Bay Area performance artist Katie Ketchum will perform her original, one-woman musical comedy, “Magdalene,” the Mary Magdalene Story, as a fund-raiser for the Lucerne Alpine Senior Center, 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5, and 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6.
“Magdalene” is a modern translation of the Gospel of Mary Magdalene as seen through the eyes of ”50s rockabilly singer Marlene. It features a bevy of traditional Biblical and some not-so-traditional characters including the Jewish follower, an Egyptian Goddess initiate, a prostitute and present-day female rapper.
After studying piano and composition at the Royal Conservatory of Music, where Ketchum won several competitions sponsored by Her Majesty the Queen, Ketchum moved with her family to Lake County in the late ”70s.
Ketchum performed at Konocti Harbor Inn six evenings a week for more than a year and starred as Maria in a local Yuba College production of “The Sound of Music.” Ketchum is a recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts.
The Lucerne Alpine Senior Center is located on the corner of 10th Street and Country Club Drive. Tickets are $12 for seniors and $15 for the general public. For more information and tickets, please call 274-8779 or 274-5689.
Ketchum”s one-woman performance of “Magdalene” has also been included in the 2008 season of the Sacramento Theatre Company; the show will be performed in April and May. For more information, see www.sactheatre.org.
