Locals hit center stage for BCC

Three Redmond residents will be on stage when the Bellevue Community College Drama Department presents the classic musical, “The Music Man,” in four performances March 5-7. Tickets, at $15 general admission ($12 students), are available only through Brown Paper Tickets (www.Brownpapertickets.com, or 1-800-838-3006). Redmond resident Tsige Tafesse, a graduate of Redmond High School, will play Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn, wife of the River City mayor and a major town gossip. Bethany Roddy, a home-schooling graduate, sings in the chorus, and Tania Anirudhan, a junior-high level home-schooled student, will appear as a member of the ragtag Kids’ Band. Carlson Theatre is located on BCC’s main campus, 3000 Landerholm Circle S.E., Bellevue. For information, call (425) 564-3114.

March 2, 2009 11:49 pm

Three Redmond residents will be on stage when the Bellevue Community College Drama Department presents the classic musical, “The Music Man,” in four performances March 5-7. Tickets, at $15 general admission ($12 students), are available only through Brown Paper Tickets (www.Brownpapertickets.com, or 1-800-838-3006). Redmond resident Tsige Tafesse, a graduate of Redmond High School, will play Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn, wife of the River City mayor and a major town gossip. Bethany Roddy, a home-schooling graduate, sings in the chorus, and Tania Anirudhan, a junior-high level home-schooled student, will appear as a member of the ragtag Kids’ Band. Carlson Theatre is located on BCC’s main campus, 3000 Landerholm Circle S.E., Bellevue. For information, call (425) 564-3114.

A Choice performance

The Family Learning Center, a Choice school in the Lake Washington School District, presents “Sideways Stories from Wayside School,” a play adapted for the stage by John Olive, from the novels by Louis Sachar. Performances are at 7 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, March 12 and 13; and at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 14 at Cadle Theatre, Lake Washington High School, 12033 NE 80th St. in Kirkland. General admission is $8. For information, call (425) 828-3225.