The Woodland Opera House has announced their 2024-25 season.
Kicking things off this summer will be "Legally Blonde: the Musical." Based on the novel and hit-movie of the same name, the show follows the famously perky Elle Woods as she strives to prove to her ex-boyfriend Warner that she is more than just a blonde sorority girl when she follows him to Harvard Law. The show will play from Aug. 16 to 31.
"Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic" is set to play at the Woodland Opera House from Oct. 18 to Nov. 2. The 2015 original play by playwright Matt Cox is a parody of the Harry Potter book series by J.K. Rowling, but from the perspective of the Puffs, who were inspired by the Hogwarts house, Hufflepuff.
The holiday season will bring "White Christmas" to the Woodland Opera House from Dec. 6 to 22.
"Follow the story of two war buddies who team up with a sister act to save a snowless Vermont inn," said the Woodland Opera House's website. "With friendship, romance and a sprinkle of holiday magic, 'White Christmas' captures the true essence of the season.
"Amélie" follows the life of whimsical and shy Amélie Poulain, who lives a solitary life filled with simple pleasures and secret acts of kindness. One day, Amélie discovers a box of treasures in her apartment, setting her on a mission to brighten the lives of those around her. The show will open in 2025 on Jan. 31 and run through Feb. 15.
"The Book of Will" will run from March 7 to 22. The play tells the story of a small group of unexpected heroes with no money, resources or experience who come together to compile what would become Shakespeare's First Folio.
"The Prom" is a musical about four Broadway actors who travel to a conservative town in Indiana to help a lesbian student who is banned from bringing her girlfriend to high school prom. The actors are determined to transform lives and put themselves back in the limelight by changing the town and giving the student the prom she deserves. The show will open on April 18, 2025 and run through May 3.
Rounding out the season will be "Something Rotten!," a musical comedy that parodies Shakespeare and the history of theater. The show tells the story of the Bottom brothers, Nick and Nigel, who are struggling playwrights in 1595 London. They try to create the world's first musical, but face competition and challenges from Shakespeare and others.
"Something Rotten!" will run at the Woodland Opera House from June 13 to 28, 2025.
For more information about Woodland Opera House's 2024-25 main stage season, visit https://woodlandoperahouse.org/2024-2025-season/.
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The California Studio: Manetti Shrem Artist Residencies at UC Davis will be bringing two acclaimed artists to campus to work with students and give public lectures in spring quarter.
Organized by the Department of Art and Art History, the series presents Kota Ezawa, whose videos and animations examines cultural and historical events, on April 25, and on May 9, Mexican artist Tania Candiani, whose work explores ancestral knowledge, techniques and technologies.
Ezawa is a Bay Area-based artist known for creating video, animations and lightboxes that explore the mediation of cultural and historical events in a stylized manner. In 2021, his work was featured in a solo exhibition at the Georgia Museum of Art. Ezawa has received a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award, a SECA Art Award from SFMOMA, and a Eureka Fellowship.
Candiani is an interdisciplinary visual artist whose work explores the intersection of art, literature, music, architecture, science, and labor. In 2015, Candiani represented Mexico at the 56th Venice Biennal. Her work has been exhibited internationally in museums, institutions, and independent spaces. Candiani has received the Guggenheim Fellowship in the Arts and the Smithsonian Institution Research Grant for Artists. She is a member of the National System of Art Creators of Mexico.
Both events begin at 4:30 p.m. in the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art and are free and open to the public. For more information, visit https://arts.ucdavis.edu/art-studio.
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HellaCappella, an exciting collaboration between a cappella groups of all shapes, sizes and sounds, is celebrating their 20th anniversary at the Mondavi Center.
Presented by UC Davis' premier all-female-identifying, award-winning a cappella group, The Spokes, HellaCappella's audience has continued to grow for the past 20 years, attracting music lovers across generations from the greater Davis and Sacramento communities.
The show will feature groups from UC Davis, UC Berkeley, UCLA, University of Oregon and Stanford. This must-see event will premiere at the Mondavi Center on Friday, April 12 at 7:30 p.m.
For tickets, visit https://www.mondaviarts.org/whats-on/hellacappella/.
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