Arts in brief: Rude Mechanicals, CBC play, and Pendleton Whisky Fest

Revenge comedy latest production by The Rude Mechanicals

The Rude Mechanicals theatre company is excited to present Lauren Gunderson’s revenge comedy, “Exit, Pursued by a Bear.”

Performances are at 7 p.m. Feb. 13-15 and 19-22, with additional 2 p.m. matinees on Feb. 15 and 22, at the Uptown Theater, 1300 Jadwin Ave., Richland.

Tickets are on sale now at rmtheatre.org and Tri-Cities Academy of Ballet in Richland. They’re also available at the door.

A Galentine’s Day opening night special is planned on Feb. 13, where guests who buy one ticket will get another one for free. The deal is available only at the door. Additionally, the Feb. 19 show is a pay-what-you-can night.

”Exit, Pursued by a Bear,” which gets its name from Shakespeare’s most famous stage direction, is a modern day revenge comedy that’s earned raves from critics.

ArtsCritic Atlanta wrote that, “If the Coen Brothers decided to set a feminist revenge tale in Atlanta and sprinkle it with Dixie Chicks pixie dust, it might look something like ‘Exit, Pursued by a Bear,’ a raucous comedy of friendship, domestic abuse, and performance-as-catharsis.”

CBC presents free play about race issues

Columbia Basin College is presenting “Facing Our Truth,” a collection of four 10-minute staged readings that are directed by CBC students.

“After the George Zimmerman verdict, New York–based theatre company The New Black Fest commissioned very diverse playwrights to write 10-minute plays on the topic of Trayvon Martin, race and/or privilege. Facing Our Truth’s purpose is to incite serious discussion in our collective communities around these urgent issues,” a news release said.

The free performances are Feb. 13 and 14 at 7 p.m. at the CBC Theatre on the Pasco campus, 2600 N. 20th Ave.

“The Kitchen Witches” starts cooking Feb. 14

Valley Theater Company’s production of “The Kitchen Witches” begins Feb. in Prosser.

This hilarious comedy follows Isobel Lomax and Dolly Biddle, two ‘mature’ cable-access cooking show hostesses who have hated each other for 30 years. When circumstances put them together on a TV show called “The Kitchen Witches,” the insults are flung harder than the food.

Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 14, 15, 21 and 22 with a 2:30 p.m. matinee on Feb. 16 at Prosser’s Princess Theatre.

Tickets are $15 for adults and $13 for students and seniors.

They’re available at www.theprincesstheatre. net or at the Princess Theatre box office.

The Princess Theatre is at 1228 Meade Ave., Prosser.

Eric Church, Macklemore to perform July 11 in Pendleton

Eric Church and Macklemore will perform at the fifth annual Pendleton Whisky Music Fest on July 11.

The festival is at the Pendleton Round-Up grounds. Tickets start at $79.50 go on sale at 10 a.m. Feb. 7.

“We’re excited to put on the best party in Pendleton for our fifth year with this popular, multi-genre lineup,” said Andy McAnally, Pendleton Whisky Music Fest co-organizer said in a statement. “It’s a unique event that brings some of the world’s top acts to a historical venue in the heart of Oregon. With performances from Eric Church, Macklemore and so many other great artists, this is a concert fans won’t want to miss.”

For details and tickets, go to www.pendletonwhiskymusicfest.com.