Fire Pit Productions

FIRE PIT productions

With a little bit of ingenuity and a lot of hard work, Fire the parking to allow everyone to be Park by Neil Simon August 7-9 and Pit Productions is back on able to see the stage. People will be 14-16 as a benefit to raise money for stage! able to tune their radios to the show the local arts community.

By turning its indoor productions and listen while watching the live Barefoot in the Park was first into outdoor performances and production. performed in 1963 at the Biltmore building an outdoor stage, Fire Pit To minimize contact, Fire Pit Theatre on Broadway and is the Productions has created outdoor Productions will not be charging story of a newlywed couple who seating that will follow all the social admission to the shows. There will have opposing personalities. The distancing guidelines and bring be buckets for free will offerings story takes you through the ups and local theater back for summer 2020. near the entrances. There is also a downs of their life over four days.

Theater director Quincy Roers discleaning and disinfecting protocol In October, Fire Pit Productions cussed his plans and the guidelines for the inside restrooms and there plans to perform The Pillowman by with state legislators, and, following are no concessions. You are allowed Martin McDonagh, the story of a their direction, has set up an area for to bring your own. writer, Katurian, living in a totalitaroutdoor seating that includes 8-foot Begun in 2018 by Quincy Roers, ian state who is interrogated about squares that will accommodate two Fire Pit Productions normally uses his short stories, which echo a people per square. Spectators must the stage at the Lakes Area Theatre series of child murders. bring their own blankets or lawn for small production plays to For more information, visit lakechairs. provide the community with edgy sareatheatre.com/firepit, call 320-

Along with the outdoor seating, thought-provoking stage plays. The 815-7664 or email lakesareatheatre@ Roers and his team have also creperformances are locally cast. gmail.com. ated a drive-in movie theater style The group is slated to perform the space for cars to park, staggering romantic comediy Barefoot in the

Be sure to visit the Fire Pit Productions website at lakesareatheatre.com/firepit or visit its Facebook page for the most recent information on its schedule.

CONCERTS on the courthouse lawn B lues, country, rock and roll. The music menu at the Concerts on the Courthouse Lawn each Thursday throughout the summer holds a variety that appeals to the toe-tapper in everyone. These weekly concerts run through the end of August and are presented by the Red Willow Arts Coalition (RWAC). After being delayed for six weeks The concerts have become one of the area’s most popular social gatherings, where friends and family get together to listen to music. The RWAC, formed in 2009 to promote the arts and provide entertainment in the lakes area, has been bringing this all together for music fans on the lawn of the Douglas County Courthouse free of charge for several years and plans to provide because of the pandemic, the first entertainment again this summer. concert was slated for June 25. Just bring your lawn chair or blanket The RWAC asks those who are and grab a seat. All concerts begin not feeling well to stay home, and at 7 p.m. those who attend to wear face For more information on the Red masks and follow social distancing, Willow Arts Coalition, visit www.redincluding performers. Red Willow willowartscoalition.org. staff will make sure that guidelines are being followed. There will be four self-serve popcorn areas with closed boxes and water stations to avoid lines, as well as two portable toilets that will be sanitized weekly. A change in parking will allow more CONCERT SCHEDULE Thursdays, 7 P.M. All concerts are free. Bring a lawn chair or blanket for seating. As of June, the Red Willow Arts Coalition has TENTATIVE approval for a shortened season. Aug 6: Broken Fiddle – folk, Americana, traditional Aug 13: Honky Tonk Cowboys - Country Aug 20: Salty Dogs - Variety Aug 27: Doc’s Dixieland - Dixieland/ Gospel concert-goers to listen from their Be sure to visit the Red Willow Arts Coalition website at www.redwillowartscoalition.org or visit its vehicles. Facebook page for the most recent information on its schedule.