Winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, SPRING AWAKENING explores the pressures and desires of adolescence. With a contemporary rock score that shook Broadway and transformed the musical theater genre, SPRING AWAKENING contrasts its 19th century German setting with an electric energy that jumps off the stage. Ponderosa Players is proud to be carrying the torch that was lit by the original cast, which is to tell these powerful, transparent stories through the eyes of young performers. This show is recommended for audiences ages 15+, parental discretion advised.
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Based on Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s beloved book, the stage adaptation of THE LITTLE PRINCE brings new life to this timeless tale. Follow the Little Prince as he journeys from planet to planet, meeting numerous whimsical characters, each with something to teach him. This story is both enchanting and profound, celebrating childlike wonder and the importance of connection. Join us for Ponderosa Players’ visually stunning take on this show and an unforgettable theater experience. Recommended for everyone ages 5 and up.
Summit High School and Bend Senior High School unite for their first-ever joint production with Head Over Heels, the irresistible jukebox musical set to the chart-topping hits of The Go-Go’s. Inspired by Philip Sidney’s The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia, the show follows the royal court of Arcadia after a prophecy from the Oracle of Delphi warns that the kingdom will lose its “Beat,” the life force that sustains its prosperity. Determined to outwit fate, King Basilius leads the court on a wild journey through the woods where mistaken identities, unexpected romance, and gender-expansive disguises turn tradition on its head. The result is a vibrant celebration of authenticity, acceptance, and love.
Featuring high-energy vocals, a live rock band, and Ancient Greece-meets-the-1980s design, this production invites audiences to groove along to iconic songs including “We Got the Beat,” “Our Lips Are Sealed,” “Vacation,” Belinda Carlisle’s “Heaven Is a Place on Earth,” and “Mad About You.”
Stereophonic, the most Tony Award-winning play of 2024, is coming to the Hult Center October 17-19, and it’s the only Oregon stop on the show’s national tour! The record-breaking show with 13 Tony nominations and five wins will have five showings at the Hult Center.
Fresh off a sold-out Broadway run, Stereophonic takes audiences inside a 1976 recording studio, where a rock band on the verge of fame wrestles with creativity, chaos, and each other. With original music by Will Butler of Arcade Fire, it’s a sharp, funny, and surprisingly emotional look at what it takes to make something great.
Anything Goes is a toe-tapping, high-energy musical that sails into your heart with an irresistible mix of love, mistaken identities, and dazzling show tunes. Set aboard a glamorous ocean liner bound for England, this madcap adventure finds stowaways, millionaires, gangsters, and aspiring lovers all tangled in a web of romance and hilarious hijinks.
Top reasons to see Anything Goes at Caldera High:
– Cast and crew of over 60 students working on stage and behind the scenes
– Live orchestra playing the full original score
– Two-story cruise ship set built by the theatre tech team
– A timeless, crowd-pleasing musical with broad generational appeal
What could be better than a warm summer evening spent watching a live performance in the park? Reserve tickets for the vibrant local rendition of “Mamma Mia!,” a theatrical celebration of love, friendship and drama at the theater in the park in Bend. Appetizers and libations will be available before the show.
Tickets start at $35.
Five of the best comedian Roasters in Bend OR plus some friends roast one of the best bar tenders in Bend OR, Mikey Marks! If you don’t know who Mikey Marks is? Well that’s ok, you will by the end of the night! come one come all and laugh with us as we all roast each other!!!
Located behind 3rd Street beverage in Bend OR and next to hawthorn station.
See a play! Come support the performing arts community of Bend and Central Oregon!
Running from April 12-21, get tickets through our website linked here.
WE WILL ROCK YOU tells the story of a globalized future without musical instruments. A handful of rock rebels, the Bohemians, fight against the all-powerful Globalsoft company and its boss, the Killer Queen; they fight for freedom, individuality and the rebirth of the age of rock. Scaramouche and Galileo, two young outsiders, cannot come to terms with the bleak conformist reality. They join the Bohemians and embark on the search to find the unlimited power of freedom, love and Rock!
The idea for the musical came after a meeting between the actor Robert De Niro with musicians Brian May and Roger Taylor, in Venice in 1996. De Niro’s daughter was a big fan of the Queen and the actor asked if the legends of rock had never thought of creating a musical based on their songs. That was the beginning of everything.
Since 2002 over 15 million theatre goers in 17 countries have been thrilled by this awe-inspiring production which is based on the songs of Queen with a book by Ben Elton (The Young Ones, Blackadder, Popcorn). Elton fashioned this hilarious futurist comedy around more than 24 of Queen’s biggest hit songs including We Are The Champions, Radio Ga Ga, I Want To Break Free, Somebody To Love, Killer Queen, Don’t Stop Me Now, Under Pressure, Bohemian Rhapsody, Another One Bites The Dust and of course, We Will Rock You.
Get into the spirit of the holidays with The Nutcracker! Bring your family and be whisked away with Clara to the Kingdom of Snow and the Land of Sweets. You’ll be sure to leave the theater with visions of Sugar Plum dancing in your head. Set to Tchaikovsky’s beautiful score and danced by over 150 talented students of Central Oregon School of Ballet with professional guest artists and members of the Bend community. Don’t miss this wonderful holiday classic!
Get into the spirit of the holidays with The Nutcracker! Bring your family and be whisked away with Clara to the Kingdom of Snow and the Land of Sweets. You’ll be sure to leave the theater with visions of Sugar Plum dancing in your head. Set to Tchaikovsky’s beautiful score and danced by over 150 talented students of Central Oregon School of Ballet with professional guest artists and members of the Bend community. Don’t miss this wonderful holiday classic!
Get into the spirit of the holidays with The Nutcracker! Bring your family and be whisked away with Clara to the Kingdom of Snow and the Land of Sweets. You’ll be sure to leave the theater with visions of Sugar Plum dancing in your head. Set to Tchaikovsky’s beautiful score and danced by over 150 talented students of Central Oregon School of Ballet with professional guest artists and members of the Bend community. Don’t miss this wonderful holiday classic!
Get into the spirit of the holidays with The Nutcracker! Bring your family and be whisked away with Clara to the Kingdom of Snow and the Land of Sweets. You’ll be sure to leave the theater with visions of Sugar Plum dancing in your head. Set to Tchaikovsky’s beautiful score and danced by over 150 talented students of Central Oregon School of Ballet with professional guest artists and members of the Bend community. Don’t miss this wonderful holiday classic!
Fans of Monty Python, Mr. Bean, and Dr. Seuss… Grab your teacups!
Off-Broadway Comedians and London’s 3-time IMPRESARIO Award-Winners, James & Jamesy return with their outrageously funny and brilliantly inventive Christmas comedy classic O Christmas Tea — an astonishing show that delights thousands of hearts every holiday season.
Watch the trailer and get a taste of O Christmas Tea here: https://ochristmastea.com/
When catastrophe strikes at James and Jamesy’s Christmas tea party, flooding the world with tea, the friends leap into action, finding innovative and hilarious solutions to keep them afloat. Redefining immersive theatre, these masters of physical comedy—with over 25 comedy awards to their name—sweep the audience out to sea in a jolly aquatic escapade brimming with whimsy, action, and ingenuity in a celebration of friendship at Christmas.
“Complete and utter fun… for all ages.”
★★★★★ CBC
“Bursting at the seams with joy.”
★★★★★ Theatre in London
“Outrageously funny, magnificently written.”
★★★★★ London Free Press
“O Christmas Tea offers the audience the miraculous experience of being young again.”
★★★★★ Stage Door, Toronto
Hailed as “a child’s imagination on steroids” by London Free Press and “a masterpiece of physical comedy” by Theatre In London, critics rave for the charismatic James & Jamesy. A must-see performance on the international comedy circuit, the unstoppable duo, regarded as “one of the most popular fringe duos ever” (CBC), has been named Best of Fest (Orlando, Toronto, Winnipeg, Ottawa), Most Outstanding Show (London), Best Comedy (Victoria), Patrons’ Pick (London), among many other accolades.
