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Ten Fifteen’s last two productions appeared
there.
The River was spearheaded by Karen
Bain, Tim Hurd and Nancy Montgomery,
who had the lone female role in “The Weir,”
the Irish mystery play that reopened the
downtown Astoria storefront theater after the
COVID shutdown.
“The local sketch comedy show (and
voting for your favorite each night) was
spawned from Tim’s brain, initially, and
we produced it five years, with all sorts of
crazy, brilliant and/or goofy submissions
over the years, and with variations on the
name, including one solely about Lewis and
Clark,” Montgomery recalled.
Parts have been repeated on Astoria
stages over time, including during a sketch
comedy show called “Return of the Nev-
er-Before-Seen Thing from the Sea,” the
brainchild of Mick Alderman, a director and
actor who also appeared in “The Weir.”
The work is the directorial debut of long-
time Astoria actor Bill Ham. As well as
Baier, the cast features Susi Brown, Bill
Honl, Kelli Hughes-Ham, T.J. Newton, Slab
Slabinski and Lori Wilson Honl.
“The show is a selection of things that
were done,” said Ham, describing how the
scripts were somehow preserved in the act-
ing community. “It was an ‘incomplete
archive.’ It was done by local writers or peo-
ple who lived in Astoria at the time. There is
one scene that is all about Astoria.”
Lori Wilson Honl, T.J. Newton and Terri Baier in a calm moment before the mayhem starts in ‘Simple Salmon: The Respawning.’
Protocols
The theater is at the address which gives
it its name, 1015 Commercial St., Astoria.
Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. on Friday
and Saturday and Feb. 18 and 19. There is
one matinee at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday.
Tickets are $15 online at www.theten-
fifteentheater.com or at the door. Audience
members must wear masks and show proof
of vaccination for admission. Seating is lim-
ited to allow social distancing. No conces-
sions will be available.
As the theater performs this show, it is
gearing up for another production in March.
Bain, who directed “The Weir,” returns to
direct “Art,” an unusual three-person play by
Yasmina Reza highlighting how characters’
differing viewpoints on modern art test their
friendships.
‘Simple Salmon’ director Bill Ham.
‘Simple Salmon: The Respawning’
Ten Fifteen Theater
1015 Commercial st., astoria.
7:30 p.m. on Friday and saturday and Feb. 18 and 19 and 3:30 p.m. on sunday.
Tickets are $15 online at www.thetenfifteentheater.com or at the door. audience members
must wear masks and show proof of vaccination for admission.
Slab Slabinski, left, and Bill Honl, are bug-eyed with enthusiasm about being teamed together
for another comedy. The two battled wits in ‘Waiting for Godot’ at the Charlene Larsen Center
for the Performing Arts in Astoria some years ago.
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