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Take an enchanted journey INTO THE WOODS with The
Diablo Light Opera Company's Teen Theatre, Stars 2000 at the
Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, 1601 Civic Drive,
Walnut Creek. This delightful musical, winner of the 1988
Tony Award for best
Book and score will run for only 8 performances,
July 31, - Aug.9. INTO THE WOODS, with music and lyrics
by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine, is based on
the authentic version of fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm.
Sondheim and Lapine have woven a wonderful blend of music,
dialogue and favorite storybook characters together into a
spellbinding tale of magic and laughter.
This is a difficult show for Stars 2000 to tackle
and showing them the way into this adventure is director,
Todd Ewing, assisted by vocal director and choreographer,
Diane Kamrin. The set designer is Chris Barela, costumes are
by Carol Edlinger and the lighting designer is Dave West.
The characters involved include: the simple and
honest Baker (Dan Small/Eric Evenskaas), his practical wife
(Gelsey Calmer/Jamie Scurran), the implacable Little Red Ridinghood
(Kaylyn Peterson/Jessica Magers-Rankin), a witch that can
rap as well as zap (Alysha Umphress/ Vanessa Lucero), a friendly
narrator to tell the story (John Gay/Bryan Rucker), the soulful
and kindly Cinderella (Melanie Smock/Amanda Santy), her charming
Prince (Rob Petersen/ Gene Wood), brave Jack in the Beanstalk
(Nick Dothee/ Adam Elsberry) with (Emily Wood/ Michelle Solomon)
as his mother, Cinderella's wicked stepmother (Stephanie Harwood/Caroline
Wolter), the vain and silly stepsisters (Krissy Wall/ Nikki
Nickerson/ /Heather Janofsky/ Liz Seaton), the scary Wolf
(Aaron Antonali), Granny (Jenna Hamerling),Rapunzel's Prince
(Jesse Garcia/Chad Deverman) Cinderella's mother (Katherine
Potts), the Mysterious Man ( Ken Kamrin/Mike Barnett) and
the Giant (Annie Gloyn). Others in the cast include: Stephen
Kling, Dea Franck, Camy McGath, Mark Mendelson, Trenton Price
and Adam Winship. They all go INTO THE WOODS on a quest
for their wish, certain that they will be "happy ever after".
But will they and what will happen in the "ever after"?
Show dates are July 31, August 1,6,7,8 at 8 p.m.
and August 2,8 & 9 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $10.00 with
a special price of $8.00 for seniors & youths or groups
of 15 or more. For reservations call the Box Office at (925)
943-7469.
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