Seinfeld jests at Orpheum; ‘Taste of Opera’ in Ozarks
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld will perform at 7 p.m. Friday at the Orpheum Theatre, 203 S. Main St., Memphis. Tickets, if any remain, are $85-$125 plus service charges. Call (901) 525-3000 or (800) 9822787 or visit orpheum-memphis.com.
Taste of Opera
Opera in the Ozarks will offer its annual “Taste of Opera” celebration at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Crescent Hotel, 75 Prospect Ave., Eureka Springs.
The evening of arias, Broadway tunes and love songs showcases the young opera singers from across the country who will be participating in the 65th anniversary season at Inspiration Point, U.S. 62 West, west of Eureka Springs, June 19-July 17. The event will also include a wine tasting and dinner.
Tickets are $55. Call (479) 253-8595 or visit the website, opera.org.
Pocket auditions
The Pocket Community Theatre, 170 Ravine St., Hot Springs, will hold auditions for Robert Fulghum’s All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten at 5 p.m. June 7 and 7 p.m. June 8.
Roles are available for four men and three women; director Garrett Brenneman says because the show contains two songs, he will need one woman who can sing and a cast that is comfortable singing; auditions will consist of “a few bars of whatever they are comfortable with” — auditioners may come with a song of their choice — and cold readings from the script.
Production dates are July 31-Aug. 2 and Aug. 7-9. Call (501) 802-3463.
Arts awards
North Little Rock mixed-media artist Kandy Jones won the $1,500 firstplace honors at the Argenta Arts Foundation’s May 2 Argenta Arts Festival. Second place, worth $1,000, went to Sage Holland of Fox. And Jeff Waddle of Little Rock took third place and $500.
New play lineup
Theatre Squared’s 2015 Arkansas New Play Festival, June 18-28 at the Nadine Baum Studios, 505 W. Spring St., Fayetteville, will develop five plays over three weeks with playwrights Mark Brown, Robert Ford, Qui Nguyen, Mark Shanahan and Lee Blessing in residence.
The lineup will include Uncle by Blessing, a Pulitzer Prize finalist; The Quest for Don Quixote, Brown’s new adaptation of the novel by Miguel de Cervantes; Dust by Arkansas native Nguyen, a 2014 Sundance Institute Fellow; Fault by Ford, Theatre Squared’s artistic director; and The Dingdong: Or, How the French Kiss, Shanahan’s new adaptation of the classic Georges Feydeau farce, slated for an off-Broadway premiere in 2016.
The opening reception will take place at 6:30 p.m. June 18. Also on the schedule, the “24 Hour Play-Off,” in which teams of artists compete to create the best original 10-minute play with 24 hours to write and rehearse, at 6 p.m. June 21, and a “Young Playwrights Showcase,” 10-minute plays by Arkansas high school students, at 5:30 p.m. June 27.
New Play Passes, granting early access to all performances and events, are $40; there will be a limited number of “30 under 30” passes for patrons under 30 for $15. Single tickets range from $7$15. Call (479) 443-5600 or online at theatre2.org.
The festival will also feature Little Rock performances of Dust and Uncle, hosted by the Arkansas Repertory Theatre, on June 27. Call (501) 378-0405 or visit the website, therep.org, for ticket information.
Dance workshop
New Creation Dance Company will hold its annual summer workshop, with classes in contemporary, ballet, hip-hop, worship and jazz plus crafts and activities, open to dancers age 3-adult, June 17-20 at Irby Dance Studio, 2324 Durwood Road, Little Rock.
Classes for dancers age 3-5 will be 1-3 p.m.; fee is $95. Classes for dancers age 6 and up will be 1-4 p.m.; fee is $125. The workshop will culminate in a performance. There’s an early registration discount for those who sign up before Wednesday and there are need-based scholarships and sibling discounts available. Registration deadline is June 3. Complete the online form at the website, tinyurl.com/kdchneb.
Film camp
July 1 is the deadline to sign up for the T Tauri Movie Camp’s 11th annual summer youth program for aspiring filmmakers up to age 18, July 13-25 in Batesville.
The 2015 camp offers four workshops: “Script to Screen Narrative Filmmaking,” “Music Video,” “Cut Paper Stop Motion Animation” and “Depicting Zombies.” They range from two to 3 ½ days in length; cost is $60 to $100 per, including all supplies and equipment.
For dates and locations, biographies of instructors, detailed workshop descriptions and registration forms and information on housing, visit the website, ttauri.org, or call (870) 251-1189.