Thanksgiving Point

Model Train Show -- The Ophir-Tinic & Western Model Railroad Club is hosting its 16th annual train show on Jan. 26, 4 - 10 p.m. and Jan. 27, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Thanksgiving Point's Show Barn in north Lehi. The whole family will enjoy this incredible model train show with free "how-to" clinics and opportunities for the kids to experience model trains first-hand. Admission is $5 per adult and no charge for children, 11 years old and younger. For more information please contact Bob Shearer at 801-671-3869.

SCERA

Junior Opera Workshop opens -- The SCERA Junior Opera Workshop will begin preparation for a production of Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Pirates of Penzance" starting today and running through May 12.

The workshop, for students ages 6-18, will run Thursdays from 4 to 5 p.m. or 5 to 6:15 p.m., with additional rehearsals for the show when the performance date nears. Class times will be assigned after auditions.

Cost for the workshop is $150 per semester plus a $50 costume fee.

Students will learn vocal and performance skills and have the opportunity to perform on stage in "Pirates of Penzance" May 11-12 at the SCERA Center for the Arts.

Auditions for roles in "Pirates of Penzance" are today from 4-7 p.m. Students should come prepared to sing 16 bars of a Broadway or classical song. Everyone registered for the opera workshop will get a part in the show.

To register, call SCERA at (801) 225-ARTS or in person at the SCERA Center, 745 South State Street, Orem.

Audition notice -- SCERA Center for the Arts in Orem announces auditions for its upcoming Theatre For Young Audiences production of "Junie B. Jones and A Little Monkey Business," directed by Mindy B. Young.

"Junie B. Jones" will play March 9-23 on Fridays and Mondays at 7:30 p.m., with Saturday matinees at 2 p.m. and 10 a.m. matinees for school groups Mondays-Fridays.

There are roles available for three females and two males. Actors will play multiple parts.

Auditions will be held Jan. 25 from 8-10 p.m. at the SCERA Center. Auditioners age 18 and older should be prepared to sing 16 measures of an upbeat Broadway-style song of their choice. An accompanist or CD player will be provided.

"Junie B. Jones" is a short one-hour musical based on the children's book by Barbara Park and is part of SCERA's program to introduce children to the magic of live theatre.

For more information, contact SCERA at (801) 225-ARTS or go online at www.scera.org.

Shane Jackman, Greg Simpson in concert

Recording artists Shane Jackman and Greg Simpson will share the stage at the SCERA Center for the Arts Monday when they bring their acoustic, folk and rock sounds for two shows at 7 and 9 p.m.

Reserved-seat tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for children (age 3-11), students (w/ID) and seniors (age 65 and up). Tickets are available from 10am-6pm weekdays and Saturdays from noon to 6 p.m. at the SCERA Center, 745 S. State St., Orem, by calling 225-ARTS, online at www.scera.org or at the door 30 minutes prior to each performance.

Jackman, a veteran folk singer with more than a thousand performances to his credit, has appeared at the prestigious Kerrville, Texas Folk Festival and on stage with such musical greats as Howard Jones, Peter, Paul and Mary, Michael Martin Murphey, Shawn Colvin, Trisha Yearwood and many others.

Greg Simpson has been writing and performing professionally since he was 18. In addition to a busy schedule of individual shows, he has performed with Julie de Azevedo and country group SheDaisy.

Valley Center Playhouse

Audition notice -- Auditions for "Time After Time" will be held Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon at Valley Center Playhouse, 780 N. 200 East, Lindon. And a second audition will be held Tuesday from 7-9 p.m. at the same place.

"Time After Time" is a 1950s musical comedy. It takes place at Kingsberry High School with some students just about to graduate. It was written by Jody Renstrom.

Needed are five girls (15-19), four boys (15-19). Two women (25-50) and two men (25-55). Most parts require singing. Auditioners should come with song to sing with tape accompaniment or be prepared to sing acapella.

For more information, call Jody at 224-5130. The show will run Feb. 23 - April 2.

Utah Valley Community College

Mini farce festival comes to UVSC -- UVSC's Department of Theatrical Arts for Stage and Screen will present two new comedies, "Nurse Jane Goes to Hawaii," directed by D. Terry Petrie, assistant professor of theatrical arts, and "Tons of Money" directed by Ward Wright, assistant technical director and scene shop supervisor at BYU.

The farce festival will host each play showing on alternate nights starting Jan. 19 through Feb. 3 in the Ragan Theater.

In "Nurse Jane Goes to Hawaii," Vivien Bliss, a romance author, sets out to spend a romantic weekend with respectably married school teacher Edgar Chisholm. She starts a chain of events that involves all the classic elements of farce -- confused identities, disguise, long-lost relatives, ambushes, chases and mayhem.

How Vivien gets her new novel finished in the face of, behind the back of, in spite of and with the help of an advice columnist, a nosy reporter, a doctor in panty-hose, an orphan with a cake and "Helga the evil Russian physicist," is the story of this comedy.

A play written in the 1920s and adapted by Alan Ayckbourn, "Tons of Money" takes the audience back to the light and careless time of the roaring twenties. Louise and Aubrey Allington are bankrupt, yet maintain their extravagant lifestyle on credit -- and the good will of their creditors, which has just run out.

They see the chance to improve their financial situation with the help of an inheritance, yet to avoid paying their debts, the couple will not take it. Various schemes and complications force Aubrey to fake his own death and become various fictitious people.

Tickets are $6 for UVSC students, $8 for other students, UVSC faculty/staff and seniors and $10 for general admission. They can be purchased at Campus Connection, (801) 863-8797, or at the door. Discounts are available when tickets are purchased for both shows.

Student to exhibit art show of fashion design -- UVSC alumna Holly Fullmer from Fallon, Nev., will display her senior art show titled, "Fit to Flare," Jan. 8-23 in the Gunther Trades Art Gallery, room 401.

The exhibit will include 11 different acrylic paintings of diverse sizes and shapes that encompass a theme of fashion design. Fullmer graduated with a degree in Studio Works and an emphasis in painting and drawing in December. "It was a lot of hard work; it really opened my eyes to the amount of effort that goes into completing each individual art piece before it is displayed," Fullmer said. "I have always been interested in fashion design so I wanted to create an exhibit that would show how my emphasis is used in such a field."

Fullmer is considering attending fashion design school in California where she would use her art skills to create new clothing designs. Fullmer has created postcards of her art work that will be distributed to several boutiques around the community.