Discover Danville Arts 2016 2017

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2016–2017 SUPPORT THE ARTS IN OUR COMMUNITY

Village Theatre The Town of Danville presents top notch entertainment at the Village Theatre.

Thursdays @ the VT is a program that is sure to get you out and about enjoying popular local bands as well as classic movies from yesteryear. (Discounted season packages are available.)

Live Music Series:

All shows start at 7:30 pm, General Admission: Presale $15, Door $20 September 22: Captain Crunch With their tight arrangements of high-energy Classic Rock, this trio of musicians promises to get their audiences on their feet and dancing!

Lead singer and bassist Dennis Bittner describes Classic Rock as anything from the post-Beatles era to the beginning of grunge, and Captain Crunch delivers with three decades of favorites.

October 13: Abel & the Prophets This historic Latin Rock powerhouse has their roots in mid-60s San Francisco where they became the house band for many of the city’s most renowned night spots. Abel Sanchez still continues to lead the band, playing his blend of “Soul Music from the San Francisco Bay.”

Classic Movie Series:

Great movies at a great price! Bring the whole family down and grab some popcorn and candy. Raffle ticket issued with each paid admission.

Movies start at 7:30 pm, General Admission: $5 August 25: Labyrinth (1986) December 8: A Christmas Story (1983)

PRESCHOOL PERFORMANCE SERIES

The Town of Danville continues to bring high quality, professional and unique entertainers to the Tri-Valley area. Whether you have a teeny one, toddler or you yourself are just a kid at heart, you are sure to enjoy the variety of magicians, jugglers, and musicians who fill the Village Theatre with giggles and laughter each month. Artist may be subject to change.

September 2: Legendary award-winning Zappo the Magician October 7: Physical comedy and juggling with Unique Derique November 4: Back by popular demand: the music of Octopretzel December 2: Illusionist Timothy James January 6: The Brian Waite Band All shows start at 10:00 am, General Admission: $5

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www.villagetheatreshows.com

MUSIC IN THE PARK

The Town of Danville is proud to announce the 31st annual Music in the Park concert series for this summer. These free concerts are the Town’s way of saying thank you to the wonderful citizens for supporting Town programs throughout the year.

Jimbo Trout and the Fishpeople: Saturday, August 6 at 6:00 pm Town Green, 400 Front Street Enjoy sounds of Bluegrass.

Journey Unauthorized: Saturday, August 20 at 6:00 pm Oak Hill Park, 3005 Stone Valley Road Reminisce on the sounds from the 80s.

MOONLIGHT MOVIES

The Town of Danville offers a free Moonlight Movies series as a way to show appreciation to the members of the community. There is something for every member of the family. Crafts and activities for children start at 6:30 pm with the movie following at dusk.

August 12: Inside Out

PERFORMING ARTS CLASSES Sunshine Vocal Performance

Inspired by such programs as Star Search and American Idol, the Town’s Sunshine Vocal program provides weeks of training and coaching to prepare young participants to perform live on stage.

August 23 and November 22 Shows start at 6:00 pm, General Admission: $6 Children, $12 Adults

Theatre Performance Workshop

The Town of Danville collaborates with Jeff Seaberg, program founder, script writer, and instructor for this program. Young particiants enjoy the complete theatre experience.

December 1–4: Santa’s Magic Bag Thursday, 9:30 am, school performance Friday, 7:00 pm Saturday, 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm Sunday, 2:00 pm General Admission: $8 Children, $10 Adults, $8 Seniors

Village Theatre Art Gallery

STORYBOOKS BY THE BAY

Upcoming Events at the Art Gallery

October 29–December 17, 2016 This exhibition will showcase the original storybook artwork and animal figurines by local children’s book authors and illustrators. Children and adults alike will be enchanted by the array of whimsical illustrations and little piglet characters on display. Interactive storytelling by select local children’s book authors and book signings will take place the day of the opening reception. Bring your children and be prepared to be delighted as you are transported to places that exist only in storybooks.

Susan Pace-Koch, local children’s book author is the guest curator for this exhibition.

A WALK IN THE PARK

UNCOMMON THREAD

Mystical Forest by Zoe Medlin

August 26–October 15, 2016 A Walk in the Park is the 6th Annual Juried Exhibit; the theme was selected in honor of the celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the National Parks Service. Artwork on display will reveal the beauty of the great outdoors as seen through the eyes of an artist. Visitors to the gallery will be awed by the selection of renditions depicting the natural wonders of the world. Heather Marx of Heather Marx Art Advisory will be the guest juror for this year’s exhibition.

(925) 314-3460

January 13–February 25, 2017 Visitors to the gallery will be charmed by this collection of material, featuring a traditional art form in a not so traditional manner. The gallery will host a grouping of unique, one-of-kind quilts by the local quilting group, Creative Fiber Artists, who aim to convey quilting as an art form.

Viewers are invited to revel in textiles that have been thoughtfully sewn together to capture vibrant depictions of plants and animals and other natural wonders.

www.villagetheatreartgallery.com

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Danville Children’s Musical Theater

The Danville Children’s Musical Theater The Danville Children’s Musical Theater, produced and directed by Pam Greenan, has been presenting terrific shows to the audiences of San Ramon Valley for 25 years. This group is the oldest, largest and more professional of the children’s acting ensembles in the San Ramon Valley.

Danville Children’s Musical Theater is a California non-profit corporation, dedicated to enriching the lives of young people by providing a vehicle for them to perform in musical theater. Its twoproduction season is co-sponsored by the Town of Danville. Young people ages 10–16 are invited to audition. Casting is by audition only.

There is a participation fee.

The Music Man, Jr.

Auditions: Monday, August 24, 2016, 4:00 pm–6:00 pm Village Theatre

Rehearsals: Monday and Wednesday, August through November, 4:00 pm–6:00 pm Village Theatre or Town Meeting Hall (No rehearsal September 5)

Performances: November 17, three daytime school performances Opening Night: November 18, 7:30 pm November 19 and 26, 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm; November 25, 7:30 pm (Friday, the day after Thanksgiving)

Buy Tickets Online

www.villagetheatreshows.com or at the Danville Community Center, 420 Front Street, 8:30 am–5:00 pm, or call (925) 314-3400 Children (up to age 18) $8, Adults $10

Contact

Danville Community Center (925) 314-3400

Fiddler on the Roof, Jr.

Auditions: Wednesday, January 11, 2017, 4:00 pm–6:00 pm Village Theatre

Rehearsals: Monday and Wednesday, January through March, 4:00 pm–6:00 pm Village Theatre or Town Meeting Hall (No rehearsal January 16, January 25, February 20)

Performances: March 23, three daytime school performances

For more details, visit the Danville Children’s Musical Theater website at www.danvillechildrensmusicaltheater.com or email Pam Greenan at pamelagreenan@yahoo.com.

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Opening Night: March 24, 7:30 pm March 25 and April 1, 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm; March 31, 7:30 pm (Closing weekend occurs the first weekend of SRVUSD spring break.)

www.danvillechildrensmusicaltheater.com

(925) 314-3400

Eugene O’Neill 17th Annual Eugene O’Neill Festival

Watch for these events through the year:

This year’s O’Neil Festival features a (R)evolution in American drama with productions by two of America’s most notable playwrights, and the premiere of a new play written in 2015 at Tao House.

Playwrights’ Theatre: Readings and plays by O’Neill and those

SEASCAPE by Edward Albee

Student Days at Tao House: A day-long focus for high school

influenced by him. January 7–8 at the Museum of the San Ramon Valley, and May 7 and May 21 in the Old Barn at the Eugene O’Neill National Historic Site. Details available in November.

juniors and seniors on Art and Drama, Writing and Photography, and a chance to learn more about America’s most notable playwright. Sessions held in March at the O’Neill National Historic Site. Details available in January (www.eugeneoneill.org).

September 2–18, 2016 Presented by Role Players Ensemble at the Village Theatre

THE EMPEROR JONES by Eugene O’Neill

September 23–October 2, 2016 Presented by the Eugene O’Neill Foundation in the Old Barn at O’Neill National Historic Site

O’Neill Studio Retreat: A 10-day intensive program in July for

These two plays represent both an Evolution in American drama as well as a Revolution; the characters find themselves in unexpected situations that challenge their senses and view of the world.

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advanced high school students interested in playwriting and production under the guidance of professional directors and writers. Details available in March.

Tours of Tao House: Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays

at 10:00 am and 2:00 pm by reservation. No reservations needed on Saturdays at 10:00 am, 12:00 noon, and 2:00 pm. NPS provides ranger-led tours. Shuttle departs from the Museum of the San Ramon Valley.

Call NPS for details at (925) 838-0249.

September 29, 2016 Staged reading of a new work by the O’Neill Foundation’s Artist in Residence written at Tao House in 2015.

Artist at Tao House: Plein-air artists may access the O’Neill Historic

Tickets for O’Neill Festival plays and events are available online at villagetheatreshows.com or by phone at (925) 820-1818. For more information on all Festival activities, visit www.eugeneoneill.org.

O’Neill Commemorative: In Front Street Park, across from the

A Centennial of Two Celebrations As the Eugene O’Neill Foundation, Tao House enters its 41st year, it is anticipating two important Centennials, which will be reflected during the coming year at the Eugene O’Neill National Historic Site in Danville.

Site for a day of painting and drawing. Contact the NPS for available times at (925) 838-0249.

Danville Library—learn more about Eugene O’Neill and his years in Danville at this self-guided learning experience.

Working closely with the National Park Service, the O’Neill Foundation provides the educational and community programs that celebrate the life of the “Father of American Drama” at Tao House where playwright O’Neill and his wife Carlotta lived from 1937–1944, and where O’Neill wrote his most important and final plays, including A Long Days Journey in to Night, A Touch of the Poet, The Iceman Cometh and others. At Tao House we celebrate O’Neill’s final works. In 2016, we will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the first stage production of an O’Neill play in Provincetown, Massachusetts, when the Provincetown Players presented O’Neill’s Bound East for Cardiff at a modest theatre built at Lewis Wharf in the town’s harbor. O’Neill went on to win four Pulitzer Prizes in Drama, and remains the only winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature ever awarded to an American playwright.

The coming year also provides an opportunity to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service.

Register online!

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Role Players Ensemble The Main Stage Season Friday/Saturday, 8:00 pm, Sunday, 2:00 pm Village Theatre, 233 Front Street, Danville

SEASCAPE by Edward Albee

September 2–18, 2016 Produced in association with The Eugene O’Neill Foundation, Tao House A lazy day at the beach turns into a surreal existential journey when longtime married couple Charlie and Nancy encounter some very strange and improbable fellow beachcombers. This Pulitzer Prize-winning play from America’s legendary Edward Albee promises to make you laugh, ponder, and wonder about the big questions.

DON’T DRINK THE WATER by Woody Allen The Town of Danville and Role Players Ensemble Present the 2016–2017 Season Role Players Ensemble is celebrating its 33rd season of presenting high-quality professional theatre in Danville. Over the years, Role Players Ensemble has become known as the San Ramon Valley’s theatre for grown-ups. What better way to honor and embrace this identity than to form the season around the theme “Theatre for Grown-Ups!” Grownups have tremendous life experience and gain an understanding of the nuances, ambiguities, and complications that arise when navigating the complex world in which we live. These themes, so often explored through theatrical storytelling, are a vital part of our shared humanity.

Buy Tickets Online

www.villagetheatreshows.com or at the Danville Community Center, 420 Front Street, 8:30 am–5:00 pm, or call (925) 314-3400

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4 play season: General $104; Senior $92 3 play season: General $78; Senior $69 Please note, a $3 service charge per ticket is included in the price of each season ticket package.

Ticket Prices for Individual Plays

General $28; Seniors $25; Students $20 Please note, a $3 service charge per ticket is included.

Group Rate, 10 or more: $15 per ticket; 200 or more: $12.50 per ticket Please note, a $3 service charge per ticket will be added to each group ticket order.

Role Players Ensemble PO Box 304 Danville, CA 94526

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October 28–November 12, 2016 Additional performance on Thursday, November 3 When New Jersey caterer Walter Hollander takes a picture of the wrong thing while visiting cold war Eastern Europe, he and his family find themselves pursued by the state police and seeking sanctuary in the American embassy. Woody Allen brings his signature brand of humor to a motley assortment of characters in this oddball comedy.

THE PIANO LESSON by August Wilson

February 3–19, 2017 The showdown is over the family piano. For Boy Willie, selling the piano could mean a new life. For his sister Berenice, the piano embodies her family’s history under slavery and to sell it would be like erasing the family’s ancestry. The Piano Lesson leads us to ask questions about identity, the value of family, and how our histories shape our choices and our lives. What do you do with your legacy and how do you best put it to use? August Wilson won the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for this stirring, soul-searching drama.

LAUGHING STOCK by Charles Morey

April 14–30, 2017 Artistic Director Gordon Page is looking to save his struggling summer stock theatre by producing Dracula, Hamlet, and Charlie’s Aunt in repertory. Being short of time, talent, and money aren’t obstacles. This is theatre! Mixing slapstick with sweetness, Charles Morey’s Laughing Stock celebrates all the things we love about theatre and everything that can go wrong in the making of it. If you love the magic of live performance you won’t want to miss this.

Role Players Ensemble Annual Fundraiser: March 18, 2017 Sneak Peek Presentations: Role Players, in partnership with the

Danville Library offers a “sneak peek” presentation into the production of each play at the Danville Library prior to the opening of each show.

www.RolePlayersEnsemble.com

(925) 820-1278

Alamo Danville Artists’ Society ADAS General Meetings

are the second Tuesday of each month, except November, at the Alamo Women’s Club, 1401 Danville Boulevard in Alamo at 7:30 pm. Professional artists are invited to demonstrate technique. The meetings are free and the public is welcome.

September 13, 7:30 pm: Thomas Cory, Landscape Painter Thomas will present a demonstration of his painting techniques and a discussion with participants. www.thomascory.com October 11, 7:30 pm: Mark Farina, Oil Painter Mark will present a demonstration of his painting techniques and a discussion with participants. www.mfarinaartstudio.com Sunday meeting November 13, 2:00 pm: Claire Verbiest, Pastel Artist Claire will present a demonstration of her painting techniques and a discussion with participants. www.claireverbiest.com.com

www.adas4art.org

Blackhawk Gallery Monday–Saturday, 10:00 am–8:00 pm; Sunday, 11:00 am–6:00 pm (925) 648-8023 Show changes every 10 weeks Special Exhibits: At the Danville Town Offices.

Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/AlamoDanvilleArtistsSociety

Danville Community Band The Danville Community Band (DCB) is proud to be entering its 15th Anniversary Season with its continued musical presence in Danville, the San Ramon Valley, and beyond. The DCB met for the first time September 20, 2001 under the baton of Danville resident and founding director Dr. Lawrence E. Anderson. The band continues into its second decade of musical performances providing exciting and enriching musical entertainment under the direction of Robert Calonico, also a director at U.C. Berkeley.

The Band’s 80-plus musicians are dedicated volunteers from Danville and a large radius of surrounding communities. They represent diverse professions, students and retirees, and their ages range from teens to 70+.

Since 2005 the DCB has awarded new instruments to local students as part of its community outreach Student Instrument Scholarship Program and is proud to continue supporting the musical community in this manner.

The band rehearses Monday nights from 7:00–9:00 pm at Community Presbyterian Church in Danville. As most sections of the band are at capacity, new members joining the band is based primarily on section need.

Please see our website for more about the band and upcoming concert information.

2016–2017 Season

Rossmoor Fall Concert October 23, 2016; 3:00 pm For Rossmoor Residents & Guests

Memorial Day Observance May 29, 2017; 11:00 am Oak Hill Park

Christmas Concert December 2016 Date and Location TBA

Season Finale Concert June 10, 2017 Lesher Center for the Arts

Blackhawk Automotive Museum Concert April 2, 2017; 2:00 pm

Danville Town Independence Day Parade July 4, 2017

www.danvilleband.org

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Museum of the San Ramon Valley Totally Trains, July 16–September 18: We are once again using the Museum’s own wonderful train collection including the popular Lady Lionel or Girl’s Train.

The exhibit will feature the Museum’s O-Gauge models that span the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries with freight and passenger trains pulled by both diesel and steam engines. The Museum’s scratch-built village models, including the replica of the Museum, the former Danville SP Depot, will be on display along with selected Lionel pieces on loan again to the Museum from Bob and Cheryl Miranda.

Special Hours: Tuesday–Saturday, 10:00 am–1:00 pm; Sunday, 12:00–3:00 pm Indian Life, October 1–November 6: This exhibit displays artifacts, pictures, baskets, and information about the Indians who once lived in the San Ramon Valley.

Christmas Memories, November 12–December 31: The tradition continues with this popular exhibit—including 1890’s Christmas tree, Santa’s Workshop, flying Santa and reindeer, model train and more!

Museum Hours:

205 Railroad Avenue in Danville

For the latest news of events, exhibits and programs at the Museum, please visit our website at www.museumsrv.org, call (925) 837-3750 or email srvmuseum@sbcglobal.net.

Tuesday–Friday, 1:00 pm–4:00 pm Saturday, 10:00 am–1:00 pm Sunday, 12:00 pm–3:00 pm

Discover Danville Arts: 2016 Events August

Totally Trains; see above Moonlight Movie: Inside Out; page 2 Music in the Park; page 2 Sunshine Vocal Performance; page 2

September

ADAS artist demonstration; page 7 Seascape; page 5, 6 The Emperor Jones; page 5 Eugene O’Neill Festival; page 5 A Walk in the Park; page 3 Totally Trains; see above Preschool Performance Series; page 2 Thursdays@the VT; page 2

October

ADAS artist demonstration; page 7 A Walk in the Park; page 3 Indian Life; see above Don’t Drink the Water; page 6 Preschool Performance Series; page 2 Thursdays@the VT; page 2 Storybook Show; page 3

November

ADAS artist demonstration; page 7 Christmas Memories; see above Classic Movie Series; page 2 The Music Man, Jr.; page 4 Storybook Show; page 3 Don’t Drink the Water; page 6 Preschool Performance Series; page 2 Sunshine Vocal Performance; page 2

December

Christmas Memories; see above Classic Movie Series; page 2 Storybook Show; page 3 Preschool Performance Series; page 2 Santa’s Magic Bag; page 2 Classic Movie Series; page 2

Coming in 2017…

January:

Uncommon Thread; page 3 Preschool Performance Series; page 2 Playwrights’ Theatre; page 5

February:

The Piano Lesson; page 6 Uncommon Thread; page 3 Preschool Performance Series; page 2

March:

Fiddler on the Roof, Jr.; page 4 Student Days at Tao House; page 5

April:

Blackhawk Auto Museum Concert; page 7 Laughing Stock; page 6

May:

Memorial Day Observance; page 7 Playwrights’ Theatre; page 5

June:

Season Finale Concert; page 7

July:

O’Neill Studio Retreat; page 5 Independence Day Parade Concert; page 7