Submitted by San Juan Community Theatre.

San Juan Community Theatre is excited to continue our “Season of Kindness” with an array of touring artists, mainstage shows, and education opportunitiesthroughout 2022. In addition to our live shows, SJCT brings professional theatre to you –streamedinHD on the big screen in the Whittier –from the National Theatre, Metropolitan Opera, and Bolshoi Ballet.February brings two new HD shows to the Whittier –The Metropolitan Opera’s production of Rigoletto and the National Theatre’s production of Cyrano de Bergerac. Both productions explore the idea of appearance versus reality, and how that affects our interactions with others. Rigoletto will be streaming on Saturday, February 12that 1pm. This opera is “based on a controversial play by Victor Hugo, [and] tells of an outsider—a hunchbacked jester—who struggles to balance the dueling elements of beauty and evil that exist in his life. Written during the most fertile period of Verdi’s artistic life, the opera resonates with a universality that is frequently called Shakespearean.”Cyranode Bergerac will be streaming on Tuesday, February 22ndat 7pm. This play tells the story of Cyrano, who “almost has it all -if only he could win the heart of his true love Roxane. There’s just one big problem: he has a nose as huge as his heart. Will a society engulfed by narcissism get the better of Cyrano -or can his mastery of language set Roxane’s world alight?”This month, come enjoy these two eye-opening works of art that will leave you with a new appreciation for love, friendship, and loyalty.Learn more about each production and purchase tickets by visiting our website https://sjctheatre.org/or call our Box Office at (360)-378-3210. Please note SJCT requires proof of vaccination for entry to all performancesor proof of a negative COVID-19 PCR test taken within 48 hours of the performance start time. Additionally, masking is required inside the venue.