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Please note that children under the age of four (including "babes in arms") are not permitted at any productions.

ANYTHING GOES

by Cole Porter

The age-old tale of Boy-Meets-Girl and the complications which ensue. This show is an amusing story wrapped around one of Cole Porter's magical scores. It's a wonder that all the romances are sorted out and disaster is averted aboard the magical ship where ANYTHING GOES!


Thursday, July 29, 2010 at 7:00 pm

Friday, July 30, 2010 at 7:00 pm

Saturday, July 31, 2010 at 2:00 pm

 

 

Aida
Music by: ELTON JOHN
Lyrics by: TIM RICE
Book by: LINDA WOOLVERTON and ROBERT FALLS and DAVID HENRY HWANG

Jun 11th, Jun 12th, Jun 18th, Jun 19th, 2010
8:00 pm Evening Performance
Jun 12th, Jun 13th, Jun 19th, Jun 20th, 2010
2:00 pm Matinee Performance

Disney first produced this lavish epic of ancient Egypt, a classic tale of forbidden love told as only pop music legend Elton John and Tim Rice (Evita, Jesus Christ Superstar, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat) can. Aida, a wise and beautiful Nubian princess, is captured by the mighty, passionate Egyptian captain Radames, who falls in love with her, yet he can only be with her if he gives her as a handmaiden to the princess he must marry.  A winner of 4 2000 Tony Awards including Best Original Musical Score,  Giuseppe Verdi’s story is boldly reincarnated into a new extravagant feast for all the senses.

 

CELEBRATE DANCE 2010

A celebration of student choreography and performances featuring new dances within eclectic styles by:

Jessica Adams, Marielle Coe, Hollee Hennebelle, Alicia Garcia, Kevin Lopez, Michaela Brooke O'Malley, Manuel Meza, Danielle San Paolo, Tracy Tom-Hoon, Amariah Wosczyk

Directed by Sofia Carreras


Thursday, May 27, 2010 at 8:00 pm

Friday, May 28, 2010 at 8:00 pm

Saturday, May 29, 2010 at 8:00 pm

 

HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE
by Paula Vogel

April 29, April 30, May 1, 2010
8:00 pm Evening Performance
May 1, May 2, 2010
2:00 pm Matinee Performance

Singletary Hall, Quad Rm. 144

A wildly funny, surprising and devastating tale of survival as seen through the lens of a troubling relationship between a young girl and an older man, HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE is the story of a woman who learns the rules of the road and life from behind the wheel.

This show is rated R for mature audiences only. 

* Tickets are also available at the Box Office: $10 (presale, through April 28)
   and $15 (after April 28)

 

The Pirates of Penzance
Apr 23rd, Apr 24th, Apr 30th, May 1st, 2010
8:00 pm Evening Performance
Apr 24th, Apr 25th, May 1st, May 2nd, 2010
2:00 pm Matinee Performance

The glory of Gilbert and Sullivan at it’s hilariously swashbuckling best! Frederick, son of a wealthy 19th century man was to be apprenticed to a pilot, yet due to a hard-of-hearing nursery maid, was instead apprenticed to a pirate. His love for sweet, innocent Mabel, and his devotion to his pirate family and leave this poor “Slave of Duty” split right down the middle! Great fun, sidesplitting laughs, and bombastic vocal performances have made this a favorite of audiences worldwide for over 125 years!

 

EQUUS

April 8, April 9, April 10, 2010
8:00 pm Evening Performance
April 10, April 11, 2010
2:00 pm Matinee Performance

Dr. Martin Dysart, a psychiatrist, is confronted with Alan Strang, a boy who has blinded six horses in a violent fit of passion.  This very passion is as foreign to Dysart as the act itself.  To the boy's parents it is a hideous mystery; Alan has always adored horses.  To Dysart it is a psychological puzzle that leads both doctor and patient to a complex and disturbingly dramatic confrontation.  This international success reached new acclaim in London and on Broadway when revived in 2008.

This show is rated R for mature audiences only. 

* Tickets are also available at the Box Office: $10 (presale, through April 7)
   and $15 (after April 7)

 

INTERSECT DANCE THEATRE 2010
An eclectic mix of boundaryless movement

Sofia Carreras and Mark Haines, Directors

ONE NIGHT ONLY!  February 27th, 2010, 8PM
Tickets prices are $10.00 General Admission & 6.00 w/ Student I.D.

Intersect Dance Theatre is a new professional dance company sponsored by the Dance Department of Riverside City College.  The company embraces a comprehensive aesthetic vision by blending the movement vocabularies of contemporary ballet and modern dance.  the company features both RCC students and professional dancers from across Southern California.

 

Singin' In The Rain
Based on the MGM Film
(Original Choreography by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen)
Screenplay by BETTY COMDEN and ADOLPH GREEN
Songs by  NACIO HERB BROWN and ARTHUR FREED
Produced by Arrangement With Maurice Rosenfield, Lois F. Rosenfield and Cindy Pritzker, Inc.

Jan 22nd, Jan 23rd, Jan 29th, Jan 30th, 2010
8:00 pm Evening Performance
Jan 23rd, Jan 24th, Jan 30th, Jan 31st, 2010
2:00 pm Matinee Performance

Come see Hollywood’s greatest musical LIVE onstage! Don Lockwood and Lina Lamount are the toast of Hollywood’s Silent era of the 1920s, but, Lina has been cursed with a terrible, grating voice. When she and Don star in their first talking movie, Don and the studio execs secretly have up-and-coming actress, Kathy, provide a voice for Lina. Don and Kathy fall in love and the film is a hit, but Lina is furious! This adaptation of the classic MGM Gene Kelly film is a loving and light-hearted Valentine to Hollywood’s Golden age, featuring “You Are My Lucky Star”, “You Were Meant for Me”, “Good Morning”, and “Make’em Laugh”.

 

Kinetic Conversations

Friday, Dec 4, 2009
8:00pm
Saturday, Dec 5, 2009
2:00pm and 8:00pm

A colorful mix of dance and movement by esteemed RCC Dance Faculty choreographers Sofia Carreras, Rita Chenoweth-Surman, Jo Dierdorff, Denise Donovan, Mark Haines, Summer LeSueur, Lupita Limon, Sue Roginski.

With special guest choreographers
Ray McNamara, Julie Tessier and Adam Young.

Rita Chenoweth-Surman, Director

 

Durang, Durang, Durang

Nov 18 - 21, 2009
8:00 pm Evening Performance
Nov 21, 2009
2:00 pm Matinee Performance

SINGLETARY HALL in the RCC Quad (Room 144)

A trio of Christopher Durang's hilarious comedies:

For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls is a rollicking parody of The Glass Menagerie in which Amanda, the fading Southern belle, is preparing her hypochondriac son, Lawrence, to meet the "feminine caller."

'Dentity Crisis is a dark comedy that skewers modern psychiatry with an irreverent mixture of parody, satire and nonsense.

The Actor's Nightmare is one of Durang's most popular comedies about a hapless accountant who wanders into a theatre and is pushed on stage to star in a series of prominent roles.  Unfortunately, he can't remember what plays they're doing, or even if he's an actor at all!

This show is rated PG-13

THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN
Music and Lyrics by: MEREDITH WILLSON
Book by: RICHARD MORRIS

Nov 13th, Nov 14th, Nov 20th, Nov 21st, 2009
8:00 pm Evening Performance
Nov 14th, Nov 15th, Nov 21st, Nov 22nd, 2009
2:00 pm Matinee Performance

This musical follows the miraculous Molly Brown, whose feisty determination to rise out of poverty leads her from the backwoods of Hannibal, Missouri, to the palaces of Europe. Along the way, she marries Leadville Johnny Brown, enters the highest echelons of Monte Carlo society, survives the sinking of the Titanic as a hero, and, most importantly to her, finally earns the approval she so desperately seeks of those “Beautiful People of Denver.”

The Full Monty
Book by Terrence McNally
Music & Lyrics by David Yazbek

Oct 22th, 23rd, 24th 2009
8:00 pm Evening Performance
Oct 24th, 25th 2009
2:00 pm Matinee Performance

Seeing how much their wives enjoy watching male strippers during their "Girls' Night Out," unemployed steelworkers in Buffalo, New York come up with a bold way to make some quick cash. In the process they find renewed self-esteem, the importance of friendship and the ability to have fun.

As the guys work through their fears, self-consciousness, feelings of worthlessness and anxieties (over everything from being overweight to child custody, bigotry to being gay), they come to discover that not only are they stronger as a group, but that the strength they find in each other gives them the individual courage to face their demons and overcome them.

There is great heart to THE FULL MONTY, and the ultimate themes expressed in the show, about taking charge of one's life and following one's dreams are great lessons for all of us. And truth be told, through creative directing and staging, the final impact of "The Full Monty" can be achieved without ever losing your jockey shorts!

“This show is for mature audiences only”

Dancers for Life 15 – Dancing Beyond Borders

Saturday, Oct 3, 2009
8:00pm

Always a beautiful and thought-provoking dance concert,100% of the proceeds of this concert will be donated to the Loma Linda University Global Health Institute (US 501(c)3 Corporation), Jamison Global Development Fund for projects in association with the Fuyang AIDS Orphan Salvation Association, a grassroots NGO in Central China that works with children infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. Funds raised at this event are earmarked for healthcare costs of children infected with HIV/AIDS, technical school education of children orphaned by HIV/AIDS, and AIDS education in the communities in which these children live and suffer from immense stigmatization

All Shook Up
Inspired by and featuring the songs of ELVIS PRESLEY
Book by JOE DIPIETRO

Sep 18th, Sep 19th, Sep 25th, Sep 26th, 2009
8pm Evening Performance
Sep 19th, Sep 20th, Sep 26th, Sep 27th, 2009
2pm Matinee Performance

With 20 Classic Elvis Presley Hits, All Shook Up, will have you revved up and rockin’ right out of your blue suede shoes! In a roadside honky-tonk, a surprise visit from a mysterious, leather-jacketed stranger will lead a small town to discover the freedom of dance, the magic of romance, and the power of rock and roll. You'll swivel your hips to "Heartbreak Hotel," "Love Me Tender," "Don't Be Cruel", and much more.  You "Can't Help Falling In Love" with All Shook Up!

FOOTLOOSE
Stage Adaptation by DEAN PITCHFORD and WALTER BOBBIE
Based on the Original Screenplay by Dean Pitchford
Music by TOM SNOW Lyrics by DEAN PITCHFORD
Additional Music by ERIC CARMEN, SAMMY HAGAR, KENNY LOGGINS and JIM STEINMAN
Directed by Gary Krinke

July 30th, July 31st, 2009
7:00pm Evening Performance
August 1st, 2009
2:00pm Afternoon Performance