Theater going
On a roadtrip last August with Kathleen, I spied a local flyer:
Keeping those dates in the calendar we decided that after a Stanford run we would head back to Gold Country and take in the show.
Good call.
Having greatly enjoyed a stay there a couple months back we arranged for a repeat performance at the dog friendly Rest hotel in the very small town of Plymouth.
On a walk Bella did alert me to the presence of another.
Dinner was amply provided next door at the bar and grill in the Plymouth hotel.
Good sleep and delicious morning snacks provided we slow rolled to nearby Jackson.
The play was a matinee so we decided to first visit the Amador County museum.
Good call.
The museum is housed in the former home of (not-namesake) A.C. Brown and was festooned with much of what one might expect.
Excellent.
Jane the docent was pleasant and asked if we would like a tour of their own exhibit of the nearby Kennedy mine.
"Gary does a great presentation."
Yes please.
Oh Gary just went home (we were the only visitors at the time).
Well no bother.
Oh I'll call him.
No really.
10 minutes later Miner Forty-Niner* Gary arrives.
We walk across the garden to the out facility that has huge display of memorabilia including 1/12th scale fully animated replicas of the major structures of the now defunct mine.
What a show it was.
Gary regaled us for a full hour. Yep.
Apparently he prospected for gold himself (in the 20th century) and showed us a small sample of his horde along side a replica of the ore stamping machine.
The other showtime was approaching so we thanked Gary and buggered off...
To the home of Baker Street West which apparently has been putting on shows for many years and in the process of building out quite a large outpost of Sherlokinalia in Jackson.
The theater itself is housed in what appears to be an otherwise completely abandoned, Deco handsome, former courthouse.
The entrance to the theater was not er... prominently displayed.
This is exactly what it looked like with (if you will imagine it) a tiny sign (not shown here) taped to the glass door.
Upon climbing up the entrance stairs this is the view back to the lobby.
Remnants of its origins.
You alight here:
Decorated for Halloween it was a wonderful spectacle in itself. Full of posters of prior shows going back many years and 221b memorabilia.
Free water and lemonade were provided.
Other snacks were very reasonably priced.
Still VERY much under construction the location was pure delight.
And there was a bar.
As for the theater space itself...
Well...
Compared to this place, your average middle school production looks like Broadway.
But it was completely charming.
Here comes Dracula!
Holmes looked the part.
Dracula looked like a biker.
But they were all wonderful and fully into their roles.
It was a joy.
Can't wait for the spring show.
After we larked to downtown Lodi and took in a root beer float from the original A&W location
Also festooned with memorabilia.
Next time we have to go find the plaque.
It was getting on and we had a drive ahead.
We back-roaded it natch, stopping for dinner in Newman.
Nice town.
Mason's Jar and Grill also had real old school charm.
Two more hours and we were home.
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