Heart by Heart - Feat. Original Members of Heart

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Heart by Heart - Feat. Original Members of Heart

Heart By Heart, which features original founding HEART members Bassist Steve Fossen and Drummer Mike Derosier, won’t be making fans heart feel so “Alone” as they head to the Ross Ragland Theater with acclaimed vocalist Somar Macek at the helm Saturday February 3. The show kicks off at 7:30. Heart By Heart will bring back all of the favorites from the multi-platinum selling band including “Barracuda,” “Crazy On You,” “Alone” and more by perfectly recreating the songs of HEART.

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Golden Dragon Acrobats Display Grace, Power and Beauty

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Golden Dragon Acrobats Display Grace, Power and Beauty

The Ross Ragland begins the new year with a show of physically daring and visually stunning human feats when The Golden Dragon Acrobats hit the stage Thursday January 18. The circus-arts spectacular will begin at the family-friendly time of 6 p.m.

The Golden Dragon Acrobats represent the best of a time honored tradition that began more than twenty-five centuries ago. Recognized throughout the United States and abroad, The Golden Dragon Acrobats are considered the premiere Chinese acrobatic touring company of today.

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College Credits for High School Students

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College Credits for High School Students

The Ross Ragland Theater, in partnership with Klamath Community College, is offering a four credit Theater Appreciation course that gives high school students sixteen and up college credit while learning an introduction to theater.  This is an online course with a weekly three-hour lab conducted by instructor Jeff S. Press. 

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Basin Adventures: Ross Ragland Theater

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Basin Adventures: Ross Ragland Theater

The Ross Ragland Theater, a renovated 1940’s movie theater, is a year-round, multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary arts center serving South Central Oregon and Northern California. The theater, with near-perfect sight lines and acoustics, provides the perfect venue for a wide array of touring performing artists as well as local productions. Since its opening in 1989, the theater has hosted Grammy Award winners, world-renown classical, jazz and blues musicians, repertory theater tours, opera, drama, comedy, musicals, tribute bands, indie-rock, southern-rock, Christian-rock and alternative-rock bands, acapella groups, acrobats, dancers, children and family shows, and more!

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Klamath Chorale: Thank Heaven for Christmas

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Klamath Chorale: Thank Heaven for Christmas

he Ross Ragland Theater will present the Klamath Chorale’s annual holiday choral concert, THANK HEAVEN FOR CHRISTMAS, on Sunday, December 3rd, at 2:00 p.m.  The 90-voice community choir is directed by Robin Schwartz and accompanied by Slippery Bill Eaton.

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High Energy Cultural Infusion

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High Energy Cultural Infusion

Friday December 1 at 7:30PM the John Welsh band will bring cultural infusion to the Ragland stage. With a sound that blends folk rock with high-energy Latin, West African and reggae rhythms, the John Welsh Band win over crowds wherever they perform. A world traveler by nature, John Welsh lived and studied in Mexico and Guatemala where he was heavily influenced by the music, language and culture. 

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Honor Band Performs

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Honor Band Performs

The Klamath County School District Honor Band, featuring students from Chiloquin, Henley, and Mazama high schools, will be performing a concert on Wednesday, November 15th at 7pm at the Ross Ragland Theater under the direction of guest conductor Dr. Martin Behnke. The concert is free to the public.

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McCrary to Continue Leading Ross Ragland

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McCrary to Continue Leading Ross Ragland

Klamath Falls, Ore. – After an extensive six – month nation- wide search to find a suitable replacement for long time Ross Ragland Executive Director Mark McCrary; the search has been suspended and Mr. McCrary will stay on as the Executive Director. “We had a good response to our search and some very qualified candidates” Theresa Silver Board Chair of the Ross Ragland Board of Directors remarked “However we began to recognize some real time constraints with the opening of our 2017-2018 season and the amount of time it would take to get a new Director fully educated on our existing programs, some new internal changes as well as future plans”.

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RRT Host Spooky Party to Raise Funds

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RRT Host Spooky Party to Raise Funds

Klamath Falls, Ore. – The Ross Ragland Theater will once again delight your senses with their annual Dia de Muertos fundraiser; GoblinFest 2017. The party will take place on Saturday October 28 from 8 – 11pm in the Cultural Center. Tickets to GoblinFest are $25 – which gains patrons access to the party, free food, one free drink at the bar and full access to A Night of Terror haunted house presented by iQor.

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Weekend Planner: October 19, 2017

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Weekend Planner: October 19, 2017

Weather for this weekend will be “fall like” with periods of snow, rain and sun. However, do not let that stop you from adventuring this weekend. There are many opportunities for adventure in the basin. The Weekend Planner is brought to you by Gaucho Collective and brings you many activities happening this weekend from the annual Potato Festival and Night at the Cemetery to fall traditions, Pumpkin Express and the Spook-tastic sale.

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Ross Ragland Theater: Play it again, Sam!

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Ross Ragland Theater: Play it again, Sam!

Klamath Falls, Ore. –  The Klamath Basin's big band, the Esquire Jazz Orchestra, returns to The Ross Ragland, for their nineteenth consecutive season bringing to life the magic of jazz favorites from yesteryear.  On Sunday, October 22, the Ross Ragland invites you to join us for an afternoon of jazz and swing. This season this professional-caliber full jazz band and the accompanying vocal quartet celebrate the era of Casablanca with “As Time Goes By” 

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Spook-tastic Sale!

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Spook-tastic Sale!

Klamath Falls, Ore. –  It's that time again; we’ve cleaned out our costume loft just for YOU!  The costume sale is here JUST IN TIME for you to pull together your best Halloween costume to date! But wait there’s more; from stage props to dishware come see all the treasures we have for sale. “Jeanette Reid and I found lots of items that either would not work on stage or had served their purpose,” said event organizer Bonnie Sims “Last year’s sale was a great success, so we are hoping for an even better sale this year. Join us in the Ross Ragland Cultural Center studio two; from 9am-4pm on Friday, October 20 or 9am-2pm Saturday, October 21.  

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Local Artist Brings Funky Folk

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Local Artist Brings Funky Folk

Klamath Falls, Ore. –  Join the Ross Ragland Thursday October 12 at 7pm as we kick off our Second Stage Series in the Cultural Center studio one, with local singer-song writer Glenn Justus.

Glenn was born in the West Virginia mountains.  He grew up listening to the old songs that would later become popular in the folk era of the sixties.  “There was always music in our home, and my mother sang on the radio with her brother. She taught me my first chords on the guitar and my grandfather taught me many songs that his parents brought from Ireland.” Drawing from those early inspirations and traditions Glenn has travelled the world and created a genre of music that is all his own.  

Join us for a night of music from Glenn’s playlist. He will perform music on one of his many instruments, including lute, guitar, banjo and accompanied by original lyrics. Tickets on sale at the box office for $15!

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Shtrykov-Tanaka Duo Kicks off the 2017-18 Ragland Classical Series

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Shtrykov-Tanaka Duo Kicks off the 2017-18 Ragland Classical Series

Klamath Falls, Ore. –  The Ross Ragland Theater is excited to announce the 2017-18 Classical Series begins on Sunday, October 8 at 2 p.m. As always there will be a free pre-concert lecture prior to the concert at 1 p.m.

Comprised of two sensationally gifted and acclaimed virtuosi - clarinetist Maksim Shtrykov and pianist Misuzu Tanaka - the Shtrykov-Tanaka Duo has been heard throughout the U.S., with patrons often demanding they be rebooked immediately.

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Paperback Writer Brings Beatle Mania to Klamath Falls

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Klamath Falls, Ore. – Get a ticket to ride a trip down memory lane (or is that Penny Lane?) when Paperback Writer: The Beatles Experience comes to the Ross Ragland Theater Saturday, September 24 at 7:30 p.m.

Paperback Writer - The Beatles Experience takes its audience on a trip through the musical years of the world’s most popular rock group! The four piece band will play hits that range from the famous Ed Sullivan Show appearances through the colorful Sgt. Pepper’s years and on to “Let it Be” all while donning authentic and memorable costumes.

Paperback Writer has been heralded by critics for their "spot on vocal, look and sound alike ability.” This show has been featured at Disneyland and Disney’s California Adventure park. In addition, the quartet has dazzled audiences around the world performing fairs, casinos, theaters and cruise ships.

“We have had Beatles tributes before,” says RRT interim director, Mark McCrary, “But I think people will find that this one is really something special.”

In addition to being the second show of the new season for the Ross Ragland Theater, Paperback Writer joins the Arts on the Flyway lineup alongside 8 musical acts that will happen during the festival and performances of Distracted at the Linkville Playhouse.

“The whole weekend is a tribute to the arts,” says McCrary, “visual, performing and musical. We’re excited to bring the nostalgia of The Beatles to that. Additionally, it’s a great start to our 29th season of providing high quality entertainment and education opportunities to the Basin.”

Tickets to the event range from $19-29 before transaction fees.

The 2017-18 performance season is sponsored by KLAD, Big 98.5, Sunny 107, The Eagle, Forward Vision Media, Herald and News, The James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation and the Oregon Arts Commission. This show is sponsored by Pacific Crest Federal Credit Union and Main Street Jewelers and co-sponsored by Winema Electric & Woodland Lighting Design, Earl & Jane Liebich, Harold & Sally Heaton and Joan Staunton.

The Ross Ragland Theater is located at 218 North 7th Street in Klamath Falls. Telephone 541-884-LIVE (5483) for ticket information and reservations or visit the theater’s website at www.rrtheater.org to purchase tickets online and learn more about the theater. The box office is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and two hours prior to show time the day of any weekend show.

Press Release by The Ross Ragland Theater

Catch a Wave Brings Sunny Surf Memories to the RRT

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Klamath Falls, Ore. – The Ross Ragland Theater invites you to go on a “Surfin Safari” this Friday, September 22 at 7:30 p.m. with Catch a Wave, a Beach Boys Tribute.

The show features four incredibly talented vocalists who painstakingly recreate the surf-pop sound of California circa the 1960’s. According to the band, the exact striped shirts, white instruments and wavy hair combined with the harmonic blend of voices are so realistic you’ll be able to practically smell the salt-air of the beach!

“We’re really excited to kick off both the 2017-18 season for the Ross Ragland and the second annual Arts on the Flyway festival with this amazing tribute group,” says interim executive director, Mark McCrary, “they’re really very good musicians and performers.”

Indeed, Catch a Wave has performed all over the world as the famous Beach Boys, including being a regular featured act at Disney’s California Adventure. Additionally, they are the only Beach Boys tribute group to have been invited to perform for the surviving band members and their families.

The original Beach Boys are widely considered to be one of the most influential acts of the rock era. The group pioneered novel approaches to popular music form, combining jazz-based vocal groups, 1950s rock and roll and R&B to create their unique sound. The group had over eighty songs chart worldwide, thirty-six of them US Top 40 hits (the most by an American rock band) and four reaching number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. They also sold in excess of 100 million records worldwide, making them one of the world's best-selling bands of all time.

Tickets to the event range from $19-29 before transaction fees.

The 2017-18 performance season is sponsored by KLAD, Big 98.5, Sunny 107, The Eagle, Forward Vision Media, Herald and News, The James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation and the Oregon Arts Commission. This show is sponsored by Pacific Crest Federal Credit Union and Main Street Jewelers and co-sponsored by Winema Electric & Woodland Lighting Design, Earl & Jane Liebich, Harold & Sally Heaton and Joan Staunton.

The Ross Ragland Theater is located at 218 North 7th Street in Klamath Falls. Telephone 541-884-LIVE (5483) for ticket information and reservations or visit the theater’s website at www.rrtheater.org to purchase tickets online and learn more about the theater. The box office is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and two hours prior to show time the day of any weekend show.

Press Release from The Ross Ragland Theater