Gallo Center for The Arts

We can't wait for you to see what we've strung together for our next MSO at Home livestream on April 15 at 7pm! Enjoy your chamber music classics, featuring the MSO Chamber String Ensemble; our principal flute, Johanna Borenstein, and principal bassoon, David Granger!

YES Company is (finally) back! 2021 is a special year for YES Company as we celebrate our 30th anniversary. We can’t think of a better way to celebrate such a milestone than with a special production featuring a greatest hits line up from some of the most beloved musicals previously presented by YES Company. Register for your audition today at galloarts.org/yescompany

Did you see this article in the Bee? Modesto native son Derek Mari, a 2014 Beyer High School graduate who now works in Los Angeles as a director and writer, is making a film about Crohn’s disease and how it has impacted his life. According the www.wefunder.com/crohnie crowd-funding campaign he has started, Crohnie is a comedy about identify, family and the daily struggles with an embarrassing illness. Derek is the son of Gallo Center for the Arts board member Alex Mari, M.D., who will become the Center’s chairman of the board on July 1, 2021. Best of luck, Derek! https://www.modbee.com/entertainment/article250156585.html

The Gallo Center Repertory Company is proud to present its newest virtual theatre presentation: "Good Trouble: A Tribute to John Lewis and the Freedom Riders." Produced and directed by Jim Johnson with videography and editing by Wes Page, this production features outstanding performances by a stellar cast from #sankofatheatrecompany. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/PZagiUuT86o

Did you know there was freshwater shark sport fishing in California? We didn't either, but Gallo Center employee Sam Quint send us this photo from Lake Isabella near Bakersfield, where he and his wife Sally are vacationing this week. Looks exciting!

The Gallo Center for the Arts is delighted to partner with National Geographic Live in presenting a series of three special speaking events after the first of the year: "Life on Other Worlds" (January 20); "Scientific Exposure" (February 10); and "Feats of Filmmaking" (March 17). Each of these virtual programs is visually stunning, rich in entertaining and educational content, and perfect for fun family viewing during these challenging, stay-at-home times! Your ticket purchas...e benefits the Gallo Center, too! HOW TO PURCHASE TICKETS Tickets are $15 per household per show and each show is at 7 pm. You will be able to view each show on one device (phone, tablet, desktop or internet-connected smart television) with as many viewers as you'd like. For more information and to purchase tickets, go to www.galloarts.org. #gallocenterforthearts #natgeolive @natgeo #nationalgeographiclive #gallocenter

ATTENTION PROCRASTINATORS! The Gallo Center has a great gift suggestion for you last minute, I'll-just-put-it-off-until-tomorrow shoppers. This 432-piece, 18" x 24" jigsaw puzzle is awesome. It's designed with poster images from some of the incredible hit shows that have appeared at the Center over the years, and it delivers hours and hours of family fun for only $30! Although the Center is closed, we're going to open up just for you. We'll set up a special table in our lob...by on Wednesday, Dec. 23 from 2 to 4 pm, and from 10 am to Noon on Thursday, Dec. 24. Go to https://tickets.galloarts.org/single/EventDetail.aspx?p=8435 to purchase your puzzle, and then swing by the Center lobby on Wednesday or Thursday for contactless pick-up. (Please note: You must purchase online in advance. No on-site sales in the lobby will be available.) Don't miss out! #gallocenterforthearts #gallocenterpuzzle #jigsawpuzzlefun #jigsawpuzzlefans #puzzlefanatics #gallocenter

We’ll bet you have quite the collection of masks piling up at home and in your car right now. But as a patron of the arts, don’t you want to have a mask that shows your support for the Gallo Center during this crisis that has closed our doors? Of course you do! And you can get our custom blue-and-white masks for just $6.00 each including postage and handling. A portion of every sale benefits the Center. To purchase simply go to https://tinyurl.com/yysu2s78.

Join us for a special six-week session of the Gallo Center Youth Academy with classes starting November 10th. All COVID-19 safety protocols strictly observed, including reduced class sizes, so register today to claim your spot! https://galloarts.org/GCYA/

Our friends at the Modesto firm Takapa Media, Inc recently asked the Gallo Center how they could help out during our COVID-19 closure. The result is this donated video looking at the enhancements, repairs, deep cleaning and new features that have been taking place at the Center over the last several months. Our deepest thanks to the Takapa team, including company president and Gallo Center trustee Ryan Dziadosz, who served as the host/narrator in the video.

THE DOO WOP PROJECT - LIVESTREAM! SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 4 PM FROM $25 PER HOUSEHOLD Love the classic sounds of Frankie Valli, The Drifters, The Del Vikings? Ever wonder what Maroon 5 would sound like if they had lived in the Doo Wop era?... Over 1,000,000 people around the world have fallen in love with The Doo Wop Project, and now you can too. From your living room! (Or if you’re a fan from seeing them live at the Center before, here’s your chance to see them live againsitting on your sofa!) Featuring Tony-nominated members of Broadway’s smash hits Jersey Boys, Motown: The Musical, A Bronx Tale, and more, the Doo Wop Project's dynamic live show takes audiences on a journey from early doo wop groups The Flamingos and The Belmonts through their influence on R&B like Smokey Robinson and The Four Seasons, all the way to DooWopified versions of modern hits by Michael Jackson, Amy Winehouse, and Maroon 5. HOW TO PURCHASE TICKETS Tickets for this 90-minute virtual concert start at $25 per household, which includes one device and as many viewers as you'd like. There also are VIP upgrades you can choose. Tickets are purchased directly from a special Doo Wop Project website for the show, not the Gallo Center ticket office. To purchase and learn more, go to https://tinyurl.com/y457cfhc

Improv legends Colin Mochrie & Brad Sherwood from the long-running, hit television series, "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" have been captivating live audiences for more than two decades with their hilariously irreverent humor, whip smart senses, and off-the-cuff comedic brilliance. Now, in an all-new LIVE improv show via Zoom, where the audience is in the driver's seat, they're unleashing a wild, comedic ride with "Colin & Brad: Stream of Consciousness." This truly interactive, PG...-13 experience is fueled by audience suggestions, leaving Colin and Brad to rely only on their wits and intuition. Whether fans choose to enjoy the show solo or share in the fun with a larger group, each ticket allows viewing on one device. With no scripts and no rehearsals, audiences indulge in the danger and delight that makes improv so delicious, with the renowned duo known as the best in the business. "Colin & Brad: Stream of Consciousness" is a full hour of next-level improv genius streamed directly to audiences to enjoy in the comfort of their homes. HOW TO PURCHASE TICKETS Tickets for this virtual show are $35 per household, which includes one device and as many viewers as you'd like. If you don't already have it, download the Zoom app (the free version) and set up your Zoom account before you buy tickets. Go to www.zoom.us. You will have four different live shows to choose from: October 10, 18, 24 or 30, all at 5 pm Pacific Time. For more information and to learn how you purchase tickets, go to www.galloarts.org.

JIM BRICKMAN’S COMFORT & JOY AT HOME LIVE! VIRTUALLY! LIVESTREAM - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 7 PM BENEFITTING THE GALLO CENTER!... Grammy-nominated songwriter and piano sensation Jim Brickman will be taking the nation by storm this holiday season with the Comfort & Joy at Home 2020 Virtual Tour. A portion of each ticket purchased to this LIVE event will benefit the Gallo Center for the Arts. So enjoy this unique virtual concert experience from your couch, your comfy chair, or your bed, while helping the Gallo Center during this challenging time! Jim will bring the LIVE concert experience up close and personal by blending yuletide memories and holiday carols with his own hit songs such as The Gift, Sending You A Little Christmas, Angel Eyes and If You Believe. He will warm your hearts as sweet sounds of faith and love make spirits bright, bringing family and friends together for anything but a silent night. HOW TO PURCHASE TICKETS Tickets for this virtual concert range from $40 to $125 per household, with packages that include special gifts, interacting with Jim in the Zoom Room and more! You purchase tickets directly from Jim's website. Just click here: https://tinyurl.com/y2lmlrte https://youtu.be/nPAkOamvFFUl

#TESTIMONIALTUESDAY from your friends at the Gallo Center!

DID YOU KNOW: the Gallo Center has two theaters? The Mary Stuart Rogers Theater seats 1, 248 patrons and The Foster Family Theater seats 444 patrons.

The last in the Gallo Center Repertory Company’s series of streaming Virtual Theater radio plays is Arsenic and Old Lace, a delightful black comedy by Joseph Kesselring that became a Broadway hit in 1941 and later a popular film starring Cary Grant and directed by Frank Capra. This is great fun! To view Arsenic and Old Lace: https://vimeo.com/454612813 THE CAST... Dave Weltner Dyanne Durr Kimberly Ogden Dean Medek Michael Creasy Jim Johnson Wes Page Scott Mitchell Michael Lynch Based on scripts from vintage radio plays, this series was conceived by Gallo Center Rep artistic director Jim Johnson, with editing and very special effects by Wes Page. Each of the plays have featured actors familiar to audiences of numerous Rep stage productionsall of whom are generously donating their time and helped record their parts at home using cell phones, tablets and desktops!

What's going on at the Gallo Center during the COVID-19 shutdown? CEO Lynn Dickerson is here to let you know.. https://youtu.be/zaib1_-OihQ #GalloCenter #GalloArts #RedAlertRESTART #SaveOurStages #WeMakeEvents #WeMakeEventsHappen #GalloCenterfortheArts #performingarts #performinglive

Tonight the Gallo Center is joining with other performing arts venues nationwide in support of #RedAlertRESTART, a campaign designed to raise awareness of the struggling live entertainment and events industry and prompt Congressional action on COVID-19 relief measures. Venues across the country will be lit up in red to express solidarity on sustaining a drastically impacted industry that was first to close during the pandemic and will likely be the last to reopen. The #RedA...lertRESTART campaign, which follows a similar event in the UK last month, is organized by the #WeMakeEvents campaign. Among the famous buildings said to be participating tonight are Madison Square Garden and Radio City Music Hall in New York City, MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., the Capitol Records building in Los Angeles, Grand Ole Opry in Nashville and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. Scores of organizations throughout California also are participating. #GalloCenter #GalloArts #RedAlertRESTART #SaveOurStages #WeMakeEvents #WeMakeEventsHappen #GalloCenterfortheArts #performingarts #performinglive

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