Three free performances when acting improv teachers come to North Bend

Published 12:14 pm Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Several well-known improvisation teachers come to North Bend February 15 to 19. Teachers from Alberta, Canada, North Carolina, San Fransico, Los Angeles and Massachusetts will spend the weekend planning an improv conference, and will also workshop the games and invite the public.

Several performances are planned. The first is Sparky Johnson’s “Back to Borneo” a one man show about his life and work with acclaimed director Paul Sills, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16 at Valley Center Stage.

Storyteller Awele, from San Francisco will perform Friday, Feb. 17 at 7:30 p.m

On Sunday, Feb. 19, Ben Bernstein— a composer for opera, stage director, acting teacher for singers and performance psychologist—will perform his one-act opera, “The Man in the Mirror.”

The performance is 2 p.m. at Valley Center Stage. The opera presents a tenor preparing for a performance of Handel’s Messiah warms up, beset with the voices in his head.

This piece offers the public a rare glimpse into what really happens before performers go on stage.

Admission is free to all three performances.

Learn more at http://www.valleycenterstage.org/Improv%20Teacherss.html