Area theater companies’ seasons characteristic ‘Dog,’ ‘Mousetrap’ and ‘Dragon’

A slew of niche and important theater productions are hitting Peninsula phases, starting off with “Kinky Boots,” offered by Redwood City Community Theatre in Carrington Hall on the Sequoia Significant Faculty campus in Redwood City.

Much more than 30 performers—including Justin Kerekes as Charlie Cost, Barton Perry as Lola/Simon and Catherine Porter as Nicola—make up the forged of the preferred Broadway musical, working by way of Aug. 28.

Performances are Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. Tickets are $30-$40 at www.rwctheatre.org or 650-740-2433.

“White Sky, Falling Dragon,” composed and directed by Santa Cruz County resident Spike Wong about his father’s return from Globe War II to his home in Watsonville, runs Aug. 26-Sept. 4 on the 2nd Stage at the Mountain Watch Heart for the Executing Arts.

Done by an all-Asian forged, “White Sky” explores the Chinese-American knowledge, racism, veterans’ troubles and like. Tickets are $30 at www.soaringdragon.internet.

Sinjin Jones, creative director of the Pear Theatre, just lately announced a year crammed with songs, music, plays, poetry and additional at the Mountain Perspective theater beginning Sunday, Aug. 28 at 7 p.m., when the Pear Force Cabaret will existing an night of showtunes called “Back to Broadway.” Tickets are $10 at www.thepear.vbotickets.com/situations.

“We are inviting our audiences and artists to unite in the passionate perception that artwork in all varieties is important in supplying a inventive voice in today’s modern society,” Jones suggests. “Our hope is that we can ignite the passions, recognition, actions and lives of all who take a look at our theater and take part in the Pear practical experience this calendar year.”

On Sunday, Sept. 11, the Pear Improv Crew will carry out at 7 p.m. and they strategy to complete a person Sunday a thirty day period for the coming 12 months. Tickets are $10 on the Pear internet site.

Also coming up in September will be “the earth premiere of “The Jungle E book: Rudyard Revised” by EnActe Arts in Sunnyvale. EnActe Arts levels South Asian tales with “universal attractiveness,” according to the company’s web-site at wwwenacte.org.

Los Altos Stage Firm opens its new season in September with “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night time-Time” by Simon Stephens. Opening evening is Sept. 9. For a lot more info, pay a visit to www.losaltosstage.org or phone 650-941-0551.

Santa Clara Players opens its period in Oct with “The Mousetrap,” the ageless Agatha Christie common, followed by “Four Aged Broads” by Leslie Kimbell in February and “Tangled Webbs” by Michael Jacob in May well. For a lot more information and facts and to buy tickets, stop by www.scplayers.org.