Tucson Weekly: Theatre (November 16

THEATRE
Opening This Week
GEMINI. Pima Community College Center for the Arts Proscenium Theatre. 2202 W. Anklam Road. 206-6986. Twin brothers San and Laz of Gemini, the award-winning children's music group, perform November 18 at 2 p.m. Gemini will be joined by members of Tolson Elementary School's Tolson Musical Theatre and Arts for All's Third Street Ensemble Company. Tickets are $8 to $12 and are available at the PCC box office. Wheelchair accessibility, audio description, ASL interpretation and tactile tours are available. Call 622-1212 to make arrangements for special needs.
LIVE THEATRE WORKSHOP. 5317 E. Speedway Blvd. 327-4242. Busman's Honeymoon is a play about detective Lord Peter Wimsey and his mystery-writer wife Harriet Vane, who discover that a murder has taken place at their honeymoon cottage. The show opens November 17 at 7:30 p.m. and runs through December 10. Sunday matinees are performed at 3 p.m. Tickets cost $12 and are available at the box office.
SCI-FI PUPPETS! Tucson Puppet Works. 111. E. Congress St. 770-1533. Cosmic Seed and The Plastinauts make their planetary puppet debut this Saturday at 7 p.m. Come on down for a fabulous double feature that is out of this world. Admission is a measly $4.
WORKSHOP SERIES PRODUCTION. Directing Studio 116, new UA drama building. Southeast corner of Park Avenue and Speedway Boulevard. And This Before Leaving, written and directed by Rachel Joseph, is a tapestry of memories told in a poetic weaving of language and movement. The play runs November 16 through 19 at 7:30 p.m. Free admission tickets are available at the UA fine arts box office only. Call 621-1162 for more information.
Continuing
ARIZONA REPERTORY THEATRE. Marroney Theatre. University of Arizona. 621-1162. Into the Woods, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, features a bewitching crew of classic fairy-tale characters romping through a magical kingdom in this ravishing musical fantasy. Performances run through December 3. Tickets are $15 to $21 and are available through the UA fine arts box office.
FAMILY HOLIDAY SHOW. Hidden Valley Inn. 4825 N. Sabino Canyon Road. 299-4941. Escape the holiday hustle and bustle with Westward Ho! Ho! Ho!, an all-singing, all-dancing cowboy Christmas round-up. Performances run through December 24. Tickets are $8.95 and $13.95.
GASLIGHT THEATRE. 7010 E. Broadway Blvd. 886-9428. Join the magical ghosts of Christmas as they open the eyes of crotchety Ebenezer Scrooge to the true meaning and joy of the holiday in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Performances run most nights through January 6, 2001, with matinees on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays at 3 p.m. Tickets are $13.95, $11.95 and $6.
Last Chance
PRINCE AND THE PAUPER. Temple of Music and Art. 330 S. Scott Ave. 622-2759. The Arizona Children's Theatre presents The Prince and the Pauper for kids ages 3 to 12 November 18 at 11 a.m. Tickets are $3 and $2.
ZUZI'S LITTLE THEATRE. Historic Y. Fifth Avenue and University Boulevard. Luna Muse Productions presents Why We Have A Body, a comedy by Claire Chafee, about four women and their quest for meaning and identity. Performances are November 17 and 18 at 8 p.m., and November 19 at 7 p.m. Tickets are available at Bentley's House of Coffee and Tea and Antigone Books.
Upcoming
ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY. Temple of Music and Art. 330 S. Scott Ave. 622-2823. H.M.S. Pinafore, November 25-December 16.
RAGTIME. Centennial Hall. University of Arizona. 621-3341. Sponsored by UApresents. November 28-December 3.
INVISIBLE THEATRE. 1400 N. First Ave. 882-9721. Curanderas! Serpents of the Clouds, November 28-December 17.
Announcements
AUDITION NOTICE. The Obie-award winning sensation The Vagina Monologues, in conjunction with Tucson's V-Day 2000 fund-raising event, is holding auditions for a local production of the play December 2. Females only. Call 743-8344 for more information.
AUDITION NOTICE. Pima Community College Center for the Arts Recital Hall. 2202 W. Anklam Road. 882-8607. Borderlands Theater is seeking actors for a production of Sueño by Jose Rivera, an adaptation of Life Is a Dream. Parts are available for two women in their 20s to 30s and six men in their late 20s to 60s. Please bring a short classical monologue if available or cold read from the script November 19 from 6:30 to 9 p.m.
AUDITION NOTICE. Arts For All, Inc./Third Street Kids will audition actors, singers and dancers with and without disabilities, between the ages of 6 and 21, at 5:30 p.m. December 6. Be prepared to perform a one-minute dialogue, a song or dance. Call 622-1212 to schedule an audition time.
AUDITION NOTICE. Trail Dust Town is auditioning for continually running, action-oriented Western theater. A head shot, résumé and prepared monologue are required. For information, call Wayne at 296-4551 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
AUDITION NOTICE. Comedy Store alumni host auditions for a local comedy shop. For information, call 850-6382.
COMEDY SUMMIT. The group Stand-Up, Sit Down offers aspiring comedians a forum for material and constructive criticism from its members. Call or e-mail Mike at Comedy Summit, 290-6600 or ghost_writer72@hotmail.com, for information.
FILMMAKERS MEETING. Hotel Congress lobby. 311 E. Congress St. The Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers meets on the first Monday of every month at 6 p.m. to network and plan film projects. For more information call Rosarie at 883-9013. Bring your ideas!
IMPROV WORKSHOP. International Arts Center. 516 N. Fifth Ave. Explore creative methods at 7 p.m. every Wednesday. All disciplines are welcome at this free workshop. Call Dennis Williams at 235-7846, or call 557-9121 for information.
OPEN CALL. Onstage Arizona is seeking directors, music directors, actors with singing ability, and sound-set designers and operators. Submit bios or résumés to Arizona Music Theatre, P.O. Box 43351, Tucson, AZ 85733, or call 319-2013 for information.
SCRIPT MEETINGS. Professional and aspiring writers for the stage, screen, radio and other performance media are invited to join Old Pueblo Playwrights, a non-profit organization dedicated to encouraging the creation of new scripts by Arizona authors. OPP meets for readings and critiques at 7 p.m. every Monday in the rehearsal hall of the Temple of Music and Art, 330 S. Scott Ave. Call 615-8980 for information.
Out Of Town
AUDITON NOTICE. The Bisbee Repertory Theatre is holding auditions for the mystery The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie November 18 and 19 at 1 p.m. at 94 Main St. in Old Bisbee. Actors should be prepared with a short monologue in which they use either a British accent or well-enunciated American English. A script is available at the Copper Queen Library. For more information call the theater company at (520) 432-3786.