Thursday, February 19, 2026

Cast announced for THE WOLVES at Velvet Curtain Productions




Striker Cast Dates
Thursday, February 19 @ 6:30
Saturday, February 21 @ 2 
Sunday, February 22 @ 6:30  

Striker Cast (in numerical order):
#00: Siya Tuscher
#2: Hope Kalin
#7: Shayla Forero
#8: Tayler Slone
#11: Ellie Denton
#13: Hailey Glicksman
#14: Saniya Sapakie
#25: Sadie Miller 
#46: Hailey Crick
Soccer Mom: Karissa Anderson




Keeper Cast Dates
Friday, February 20 @ 6:30
Saturday, February 21 @ 6:30
Sunday, February 22 @ 2 

Keeper Cast (in numerical order):
#00: Ava Sandifer 
#2: Mari Gutierrez
#7: Shaylee Flanagan
#8: Brailey McDaniel
#11: Kara Armstrong 
#13: Jazlynn Damasco
#14: Olivia Feldman
#25: Peighton Marberry 
#46: Jadyn Carter
Soccer Mom: Karissa Anderson

Tickets: $15

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Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Review Highlights: HOW TO DEFEND YOURSELF - Stray Cat Theatre

Angelica Saario, Meghan Ramos, Payten Christopher McLeod,
Hanna Nur, Christine Ward, Griffin Slivka, and Mantra Rostami
Photo by John Groseclose

highlights from local critics reviews - (click link at bottom of each review to read complete review)

Click here for more information on this production that runs through February 28

"Stray Cat Theatre's thoughtfully cast production of Liliana Padilla's sometimes uncomfortable drama How to Defend Yourself grabs you with its emotional honesty. Set at a college self-defense class, the play brings together a group of young women and two male allies grappling with fear, anger, confusion, and resilience in the aftermath of a sexual assault on their campus. While I have a few small issues with the play, the ensemble approaches the difficult material with sensitivity and commitment in a smartly directed production that feels both intimate and unsettling."   - Gil Benbrook, TalkinBroadway.com (click here to read the complete review)

"probes a serious issue confronting our society – raping women.  Liliana Padilla’s 2019 play that premiered off-Broadway in 2023 deals with the shame of confronting such a violation as it challenges a recipient to resolve such a fate and move on with life....Christine Ward handles the instructor Brandi’s perspective with insightful directness.  Meghan Ramos tackles gun obsessed Diana with explosive dynamics, Mantra Rostami is the more introspective Mojdeh while Angelica Saario’s Nikki and Hanna Nur’s Kara are both inward and outward directed.  As the two men in the class, Payten Christopher McLeod’s Eggo and Griffin Slivka’s Andy expose the male perspective in candid discussions about forced and consensual sex."    -Chris Curcio, Curtain Up Phoenix (click here to read the complete review)

"The show’s physicality is its own kind of poetry: combative, well-choreographed, and unrelenting. Director Elizabeth Broeder creates a space where every gesture counts, where each sparring session risks tipping into revelation. Maren Maclean Mascarelli’s fight and intimacy coordination bring startling immediacy even to the most comic moments, including the hip-thrust maneuver that transforms assault into escape in a single muscular beat. It’s funny, yes, but it’s also an act of survival....not a play to dismiss. Its humor is sharp, its empathy genuine, and its refusal to package trauma into a neat moral lesson feels like a form of integrity."   - David Appleford, Broadway World (click here to read the complete review)
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Cast announced for ALMOST, MAINE at B3 Theater

 

Almost, Maine by John Cariani 
Directed by Joey Whelan 
February 20th-March 1st 2026 

CAST LIST:
PETE: Gabe Escudero 
GINETTE/WAITRESS: Brianna Tennison
GLORY/RHONDA: Lindsay Lohr
EAST: Joseph Lake Guffey
JIMMY/RANDY: Zane Rodriguez
SANDRINE: Emmy Robinson
MARVALYN: Iliany Sanchez-Lopez 
STEVE: I.J. Merrill 
GAYLE: Sabrina Sausedo
LENDALL: Grayson Thiele
CHAD: Xander Billie
MARCI: Christine Cavazos
PHIL: Marc Anthony White
HOPE: Cindy Miesse
MAN: Will Friday
DAVE: Michael McGraw

Tickets are on sale now and can be found at b3theater.org

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Monday, February 16, 2026

Auditions for SHREK at Center Stage Academy announced for February 21

 
Auditions are closing for Shrek the Musical with our ENCORE cast!

Free adult performance program (18+) *16 volunteer hours required* 
Only once-a-week rehearsals (Thursdays 6:30–9:30pm)
Limited spots available

We’re also accepting:

Young Fiona (8–12) & Teen Fiona (11–16)
No dance audition required for Fiona roles!

Audition Sign-Up Instructions:
Please use the link below to sign up for:

One vocal audition (SAT, FEB 21st)

A minimum of one dance audition (TUES 17th & THURS 19th available)
(We highly encourage signing up for both dance sessions if possible.)

Audition Sign-Up Link:
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WEEK AT A GLANCE: February 16-February 22, 2026

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Saturday, February 14, 2026

Your first look at HOW TO DEFEND YOURSELF at Stray Cat Theatre

















photos by John Groseclose

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Friday, February 13, 2026

Review Highlights: JITNEY - Black Theatre Troupe

Ken Love and Rapheal Hamilton
Photo by Elizabeth Montgomery
  
highlights from local critics reviews - (click link at bottom of each review to read complete review)

Click here for more information on this production that runs through February 22

"August Wilson's Jitney at Black Theatre Troupe is a vibrant and emotionally rich presentation of one of the playwright's most grounded and humane works. Brought to life by a strong ensemble cast, the play unfolds as a rich slice-of-life portrait, capturing the humor, frustrations, and quiet dignity of men whose lives intersect in a small, Pittsburgh cab station. The actors work seamlessly together, creating a lived-in sense of community that immediately draws the audience into Wilson's world....The cast gives each character a distinct presence. Becker is portrayed with quiet authority and emotional restraint by Ken Love, while as Booster, his son, Rapheal Hamilton brings raw intensity and vulnerability to their fraught relationship. ...Rachel Finley's direction allows the scenes to breathe and relationships to develop organically. There are, however, a few lengthy scene changes and some odd choices involving musical underscoring and the constant sound of a ticking clock that, especially during a few monologues, occasionally interrupts the forward momentum and pulls focus from Wilson's powerful language and intriguing characters. "   - Gil Benbrook, TalkinBroadway.com (click here to read the complete review)

"JITNEY may not reach the towering heights of Wilson’s later works. For all its power, the play can feel uneven, a trait mirrored in the production’s pacing. Scene transitions frequently stall in longer than necessary silent blackouts, and the lighting proves oddly overbright for a setting meant to survive on a single bulb. The over-illumination diminishes the sense of a jitney station meant to be perpetually hovering in dusk. Still, the play is suffused with the sympathetic wisdom that defines Wilson’s writing. He looks at lives many would dismiss as small or defeated and finds in them an undeniable nobility."   - David Appleford, Broadway World (click here to read the complete review)
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Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Your first look at AIN'T MISBEHAVIN at Arizona Theatre Company

 











Photos by Tim Fuller


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