The Brush Creek Playhouse is holding auditions for its holiday production, Ebenezer, A Ghost Story of Christmas, an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ ”A Christmas Carol.” The show, adapted by Michael Wood, runs Dec. 1 – 17 at Brush Creek, 11535 Silverton Road NE. Brush Creek auditions for the show are on Sunday, Sept. 24 at 1 p.m. and Monday, Sept. […]
Brush Creek is launching its 2023 season with the return of one of its favorite shows, The Further MISAdventures of the Seven Dwarfs. The crowd-pleaser brings back the seven dwarfs for a romp through the collected tales of the Brothers Grimm. Did you know that a dwarf helped Rapunzel and her prince? And helped Hansel and Gretel escape the gingerbread […]
Brush Creek Playhouse, just outside of Silverton, will be holding auditions for The Further MISAdventures of the Seven Dwarfs on Saturday, Dec. 3, 11 a.m. and on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2 p.m. This romp through the tales of the Brothers Grimm (written by Emily Wood and Michael Wood and performed by arrangement with Evander Dramatic Press) is great fun and has a […]
By Melissa Wagoner It’s been two years since the last performance of Brush Creek Playhouse, The True Tale of the Sleeping Beauty, was shut down mid-season due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, the iconic red building – built in 1895 as a school house on the corner of Brush Creek Drive and Silverton Road – has […]
Brush Creek kicks off the 2019 season with this year’s children and youth performance. The Pirate Paradise: Legend of Libertalia opens its three-weekend run on Friday, Feb, 22, with evening performances at 7 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and matinees at 2 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. The show is directed by Linda Zellner, assisted by Emily Wood. It is based on […]
By Brenna Wiegand Though there’s a cast of only three in Brush Creek Theatre’s upcoming play A Bench in the Sun, together they bring 150 years of experience to the stage. The play, written by Ron Clark, revolves around the musings and squabbles of two elderly gentlemen who spend their days on a garden bench at their retirement home. Shannon […]
By Don Murtha To paraphrase Mark Twain, rumors of the demise of the Brush Creek Playhouse are greatly exaggerated. Even despite the stories of the theft of $45,000 from the playhouse, board member Michael Wood said. “We survived without missing a beat,” he said. Wood said discrepancies in the Playhouse finances were discovered when the report of the treasurer did […]
Tavis Evans and Jacob Dickson rehearsing for “Summer Lightning,” the new comedy opening June 11 at the Brush Creek Playhouse. Performances are Thursday through Saturday at 8 and Sunday at 2, through June 28. Photo by Bill Naiditch.
Summer Lightning, written and directed by Silverton resident Michael Smith, comes to the Brush Creek Playhouse stage for three weekends beginning June 11.
Described as a backstage comedy, the two-hour play portrays actors preparing to go on stage as they apply makeup and put on costumes. They’re doing a Greek tragedy, Phaedra, the story of a woman who is cursed by the gods to fall in love with her stepson. The play is presented within the play, similar to the well-known comedy Noises Off.
The Brush Creek Playhouse in Silverton is taking submissions of original, never-produced plays for five slots in its 2010 theater season. Submissions of either full-length plays or a series of two or three one-act plays will be judged by a BCP panel. Entries are due by June 19 and a $10 submission fee is required. Contact Brush Creek Playhouse for […]
