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North Coast Repertory Theatre kicks off its production of\u00a0Moli\u00e8re\u2019s\u00a0\u201cThe Imaginary Invalid\u201d tonight (Thursday) at the 5th\u00a0& D Street Theater, 300 Fifth St., Eureka. Performances run through June 13.<\/p>\n
A NCT press release offers this synopsis: \u201cArgan\u2019s not sick. He\u2019s just really, really sure he is.\u00a0But try telling\u00a0him\u00a0that.\u00a0This timeless farce about hypochondria, bad doctors and one man\u2019s epic self-delusion is a comedy so sharp and relevant \u2013 it could be written today.\u00a0Argan is a world-class hypochondriac who makes everyone around him miserable with his melodramatic suffering and endless, unnecessary treatments. His doctors are bleeding him dry, literally and figuratively. His scheming wife is after his estate. And his lovesick daughter is being promised to an oafish medical student, all so Argan can have a physician on call around the clock.<\/p>\n
\u2018Helmed by \u2026 husband-and-wife team Merrick Yra and Abigail Camerino, this comedy takes on today\u2019s wellness culture, over-testing, patients who know better than doctors (or think they do) \u00a0and the monetization of health anxiety. It\u2019s a fun farce with actual wit underneath and it will be difficult for you to leave unhappy.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Imaginary Invalid\u201d\u00a0runs every weekend now through June 13, with Sunday matinees on May 31 and June 7 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $25 for supporters and $20 for general admission, with \u201cpay what you want\u201d pricing on Thursday performances (May 21 and June 11). The show runs approximately two hours and contains some adult language and mild crude humor.<\/p>\n
For tickets and information, visit\u00a0www.ncrt.net, contact the box office at ncrtboxoffice@gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0or call 707-442-6278, ext. 2.<\/p>\n In a co-production between Dell\u2019Arte International and Longshadr Productions, \u201cMary Jane the Musical 2: The Grandson\u201d will premiere at the Dell\u2019Arte Amphitheater stage in Blue Lake June 19.<\/p>\n William English III will play Mary Jane\u2019s grandson, Billy Jane (\u201cBJ\u201d). He has inherited the land in Southern Humboldt where Mary Jane started growing in the \u201cback to the land\u201d movement of the late \u201960s and where he was born. Given the current state of the cannabis economy, he can\u2019t afford to keep the land anymore. He feels he must give it up. He throws a party to say goodbye to the land (and the life). The party is the play. The guests at the party are the characters from his life and the work of cannabis. There will be surprise arrivals, unseen conflicts, psychedelic\u00a0flashbacks, unexpected, odd dancing (Humboldt style), and lots of music\/songs with new and past messes revealed.<\/p>\n There are 12 original songs locally sourced from songwriters in the community about living the current cannabis milieu.\u00a0It is a requiem for the land and the legacy with the question, \u201cShould I stay or should I go?\u201d<\/p>\n Written by Michael Fields and co-directed by Roman Sanchez and Fields, the ensemble includes a band featuring Tim Randles, Marla Joy, Jeff Kelley and Mike LaBolle with performers Shawn Wagner, Laura Murillo Hart, Lily Linz, Peggy Metzger, Evan Grande, Zera Starchild, Ben Clifton, Alyssa Hughlett, Esme Gough, William English III and Cynthia Martells as the mysterious midwife, Marie Devereaux.<\/p>\n The original songs are by local songwriters including (among others) Anna Hamilton, Joni Rose, Daryll Cherney and Michael \u201cTofu\u201d Schwartz, Marcia Mendels and Chris Manspeaker, Zera Starchild, Seabury Gould, Chad Johnson, Bird McCracken, Elizabeth Mackay, Jeff Kelley, BWT, and Tim Randles.<\/p>\n \u201cMary Jane the Musical 2\u201d plays June 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28 and July 3 and 5. For tickets, go to https:\/\/www.zeffy.com\/en-US\/ticketing\/mary-jane-the-musical-2-the-grandson. For more information, visit dellarte.com or longshadr.com.<\/p>\n Dress warm as performances are outside. Pre-show music starts at 7:50 p.m. The show starts at 8 p.m. There will be a special low-cost preview on June 18. Festival passes are also available.<\/p>\n For more information, contact Michael Fields at longshadr@gmail.com<\/a> or Noah Bremer at Noah@dellarte.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.times-standard.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u2018Imaginary Invalid\u2019 North Coast Repertory Theatre kicks off its production of\u00a0Moli\u00e8re\u2019s\u00a0\u201cThe Imaginary Invalid\u201d tonight (Thursday) at the 5th\u00a0& D Street Theater, 300 Fifth St., Eureka. Performances run through June 13. A NCT press release offers this synopsis: \u201cArgan\u2019s not sick. He\u2019s just really, really sure he is.\u00a0But try telling\u00a0him\u00a0that.\u00a0This timeless farce about hypochondria, bad doctors […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2110202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[21818,22764,22482],"class_list":["post-2426663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-lifestyle","tag-local-news","tag-things-to-do"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Entertainment-briefs-Calypso-Nights-at-the-Carlo-in-Blue.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2426663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2426663"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2426663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2426664,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2426663\/revisions\/2426664"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2110202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2426663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2426663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2426663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\u2018Mary Jane\u2019<\/h4>\n