NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Nov. 13.
SEQUIM — “Twelve Angry Jurors,” Sequim High School’s all-school play, has just two more performances to go: tonight at 7 and Saturday at 2 p.m. at the school’s auditorium, 601 N. Sequim Ave.
Hunter Cauffman, a senior at Sequim High, portrays Juror No. 8, the role Henry Fonda made famous in the 1957 movie “Twelve Angry Men.”
Following the trial of a 19-year-old accused of a fatal stabbing, No. 8 seeks to change the minds of his fellow jurors regarding the teenager’s guilt.
It’s a tough task, as each comes to the jury room with a differing perspective.
“What I found inspiring about the character is that he stands for something, even though he is constantly being harassed and ridiculed by almost everyone,” said Cauffman, 18.
Tickets to “Twelve,” which is directed by Robin and Jeff Hall and Christy Rutherford, are $8 for general seating and $6 for seniors and students with an ASB card.
For more information about the all-school play, phone Sequim School District communications director Patsene Dashiell at 360-582-3264.
‘Bench’ wraps
SEQUIM — “The Christmas Bench,” Readers Theatre Plus’ comedic warm-up to the season, is in its second and final weekend at the Guy Cole Center inside Carrie Blake Park at 202 N. Blake Ave.
The show, which features a pair of men engaged in conversation on a mall bench while Christmas unfolds all around them, takes the stage at 7 tonight and Saturday and at 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
Among the elements are Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” done in a matter of minutes, ghosts and all; a woman reciting part of “A Child’s Chanukah in Pittsburgh,” and a homeless man offering a rendition of “O Holy Night.”
The performers include Barbara Drennan, Michael Aldrich, Ken Winters, Ric Munhall, Jeff Leach and Teresa Pierce. Janice Parks directs.
Tickets are $10 in advance at Purple Haze Lavender and Sequim Spice & Tea in downtown Sequim and at Odyssey Books, 114 W. Front St., Port Angeles. At the door, remaining seats will be $12.
For information, visit readerstheatreplus.com or phone 360-797-3337.
Ben and Anita
PORT TOWNSEND — Another house-concert-style evening is set for this Thursday as Ben Miller and Anita McDonald bring their pipe and fiddle tunes to the Quimper Grange, 1219 Corona St.
Admission to the 7 p.m. concert is a suggested $10 to $15 donation, and listeners can plan on a night of Cape Breton fiddle and fiery Scottish Border pipes on Gaelic airs, dance tunes and songs.
To learn more about the players, see www.benandanita.com, and for details about the venue visit www.quimpergrange.com.
Final ‘Dinners’
SEQUIM — “The Man Who Came to Dinner” closes at Olympic Theatre Arts this weekend with three shows: at 7:30 tonight and Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday.
Ron Graham, Angela Poynter-Lemaster, Tracy Williams, Sara Nicholls and Pat Owens are part of the 23-member cast presenting this comedy at OTA, 414 N. Sequim Ave.
Olivia Shea is the director, and she’s added a few of her own touches to the George S. Kaufman-Moss Hart play.
Tickets, at $16 general and $10 for active-duty military and for youngsters 16 and younger, can be purchased in advance via
olympictheatrearts.org and 360-683-7326. Any remaining will be sold at the door.
Free art talk
PORT TOWNSEND — Photographer Christina Heliker, whose work graces the Artist Showcase Gallery at the Northwind Arts Center through this weekend, will give a free talk at 1 p.m. Sunday.
A digital photographer and geologist, Heliker will address the pursuit of abstraction in nature: the distillation of a larger scene down to its essence.
In a discussion of her methods, she’ll answer any questions about equipment and software.
Heliker also offers free one-on-one tutoring in Photoshop or Lightroom, for a donation to Northwind Arts Center.
The center, in the Waterman-Katz building at 701 Water St., is open from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursdays through Mondays. For information, see northwindarts.org.
‘Nutcracker’ in PA
PORT ANGELES — Tickets are on sale for the Ballet Workshop Productions’ brand-new staging of “The Nutcracker” at the Port Angeles High School Performing Arts Center, 304 E. Park Ave., on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 5 and 6.
This ballet, cosponsored by the Juan de Fuca Foundation for the Arts, gathers local dancers and theater artists plus dancers from across Washington state for a production set in Clallam County on Christmas Eve 1895.
Tickets for the 7 p.m. Dec. 5 performance and the 2 p.m. Dec. 6 matinee are $10 for youngsters 14 and younger and $15, $25 and $35 for older teens and adults.
To find out more, see JFFA.org and brownpapertickets.com or phone the Juan de Fuca Foundation office at 360-457-5411.
