STORY AND PHOTO BY KAREN BOSSICK
Dance and music will fill the new Argyros Performing Arts Center Saturday, while theater, comedy and a smattering of ideas will headline Sunday’s performances.
Here is the lineup for the community celebration marking the opening of the center on the former site of the nexStage Theatre at Main and First streets in Ketchum.
- SATURDAY, Nov. 24, 2-4 p.m.
Opening remarks by Ketchum Mayor Neil Bradshaw
Dance performance of “Chelsea Bridge” featuring dancer Cristina Arpp Price and pianist Alan Pennay in a choreographed piece by Anne Winton.
“Children Go Where I Send Them,” featuring Footlight Dance Centre dancers Dakota Barth, Jaysa Bozzuto, Amari Caballero, Jacqueline Cronin, Norah Dowdle, Sydney Herold, Piper Kolb, Adri Meyer, Abigail Verst and Brooklyn Williamson. Choreographed by Hilarie Neely.
“New Heartbeat,” featuring Sun Valley Ballet School dancers Alyssa Durand, Madison Miller, Luke Stevenson, Marisol Hernandez, Romina Zavala, Andrew Durand and guitar player Mathew Durand.
“It Happened in Sun Valley,” featuring Wood River High School Colla Voce under the direction of Max Stimac.
“Bye, Bye, Love” featuring WRHS B-Tones men’s group under the direction of R.L. Rowsey.
“Something Told the Wild Geese,” featuring Caritas Chorale under the direction of R.L. Rowsey.
“The Prayer,” featuring John Mauldin, Leslie Mauldin and R.L. Rowsey on behalf of Sun Valley Opera.
Mozart’s “Allegro from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik,” featuring Wood River Orchestra violinists and cellist Linda Parker, Lynne Heidel, and Cynthia Wooley Kearns.
Mozart’s “Allegro from Piano Sonata in F Major” and Chopin’s “Prelude in E Minor” featuring pianist Tristan Boloix.
- SATURDAY, Nov. 24
Old Death Whisper featuring Rico Hood, Kent Mueller and Drew Tomseth from 6 to 7 p.m.
Sheep Bridge Jumpers featuring Lacey Heward-Thompson, Casey Sedlack, Zach Herbert, Cam Bouiss, Connor Wade, Cody Barnhill and Mark Oliver from 7 to8 p.m.
SUNDAY, Nov. 25, 2-4 p.m.
Opening remarks by Denise Simone, co-founder of Company of Fools
Reading from Neil Simon’s “The Odd Couple,” featuring Rick Kessler, Bill Nagel, Scott Creighton, Steve D’Smith and Jon Kane of Laughingstock Theater.
Reading from “Love, Loss and What I Wore” featuring Aly Wepplo on behalf of Sawtooth Productions.
Reading from “The Weir” featuring Charlotte Hemmings on behalf of Sawtooth Productions.
Scene from “Hand to God” featuring Natalie Battistone and Kevin Wade of The Spot.
“Til There Was You,” from “The Music Man,” featuring Sara Gorby and Dorinda Rendahl of St. Thomas Playhouse.
“Edelweiss” from “The Sound of Music,” featuring John Mauldin of St. Thomas Playhouse.
“Laska” and “Horse Trade” featuring Cowboy Poet Bryan Dilworth on behalf of Sawtooth Productions.
Sun Valley Community School Devising Ensemble featuring Rosa Schaffner, Rye Fruehling, Christine DuFur, Julia Ott, Paola Alvarado, Emma Desserault, Tallulah Gilbreath and Priya Merchant under the direction of Kevin Wade.
Stand-up comedy featuring Hailee Lenhart-Wees.
Stand-up comedy featuring Katherine Lizarraga.
“Reading of “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” by Gary Hoffman.
“An Adventurer Prepares for the Third Act” by Gerry Moffatt.