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Bandon Open Stage, Nov. 2025

Geneva Miller — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 23:00:00 +0000

Bandon Open Stage invites you to our next variety show at 3 p.m. on Saturday, November 15, at the Sprague Community Theater.

The Bandon Open Stage program is a platform for area residents of all ages and skill levels (including presenters with disabilities) to perform on stage. Our performers share their passion and talents in the free-form performing arts of all sorts: instrumental music, songs (both original and covers), comedy, poetry, stories, dance, and anything they wish. It is our third year of showcasing local talent on the theater’s stage.

Admission

$10 – single
$15 – couple
$20 – family

Tickets can be purchased at the door. Additional donations are welcomed and greatly appreciated! We are a fiscally-sponsored by the GBA 501(c)(3) non-profit organization serving our community.

For more information, email SpragueOpenStage@gmail.com

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Tales from the Kitchen Table

Geneva Miller — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Hiding under the quilting frame while the grammas work. Being quiet, so you can listen to the moms talk. “Tales From the Kitchen Table” are the stories they didn’t let you hear, the ones they made you leave the room before they told. Laughter, sorrow, terror, lust – nine stories that will introduce you to nine females you may never forget.

“Tales from the Kitchen Table” is the final performance in the 2025 Bandon Fringe Festival. This one act play is performed and written by Corrie Gant, (with additional dialogue by Shakespeare and Molière), and directed by Annie McGregor.

Show time is 5 p.m. on Sunday, June 29.

This play includes mature themes, and / or strong language, and is recommended for teen and adult audience members.

Admission $10

This performance is part of the 2025 Bandon Fringe Festival. All performances are at the Sprague Community Theater, 1202 11th St. SW, in Bandon City Park.

Tickets are available for individual performances, or purchase a Fringe Festival Pass for all shows. Advance tickets are available online at Tix.com. Tickets are also available at the box office during the festival.

The Bandon Fringe Festival is presented by the Sprague Community Theater and Bandon Playhouse. Supporters of the Bandon Playhouse 2025 season include Bain Insurance Agency, Robert Miller Attorney at Law, Rogue Credit Union and Umpqua Bank, with a grant from the Coos County Cultural Coalition, and revenue sharing from the City of Bandon. Learn more about the Bandon Playhouse community theater organization at BandonPlayhouse.org.

More . . .

Corrie Gant is a well-known local performer, playwright and producer who received advanced training at Dell’Arte School of Mask, Mime and Comedy. She went on to perform physical comedy across Texas and Ontario. Since returning to Bandon, she has contributed her work to many local events and fundraisers. Most recently, Corrie has been seen in Bandon Playhouse productions of “Radium Girls,” “Coquille River Anthology,” and “Crimes of the Heart.” She is also a member of the Bandon Playhouse board of directors.

Dr. Annie McGregor earned her PhD in Theatre from the University of Oregon. While teaching at Purdue she developed a new Masters program in dramaturgy. Later, at Penn State, she was in charge of the nationally recognized THEA 100 experience, in addition to acting and directing in regional theatres. She is excited to be working with her old pal Corrie Gant on “Tales From the Kitchen Table.”

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A Language We All Understand

Geneva Miller — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 22:00:00 +0000

Malinka presents Eastern European Gypsy folk (Romani), Balkan, Slavic, Latin & original music, with groovy, funky beats, drum & bass breakdowns, guitar licks and hot violin, songs from many places in many languages, culminating in greater global awareness and the feeling that love is universal. Learn more at malinkamusic.com.

Show time is 3 p.m. on Sunday, June 29.

Admission $15

This performance is part of the 2025 Bandon Fringe Festival. All performances are at the Sprague Community Theater, 1202 11th St. SW, in Bandon City Park.

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An Unauthorized Biography

Geneva Miller — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 21:00:00 +0000

A mystery from history to confuse and amuse, as characters explain what could not be, but is. Travel through time from opening curtain to the play’s culmination, exploring a conundrum taught by sages through the ages from a popular manuscript’s pages.

“An Unauthorized Biography” is a one act play written and directed by Donna Snyder-Smith.

This play includes mature themes, and / or strong language, and is recommended for teen and adult audience members.

Show time is 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 29.

Admission $10

This performance is part of the 2025 Bandon Fringe Festival. All performances are at the Sprague Community Theater, 1202 11th St. SW, in Bandon City Park.

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A Pirate Named Shirley

Geneva Miller — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 19:30:00 +0000

“A Pirate Named Shirley” is a one act pirate comedy written and directed by Tyler Eickhoff.

The story follows the infamous Captain Blackwood as he tries to hide his most guarded secret: His real name is Shirley. In order to protect this secret, which would destroy his reputation, Captain Blackwood decides to try and kill his own mother, the only other person who knows his real name. Hijinks ensue as the rest of his crew get involved and eventually learn the truth . . . .

Show time is 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 29.

Admission $10

This performance is part of the 2025 Bandon Fringe Festival. All performances are at the Sprague Community Theater, 1202 11th St. SW, in Bandon City Park.

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Squeezebox & Beats

Geneva Miller — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 03:00:00 +0000

Loopy accordion grooves with Dutch / French accents. Jet Black Pearl’s smartly wacky songs are a mad hatter’s European party with a funky attitude. With her loop station, she records grooves and layers of flute, vocal percussion and harmonies while squeezing one hot accordion. Learn more at JetBlackPearl.com.

In Reviews:

“A formidable force of music, and truly has to be seen to be believed.” Three Weeks, Edinburgh Fringe Festival

“[Jet] has traveled the world performing and leaving a trail of delight wherever she goes.” Oregon Music News

This presentation includes mature themes, and / or strong language, and is recommended for teen and adult audience members.

Show time is 8 p.m. on Saturday, June 28.

Admission $10

This performance is part of the 2025 Bandon Fringe Festival. All performances are at the Sprague Community Theater, 1202 11th St. SW, in Bandon City Park.

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No Apologies, Cowboy

Geneva Miller — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 01:30:00 +0000

“No Apologies, Cowboy” is a short tragic queer piece following two deserters from war. Boys finding hope and life in a place determined to be devoid of it. It’s about finding divinity in what is smeared with grime and mold and shattered glass.

This one act play is written by Nemo Dieterich and performed by Lost and Found.

Show time is 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 28.

This play includes mature themes, and / or strong language, and is recommended for teen and adult audience members. The performance also includes gunfire sound effects.

Admission $10

This performance is part of the 2025 Bandon Fringe Festival. All performances are at the Sprague Community Theater, 1202 11th St. SW, in Bandon City Park.

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Side of the Tide Morris Dancers

Geneva Miller — Sat, 28 Jun 2025 23:30:00 +0000

Delightfully exuberant and wildly entertaining, the Side of the Tide Morris Dancers have enthralled audiences throughout the South Coast for the last ten years. Celebrating nature and the change of the seasons, the joy of community, and the joy of dance, they provide an enchanting glimpse of life in the English countryside hundreds of years ago. Wearing tattered vests, our local Border Morris Dance troupe offers high energy dances with a bold knacking of staves and ringing of bells.

Show time is 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 28.

Admission $10

This performance is part of the 2025 Bandon Fringe Festival. All performances are at the Sprague Community Theater, 1202 11th St. SW, in Bandon City Park.

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Bandon Open Stage

Geneva Miller — Sat, 28 Jun 2025 22:00:00 +0000

Open Stage presents a variety show of colorful area talent in song, poetry, spoken word and comedy.

Show time is 3 p.m. on Saturday, June 28.

Admission $10

This performance is part of the 2025 Bandon Fringe Festival. All performances are at the Sprague Community Theater, 1202 11th St. SW, in Bandon City Park.

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The Amazing Bubble Man

Geneva Miller — Sat, 28 Jun 2025 20:00:00 +0000

Louis Pearl mesmerizes audiences with his bubble-making performances.

One of the world’s leading bubble-ologists, Louis began in 1980 by making, demonstrating, and selling a toy called the Bubble Trumpet on a street corner in Berkeley, California. Eventually, his toy company had 147 products with international manufacturing and distribution.

But Louis found that he preferred playing with the toys over selling them. He sold Tangent Toys in 2002. Since then he has been touring the world, performing hundreds of shows every year. Learn more at AmazingBubbleMan.com.

Show time is 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 28.

Admission $15 adult, $10 youth 14 and younger

This performance is part of the 2025 Bandon Fringe Festival. All performances are at the Sprague Community Theater, 1202 11th St. SW, in Bandon City Park.

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