Written by Robyn Flory NORTH FORK – Rehearsals are winding down for the 25th annual Eighth Grade Play at North Fork School. This year’s play is “The Headless Horseman Rides Again,” a comedy adapted from Washington Irving’s Classic Story. Crafty Mr. Van Bloom wants Bronco Bones for a son-in-law so he can gain access to Bronco’s land holdings. His daughter ...

FRESNO – Two mountain area dancers will take the stage as the Valley Performing Arts Council (VPAC) presents the ballet “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 28, at the William Saroyan Theatre in Fresno. Alice Medrano from Coarsegold, and Tara Neill from Oakhurst, both 16, will dance multiple roles in the ballet, which will ...

OAKHURST – Vision Academy of the Arts invites the community to attend its most important fundraiser of the year, A Grand Night for the Arts, on Saturday, Feb. 8, at the Golden Chain Theatre.

OAKHURST – Reviews are in after Thursday night’s premiere of The Dating Game and the word is good. The show runs only two days, so Friday, Jan. 24 is the last night to get seats for what’s been called “the funniest show we’ve seen at school,” starting at 7 p.m. at the Yosemite High School Theater. The Dating Game is ...

OAKHURST – “Rollin’ In Dough in Mistletoe”, a Christmas Melodrama by Marietta Slater, will be performed at the Golden Chain Theatre in Oakhurst on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 6 & 7, at 7 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 8, at 2 p.m. It’s Christmas Eve in Mistletoe, but everyone is far from “Holly Jolly.” Rolland N. Dough is foreclosing on the ...

Submitted by Lars Thorson – OAKHURST – The Yosemite High School (YHS) Theater Arts Department is proud to present the romantic comedy play “Almost, Maine” November 21, 22 and 23 at 7 p.m. in the YHS Theater. John Cariani’s charming “Almost, Maine” explores the mysteries of the human heart with real people who are truthfully dealing with the toughest thing ...

OAKHURST – Many people know the popular works in the late 1800’s through the early 1900’s, but what people often don’t know is the contribution women made to the entertainment of the time. The Golden Chain Theatre plans to change all that with “The Women of Tin Pan Alley,” a nostalgic musical revue celebrating the women who anonymously created many ...

NORTH FORK – The Squirrel Cage Theatre Co. presents its own mountain version of Rip Van Winkle over two weekends, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 1 & 2, and 8 & 9 at the North Fork Town Hall. Director Terry Butler brings 50 years of theater experience to this show, and has adapted the play to give it a local flavor. ...

OAKHURST — With a new production staged just in time for the haunted days of October, the Golden Chain Theatre (GCT) breathes life into the deadly, ominous tale of “Jack the Ripper.” The ghoulish melodrama will only be shown during the month of October, so GTC has chosen to add Friday performances to the usual Saturdays and Sundays.

Submitted by the Squirrel Cage Theatre Company – NORTH FORK – The Squirrel Cage Theatre Company is holding auditions for their fall show – a fun twist on the tale of “Rip Van Winkle,” who, for purposes of this show, lives near Peckinpah meadow. Auditions are Sunday, Sept 8, at 2 p.m., and Monday, Sept. 9, at 7 p.m. at ...