BEYOND SUNDAY PRODUCTIONS presents its production of Anne of Green Gables Oct. 11 and 12 for $15 (includes a Victorian tea) at the St. Andrew UMC, 3945 S. Bradley Road, Santa Maria. Info: 937-2470 or beyondsundaypro@yahoo.com.
ALLAN HANCOCK COLLEGE presents Dimensions in Dance—featuring original choreographed numbers in ballet, jazz, modern, tap, and hip-hop styles— through Oct. 12 at 7 p.m. (Wednesday through Saturday) and 2 p.m. (Sunday) at Allan Hancock College, Santa Maria. Cost is $12 to $15. Info: 922-8313.
IMPROVISATIONAL HUMOR CLASS meets Mondays at the Loading Dock, Old Orcutt, to teach theater games, comedy concepts, and Whose Line Is It Anyway?-style games from 5 to 7 p.m. Info: 886-8355.
WORTH THE DRIVE
THE CENTRAL COAST FOLLIES presents its annual benefit for Parkinson’s disease research, Good Vibrations, featuring music from the 1950s and s on Oct. 9 and 10 at 7 p.m. and Oct. 11 and 12 at 2 p.m. at the Clark Center for the Performing Arts, 487 Fair Oaks Ave., Arroyo Grande. Info: 489-9691.
STATE STREET BALLET presents Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky on Oct. 11 at 8 p.m. and Oct. 12 at 2 p.m. at the Granada Theatre on State Street in Santa Barbara. Cost is $50, $45 for seniors/students, $12 for kids. Info: 899-2222.
UCSB ARTS AND LECTURES presents an evening with Paul Theroux reading from his new book Ghost Train to the Eastern Star on Oct. 12 at 4 p.m. in the UCSB Campbell Hall, Santa Barbara. Cost is $10, $8 for UCSB students. An evening with naturalist Terry Tempest Williams, author of Finding Beauty in a Broken World, is Oct. 13 at 7:30 p.m. at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Fleischmann Auditorium, Santa Barbara. Cost is $10, $8 for Natural History Society members. Info: 893-3535 or artsandlectures.ucsb.edu.
THE LIAONING BALLET OF CHINA performs “The Elegant Ballet Galaxy” on Oct. 14 and 15 at the Arlington Theatre, Santa Barbara. Cost is $25 to $78. Info: sino-china.com.
THE ENSEMBLE THEATRE COMPANY presents its production of Take Me Out by Richard Greenberg through Oct. 19 at the Alhecama Theatre, 914 Santa Barbara St., Santa Barbara. Info: 965-5400 or ensembletheatre.com.
MURDER IN MIND PRODUCTIONS presents its murder mystery dinner theater Plan 10 From Outer Space on Sundays at 5 p.m., through Nov. 2, at the Spyglass Inn Restaurant, 2703 Spyglass Drive, Shell Beach. Cost is $48.95. Info: murderinmind.com or 489-3875.
THE GREAT AMERICAN MELODRAMA presents its production of Mummy Dearest, followed by the vaudeville review Swingin’ at the Soda Shoppe through Nov. 9 at the melodrama, Highway 1, Oceano. Info: 489-2499.
CENTRAL COAST PLAYERS presents an evening of comedy with local comedians at 2880 Broad St., San Luis Obispo, every Saturday. The show starts at 8:30 p.m. Refreshments are available. Admission is $5 at the door. Info: 543-0639.
This article appears in Oct 9-16, 2008.