Another Whirlwind Weekend at ACE!

  Actually, it’s just business as usual.  Five performances in 3 days!  We continued our run of PIGS IN LOVE, which SOLD OUT this past weekend!  Tickets are going quickly for the final two shows Friday, November 27 and Saturday, November 28, so don’t hesitate to check it out.  PIGS had three performances this weekend, including a Sunday matinee with a pre-show dessert and reception with the author, Dorothy Velasco.

PIGS IN LOVE was not an easy play to produce (is there such a thing?)  After it’s successful reading at the late Willamette Rep a few years ago, everyone was ready to see a fully produced version of this thoughtful comedy.  However it proved to be a very tricky proposition to find the right actors, at the right time, with the right director in the right theater.  ACE Artistic director Joe Zingo had a lot of faith in the project, and by taking the long road we have successfully produced another World Premiere by a local author.  Like I said, business as usual.

FOREVER PLAID: PLAID TIDINGS opened this weekend!

Nothing is nicer than waking up to a good review!  Thank you, alan Beck for your great review of PLAID TIDINGS in the Nov. 28th Register-Guard.  I mean, with lines like “This is a show for kids from one to 92…and that means you!” and “A selfless Christmas gift to the audience,” the producers, director and cast had to wake up to smiles this morning!  We opened FOREVER PLAID: PLAID TIDINGS a week before Thanksgiving, so those folks lucky enough to be at ACE this past weekend got an entire extra week of Christmas spirit!  PLAID plays through December 14.

Get ready for ALTAR BOYZ!

This past weekend also saw rehearsals for ALTAR BOYZ.  This new musical about a Christian Boy Band is without a doubt the funniest thing I’ve heard rehearsing on the ACE stage in a long time.  This show is going to raise the standards for locally produced musical theater in Eugene, just wait and see.  The singing, dancing and comedy from the BOYZ is going to BLOW YOU AWAY!

THE CHRISTMAS TRUCE: in rehearsal:

Just as soon as the curtain closes on PIGS, the lights go up on yet another locally produced World Premiere, Gregory Foote’s Historical Drama, THE CHRISTMAS TRUCE.  TRUCE is based on the true story of the spontaneous, unofficial truce between British and German soldiers along the Western Front in 1914.  This is a moving and insightful drama that provides a good counter-point to the silliness of PLAID TIDINGS in our Cabaret Theater.  THE CHRISTMAS TRUCE marks Mr. Foote’s third production at ACE.  TRUCE opens December 5th, so the actors, writer director and producer have agreed to give up most of their Thanksgiving Holiday in order to prepare for next weeks opening night. 

Like I said, business as usual. 

“Ace”