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Actors Alison Loeprich, Lindy Mallonee and Geoff Charles, left to right, unleash their inner monster in “Frankenstein Slept Here,” opening Saturday at Sutter Street Theatre.
‘Franken’fun for the whole family on Folsom stage
Allen Schmeltz News release
FOLSOM — Fun entertainment for the little ones comes to the Sutter Street Theatre stage with “Frankenstein Slept Here,” opening Oct. 22.
Baroness Frankenstein has opened her castle to all those who can’t cope with the outside world, including a descendant of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a Medusa with snakes in her hair, Vampire, the Mummy, the mad Igor, a Phantom Bride and the Invisible Man. The castle belongs to an American society matron who sends monthly checks to pay for the staff she imagines is working at the castle. What to do? What else but have the creatures pose as servants. Mrs. Hoople arrives with her young niece and her husband to inspect the premises and discovers her gardener is Igor, the butler is a mummy, the cleaning woman is a vampire and a monster is stretched out on the dining table. The highlight takes place when a werewolf fights the Invisible Man in full view of the audience.
“Frankenstein Slept Here” by Tim Kelly is directed by Jenny Connors with performances scheduled at 10 a.m. Saturdays and Sundays, Oct. 22 through Nov. 6 at Sutter Street Theatre, 7171 Sutter St. in Folsom. Make reservations at SutterStreetTheatre.com or call (916) 353-1001.
Hoge to rock Sutter Creek
News release
For two decades Will Hoge has carried the torch for American rock & roll, carving out his own blue-collar sound rooted in amplified guitars, melodic hooks, southern soul and rootsy stomp. It’s a sound that nods to the best moments of the past — the punch of Tom Petty’s anthems; the countrified twang of Buck Owens’ singing; the raw, greasy cool of the Rolling Stones — while still pushing forward into new territory, with Hoge’s storytelling and largerthan-life voice leading the charge.
See his performance live at the Sutter Creek Theatre, 44 Main St. in Sutter Creek. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show begins at 7 p.m.
Trends come and go. Yet Hoge remains a mainstay of the Americana landscape, hitting the road year after year, turning new pages of a career whose twists and turns — including No. 1 hits, a near-death experience, major-label record deals and hard-won independence — sound like stuff of some longlost movie script.
“There’s a classic, rock & roll centerpiece to everything this band does, but it’s still a group of four different people and we all bring different influences to the table,” said Hoge, who turned to Grammy-winning producer/engineer Matt Ross-Spang (Jason Isbell, Margo Price, Lori McKenna) to mix the latest album, “Tiny Little Movies” at Sam Phillips Recording. “We’ve got a metalhead in the group. We’ve got a Motown fan. We’ve got a guitarist who loves Johnny Marr. It’s a unique hodgepodge of sounds coming together, and we tried to accentuate that.”
Great rock & roll records rarely follow a script. “Tiny Little Movies” may nod to the heartland rockers who came before Hoge, but this is an album that stands in a theater of its own, accented by everything from the country storytelling of Hoge’s southern roots to the soulful sway of his voice. It’s Hoge at his best: raw, amplified and inspired with enough hunger to keep him inspired and enough contentment to add perspective to his rougher edges.
For tickets and more information visit suttercreektheater.com.
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