Upcoming: We Had A Grand Time, Didn't We, Kid? by/with Ramon Carver, Silver Spur Theatre, Salado, December 23

We Had A Grand Time…
premieres at Silver Spur Theatre;

One Performance Only, 2 p.m., Sun., Dec. 23


Celebrated playwright-director Ramon Carver, un-retires, pens musical retrospective



Ten months ago, playwright Dr. Ramon Carver (pronounced ray-muhn), then 79, premiered his comedy-drama “The Village” at the Salado Silver Spur Theater. The delicious ghost story was his “swan song” to a long, illustrious career in the theatrical arts.


NOT! Sorry, but apparently it was something in the water in Austin’s highly-charged theatrical scene.

“We Had a Grand Time, Didn’t We, Kid?” premieres at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 23, at the Silver Spur Theater (108 Royal St.), featuring the longtime lyricist-composer in a one-man, upbeat musical retrospective of his decades of work.



Tickets are $10. For reservations, call the box office at 254-947-3456. For directions or more info, visit www.saladosilverspur.com. Attendance is limited to 150 persons.

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Upcoming: Christmas Is On The Air, Silver Spur Theatre, Salado, November 26 - December 17

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Christmas Is On The Air

November 26 - December 17, Fridays at 7:30 p.m., Saturdays at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Silver Spur Theatre, 600 Royal Street, Salado (click for map)

Evening admissions are $15 for adults; $12 for senior citizens, military personnel and students with ID; and $8 for children aged 12 and under.

Matinee tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for all others. Group rates are available. For reservations, call the box office at 254-947-3456. For directions or more info, visit www.saladosilverspur.com.

Post-Thanksgiving weekends this holiday season find the hilarious crew of fictional WSPR radio back on the air – and on the Salado Silver Spur Theater stage. The station’s annual Christmas Eve broadcast, naturally, never goes as planned.

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Upcoming: Always, Patsy Cline, Silver Spur Theatre, Salado, September 17 - October 8 (Saturdays only)

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Always, Patsy Cline

by Ted Swindley

September 17 - October 8 (October 1 performance sold out)

Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m.

Silver Spur Theatre, 108 Royal Street, Salado (click for map)

Based on the true story of Patsy Cline's friendship with Houston housewife Louise Seger, the play focuses on the fateful evening at Houston's Esquire Ballroom when Seger hears of Cline's death in a plane crash. Seger supplies a narrative while Cline floats in and out of the set singing tunes that made her famous--Anytime, Walkin' after Midnight, and others.

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Upcoming: The Fantasticks, Silver Spur Theatre, Salado, January 14 - 15

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50-year-old Show Still Going Strong;

Two Shows Only at Salado Silver Spur, Jan. 14-15

Admissions are $15 for adults; $12 for senior citizens, military personnel and students with ID; and $8 for children aged 12. Group rates are available. For reservations, call the box office at 254-947-3456. For directions or more play info, visit www.saladosilverspurtheater.com.

When the “Fantasticks” opened at the Sullivan Street Playhouse in New York City in the spring of 1960, little did anyone know that 50 years and 11,000 productions (Not just shows!) later, it would be America’s longest-running musical.

Barbara Schuler Productions of Cedar Park, TX, will reprise its 2010 anniversary production of the popular musical with two performances only at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 14 and 15 at the Silver Spur Theater, (108 Royal St.) in historic Downtown Salado.

“We hope theatre-goers who’ve seen this romantic but bittersweet charmer before will enjoy it again, and those patrons who’ve never seen it will discover the magic that has made it a worldwide success,” said Grainger Esch, Co-founder and Executive Director of the Silver Spur Theater, a seven-year-old professional theater.

“Don’t expect a glitzy Broadway musical,” Esch noted. “At the heart of ‘The Fantasticks’” breathtaking poetry and subtle theatrical sophistication is a purity and simplicity that transcends cultural barriers.” Video clip at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK8Q4lZEqVs.

The Silver Spur Theater serves wine, beer, cider and expanded food choices at evening shows (only) at The Spuradical Social Club in its lobby. http://www.spuradicalsocialclub.net/ Membership is achieved by swiping your driver’s license before purchasing.

“We’ve got a great cast and a brilliant music director” (David Blackburn), said Barbara Schuler, a professional actress and director of the show. “We are all thrilled to have a chance to work together again in this revival of our March production.”

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Upcoming: Boughs of Folly, Silver Spur Theatre, Salado, November 27 - December 18

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Silver Spur Theatre's

Boughs of Folly

is an oasis of laughter and Christmas chaos as

seasoned Spuradicals return to form in annual WSPR-TV’s holiday broadcast

Fridays & Saturdays, November 27 - December 18

Post-Thanksgiving weekends this holiday season find the hilarious crew of fictional WSPR-TV back on the air – and the Salado Silver Spur Theater stage – with its annual Christmas Eve broadcast, which, naturally, never goes as planned.

“‘Boughs of Folly’ is chock-full of the side-splitting slapstick and comedy routines that have made the annual holiday show a must-see for the entire family and their visitors," said Grainger Esch, Co-founder and Executive Director of the Silver Spur Theater.

"This holiday show guarantees relief from shopping overload, decorating duties and party planning," Esch emphasized. “Think of the Spur, as a safe oasis of laughter far from the chaos of Christmas, which is on comedic display on our stage.

The Spur is located at 108 Royal St. in the renovated Guest and Sanford Granary & Feed Co. in historic downtown Salado, a few blocks from the bustling IH-35 Corridor.

Theater patrons will be right in "the studio audience" for the music, the merriment and the memorable, mirthful staging of an "on-the-air" variety show, Esch said. The seasonal scenario is conceived, written and performed by a cast of veteran performers, The Spuradicals, continuing the Silver Spur's tradition of homespun, heartfelt, original family entertainment.

Performances are at 7:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays, with 2 p.m. Saturday matinees: Nov. 27 (eve. only), Dec 3-4, 10-11, 17-18. Admissions are $15 for adults; $12 for senior citizens, military personnel and students with ID; and $8 for children aged 12 and under for evening shows.

Matinees, tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for all others. Group rates are available. For reservations, call the box office at 254-947-3456. For directions or more play info, visit www.saladosilverspurtheater.com or www.saladosilverspur.com.

In the “spirits” of the season, the seven-year-old professional theater will serve wine, beer, cider and expanded food choices at evening shows (only) at the recently opened The Spuradical Social Club in its lobby. A free temporary membership is required and available at: http://www.spuradicalsocialclub.net/ in advance or in the lobby.

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Upcoming: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), Silver Spur, Salado, March 26 - April 10

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The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged)

returns to Salado Silver Spur Theater

March 26 - April 10, Fridays at 7:30 p.m., Saturdays at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Evenings: $15 general admission, $12 seniors, military and students, $8 for children
Matinees: $12, $10 AND $8. Group rates available.
Reservations at 254-9476-3456, info at www.saladosilverspur.com

Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield may be the playwrights for The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), (TCWOWS) but veteran actors Grainger Esch, Tony Blackman and Aaron Tucker are the rowdy trio which will revive the comedic send-up of the Bard’s many works this spring to open the "Season of Laughter" at the Silver Spur Theater in Salado.

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Upcoming: Free Season Preview, Silver Spur Theatre, Salado, March 13

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In a salute to its seventh professional season -- "A Season of Laughter" -- and to its growing audiences,
the Salado Silver Spur Theatre will serve up

A Free Preview of the 2010 Season

at 7 p.m., Saturday, March 13.

Along with scenes, routines, live music and refreshments, the Spur also will introduce its first Season Membership Program and its member benefits. Reservations are strongly requested for the 150-seat venue, which got the year underway recently with a Kinky Friedman show featuring Cleve and Mary Hattersley. The Wine Seller in Salado will provide beverages. RSVP to the box office, 254-947-3456, or e-mail SaladoSilverSpur@earthlink.net. For directions or more info www.saladosilverspur.com .

Nelda Milligan of Harker Heights, an accomplished pianist and long-time accompanist for Spur shows, will enliven the program with old standards and original music. Meanwhile, the Spur-radical Players will make merry with selected play scenes, singing, vaudeville routines and antics to delight all ages.

The new season formally rolls out with a return of the popular production The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), March 26-April 10, followed by several original productions new to the Spur stage.
Counter Girls, April 30-May 22; a baseball-themed variety show, -- Play Ball, June 4-26; Barefoot in the Park, Aug. 27-Sept. 18; You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, Oct. 1-15 and Oct.22, 23; Lights, Camera, Christmas! Nov. 26-Dec. 18. The Spur's Sixth Annual Summer Melodrama, titled Fool's Gold or The Pernicious Prospector's Prevaricating Ploy, will run July 9-Aug. 14.

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Do You See What I See?, Silver Spur Theatre, Salado, November 27 - December 19

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Yuletime comedy

Do You See What I See?

at Salado Silver Spur Theatre
November 27 - December 19

Zany staff at WSPR-TV are tasked to 'save the day' with national Christmas Eve simulcast

The Silver Spur Theater at 108 Royal St. in historic Salado takes audiences back to the "Golden Age of Television" this Yule season with a sleigh-full of holiday hilarity in Do You See What I See, an original comedy running Nov. 27 through Dec. 19 in the renovated Sanford and Guest Granary & Feed Co., a first class, 150-seat proscenium venue between Temple and Georgetown, just off Interstate 35. Theatre patrons will be right in "the studio audience" for the music, the merriment and the memorable, mirthful staging of an "on-the-air" variety show. This seasonal scenario was conceived, written, and performed by a cast of veteran performers, continuing the Spur's tradition of homespun, heartfelt, original family entertainment.

On Christmas Eve at the small broadcast facilities of WSPR-TV, the production crew and maintenance staff are busily preparing for a live holiday simulcast with network affiliates in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. Unexpected technical difficulties place the show's success squarely on their shoulders, tasking them to present an excerpt from The Nutcracker, as well as the Canadian Brass performance. Frivolity ensues as they try to save the day and discover their own hidden talents that will bring holiday cheer for the audience and viewers. Song, satire, sentiment and slapstick are among the gifts from the Spur-radical players’ bag of goodies.

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