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READING -- 'House of Yes' at Reading Community Players

It’s Thanksgiving Day, 20 years after the JFK assassination, and the hurricane raging outside is outdone only by the storm brewing inside the Pascals’ affluent home. Marty has brought home a fiancée, and his twin sister, Jackie-O, isn’t pleased.

She enlists younger brother, Anthony, to divide and conquer, as Mama prepares to “baste the turkey and hide the kitchen knives” With the power out and the alcohol flowing, the family’s obsession with the Kennedy Assassination and Jackie’s even greater obsession with Marty are played out in a haunting and dangerous game.

“The House of Yes” opens Friday Nov. 11 at Reading Community Players located at 403 N. 11th St. in Reading and runs weekends through Nov. 20. Friday and saturday shows are at 8 p.m. and Sunday matinees at 3 p.m. For more information, call 610-375-9106; email: RCPtheatre@gmail.com or go to the website at readingcommunityplayers.com.

POTTSTOWN -- Tri-County Performing Arts Center in Pottstown presents "Senior Follies – A Veterans’ Day Tribute" Saturday, Nov 12 at 7 p.m. and Sunday Nov 13 at 3 p.m. 


Our Senior Theater Performance Troupe celebrates our nation’s veterans with popular songs from the eras of the Civil War through World War II, and present a USO style show that will make you laugh and cry. Join our cast as they demonstrate the skills they have learned through music, drama and comedy, while paying tribute to those who have given so much for our freedom.

The show is appropriate for all ages. Tickets are $12, Students/seniors, $10 and children 12 & under $8. $2 discount for groups of 10 or more.

Genesius Theatre presents "The Music of Hollywood -- The Sequel" at the Reading Public Museum, 10 a.m. to noon. The performance is part of the Bagels, Bach & Beyond series sponsored by Alvernia University this year. Tickets  include the concert, a light breakfast and admission to the museum after the show. For more information visit www.GenesiusTheatre.org or call 610-371-8151.  Seating is limited. To reserve your tickets, call 610-371-5850, Ext. 264. For a sneak preview check out

OTHER AREA PERFORMANCES

BIRDSBORO

Alpha Omega Players, 301 E. First St., Birdsboro, present "Once on This Island" Nov. 25 through Dec. 4, www.alphaomegaplayers.org, 610-404-4844

COLLEGEVILLE

“Done to Death,” a mystery-comedy that takes audiences on a roller coaster ride of murder and mayhem, will be presented on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 12, at Perkiomen Valley High School, 509 Gravel Pike. Directed by Krista Yerkes and Bob Enters, this comedic look at old-time murder-mysteries will feature a student cast including Drew Welsh, Teddy Segal, Emily Fry, Nick Capriotti, Ashley Barasha and Ryan Myers.

Tickets will be $6 at the door.

EPHRATA

Ephrata Performing Arts Center's Sharadin-Bigler Theater, Cocalico Street, Ephrata (717-733-7966)

"Evil Dead: The Musical"-- through Nov. 5

"The Vagina Monologues" -- Nov. 11  & 12

HERSHEY

Hershey Theatre, 15 E. Caracas Ave., Hershey (717-534-3405)

"A Christmas Story, The Musical!" -- Nov. 8-13

KING OF PRUSSIA

“Anything Goes” presented by the King of Prussia Players  runs Nov. 4, 10 and 11 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 5 and 12 at 2 p.m, at Upper Merion Area Middle School, 450 Keebler Road in King of Prussia. Advance discount tickets are available at www.kofpplayers.org. Reservations are not necessary for tickets at the door, which are $17 for adults, $12 for children and students under 18 or seniors 65 and older. Group rates (20 or more people) are available for all performances. For information, visit www.kofpplayers.org

NORTH COVENTRY

“The Carpenter,” the story of a young man who arrives in a New England town and plies his trade as a woodworker, will be brought to the stage by high school students at West-Mont Christian Academy, 873 S. Hanover St.

The drama, which relates the story of carpenter Jeff Masters and the role he plays in the tangled lives of many of his neighbors, will be presented on Friday and on Saturday, Nov. 12.

Cast members are Matt Kenney, Becky Fanus, Kendra Nihart, Patrice Pfeiffer, Kara Cook, Nancy Wieder, Sam Fanus, Jacob Matters, Sam Kenney, Caleb Kambic and Andrew Fick.

Tickets are $10 and will be available at the door. Advance tickets can be purchased online at www.west-mont.org.

PHILADELPHIA

Academy of Music, 1420 Locust St., Philadelphia (215-893-1999)

"Billy Elliot" -- Nov. 16-27

Arden Theatre Company, 40 N. Second St., Philadelphia (215-922-1122

"The Whipping Man" through Dec. 18

Plays and Players Theater, 1714 Delancey St., Philadelphia (215-735-7356)

1812 Productions presents "This Is the Week That Is" Nov. 25 through Dec. 31

Walnut Street Theatre, 825 Walnut St., Philadelphia

"The King and I" -- Nov. 8 through Jan. 8

Walnut Street Theatre continues its landmark 203rd season with an all-new production of Broadway’s Tony Award-winning family musical, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s "The King and I." The show previews on Nov. 8, opens on Nov. 16 and runs through Jan. 8th on the WST Mainstage For tickets and information, call 215-574-3550 or 800-982-2787. Tickets are also available online 24/7 by visiting www.WalnutStreetTheatre.org or Ticketmaster.

Wilma Theater, 265 S. Broad St., Philadelphia (215-546-7824)

"Our Class" -- through Nov. 13

READING

The Domino Players, Albright College, Center for the Arts, 13th & Bern streets.

"Arcadia" by Tom Stoppard  continues Nov. 3 – 5
All performances are at  8 p.m., except Sunday matinee, 2:30 p.m.,  at the Wachovia Theatre. Call the box office at (610) 921-7547 for prices/tickets. http://albright.edu/centerforthearts/DominoPlayers/index.html

Genesius Theatre presents "The Music of Hollywood -- The Sequel" at the Reading Public Museum, 10 a.m. to noon. Tickets  include the concert, a light breakfast and admission to the museum after the show. For more information visit www.GenesiusTheatre.org or call 610-371-8151.  Seating is limited. To reserve your tickets, call 610-371-5850, Ext. 264.

Penn State Berks, Perkins Student Center Theater, Tulphocken Road, Wyomissing,
"Caberet" through Nov. 13.
 Tickets 610-396-6371 http://www.bk.psu.edu/33550.htm

Reading Community Players, 403 N. 11th St. (610-375-9106)

"House of Yes" Nov. 11-20

Trinity Lutheran Church, 527 Washington St. (610-374-4861)

Fall Festival of the Arts presents "Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made Of," an evening of scenes from Shakespeare; 7:30 p.m. Nov. 4-5