Theater etc. This weekend From Shakespeare to Saturday Night, a sketch comedy variety show, will be presented at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday at North Bend High School. $5 or $20 family. Seascape will be presented at Theatre 101, ...
3.8K - May. 1, 2009; scored 236.0 Going Out
Theater etc. This weekend Willy Wonka Junior, presented by New Artists Productions continues through Sunday at the Sprague Community Theater in Bandon. Roald Dahl s play takes place in the factory of Willy Wonka, where five children vie to be Wonk...
5.8K - Apr. 24, 2009; scored 158.0 Going out
Theater etc. This weekend Willy Wonka Junior, presented by New Artists Productions opens tonight at the Sprague Community Theater in Bandon. Roald Dahl s play takes place in the factory of Willy Wonka, where five children vie to be Wonka s success...
5.2K - Apr. 17, 2009; scored 158.0 Apprentices to history
COOS BAY - Most actors would likely attest to the time and study it takes to become a true thespian. However, a local acting coach had only 40 minutes to instill performance skills in a group of eighth-graders who will not only act but ad-lib their p...
4.4K - Apr. 13, 2009; scored 204.0 Going out
Theater etc. This weekend Nunsense A-Men!, an On Broadway Thespians production, opens tonight and runs through April 5 at Genevieve s, formerly Stray Katz, in Coos Bay. Directed by Leatha Lewison-Gonzalez, the show is a musical comedy with an (almos...
5.1K - Mar. 20, 2009; scored 158.0 Bits and pieces of Shakespeare
Marshfield High School presents An Evening of Shakespeare, a collection of performances by students in the advanced acting class, tonight and Saturday in the school Drama Lab. The show includes monologues and selected scenes from 11 Shakespeare pla...
2.4K - Mar. 20, 2009; scored 282.0 Going out
Theater etc. This weekend Gallagher will perform at Little Theatre on the Bay at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. A raincoat and flash camera are recommended, a press release said. $28. Portland Center Stage s The Importance of Being Earnest, c...
4.9K - Mar. 13, 2009; scored 158.0 Going out
Theater etc. This weekend Wham, Bam, Thank You, Sam! The Last Plays of Samuel Beckett, a presentation of the Southwestern Oregon Community College theatre department, will be held today and Saturday. Directed by Rob Clingan, plays include Catastro...
5.5K - Mar. 6, 2009; scored 158.0 Pirates work overtime to reach title game
Marshfield s girls basketball team earned a spot in today s championship game at the Les Schwab South Coast Holiday Basketball Tournament with a hard-fought 51-44 win over Marist in an overtime thriller Tuesday evening. The Pirates overcame poor shoo...
4.9K - Dec. 31, 2008; scored 371.0 Going Out
Theater etc. This weekend New Artists Productions will present The Christmas Toyshop this weekend at the Sprague Community Theater in Bandon. Show times are 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. A fantasy in which toys come to life and come...
2.3K - Dec. 19, 2008; scored 158.0 Audacity of verse
COOS BAY Reciting original poetry can be scary. On a recent mini-episode of the teen drama Degrassi, Holly J finds herself spilling her feelings for a boy she likes in front of him and a crowd of her classmates when a bit of fairy dust forces her...
9.3K - Dec. 19, 2008; scored 282.0 | 
