On December 10 there will be a benefit bash for Duende, the local touring theater group that created such perennial favorites as On Fire! the hot play about forest fires, Friendly Fire the moving story of the Me-Wuk people's struggle in the Gold Rush, and The Great Blight, the one-man musical about the Irish Potato Famine and immigration to the US. Featured at the benefit will be Duende's latest: The Starry Messenger about Galileo and the birth pangs of modern science. In addition, celebrated folk singer David Maloney will perform some of his unforgettable songs.
All this takes place at Sonora's Opera Hall on Sunday, December 10, starting at 2:00 pm. Desserts, and beverages will be served. Benefit tickets are $20 adults; $5 for children and others with student ID. GET TICKETS NOW! Call 532-9177 for more info or to order tickets. |
JOIN US FOR AN AFTERNOON OF ENTERTAINMENT!
The Starry Messenger stars Tom Maguire as the brilliant,
arrogant, witty Galileo and
Catherine
Gordon as his wise and loving daughter Sister
Maria Celeste. The show was directed by Sonora's
resident
comic genius, Van Gordon.