Three Penny Theatre

By Lori Gallo-Stoddard | 07/17/2025

Threepenny Theater Co. is proud to present their summer production of Squall, a Psychological Thriller starring Chloé Rosenthal and directed by Andrew Curtis Stark.

About the show: Diana is a celebrated TV journalist, and a fierce guardian of her own privacy. Isolated on an island off the coast of Maine while sorting through the personal effects of her recently deceased mother, Diana is surprised and intrigued when a young stranger, Cordelia, rings the bell. Once a fierce summer storm washes out the bridge connecting them to the mainland, however, Cordelia reveals an unnerving intimacy with Diana’s past. A compelling game of cat and mouse ensues, culminating in a violent life-and-death struggle.

Chloé Rosenthal is a Brookings native who has been living and working in Los Angeles’ entertainment industry for more than a decade, and she returns to her hometown whenever she can to support local live theater. Audiences who loved seeing Chloé Rosenthal’s commanding performance as Annie Wilkes in sold-out performances of the Chetco Pelican Players’ 2023 production of Stephen King’s Misery will be on the edge of their seats throughout this female-led thriller!

Director Andrew Curtis Stark is an Oregon native who has been working in the entertainment industry for over 25 years. He has been working the last ten years in Los Angeles behind the camera, writing and directing for television, film, and commercials. He has enjoyed many amazing opportunities throughout his career, from performing onstage at Walt Disney World, to working with and directing some of Hollywood’s best actors.

Get Tickets: www.threepennytheater.com

When: July 25 – August 3, 2025
Fridays & Saturdays at 7pm
Sunday matinees at 2pm

Where: The 7/25 – 8/2 performances of Squall take place at the Brookings Event Center, 800 Chetco Avenue, Unit B, Brookings OR 97415. Squall’s 8/3 closing performance will take place at the Pistol River Friendship Hall, 24252 Carpenterville Rd, Gold Beach, OR 97444. Our closing night performance will include a Q&A with the cast and crew, and the audience is invited to join them afterward for a wrap party!

Special Performances:
Freepenny Friday: Friday, 8/1 is our Freepenny Friday performance! To keep the arts affordable for everyone, tickets to our second Friday performances are pay-what-you-can—even if that’s nothing at all!
Closing Night: Our final performance on 8/3 will take place at the Pistol River Friendship Hall. Everyone who buys a ticket to this performance is invited to join us for a Q&A with the cast & crew and a wrap party after the show!
Cast (in order of appearance)
Chloé Rosenthal, as Diana
Kat Liddell, as Cordelia
Director: Andrew Stark

Assistant Director: Victoria Weller

Stage Manager: Donald Huggins

Runtime: 85-95 minutes, with one 15 minute intermission.

Audience Suitability Notes: Contains adult language and content, including the sound of gunshots and discussion of suicide.

If you or someone you know is in crisis, please call, text or chat with the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988, or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741.

Threepenny Theater Co. is proud to be a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. EIN 99-1256227

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Climate Issues

By Lori Gallo-Stoddard | 07/10/2025

Bill Gorham

I’m a “recovering” marine biologist who moved to Brookings in 2017, where I’ve devoted much of my time & energy to educate people about the causes and effects of global warming, climate change, and ocean acidification. I’m part of both local and national climate groups including helping start the Coastal chapter of SOCAN here in Brooking. I’m always ready to share my love for the ocean and environmental causes though talks about beach combing, offshore wind, climate science, and all related topics.

On July 4th 2025, President Trump signed the One, Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB Act) that had been passed only days before by the narrowest of margins by the US Congress. 

As succinctly described in this July 8 article in Yale Climate Connections the gutting of the renewable incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act ensures that China will now be the world leader in renewable technologies. The kneecapping of renewable energy in the US just as energy demand is growing due to demands from AI and data centers, will ensure US consumers will face higher energy costs and reduced service. 

Mir-445511, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia CommonsThe OBBB Act will have a host of other negative impacts that are summarized in the article. And, as noted by Robbie Orvis, Energy Innovation’s Senior Director of Modeling and Analysis, “To sum it up, this bill is a GIFT to China, which must be smiling right now watching what’s happening. We are gifting them the industries of the future, making the U.S. an eminently harder place to invest in, and decreasing our energy security.”
So, what are we to do? Please write, email, or call your Senators and Representatives to let them know that you will hold them to account for either fighting for our future or for selling out the US. And, then actively work to elect members of Congress who will work for that livable future for all generations.

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