NOVEMBER 17, 2016 // 19
Audition for ‘A Sting in ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’
the Tale’ in Tillamook this holiday season
Try out for this
murder mystery
satire play
TILLAMOOK — The Tilla-
mook Association for the
Performing Arts announc-
es open auditions for the
comedy thriller “A Sting in
the Tale.”
In “A Sting in the
Tale,” two once-successful
crime-writing playwrights
are writing a blockbuster
to pay off their mount-
ing debts — or are they
fulfilling their full poten-
tial by plotting the perfect
murder?
The nagging wife is the
ideal victim, especially as
she is heavily insured. It
all seems plausible until
the playwrights’ secretary
is mistakenly killed and
a stagestruck detective
appears on the scene.
Auditions will be held at
TAPA’s Barn Community
Playhouse, located at 1204
Ivy Ave., at 6 p.m. Friday,
Nov. 18 and at 2 p.m. Sat-
urday, Nov. 19.
TAPA is looking for
three men and two women,
in varying ages, to fill the
roles of this production.
The play “A Sting in
the Tale” is written by
Brian Clemens and Dennis
Spooner and was first pres-
ent in 1982 in England.
TAPA’s production will
be directed by Chris Chi-
ola. Performances will run
Feb. 17 through March 5.
Audition packets are
available via TAPA’s web-
site: www.tillamooktheater.
com
TAPA is a nonprofit
community theater ded-
icated to providing high
quality performing arts
experiences through enter-
tainment, education, and
community participation.
Two local women hold
fundraisers for training
Buy baked goods
from The Yogi Bairs
this weekend
SEASIDE — Lainey Mc-
Minn and Sarah Stowers
call themselves “The Yogi
Bairs.” These two aspiring
yoga instructors want to
attend a 200-hour training
course that will certify
them as Registered Yoga
Teachers.
To help them raise some
of the $4,000 tuition for
this month-long program,
the women will be taking
part in different fundraising
events this weekend.
The Yogi Bairs will be
participating in two bake
sales. One will be held
from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 17 at the
Bob Chisholm Community
Center.
The second bake sale
will be held from 10 a.m.
to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov.
19 at Avamere, the assisted
living facility located on
U.S. Highway 101, just
south of Avenue U.
Raffle tickets will also
be sold for the chance to
win a gift basket filled with
treasures from Tipton’s
Home Décor in Seaside.
The winning raffle ticket
will be drawn on Valen-
tine’s Day and the winner
notified at that time.
For more information,
or to make a donation, call
McMinn at 971-601-0411.
You can also learn more
on their Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/Yo-
giBairs
at the Coaster Theatre
CANNON BEACH — This
holiday season, the Coaster
Theatre Playhouse brings
the American classic “It’s A
Wonderful Life” to the stage
starting Friday, Nov.18.
“It’s a Wonderful Life”
has become almost as famil-
iar as Charles Dickens’ “A
Christmas Carol.” The saga
of George Bailey, the Ev-
eryman from the small town
of Bedford Falls, dreams of
escape and adventure only
to have them quashed by
family obligation and civic
duty. His guardian angel
descends on Christmas Eve
to save him from despair
and to remind him — by
showing him — what the
world would have been like
had he never been born and
that his life has been, after
all, a wonderful life.
This faithful adapta-
tion celebrates the faith of
the season, as well as the
American philosophy of life:
hard work, fair play, and the
love and support of one’s
family and community will
be rewarded.
“It’s A Wonderful Life” is
directed by Sheila Shaffer and
features Ben Ruderman as
George Bailey, Slab Slabinski
as Clarence Odbody, Stew-
art Martin as Mr. Gower/
Mr. Potter’s Goon, Marin
Donohue as Young George/
Pete Bailey, Timothy Garvin
as Harry Bailey/Sam Wain-
wright, Susi Brown as Mother
Bailey, Karen Martin as Aunt
Tilly, Aftyn Garvin as Violet
Petterson, Markus Brown as
Bert/Mr. Welch, William Ham
as Ernie, David Sweeney as
Uncle Billy, Emily Dante as
Mary Hatch/Bailey, Donald
Conner as Henry F. Potter,
Carolyn Anderson as Mr.
Potter’s Secretary/Mrs.
Thompson, Nancy McCarthy
as Mrs. Hatch/Mrs. Martini,
Eliza Davis as Miss Andrews/
Miss Carter, Bob Goldberg
as Mr. Martini, Parker Fergus
as Newpaper Boy/Tommy
Bailey, Aeriel Bird as Zuzu
Bailey and Hannah Dante as
Janie Bailey.
The show runs Nov. 18
through Dec. 23. Thursday,
Friday and Saturday perfor-
mances begin at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday shows start at 3 p.m.
SUBMITTED PHOTO BY GEORGE VETTER / CANNON-BEACH.NET
Guardian angel Clarence Odbody, played by Slab Slabinski,
right, shows George Bailey, played by Ben Ruderman, left, that
his life has been meaningful in the Coaster Theatre’s produc-
tion of “It’s A Wonderful Life,” which runs Nov. 18 to Dec. 23.
The theater is located
at 108 N. Hemlock St. in
Cannon Beach.
Tickets are $15 or $20.
Reserve your tickets online
at http://coastertheatre.com
or by calling the box office
at 503-436-1242 or visiting
the box office in person.
The box office is open 1 to
5 p.m. Wednesday through
Saturday and on perfor-
mance days from 1 p.m. to
curtain.
Clatsop Community College art exhibition
to support scholarships for art students
ASTORIA — The Clat-
sop Community College
Royal Nebeker Art Gallery
announces the upcoming art
exhibition “Medley: Clatsop
Community College Art
Scholarship Benefit Exhibi-
tion.”
The show will feature
work from CCC art depart-
ment faculty and invited
regional artists who are do-
nating all or a portion of the
proceeds from the sales of
their artwork to a brand new
scholarship fund that will
support CCC art students.
The art exhibition will
open with a reception at 6
p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17 and
continue through Jan. 19.
The gallery reception and
exhibit are free and open to
the public.
Local artists Noel Thom-
as, Christos Koutsouras,
Rebecca Reubens, Tom
Benenati and Roger Hayes
are just a few of the artists
who have accepted the invi-
OPENING
RECEPTION
6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17
CCC Royal Nebeker
Art Gallery
1799 Lexington Ave.,
Astoria
Free
tation and will have work on
display.
CCC Art Faculty mem-
bers participating in the
show include Richard Row-
land, Kristin Shauck, Lucien
Swerdloff, David Homer,
Miki’ala Souza and Rebecca
Read.
The CCC Royal Nebeker
Art Gallery is located at
1799 Lexington Ave. in
Astoria and is open from
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday
through Friday, and on
weekends and holidays by
appointment.