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Symphony of Northwest Arkansas Paul Haas, Music Director JAN. 26, 2019 – 7:30PM Walton Arts Center Verdi, Overture to La Forza del Destino Chopin, Piano Concerto No. 2 Andrew Tyson, piano Schumann, Symphony No. 3, Rhenish Concert sponsored by Village on the Creeks Masterworks II: Verdi & Chopin el Destino Rhenish Rhenish eks Andrew Tyson Tickets On Sale Now! sonamusic.org / 479.443.5600 4 WHAT'S UP! JANUARY 20-26, 2019 FAQ 'Go, Dog. Go!' WHEN — 10 a.m., 2 p.m. & 4 p.m. Jan. 26 WHERE — Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville COST — $9-$15 INFO — 443-5600 'Go, Dog. Go!' Play is more than meets the eye LARA JO HIGHTOWER NWA Democrat-Gazette C hris Stoker, director of Trike Theatre's production of P.D. Eastman's classic "Go, Dog. Go!," may not live in Northwest Arkansas anymore — he now resides and works in Kansas City — but a healthy dose of his theater DNA remains in the area. Stoker, along with wife Sabrina Veroczi and Jason Suel, were the founders of ArkansasStaged, he performed in TheatreSquared's very first production, "My Father's War," and taught several of the actors and stage technicians he's now working with on this current Trike show when he was an instructor at the University of Arkansas. He was also one of the first teaching artists at Trike Theatre, and he says that he and Trike founder and artistic director Kassie Misiewicz first started looking at "Go, Dog. Go!" — which Stoker describes as "zany, wacky and weird, with a lot of great physical bits" — as a potential production back in the early stages of the theater company's existence. "The script is just not like a lot of other scripts you find," says Stoker. "It's a kid show that's based on a book with minimal words. And so when you hear that, you're like, 'What could it be? Will it be something like 'The Wiggles'?' And we do have people in different colored costumes, and they're dancing, but that's about where the comparison would end. I'm really into silent film, physical comedy stuff, Buster Keaton, Chaplin, absurdist theater — so to find a kids' play that has those elements in it was amazing to me." An added bonus of this production: live music created and performed by local standout musician Keefer Roach, founder and member of the Americana band the Trumann Rail Boys. Roach, who has served as sound designer on four previous Trike shows, says performing the original music he's created live on stage is a first. "I'm in this little hut, here, playing my music," says Roach, pointing to a structure painted in a bright, primary red. "This is definitely a different experience, but it's really, really rewarding and fun. We have such a great cast." Stoker says the show will delight audiences of all ages. "I'm just directing it, like, 'What's the most fun thing to do here?'" he says. "It's a lot of fun bits that [kids are] going to enjoy — and I think their parents are going to enjoy it, too." FAYETTEVILLE Courtesy photo Trike Theatre's "Go, Dog. Go!" is as playful and colorful as the P.D. Eastman book it's based on. DON'T LITTER! You Can Help Keep Arkansas Clean!