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John Kane will perform a hilarious one-man show called There, I’ve Broken My Neck! (An Evening of Theatrical Disasters), at 8:00 pm on Friday Nov. 7 and Saturday Nov 8. He performed this three years ago and everybody loved it; now he’s added many new funny stories of life in the theatre, and everything that can go wrong.

John is an amazing actor, as well as a writer of plays, TV shows (over 200!), and operas. He played the role of Puck in one of the most famous productions of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, the Peter Brook Royal Shakespeare Company production of 1970, with Patrick Stewart and Ben Kingsley.

He wrote the liberetti of two of the operas we’ve performed at the North Cambridge Family Opera: Antiphony and Kids Court.

The performance features humorous anecdotes and readings suitable for audiences aged 10 and up. Tickets are $35. All proceeds will benefit North Cambridge Family Opera and Central Square Theater.

8:00 pm Friday Nov. 6 and Saturday Nov. 7
Central Square Theater
450 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA  02139

And please pass on the word to your friends and family, so they too can enjoy an entertaining evening, while supporting NCFO and Central Square Theater.

Auditions have started for Springtime For Haman, which will be this year’s production by the North Cambridge Family Opera Company. It’s fun for the whole family, or for anyone!

This will be our eleventh year of doing family opera. By an “opera” we mean a story told through song. All of our productions are original, in English, and fun for both kids and adults to attend and to participate in. Our first opera was “Space Opera”, with lyrics and music by David Bass, which tells the story of the original Star Wars movie, now called Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. It was first performed in 1999, and then again in 2000, and most recently in 2005.

This year we are doing David Bass’s Springtime For Haman, which we originally performed in 2004. This is my favorite of all the operas we’ve ever done. The Haman story is a great plot; there are funny parts and poignant parts and suspenseful parts; there are all kinds of musical styles.

Auditions are happening this (three-day) weekend and next (Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, 10/10, 10/11, and 10/12, and
Saturday and Sunday, 10/17 and 10/18) between 1:00pm to 7:00pm, by appointment only. To schedule an audition, call 617-492-4095 or email Auditions10@FamilyOpera.org.

Auditions are at the Deborah Mason School of Dance, at 32 Cottage Park Avenue in Cambridge (there are directions here). Here’s all the information about the show and the auditions.