YOUNG PERFORMERS’ WORKSHOP: SPRING FESTIVAL OF SHOWS
WHEN: May 20-29*WHERE: The Little Theatre on the campus of Centenary College in Hackettstown, NJ.
Musicals galore fill the schedule of the annual Spring Festival of Shows at the Centenary Stage Company's (CSC) Young Performers Workshop with a cast of talented young thespians from Morris, Warren, Hunterdon and Sussex counties [see list below]. The CSC YPW has been hailed as a "state treasure" by Peter Filichia of the Star Ledger.
The festival will feature the musicals Little Me, The King and I, The Clown and Peter and the Wolf and Other Dance Stories.
The YPW is led and directed by Broadway, film and television veteran, Michael Blevins.
Based on the novel Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's classic musical, The King and I, brings to life the story of Anna Leonowens, a British schoolteacher who became governess to the children of the King of Siam during the early 1860s. Anna and the King contrast in philosophies and are plagued with many conflicts as well as by a love they can never express.
Written by Neil Simon, with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Carolyn Leigh, and choreographed by Bob Fosse, Little Me is an outrageously funny musical that tells the story of the rise to fame and fortune of Belle Poitrine, a little girl from the wrong side of the tracks who finds her way to the right side with the help of several willing gentlemen.
Written by C. Robert Jones, The Clown has a "sprightly and tuneful" score appealing to young and old alike. Mumbles, a shy clown, falls in love with the beautiful ballerina, Doria. When Dr. Tutto, the jealous circus owner discovers Mumbles secret, he frames Mumbles with the theft of the circus's money box.
Showcasing the acclaimed dance talents of the YPW performers, Peter and the Wolf & Other Dance Stories is a delightful narrated production filled with dance and music originating back to 1936 when Sergei Prokofiev was commissioned by Natalya Sats and the Central Children's Theatre in Moscow to write a new musical symphony for children. These stories are filled with lovable characters who dance their way into everyone's heart.
*The King and I
- Fri., May 20 @ 8 PM
- Sat., May 21 @2 PM
- Sun., May 22 @ 7 PM
- Sat., May 28 @ 8 PM
- Sun., May 29 @ 1 PM
Little Me
- Sat., May 21 @ 8 PM
- Sun., May 22 @ 1 PM
- Fri., May 27 @ 8 PM
- Sat., May 28 @ 2 PM
- Sun., May 29 @ 7 PM
The Clown
- Sat., May 21 @ 11:30 AM
- Sun., May 22 @ 11 AM
- Sat., May 28 @ 11:30 AM
- Sun., May 29 @ 11 AM
Peter and the Wolf & Other Dance Stories
- Sat., May 21 @ 5 PM
- Sun., May 22 @ 4 PM
- Wed., May 25 @ 11 AM, 1 PM - School Matinees
- Thurs., May 26 @ 11 AM, 1 PM - School Matinee
- Sat., May 28 @ 5 PM
- Sun., May 29 @ 4 PM
Also taking place during the festival will be the Interviews for the YPW Summer Intensive Musical Theatre Program on the mornings of Saturday, May 28 and Sunday, May 29. All new applicants must interview prior to acceptance into the program. Students may contact the CSC Box Office at (908) 979-0900 for an appointment. The YPW Summer Intensive Musical Theatre Program will take place from July 11-August 14, 2011.
YPW CAST: Kelly Abbondanzo (Califon), Scott Abbondanzo (Califon), Philipe Abiyouness (Hackettstown), Cydney Black (Hackettstown), Jenna Black (Hackettstown), Sandra Boulos (Hackettstown), Taylor Elizabeth Brady (Sparta), Andy Calderone (Blairstown), Jared Cowley (Washington), Jacob Crisafulli (Easton, PA), Mia Crisafulli (Easton, PA), Taylor Curran (Sparta), McKenzie Custin (Bethlehem, PA), Raegan Davies (Hackettstown), Jessica DeFort (Washington), Devony DiMattia (Andover), Paris Doherty (Great Meadows), Zoe Durst (Long Valley), Amanda Eberle (Long Valley), Alex Evans (Hackettstown), Anabeth Fernandez (Hackettstown), Isabelle Fernandez (Hackettstown), Jacqueline Fernandez (Hackettstown), Olivia Foster (Washington), Erin Franson (Chester), Paige Galdieri (Chester), Hunter Gross (Blairstown), Addison-Jade Howard (Great Meadows), Neil Ianniello (Lebanon), Rachel Lee (Flanders), Sarah Lee (Flanders), Ashley Lutz (Hackettstown), Jaclyn Lutz (Hackettstown), Daniel Marion (Newton), Montana Marsilio (Long Valley), Erin Martire (Hackettstown), Emily McCatharn (Stillwater), Rachael Merola (Hackettstown), Lexie Miller (Hampton), Erica Murphy (Newton), Toni Marie Nordone (Oak Ridge), Andrew Nussbaum (Long Valley), Suzanna Nussbaum (Long Valley), Quinn O'Hara (Hackettstown), James O'Rourke (Califon), Thomas O'Rourke (Califon), Claudia Palmer (Long Valley), Raphael Pelczmann (Morristown), Sydney Phythian (Oxford), Nicolette Policastro (Lebanon), Patrick Remick (Hackettstown), Julia Rigatti (High Bridge), Brian Rigney (Great Meadows), Samantha Rizzuto (Long Valley), Alani Rose (Long Valley), Alexis Rowe (Long Valley), Nicole Rowe (Long Valley), Marisa Schmidt (Califon), Hannah Schroeder (Long Valley), Jakob Shortell (Hackettstown), Anthony Sica (Sparta), Christina Stanton (Hackettstown), Ashley Terpak (Sparta), Sara Terpak (Sparta), Lillian Vaz (Califon), Sydney Wall (Great Meadows), Brittany Weinstein (Long Valley), Joshua Wesson (Stanhope), Brandon Wiener (Flanders), Jacqueline Wynne (Hackettstown), Anthony Zas (Hackettstown), Dennis Zuravlev (Hackettstown)
The YPW is the educational arm of the professional Centenary Stage Company, an Equity theatre-in-residence on the campus of Centenary College. Programs at the Centenary Stage Company are made possible through generous support of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the NJ State Council on the Arts and the following local businesses: Heath Village Retirement Community ( the CSC Platinum Sponsor), Panther Valley Pharmacy, Skylands Community Bank, and the Hackettstown Regional Medical Center, as well as individual CSC members and sponsors.
