Live Arts is seeking volunteers to help build and paint the set for their upcoming production of Disney’s High School Musical! Build dates are as follows:

• Wed June 18: 6pm-10pm
• Sat June 21: 10am-2pm
• Tues June 24: 6pm-10pm
• Sat June 28: 10am-2pm
• Tues July 1: 6pm-10pm

Stop by, even if you can only help out for a couple hours!

Be ready to get dirty, play with power tools, and enjoy getting to know some of Charlottesville’s behind-the-scenes technical theater folk!

For more information, call Live Arts at 977-4177, extension 112.

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Ok, a new theater was put on my radar this week: Hamner Theater of Nelson County. Here are a few upcoming events for them. If you’ve seen shows at this theater or been involved at any point, feel free to post about your experiences.

On June 14 at 7:30pm, they will be hosting TigerLily as part of the Hamner Theater Cabaret series. On July 18, they will be hosting Good Foot Dance Company.

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Live Arts is gearing up for their upcoming season. Auditions for Doubt: A Parable (by John Patrick Shanley) their first play this coming fall, will take place on July 13 and 14. The cast members as described by the author are:

• Sister Aloysius (fifties/sixties)
• Father Flynn (late thirties)
• Sister James (twenties)
• Mrs. Muller (around thirty-eight)

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Charlottesville’s wacky and wild Bent Theater Improve Comedy Troupe is at it again! Catch them at R2 on the Downtown Mall on June 19th at 8pm. Tickets for R2 shows are $5. The Bent Theater performs at R2 every third Thursday of the month.

On June 27, the Bent Theater will be performing at Play On! Theater at 8pm. Tickets are $6 at the door.

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Play On! Theater is currently showing Complete History of America (abridged). This production is directed by Derby Thomas and features Aaron Hale, Jake Roth, and Nate Wootten. The show runs through June 22, so call the box office (872-0184) if you want to purchase tickets.

Additionally, Play On! will be holding auditions on July 7 and 9 for their production of The Fantasticks. The Fantasticks is famously known as the world’s longest-running musical, as the original production ran for 17,162 performances (42 years).

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We begin our weekend preview with a plug for a group of our cvilleMUSE buddies who will be making their live debut in Charlottesville on Saturday night. We think you should check ‘em out. The band is called The Moses and it features one of our own amongst its membership (that would be NewmaN for those who haven’t been following along). The Moses part the rock n roll waters on Saturday, June 14 at Saxx Jazz and Blues Lounge in Belmont. Joined on stage by The Vamanos (more friends in this one too) and The Raquellos (you guys can be our friends if you’re not already), doors open at 8pm, show starts at 9pm. Cover is $5 at the door.

[The Moses photo by Tom Daly]

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Get ready for a Shakespearean comedy classic! Four County Players is producing As You Like It this summer. It is directed by John Holdren and features local actors, including but not limited to: Sean Chandler, Chris Estey, Sara Eshleman, Katy Walker, Andrew Willis, Sara Holdren, and Robert Wray. Recently, we saw Chris Estey and Sara Eshleman in Live Arts’ production of Mother Courage and Her Children. Andrew Willis was also at Live Arts for In the Blood, as well as Play On! for Guys and Dolls. Robert Wray may appear familiar to those of you who have seen local commercials. (In one, he is dressed in a smart, black suit along with his counterpart).

The show opens July 25 and runs through August 8. For tickets, call the box office at (540) 832-5355. Four County Players is located at 5256 Governor Barbour Street, Barboursville, Virginia. As You Like It is written for any comedy lover who can follow the cross-dressing, love triangle, boy meets boy meets girl whirlwind of a story!

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In addition to the events we’ve already highlighted in Weekend Reminders I:  Hot Licks post, here are a few more featured events you might want to check out.  Our remaining cool picks for a hot June weekend can be found after the jump.  And it begins with a very COOL picture I took a few months ago while hiking in North Carolina.  Have a great weekend everyone!

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[Winter at Grandfather Mountain, NC:  Photo by the author]

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A UVa graduate student named Kathleen O’Brien has reached the final four at the National College Comedy Competition which takes place in Aspen, CO at the Aspen Rooftop Comedy Competition. Finals are today and you can watch them live on the internet at 8:45PM EST.

Here is a video for Kathleen’s standup

Her competition is after the break…

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We’ve got a couple of “field” parties on the schedule of weekend happenings.  Our first party is for a “field” and our second party is in one.  It will all make sense soon enough.

Kick off your weeknd on Friday, May 30 as the Field School of Charlottesville holds their 2nd annual Music Benefit and Auction at Saxx Jazz and Blues Club in the heart of Belmont.  Doors open at 6pm and they’ve got a pretty cool line-up.  Scheduled to perform are the Field School Boys Choir, Darrell Rose (of Afrikan Drum Festival fame), local food critic and rock n roller Ned Oldham, Sam Wilson, Jim Waive, Charlie Bell, and others.  Sounds pretty cool.

Then you can wrap up your weekend on Sunday, June 1 by playing in the field at Dorrier Park in Scottsville as the town kicks off its 10th season of Rhythm on the River with performances by Sons of Bill and the Hackensaw Boys.  Did I mention that it’s free?  Show time is 6pm.  For more details, check out our Rhythm on the River post here.

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