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As the resident and managing theatre company, Tabard has created a delightful "Destination" for some of the best live jazz and most creative theatre productions, as well as a host of other performing arts events.
See Event Calendar for schedule of coming events.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Tabard Theatre and Carolena Productions present:Not a Genuine Black Man
A poignant and funny tale of identity and character, NOT A GENUINE BLACK MAN is Brian Copeland's one-man show based on his best-selling book of the same name. The show received rave reviews during it's long runs on Broadway and in Los Angeles. How much do our surrounding shape us? In 1972, an 8-year-old Brian got to find out first hand when his family moved from Oakland to San Leandro, which had recently been declared one of the most racist suburbs in the nation. Laugh along as Brian traces his troublesome route from third grade outcast to successful playwright, author and television personality.
| Prices: | Cabaret $35, general $30 |
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| Prices: Attend this show and THE WAITING PERIOD | Cabaret $60, general $50 |
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| Groups of ten or more and Tabard subscribers will receive a $5 discount per ticket. | |
Friday, May 17, 2013
Sky's The Limit Fund Presents:
NightLights! Hats Off an Evening of Cabaret
| Reception: | 7:00pm |
| Show: | 8:30pm |
| Tickets/Info: | www.skysthelimitfund.org |
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Tabard Theatre and Carolena Productions present:The Waiting Period
What a difference ten days can make! In his new one-man show, THE WAITING PERIOD, the multi-talented Brian Copeland provides a funny, yet unrelenting picture of severe depression and the transformation he experienced between purchasing a handgun with the intent of taking his own life and the culmination of the mandatory ten-day waiting period before he could lay his hands on the intended instrument of his own destruction. There is laughter in the darkness, and noted playwright, author and television personality Brian Copeland finds it.
| Prices: | Cabaret $35, general $30 |
| Tickets to THE WAITING PERIOD: | |
| Prices: Attend this show and NOT A GENUINE BLACK MAN | Cabaret $60, general $50 |
| Tickets to both shows: | |
| Groups of ten or more and Tabard subscribers will receive a $5 discount per ticket. | |
May 24–26, 2013
Blake Pictures Presents:
Genre Film Festival
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Genre Film Festival is a Film Fest that you get to be in control. Watch
your favorites and vote on who gets the awards they deserve. Even meet a
few of your favorite filmmakers at the Exclusive Entertainment packed
awards night!
Wednesday, May 31, 2013
Marianne's Music Productions & Promotions Presents:
Give Kids the Blues
featuring JC Smith Band
| Time: | Doors open at 7:00pm; show at 8:00pm |
| Info: | 408.295.6656 |
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JC Smith is a talented musician who tours internationally. His Band gives a "must see" performance. And, the guest youth talent will rock your socks off too!
Doors open 7pm. Show at 8pm. $25 Ticket/$30 at Door.
Presented by: Marianne's Music, an evening benefiting the Visual & Performing Arts (VAPA) of Alum Rock Union School District.
June 7–8, 14–16, and 21–23, 2013
NAATAK presents:
VANDE MATARAM
A play about greed, gunpowder and gandhism
Aug 8, 1942: On the day Gandhi launched the Quit India movement in Bombay, a band of rebels met in Patna to plot their own campaign. Led by a University of Colorado trained philosopher, they planned to blow up public buildings and landmarks to sabotage both the Quit India movement and the British Empire. A veteran of World War I was recruited to build bombs; a renegade Congressman provided ideological cover; a couple of businessmen provided money; a restauranteur offered his backyard as a bomb factory. This is the story of their campaign—its motivations, flaws, triumphs and failures.
Based on a true story—the Keezhariyur Bomb Case in Malabar, Kerala—Vande Mataram is a lament for Indian nationalism and the absurdity of being an Indian rebel in the 1940s.
Language: Hindi (with English supertitles)
Run time: 120 minutes (incl. a 20 min. intermission)CHILDREN UNDER 10
YEARS WILL NOT BE ADMITTED.
The shows on June 7 & 8 will be staged exclusively for AID (Assoc. for India's Development).
The 2pm shows on June 15 and June 22 will be followed by a "QA with the playwright."
| AID shows tickets: | bayarea.aidindia.org |
| Phone number for tickets: | 650.762.8627 |
| Website for tickets/info: | www.naatak.com/current_event.html |
| Promo Video Link: | www.youtube.com/ |
June 27–30, 2013
Tabard Summer Musical Theatre presents:
Wonderland
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Wonderland! is an nabashedly silly adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass. With hip-hopping music, it is an upbeat, coming-of-age story that audiences of all ages will adore! You'll recognize some of your favorite familiar characters of Alice's Wonderland along with meeting dozens of new ones: a baseball team, a gospel group called The Responsibilities, a train conductor, star-struck tourists, plastic light-saber wielding knights and much more.