THE SPOKANE AURORA NW ROTARY CLUB INVITES ALL CYCLISTS STARTING AT SPOKANE FALLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE • First century ride of the season • 15, 25, 50, 66, 100 miles • All levels of riders are welcome • Course is monitored • Rest stops along the course • End of ride baked potato feed with all the fixin’s for all riders to enjoy HURRY! ONLY 3 WEEKS AWAY!
21st ANNUAL
April 27th, 2014
There is also a tri-athlete secured bike corral for those who want to do a 5K run after the 100-mile ride.
Proceeds support Local and International Rotary Projects. Google Lilac Century Ride for more information.
EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY PRESENTS
The Civic’s production of Three Musketeers features all the intensity of the theater’s take on Treasure Island last year. MEGHAN KIRK PHOTO Civic, and whose door-slamming farce Lend Me a Tenor ran earlier this season at Lake City Playhouse. “It was great to find a script that I thought was my kind of stuff. I liked it because there was a stronger sense of humor in the script.” The play’s humor, along with its novelistic consistency and careful departures, “grounded it in a family-oriented experience as opposed to just an adventure story.” “When I read and then reread the book, I really liked the servants, because I think they give a real flavor of what the society is like,” says Marlowe, noting that all three of the musketeers’ servants feature in this adaptation. Plus one. “Ludwig has employed a very interesting theatrical device, which is that [D’Artagnan’s] sister comes with him to Paris to go to school in a convent, and she disguises herself as a boy on the road. So it’s become a pants role for a young actress.” The Three Musketeers set is designed to be as impressive as its cast of 27 (many of whom reauditioned after their positive experience in Treasure Island) and its intricate combat scenes, choreographed by Bryan Durbin, who also plays Aramis. The two-story structure has five staircases. There will be two revolves on each side of the central set for “quick changes from interior to exterior.” On stage right is the Cardinal’s office. Stage left will transform into multiple locations. “It’s very functional,” says Marlowe. And it has to be, given the number of scene changes the story calls for. “You travel from the country to Paris, then to places around Paris, and then you’re on the road to England, then you’re at Buckingham’s estate, then you’re back in Paris, then you’re at the palace, and in the garden and behind the Luxembourg. And then you’re at the Siege of Calais and a cloistered abbey and a cathedral.” Those breathless scene changes are one factor among many that make this an entertaining all-ages show, Marlowe says: “There’s the set, there’s the costuming, this wonderful mood lighting, and then four dances and amazing swordfights. There’s a lot of spectacle, but we’re also paying attention to character development so that they’re fully rounded people and not just storybook characters.” The Three Musketeers • April 4-19: Thu-Sat, 7:30 pm; Sun, 2 pm • $18-$25 • Spokane Civic Theatre • 1020 N. Howard • spokanecivictheatre.com
April 7-13, 2014 Spokane, Wa alex sanchez william T. vollmann matthew zapruder David abrams chitra divakaruni anthony doerr Linda gregg
MORE INFO at getlitfestival.org most evenTs are free • Tickets for others may be purchased from ticketswest at 800.325.seat or ticketswest.com
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