FALL ARTS: Theater Occasions | Fall Arts | Spokane | The Pacific Northwest Inlander

THROUGH OCT. 2
ADMISSIONS

Sherri Rosen-Mason is the pinnacle of the admissions division at a New England boarding college. Over the previous 15 years, and with the assist of her husband, Tom, who additionally simply occurs to be the headmaster, she’s succeeded in rising the college’s range quotient to 18 p.c from 6 p.c. However their well-intentioned efforts within the identify of affirmative motion come underneath query when their high-achieving son Charlie does not make the minimize for Yale — though his biracial finest buddy does. Susan Hardie directs this award-winning social satire by Joshua Harmon. Stage Left Theater, $25, Thu-Sat at 7 pm, Solar at 2 pm, stagelefttheater.org (E.J. IANNELLI)

SEPT. 23-OCT. 16
SIGNIFICANT OTHER

If Stage Left’s Admissions leaves you craving extra from playwright Joshua Harmon, you do not have to attend lengthy and even stroll very far. Harmon’s Vital Different, a really totally different play that met with equal important acclaim, facilities on younger Jordan Berman watching his shut circle of single pals begin to pair off and calm down. As Jordan laments how a lot his day by day actuality deviates from the life he’d imagined for himself, his sense of dissatisfaction is amplified by his unimaginable crush on the workplace hunk. Sarah Dahmen directs. Spokane Civic Theatre, $25, Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Solar at 2 pm, spokanecivictheatre.com (EJI)

OCT. 10, OCT. 16, OCT. 28-NOV. 4
ACCORDING TO COYOTE

In Native American lore, Coyote is a wily, smooth-talking trickster who additionally generally will get tricked himself. And the result of these adventures has had profound results on the world as we all know it. Nez Perce actor Kellen Lewis reenacts the mythology of Coyote via music, dance and theatrics on this one-man present by John Kaufmann. Directed by Josephine Keefe, the playwright’s niece, this manufacturing by Spokane Ensemble Theatre is introduced in partnership with One Coronary heart Native Arts and Movie Competition and Purple Eagle Hovering. Places and costs range, particulars at spokaneensembletheatre.com (EJI)

OCT. 14-23
LEAP OF FAITH

Self-styled “Reverend” Jonas Nightingale’s bus breaks down in a rural Kansas city. He decides to spin the misfortune in his favor by holding a traditional tent revival that simply occurs to bilk the townspeople out of their hard-earned money. However native Sheriff Marla McGowan is sensible to this con man’s ploy, and he or she’s not having any of it. The catch is that neither of them deliberate on falling in love with one another. This rollicking musical options charts by Alan Menken (Magnificence and the Beast, The Little Mermaid). Aspire Group Theatre, $19-$28, showtimes TBD, aspirecda.com (EJI)

OCT. 20-30
GUYS AND DOLLS

Guys and Dolls has been a cornerstone of musical theater since its Broadway premiere in 1950. Set in New York’s “traditional” Twenties gangster period, its story of wayward gamblers discovering love and redemption is a perennial favourite. The musical relies on two quick tales by the trendsetting author Damon Runyon, however it was the music of Frank Loesser (“Luck Be a Girl,” “Sit Down, You are Rockin’ the Boat”) and the vivid e book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows that fused Loesser’s memorable tunes with equally memorable characters. Regional Theatre of the Palouse, $30, Wed-Sat 7:30 pm, Sat-Solar 1:30 pm, rtoptheatre.org (EJI)

OCT. 28-30
THE BOOK OF MORMON

The Guide of Mormon has been to Spokane twice already — in 2014 and 2016. It was imagined to return once more in 2020, however by now we’re all too aware of the rationale it did not. Greater than two years after that cancellation, the nationally touring manufacturing of this irreverent comedy musical is lastly again on the invoice. You may have three days to catch this satirical story about LDS missionaries and their misguided makes an attempt to transform a Ugandan village. First Interstate Heart for the Performing Arts, $60-$120, showtimes range, bestofbroadwayspokane.com (EJI)

OCT. 28-NOV. 19
THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW

Each a sendup of and an homage to the schlocky B films of the ’50s and ’60s, The Rocky Horror Present is an unapologetically camp, unabashedly libidinous and unquestionably outlandish musical. Searching for refuge on a wet night time, the younger couple Brad and Janet enter the fort of Dr. Frank-n-Furter, who’s simply created the perfect manly specimen in his secret lab. What follows entails homicide, seduction and lots of dancing. Rocky Horror might have began out as a cult phenomenon, however it’s lengthy since change into a mainstream sensation. This manufacturing is co-directed by Heather McHenry-Kroetch and Troy Nickerson. Stage Left Theater, $25, Thu-Sat at 7 pm, Solar at 2 pm (closing weekend reveals at midnight), stagelefttheater.org (EJI)

NOV. 25-DEC. 18
A CHRISTMAS CAROL

What sort of Christmas wouldn’t it be with out grumpy, miserly Scrooge discovering the true that means of the season because of the supernatural recommendation of three totally different ghosts? Beginning the day after Thanksgiving, you will get into the vacation spirit your self with this manufacturing of Barbara Discipline’s stage adaptation of Charles Dickens’ traditional quick story. The present is co-directed this 12 months by Bryan Durbin and Kearney Jordan because the Civic continues to have a good time its seventy fifth anniversary season with a theatrical hit parade. Spokane Civic Theatre, $35, Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Solar at 2 pm, spokanecivictheatre.com (EJI)

NOV. 25-DEC. 18
THE SOUND OF MUSIC

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music — the final musical the well-known duo would ever write collectively — doubtless wants no introduction. This fictionalized historical past of the Von Trapp household singers has given us a slew of earworms like “My Favourite Issues” and “Do-Re-Mi,” to not point out the title tune. The 1965 movie is a cinema traditional and has its personal cottage vacationer trade. The very identify of the musical evokes photos of Alpine meadows. Within the run-up to Christmas, you may give your self an early deal with with this kid-centric manufacturing. Spokane Youngsters’s Theatre, tickets and showtimes TBD, spokanechildrenstheatre.org (EJI)

DEC. 2-18
NATIVE GARDENS

Tania, a pregnant doctoral candidate, and her husband, Pablo, an up-and-coming legal professional, transfer into a brand new residential neighborhood. They’re welcomed by their next-door neighbors Frank and Virginia, who additionally occur to take care of a magazine-quality English backyard. Nonetheless, when Tania begins eyeing her personal backyard and plans to construct a fence, a well mannered disagreement over property borders and aesthetics erupts right into a full-blown yard brawl. Karen Zacarias’ comedy, directed on this Civic studio manufacturing by Daybreak Taylor Reinhardt, is about variations in style, class and perspective — and discovering shared values despite them. Spokane Civic Theatre, $25, Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Solar at 2 pm, spokanecivictheatre.com (EJI)

DEC. 9-22
TRADITIONS OF CHRISTMAS

A full-on, no-holds-barred show of pageantry, patriotism and Yuletide commemoration, Traditions of Christmas treats audiences of all ages to a visible and musical extravaganza. After showcasing time-honored Christmas celebrations in international locations like Eire, Austria and Mexico, this song-and-dance spectacular strikes into elaborate set items that includes Santa Claus, USO singers and a residing nativity. Almost each scene is accompanied by a Radio Metropolis Music Corridor-style kickline, choruses and extra. For a lot of households, seeing Traditions of Christmas is an annual vacation custom in itself. The Salvation Military Kroc Heart, $23-$36, showtimes range, traditionsofchristmasnw.com (EJI) ♦