Weekend planner for March 19

THE OLYMPIAN | • Published March 19, 2010

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Friday-Sunday: Pulitzer Prize winners

Those who want theater with a pedigree are in luck this weekend. Capital Playhouse offers “Rent” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Saturday, March 24-27 and April 1-3, with matinees at 2 p.m. Sunday and March 28 at the playhouse, 612 E. Fourth Ave., Olympia. Tickets are $31-$37 for adults, $26-$32 for seniors and youths. Call 360-943-2744 or go to www.capitalplayhouse.com. And David Lindsay-Abaire’s “Rabbit Hole,” about a couple coping after the death of their child, continues at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday as well as March 25-27 and April 1-3; 3 p.m. Saturday; and 2 p.m. Sunday and March 28 at the State Theater, 202 Fourth Ave. E., Olympia. Tickets are $22-$33; pay what you can for the 3 p.m. Saturday show. Call 360-786-0151 or go to www.harlequinproductions.org.

Friday - Saturday: 'Moon' and more

Olympia artist Erin Tanner – known for a style that is endearing, funny and full of surprises – will present a live puppetry performance and a screening of his film “Moon Diary” Friday and Saturday. The animated film imagines seven entries from the moon’s diary, with accounts of his dreams and friends. The event, part of the Performance Lab for Objects and Puppets’ “PLOP Nights” series of puppetry for adults, is at 8 p.m. at Northern, 321 Fourth Ave. S.E., Olympia. Tickets are $8, $5 for students. Call 360-481-3029.

Saturday: Fun with 'Wallace and Gromit'

Olympia Film Society’s monthly film series for children and families offers a tasty adventure this weekend. It’s “Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit,” in which the befuddled inventor and his faithful dog are assigned the job of protecting giant vegetables from rabbits. The film, which critic Roger Ebert called “delightful and good and funny,” will be screened at 4 p.m. Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Capitol Theater, 206 Fifth Ave. S.E., Olympia. Tickets are $7, $4 for film society members, $3 for children. Call 360-754-6670 or go to www.olympiafilmsociety.org.

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