NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Aug. 28.
In both North Olympic Peninsula counties, on goes the dreaming.
William Shakespeare’s frolicsome love story, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” is being staged in Port Townsend’s Chetzemoka Park and in the Webster’s Woods meadow at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center — just three more times each.
Key City Public Theatre is presenting the Port Townsend production with Tomoki Sage as Puck, David Natale as Oberon, king of the fairies, and Amy Sousa as Queen Titania, at 6 p.m. today through Sunday at Chetzemoka Park, Blaine and Jackson streets.
Admission is a suggested donation of $20 to $24, or $10 for students.
For abundant information, see keycitypublictheatre.org or phone 360-385-KCPT (5278).
In Port Angeles, the new “William in Webster’s Woods” production includes “Dream” plus a short pre-show starring local youngsters in choice Shakespeare scenes.
This opener, to start at 5 p.m. today through Sunday, includes snippets from “Romeo and Juliet,” “Macbeth,” “A Comedy of Errors” and others.
The main event, directed by Anna Andersen with costumes by Sarah Tucker, features Angela Poynter-Lemaster as Titania, Corrina Wright as Puck and Ron Graham as Oberon.
It all unfolds in the Webster’s Woods art park surrounding the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, 1203 E. Lauridsen Blvd.
Admission is again by donation, with $10 suggested, while information can be found at 360-457-3532 and PAFAC.org.
Crescent benefit
PORT ANGELES — The Dam Bar, 242701 U.S. Highway 101, will host a fundraiser for students at Crescent School — to help them with supplies and school clothes — this Saturday.
The Malcolm Clark Trio, a blues and rock outfit, plus a number of other local musicians will play from 4 p.m. till 11 p.m., for this benefit. Admission will be by donation to the students’ fund, said Dam Bar owner Elda Brandt.
For information, phone the bar at 360-452-9880.
Beatles times 2
PORT ANGELES — Creme Tangerine, the Seattle-area band specializing in the Beatles’ catalog — hits, B sides and beyond — is arriving at Olympic Cellars winery for two concerts this weekend.
First comes tonight’s 7 p.m. show, for which tickets are $17 at the gate. A portion of proceeds will benefit the Olympic Medical Center Foundation.
Then the lads take the stage again Saturday at 7 p.m., this time to benefit WAG, aka the Welfare for Animals Guild.
Tickets are $14 in advance or $17 at the gate.
Both nights, gates open at 6 p.m. and concert-goers may bring picnic suppers and soft drinks; wine and food will be for sale on site.
For reservations, visit brownpapertickets.com (search for Olympic Cellars), and for details and directions phone the winery at 360-452-0160.
Olympic Music Fest
QUILCENE — Music inspired by a forbidden love affair and a string quintet considered to be one of the greatest compositions ever written: Both are on the program this weekend at the Olympic Music Festival, the summer series of concerts in a century-old barn in rural Jefferson County.
That first piece is Cesar Franck’s Piano Quintet in f minor; the latter is Franz Schubert’s String Quintet in C Major.
These works will fill the barn starting at 2 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday, courtesy of violinists Tessa Lark and Andrea Segar, violist Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu, and cellists David Requiro and Meta Weiss.
The Olympic Music Festival barn is on the Quilcene farm at 7360 Center Road, which is 18 miles south of Port Townsend.
Music lovers can choose to sit inside the barn or out on the grass, where the music is broadcast.
Either way, they can come any time after 11 a.m. to picnic and stroll the 55-acre spread.
Dress is casual.
For these and the rest of the festival concerts to take place each weekend through Sept. 13, tickets range from $14 to $32.
For more about tickets, the venue and the musicians, see olympicmusicfestival.org and 360-732-4800.
Diane Urbani de la Paz
