YOUTH THEATRE SEASON

SEUSSICAL

Tony winners, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (Lucky Stiff, My Favorite Year, Once on This Island, Ragtime), have lovingly brought to life all of our favorite Dr. Seuss characters, including Horton the Elephant, The Cat in the Hat, Gertrude McFuzz, lazy Mayzie and a little boy with a big imagination – Jojo. The colorful characters transport us from the Jungle of Nool to the Circus McGurkus to the invisible world of the Whos.
The Cat in the Hat tells the story of Horton, an elephant who discovers a speck of dust that contains the Whos, including Jojo, a Who child sent off to military school for thinking too many "thinks." Horton faces a double challenge: not only must he protect the Whos from a world of naysayers and dangers, but he must guard an abandoned egg, left in his care by the irresponsible Mayzie La Bird. Although Horton faces ridicule, danger, kidnapping and a trial, the intrepid Gertrude McFuzz never loses faith in him. Ultimately, the powers of friendship, loyalty, family and community are challenged and emerge triumphant.
Director: Emily Beseau
Vocal Director: Tina Crandall-Gommel
Choreographer: Jayme Bermudez
Registration guarantees casting. 
Ages 7-13
Auditions Saturday, January 11, 2020
Rehearsals Mondays & Thursdays 6-8:30 and Saturdays 9:00-11:30am
Tech Week Monday, March 2- Thursday , March 5
Performances Friday March 6 @ 7pm and Saturday March 7 @ 2pm & 7pm

TARZAN

Based on Disney's epic animated musical adventure and Edgar Rice Burrough's Tarzan of the Apes, Tarzan features heart-pumping music by rock legend, Phil Collins, and a book by Tony Award-winning playwright, David Henry Hwang. High-flying excitement and hits, like the Academy Award winning "You'll Be in My Heart," as well as "Son of Man" and "Two Worlds," make Tarzan an unforgettable theatrical experience.

Washed up on the shores of West Africa, an infant boy is taken in and raised by gorillas who name him Tarzan. Apart from striving for acceptance from his ape father, Tarzan's life is mostly monkey business until a human expedition treks into his tribe's territory, and he encounters creatures like himself for the first time. Tarzan struggles to navigate a jungle, thick with emotion, as he discovers his animal upbringing clashing with his human instincts.

Registration guarantees casting. 

Ages 7-18

Auditions Sunday, March 1, 2020 9-11:30am

Rehearsals Mondays & Thursdays 6-8:30 and Saturdays 9-11:30am

Tech Week Monday, April 27- Thursday , April 30

Performances Friday May 1 @ 7pm and Saturday May 2 @ 2pm & 7pm

JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH

Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach is now a musical for the whole family to enjoy! Featuring a wickedly tuneful score by the Tony Award-nominated team of Pasek and Paul (Dogfight and A Christmas Story the Musical) and a curiously quirky book by Timothy Allen McDonald (Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka, The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley), critics rave: James and the Giant Peach is a "masterpeach!"
When James is sent by his conniving aunts to chop down their old fruit tree, he discovers a magic potion that results in a tremendous peach... and launches a journey of enormous proportions. Suddenly, James finds himself in the center of the gigantic peach, among human-sized insects with equally oversized personalities, but after it falls from the tree and rolls into the ocean, the group faces hunger, sharks and plenty of disagreements. Thanks to James' quick wit and creative thinking, the residents learn to live and work together as a family. The dangerous voyage is a success, but the adventure takes a whole new twist once they land on the Empire State Building.
Registration guarantees casting. 
Ages 7-18
Auditions Saturday, April 18, 2020
Rehearsals Tuesdays & Fridays 6-8:30 and Saturdays 1:30-4
Tech Week Monday, June 8- Thursday , June 11
Performances Friday June 12 @ 7pm and Saturday June 13 @ 2pm & 7pm