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CURTAIN GOING UP!






                                                       By: Paul Hager








                                elcome, first-nighters!                                Island ETC
                       W  We'd like to open Act                               East-End Theatre Company
                       One of this column with a bit             Performances:
                                                                 Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays at 8pm
                       about what it is and what you can         Sunday matinees at 2:30pm
                       expect from future issues.                Tickets $30, $25 Seniors & Students
                                                                 Season Tickets: Adult $150.00  Student/Senior $125.00
                                                                 www.islanetc.org
                       Our criteria for inclusion here are       9 TO 5,  THE MUSICAL         LOST GIRLS
     articles about professional and non-professional            Music & Lyrics by Dolly Parton;   by John Pollono
     theatres that produce a set season of plays and             Book by Patricia Resnick     Jan 11 - Jan 19, 2019
                                                                 July 6 - Aug 4, 2018

     musicals and are located less than an hour drive                                         SOMETHING'S AFOOT
     from Galveston island.                                      WAIT UNTIL DARK              Book, music, and lyrics by James
                                                                                              McDonald, David Vos, and Robert
                                                                 by Frederick Knott
                                                                 Sept 14 - Oct 6, 2018        Gerlach
     Each month, we will list what these theatres are              WHY TORTURE IS             March 15 - April 13, 2019

     opening or currently running. We will also focus            WRONG,                       THE LONE STAR LOVE
     on them for previews and reviews to be pub-                 AND THE PEOPLE WHO           POTION
                                                                                              by Michael Parker
                                                                 LOVE THEM
     lished when our deadlines permit.                           by Christopher Durang        May 10 - May 26, 2019
                                                                 Nov 16 - Dec 8, 2018
     This is not to say we won't be covering other                             Bay Area Harbor Playhouse
     types of entertainment venues besides live thea-            Performances:
                                                                 Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays at 8pm Sunday matinees at 2:30pm  Adults $17
     tre.  Look for future articles focusing on dinner           Senior Citizens/Students $12 Children 12 & under $6
     theater, children's activities, free outdoor con-           Groups of 10 or more $ 2.00 Discount per ticket
                                                                 Season Tickets: Adults $ 13 Senior Citizens/Students  $10
     certs, historic homes and garden tours and as               https://harbourtheater.com/
     many of the myriad of attractions our island has            DOUBLEWIDE, TEXAS            Book by David Ives and Paul Blake
     to offer that we find, however;  we will leave cov-         by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and   Nov 30 - Dec 16, 2018

                                                                 Jamie Wooten
     erage of entertainment such as movies and live              Sept 7 - Sept 23, 2018       NIGHT WATCH
     concerts to others.                                                                      by Lucille Fletcher
                                                                                              Feb 1 - Feb 24, 2019
                                                                 THE HOUND OF THE BAS-
                                                                 KERVILLS
     Most theatres begin their 'season' in early Sep-            by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle    THE RAINMAKER
                                                                                              Mar 8 - Mar 31, 2019
                                                                 Oct 12 - Nov 4, 2018
     tember as you will notice by the published 2018-                                         By N. Richard Nash
     2019 seasons listed here:                                   THE DIXIE SWIM CLUB
                                                                 November 9 – November 18, 2018    THE ODD COUPLE
                                                                                              [FEMALE VERSION]
                                                                 IRVING BERLIN'S WHITE        by Neil Simon
                                                                 CHRISTMAS                    Apr 26 - May 12, 2019

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