LLT Opener
Daily productions of “Murder by Misadventure,” the opening production of the 51st season of the Lakeside Little Theatre, continue through Sunday, October 11.
There will be 3 p.m. matinees of this mystery thriller on Sunday, October 4 and Sunday, October 11. The curtain for all other shows is at 7:30 p.m.
Debra Bowers directs a five-member cast that includes Ed Tasca, Ken Yuakiwchuk, Kathleen Morris and Michael Warren.
Queen Xochitl
A unique multi-media theatrical event based on local oral legend of the founding of Ajijic will be staged Wednesday, October 7, 7 p.m at the Auditorio de la Ribera del Lago.
“The Legend of Queen Xochitl Michi-Cihualli” was conceived by Antonio Lopez Vega and members of Ajijic’s Cochera Cultural. This group brings together local youth and professional mentors to explore performance arts to honor and preserve both pre and post-Hispanic Lakeside history, culture and arts.
Cochera Cultural launched its first youth program with children aged from 4 to 15, working with artists, writers, dancers puppeteers, designers and experienced theater mentors.
Xochitl Michi was first brought to the stage in July for the children’s families thanks to support of the Lake Chapala Society and Lakeside Little Theater, says Program Director Jennifer Stanley. “Xochitl Michi is a magical piece of local oral tradition. we want the kids to have the opportunity to share their wonderful efforts with the public.”
Lopez Vega, who narrates the play, first heard of the legend as a young child from his grandmother. He says bringing the story to the stage grew from the collaboration of friends with whom he shared the tale.
A pre-show performance of pre-Hispanic music starts at 6:30 p.m. The intermission will feature finger foods, a complementary glass of wine, art, beverage and food venders and a live auction.
The remainder of the program will include a series of special guest performances with pre-Hispanic dance and a set by the band Tribu, a pioneer in transporting ancient Mexican music to a contemporary world.
Advance tickets are 200 pesos at Diane Pearl Colecciones and the auditorium. Proceeds from the event and auction will fund mentors for future youth programming by Cochera Cultura and to support the 3rd Annual Cultural Sangre Viva.
Visit http://cocheracultural.blogspot.mx for more information about the summer 2015 art program.
Auditions
Auditions for “RUMORS,” a farce by Neil Simon to be presented at the Lakeside Little Theatre (LLT) in December, have been scheduled on Friday, October 9 and Saturday, October 10.
Director Paul Kloegman is looking for five men and five women.
Registration will be at 9:30 a.m. with auditions beginning at 10 a.m. at the theater.
For scripts and information, contact Kloegman at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..">This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
LLT encourages everyone interested in acting, those who are new as well as the experienced, to attend auditions for any of this season’s plays.
“Rumors” opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theater in New York in 1988 and ran for 535 performances.
The play runs at LLT from Friday, December 4 through Sunday, December 13.
Musical Bus Trips
The economical chartered luxury bus trips sponsored by Viva la Musica continue this month. With this great service lakesiders can venture into Guadalajara for quality concerts by the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra and to view the spectacular Live from the Met opera simulcasts that are broadcast to more than 2,000 theaters around the world.
To reserve tickets email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..">This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. The reservations are confirmed when payment is made at the Lake Chapala Society on Thursdays or Fridays between 10 a.m. and noon. Viva members pay 300 pesos per trip; non members are charged 400 pesos. All buses leave from east of Farmacia Guadalajara.
The two remaining trips to Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra performances are scheduled for Sunday, October 11, when the bus leaves at 10:30 a.m. and Friday, October 16, with a bus departure at 4:30 p.m.
Works by Tchaikovsky and Chopin will be featured on October 11. Composers Bartok, Grofe, Schuman and Moncayo will headline the October 16 concert.
The next Live from the Met simulcast at the Teatro Diana is slated for Saturday October 17 when the bus leaves at 10:30 a.m. Tenor Aleksandr Antonenko sings the title role in Verdi’s “Othello.”
The final opera trip to the Teatro Diana on Saturday, October 31 will see Johan Botha playing the title role and soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek as Elisabeth in Wagner’s “Tannhauser.” This bus leaves at 8:30 a.m.