Community Update

PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Contact: David Ojakian
david@curtaincallperformingarts.net
510.393.1806 

NOISES OFF MUST CLOSE THIS WEEKEND OCTOBER 25-26,
8PM
Critically
Acclaimed Hit Comedy Brings the Laughs, Closes CCPA’s 4th Season on
a High Note

San
Leandro, CA – Noises Off, Curtain
Call Performing Arts’ (CCPA) critically acclaimed stage comedy, is set to close
this weekend with shows on Friday and Saturday October 25 and 26 at 8PM
respectively, at the Curtain Call Performing Arts Theatre (formerly California
Conservatory Theatre, CCT), in downtown San Leandro.  Audiences and
critics agree the show is an “ambitious
and memorably hilarious hit,” as expressed by Julie Grabowski of the Tri City
Voice newspaper.  Inside the intimate
67-seat theatre crowds have laughed the night away since September 27 and now
12 shows into the 14 show run, on Saturday night the curtain will close on this
cast of seasoned Bay Area actors. 

Written
in 1982 by the English playwright Michael Frayn, Noises Off is often considered
the funniest of modern comedies.  The
show is a farce within a face which takes the clichés of the genre and shakes
them up in a wild comic blender into a hilarious melee of compromising situations
and eccentric characters, in the process creating something truly brilliant and
unique. Curtain Call’s production is directed by local film and stage veteran, Erik
Scanlon and features a cast of accomplished Bay Area actors that have brought
their own unique persona to the stage in the many off-the-wall situations they
encounter in the show. 

Noises Off closes Curtain Call’s memorable
fourth season, which saw a steampunked summer 2012 production of Rogers
and Hammerstein’s Cinderella nominated for ten (10) BroadwayWorld.com
San Francisco awards including Best Musical. 
The company’s summer production of Anything Goes was
critically acclaimed and drew sold out houses with audiences thrilled by the
rich choreography and vibrant cast of the large show in the intimate
space.  

“Our
fourth season has been a fantastic ride for all of us.  We have grown
so much and I could not think of a better way to close out the season than with
this hilarious stage comedy.  Also, we are thrilled to have such a
talented and funny cast,” explained Andrea Gorham, CCPA Founding Artistic
Director.  “Pushing
the limits of the theatre continues to be our goal, and our audiences are
enjoying the ride.”

Noises
Off is
presented through special arrangement with Samuel French,
Inc.  CCPA’s fall production is directed by Erik Scanlon, and stars an
ensemble cast of Kim Doppe at Dotty Otley, Kendall Tieck as Lloyd Dallas, Josh
Milbourne as Garry Lejeune, Lauren Rosi as Brooke Ashton, Caroline Schneider as
Poppy Norton-Taylor, Justin DuPuis as Frederick Fellows, Anne Milbourne as
Belinda Blair, Lavale-William Davis as Tim Allgood, and Bruce Kaplan as Selsdon
Mowbray. 

The
fall main stage production closes this weekend with shows at 8PM Friday and
Saturday October 25 and 26 at the Curtain Call Performing Arts Theatre
(formerly California Conservatory Theatre), 999 East 14th St.,
San Leandro, CA  94577.  Tickets are $25 Adult General Admission
and $22 for Student/Senior.  A special $10-off adult price tickets “Pack the House Promotion” is available
for online ticket sales only via the CCPA website.  For tickets and information, visit www.curtaincallperformingarts.org or call (510)
909-9516.

The
Vision of CCPA is to ensure that performance-based arts are accessible to
everyone who desires to participate or attend performances by keeping both
ticket prices low and class/workshop tuition affordable.

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