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    Articles by Gabrielle Nomura
    From left: Actors John David Scott
    Girl About Town: Village Theatre delivers plenty of...
    By Gabrielle Nomura • March 24, 2012 2:40 pm

    Little did I know when I went to Village Theatre last week that I was in for many surprises involving its newest musical, “It Shoulda Been You.”

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    City awards Village Theatre $25,000 for facilities upkeep
    City awards Village Theatre $25,000 for facilities upkeep
    By Gabrielle Nomura • February 28, 2012 5:20 pm

    Village Theatre was awarded a $25,000 grant that will be used for maintaining and improving the theatre’s Issaquah facilities.

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    Chris Ensweiler
    Play brings timeless jokes and quirky characters to...
    By Gabrielle Nomura • January 12, 2012 6:20 pm

    Chris Ensweiler couldn’t be more prepared for his role of the uptight neat freak in Village Theatre’s upcoming production of “The Odd Couple,” which runs Jan. 18 to March 25.

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    Jake Nicholson (left) and Rohan Waghani (right)
    Teen performers find route to Broadway at Village...
    By Gabrielle Nomura • January 9, 2012 5:40 pm

    Although the confident high-school senior doesn’t show it – Jake Nicholson is nervous. It’s Jan. 7, opening night of “Godspell” at First Stage Theatre in Issaquah, and he plays a leading role – Judas.

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    Dane Stokinger (Frank Butler) and Vicki Noon (Annie Oakley).
    ‘Annie Get Your Gun’ brings down the house...
    By Gabrielle Nomura • November 16, 2011 8:17 pm

    I am on a mission to be a cowgirl ever since seeing Village Theatre’s new musical “Annie Get Your Gun.” Or at least, to look like one.

    Karen Ann Ledger did a fantastic job bringing out the old-timey beauty in female actors, from bandanna sashes and wide-brimmed hats to frilly petticoats and lace-up booties. Similarly, the male performers were transformed into boot-clickin’ buckaroos.

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    Vicki Noon as Annie Oakley in Village Theatre's 'Annie Get Your Gun.'
    Broadway star, Eastside native stars in Village Theatre’s...
    By Gabrielle Nomura • November 1, 2011 8:01 pm

    From the green skin of the Wicked Witch of the West, to the gun-totin’, sharp-shootin’ ways of a cowgirl, Vicki Noon does not blend in with the characters she portrays on stage.

    With a powerhouse voice and lauded acting chops, it’s no wonder Noon made it from Village Theatre’s KIDSTAGE program to Broadway. Fresh from the national tour of “Wicked,” the 26-year-old Newcastle native will return to the Eastside to star as Annie Oakley in Village Theatre’s “Annie Get Your Gun,” premiering Nov. 9.

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    (Top) Ben Gonio
    Gripping Village Theatre musical inspires a new kind...
    By Gabrielle Nomura • September 20, 2011 9:59 pm

    Gripping Village Theatre musical inspires a new kind of patriotism | Review

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    Cycle the WAVE organizers
    Female cyclists ride to end domestic violence
    By Gabrielle Nomura • September 13, 2011 8:58 pm

    Each September, hundreds of women come from throughout the region to take a stand – or more accurately, a ride, against the problem – domestic violence.

    Cycle the Wave, Sept. 18, is a non-competitive bicycle race for women on the Eastside that gives 100 percent of proceeds to nonprofits such as Eastside Domestic Violence Program (EDVP). Last year, Cycle the Wave brought in more than 800 riders, 100 volunteers and $80,000.

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    The Brothers Four perform at the Kirkland Performance Center Sept. 11.
    Weekly arts roundup
    By Gabrielle Nomura • September 7, 2011 2:49 pm

    Weekly arts roundup

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    Dennis Bateman (Michael)
    Multicultural performers take center stage at Village Theatre
    By Gabrielle Nomura • September 7, 2011 12:25 am

    While most roles are performed by white actors at Village Theatre, throughout the years, performers of color have created some memorable roles here, too

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    Driven to Abstraction exhibit poster.
    Weekly arts roundup | Entertainment
    By Gabrielle Nomura • August 30, 2011 5:31 pm

    Weekly arts roundup | Entertainment

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    Bumbershoot returns Sept. 3-5 at Seattle Center.
    Out & About activities for Aug. 27 –...
    By Gabrielle Nomura • August 23, 2011 7:29 pm

    Out & About activities for Aug. 27 – Sept. 5

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    Madie Polyak as Millie Dillmount and the Company of KIDSTAGE’s'Thoroughly Modern Millie.'
    Weekly arts roundup
    By Gabrielle Nomura • August 17, 2011 5:08 pm

    Weekly arts roundup for Issaquah.

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    'Take me America' started off as a staged reading at Village Theatre and will be part of the Mainstage season for 2011-12.
    6 new musicals star in 11th annual Village...
    By Gabrielle Nomura • August 2, 2011 7:10 pm

    The 11th annual Village Originals Festival of New Musicals, an invitation-only event, is Aug. 12-14 at the Francis J. Gaudette Theatre.

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    Rachel Beckwith.
    Thousands give $140,000 in memory of 9-year-old girl...
    By Gabrielle Nomura • July 25, 2011 9:24 pm

    Rachel Beckwith had a dream. The 9-year-old Issaquah girl wanted to help provide clean water to African villages.

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    Michael K. Lee (Jesus)
    Switching characters every show | ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’...
    By Gabrielle Nomura • May 9, 2011 3:26 pm

    It’s hard enough for an actor to perfect one lead role in a musical theater production. Let alone two.

    But that’s exactly what what 28-year-old Aaron Finley of Seattle has been trying to do in rehearsal for his two roles in Village Theatre’s “Jesus Christ Superstar.” The Issaquah rendering of the 70s rock opera is directed by Brian Yorkey, a Pulitzer and Tony award-winner.

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    Village Theatre's annual auction.
    Weekly arts roundup May 2-8
    By Gabrielle Nomura • May 3, 2011 3:16 pm

    Dance A Day of Dance at Pacific Northwest Ballet Saturday, June 18 at McCaw Hall. Featuring the 30th annual PNB…

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    'Mary Poppins' the musical is coming to Paramount Theatre in May.
    Weekly arts roundup
    By Gabrielle Nomura • April 20, 2011 2:53 pm

    Fine art Nationally known artist Brian Bonebrake’s exhibit is at Sammamish City Hall through May 27; Go to www.ci.sammamish.wa.us; 801…

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    An extensive renovation has returned First Stage Theatre to its glory.
    Issaquah’s historic First Stage Theatre reopens; young performers...
    By Gabrielle Nomura • April 14, 2011 2:17 pm

    Robb Hunt, Village Theatre Executive Producer, has not had too many complaints about holding KIDSTAGE shows in Bellevue’s Theatre at Meydenbauer Center for the past nine months. But now, he said, it feels like the KIDSTAGE program is back where it belongs.

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    Field of Champions Sports Bar & Grill in Issaquah serves up food and sports.
    New Issaquah restaurant delights sports and food-lovers alike
    By Gabrielle Nomura • November 29, 2010 8:05 pm

    Combine Denise Johnson’s two decades in the restaurant industry, and her husband, Bruce Johnson’s years as a baseball star and you get Field of Champions Sports Bar & Grill in Issaquah.

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    Puget Sound artist
    William Cumming dead at 93; artist helped bring...
    By Gabrielle Nomura • November 26, 2010 7:38 pm

    Former Eastside art teacher and local celebrity in the art world, William “Bill” Cumming, died Nov. 22 of congestive heart failure. He was 93.

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    Sanskriti Agarwal
    Celebrating Diwali and multiculturalism
    By Gabrielle Nomura • November 8, 2010 8:36 pm

    If it were not for the gray, Pacific Northwest drizzle outside, one might think the people walking in to the Vedic Cultural Center wearing saris and salwar kameez were in India.
    But this is Sammamish, not New Delhi; As the Indian American families escape the cold and wet outside and pour into the brightly lit Hare Krishna vedic center, they prepare to symbolically celebrate victory of light over darkness–the basic message of Diwali, festival of lights.

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