The Nashua Theatre Guild closes out its production of “Love, Sex and the IRS” at 2 p.m. today at the 14 Court St. theater in Nashua. Tickets are $12. For more information, call 320-2530 or visit www.nashuatheatreguild.org. Here Judi Mitchell plays with Chuck Emmons' face during a rehearsal.

Written by L. Frank Baum, “The Wizard of Oz” is the tale of Dorothy Gale of Kansas, who dreams of what lies over the rainbow. A twister hits her farm and carries her to the magical Land of Oz. Join Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tinman, the Cowardly Lion and Toto as they journey down the Yellow Brick Road to encounter good and wicked witches, Munchkins, and, of course, the wonderful Wizard of Oz.

- NASHUA – Piano soloist and composer Cody Michaels will sing the praises of Earth Day when he perform at the Hunt Memorial Building on Library Hill at 2 p.m. today.

After hiking and skiing throughout the country and working in New Hampshire for the White Mountains Appalachian Mountain Club as a backcountry caretaker, Michaels now lives in Vermont and devotes his time to his music.

The free concert is underwritten Mellon Trust of New England, a trustee of the Ella Anderson Trust. Michaels will sign his CDs after the performance.

LOWELL, Mass. – Eastwood Peak band members Dean Glow, Kevin Visnaskas, John Brunner, Kevin Hinds and Mickey Lorden will perform a benefit concert at 8 p.m. Friday at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium, 50 E. Merrimack St.

AMHERST – “Go West, young man!” advised Amherst native son, Horace Greeley. Souhegan Valley Chorus will do just that at its “Pioneers and Prairies: Songs of the American West” concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the Souhegan High School auditorium.

The chorus has 60 singers from the Souhegan Valley and surrounding towns. Erdody is choral director at Parker Middle School in Chelmsford, Mass., and is also familiar to local audiences as director of the annual Mont Vernon “Messiah” performances. Pianist Laura accompanies the chorus.

This season the Congo Players will present “Who’s Accused?” There’s been a murder or has there? No body and no motive don’t stop this small town from turning an out-of-town speeder into a murderer.

In the second offering, “The Doctor Is In,” the Congo Players find that humor is the best medicine. A new employee on the housekeeping staff has been mistaken for a new doctor.

NASHUA – Yellow Taxi Productions, Nashua’s only professional theater company, will present the world premiere of a new script May 4-12 at the 14 Court St. theater. The play, “Six Nights in the Black Belt,” explores the life of Keene native, Episcopalian junior priest and civil rights martyr Jonathan Daniels.

The play is written by Nashua writer Lowell Williams. This new script concerns the aftermath of the murder of Daniels after he spent six nights in an Alabama jail in 1965 during the Selma marches. It explores his reasons for wanting to help with the voter registration movement and his friendship with Stokley Carmichael.

James Phillips of Washington, D.C., directs the show, which stars Doug Chilson as Jonathan Daniels. Rounding out the cast are Raphael Rawlins as Stokley Carmichael, Maria Mendes as Ruby the young girl whose life Jonathan saves, and Valerie Tosi as Judy, the Epsicopalian junior priest who convinces Daniels to heed Dr. Martin Luther King’s call to come to the South and march for equality.

The Actorsingers are especially excited to be producing this show during the year that “Oklahoma!” will be celebrating its 100th year of statehood. The show takes place in the Oklahoma Territory, America’s heartland, during the year 1906. It follows the lives of arrogant cowboy Curly McLain (Michael Coppola) and villainous farmhand Jud Fry (Tom Ritrovato) as they vie for the attention of headstrong farm girl Laurey Williams (Mandy O’Neil). A subplot follows Laurey’s friend, the naive Ado Annie Carnes (Rachel Scott) and her relationship with good natured cowboy Will Parker (Thomas Caron).

Director Dan Barth of Nashua, assisted by Mary Ellen Stafford of Manchester, has chosen to stay true to the original script, bringing the characters alive through the timeless dialogue. Choral director Henry Kopczynskie of Milford leads the ensemble of more than 40 cast members while Peter Bonaccorsi of Merrimack will conduct the live orchestra. Choreographer Jessica Scalese of Manchester will recreate the almost 10-minute ballet sequence in Act One.

- NASHUA – The Mine Falls Park Advisory Committee, in collaboration with the Nashua Park and Recreation Department, will hold its first Trail Day of the year from 9 a.m.-noon Saturday. Volunteers should go to the Lincoln Park entrance located off Exit 6, past the Hannaford supermarket. Everyone is welcome, and no experience is required. Volunteers are advised to wear work clothes, and bring along drinking water, bug spray and sunscreen.

The Mine Falls Park Advisory Committee is a group of volunteers, appointed by the mayor of Nashua, seeking to provide safe and interesting trails while preserving the natural Mine Falls Park environment.

NASHUA – Professional standup comedy makes its debut at the Court Street theater, 14 Court St., with two shows on Saturday featuring national headliner Juston McKinney. McKinney, who has multiple appearances on “The Tonight Show” and Comedy Central on his comedic resume, appears with Boston favorite Dave Rattigan and special guests Technical Difficulties, the improv comedy troupe of the Peacock Players.

A portion of the proceeds for “Comedy at Court Street” will go to the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network Tickets are $20 for the 7 and 9 p.m. shows, and may be purchased at the theater or at www.CourtStreetComedy.com . Tickets are also available at Wingate’s Pharmacy, 129 Main St. Material is suitable for those 17 and older.

NASHUA – On Saturday, the Dion Center Reception Room at Rivier College will be filled with photographs of 400,000 high school and college students, each representing a Sudanese who has died in the conflict in Darfur, in a Lay Down event.

400,000 Faces for Darfur began as a group on Facebook.com, a social networking Web site. When the group reached 400,000 members, it collected photos of each and created a display. Photos of 100 people are printed on a sheet of paper, with 4,000 sheets on display to drive home the number of victims in the Sudanese genocide.

In addition to learning about the conflict in Darfur, people attending the event will have the opportunity to contribute to Liz Walker Journey Productions, an independent nonprofit film company that seeks to increase public awareness of human rights issues around the world while creating opportunities for community building.

Rivier is one of 50 schools across the country hosting Lay Downs to draw attention to the events in Darfur. Sponsored by Student Ministry, the Model United Nations and the History Club, the Lay Down event will take place from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. in the Dion Center Reception Room.

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