Ken Ludwig’s “Moon Over Buffalo” opened recently at the Oregon Cabaret Theatre and is a marvelously wacky physical farce filled with witty dialogue punctuated by startled screams and slamming doors.
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When Medford actor August Gabriel tries to recall a performance early in his life that may have moved him to aspire to a career in the performing arts, it isn’t something from Shakespeare, Chekhov or .
Hoping for the best, the Oregon Cabaret Theatre in Ashland has announced its planned performance schedule for 2021.
The season opener, assuming the Covic-19 pandemic allows, will “The Spitfire Grill, which was set to premiere last April but wasn’t performed before it could open. It is scheduled to run Feb. 25 through April 18.
“Spitfire” focuses on Percy, a just released from prison parolee who arrives in a small Wisconsin town and finds herself a job working at Hannah’s Spitfire Grill, the only eatery in a struggling town. The grill is for sale but there are no takers, so newcomer Percy suggests to Hannah that she raffle it off. The entry fee is $100 and an essay on “why you want the grill.”