the young company: Summer Festival 2010
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Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Annie, Get Your Gun!
Footloose
Columbinus
Crazy for You
Bat Boy: The Musical
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Show Schedule
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Act 1 Musical
Friday, August 6 10:00am
Saturday, August 7 Noon
Sunday, August 8 Noon
book by Lawrence Kasha and David Landay
lyrics by Johnny Mercer
music by Gene dePaul
lyrics by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn
costume Design by Lily Moore
musical Direction by Liam Forde
directed and choreographed by
Bryan Miner, Liza Nagle and Allison Russell
In this rip-roaring stage version of the popular MGM movie, Millie is a young bride living in the 1850s Oregon wilderness whose plan to civilize and marry off her six rowdy brothers-in-law to ensure the success of her own marriage backfires when the brothers, in their enthusiasm, kidnap six women from a neighboring town to be their brides.
Annie, Get Your Gun!
Act 1 & Act 2 Musical
Friday, August 6 7:00pm
Saturday, August 7 3:00pm
Sunday, August 8 3:00pm
music and lyrics by Irving Berlin
book by Herbert and Dorothy Fields
costume design by Susan Paino
stage manager Marissa Miller
choreographed by Brad Jensen
musical direction by Lesley DeSantis
directed by Andrew Barbato
A Wild West show-within-a-show framed by the ageless "Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better" - a love story of sharpshooters Annie Oakley and Frank Butler. The show features hit after hit like "There’s No Business Like Show Business" and "You Can’t Get a Man with Gun." Jensen and Barbato most recently teamed up on last summer’s Oliver! with the young company.
Footloose
Act 2 Musical
Thursday, August 5 7:00pm
Saturday, August 7 7:00pm
Sunday, August 8 7:00pm
stage adaptation by Dean Pitchford and Walter Bobbie
based on the original screenplay by Dean Pitchford
music by Tom Snow
lyrics by Dean Pitchford
additional music by Eric Carmen, Sammy Hagar, Kenny Loggins and Jim Steinman
costume design by Stephen LaMonica
stage manager Andrea Giangreco
choreographed by Laura Graczyk
musical direction by John Howrey
directed by Anika Seidman-Gati
Exploding on to the stage with classic 80s anthems like "Holding Out for Hero", "Almost Paradise" and "Let’s Hear it for the Boy" is this dance- packed musical. Life in small-town Bomont is peaceful until city slicker, Ren, arrives. Breaking every taboo, Ren brings dance back to the heart of a small town held back by the memory of a tragedy.
Columbinus
Act 3 Play
Thursday, August 12 8:00pm
Saturday, August 14 5:00pm
Sunday, August 15 8:00pm
by the United States Theatre Project
written by Stephen Karam and PJ Paparelli
dramaturgy by Patricia Hersch
conceived by PJ Paparelli
costume design by Lily Moore
assistant director and stage manager Nicholas Christopher
movement director Cheryl Turski
directed by Weylin Symes
Sparked by the April 1999 events at Columbine High School in Littleton, CO, this play is a blend of fact and fiction that illuminates the realities of adolescent culture by exploring the events surrounding the shootings. The play weaves together excerpts from discussions with parents, survivors and community leaders in Littleton as well as police evidence to bring to light the dark recesses of American adolescence.
Play contains adult language and situations.
Crazy For You
Act 3 Musical
Friday, August 13 8:00pm
Saturday, August 14 2:00pm
Sunday, August 15 2:00pm
music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
book by Ken Ludwig
co-conception by Ken Ludwig and Mike Ockrent
costume design by Susan Paino
stage manager Rena Luckievicz
assistant choreographer Rena Luckievicz
musical direction by Patrick Dandrea
directed and choreographed by Chris Carcione
Bobby Childs, Manhattan playboy and heir to a banking fortune is sent to close a theatre in Deadrock, Nevada. Once there, he falls in love with the owner’s daughter. This tap-happy Gershwin musical won the 1992 Tony award and features beloved songs like "Someone to Watch Over Me" and "Nice Work if You Can Get It". Chris Carcione most recently directed Les Miserables and Sweeney Todd for the young company.
Bat Boy: The Musical
Act 3 Musical
Friday, August 13 5:00pm
Saturday, August 14 8:00pm
Sunday, August 15 5:00pm
story and book by Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming
music and lyrics by Laurence O'Keefe
licensed under agreement with Weekly World News
costume design by Elisabetta Polito
assistant costume designer Kate Jones
stage manager Julie Tidemand
choreography by Cheryl Turski
musical direction by Mark Kross
directed by Josiah George
This musical comedy horror tells the tale of a half-boy/half-bat who is discovered in the caves of West Virginia. He is brought to the home of the town veterinanrian, Dr. Parker, where he is taught to act like a "normal" by the vet's wife and daughter. But when the Bat Boy tries to fit in with the narrow minded people of the town, his newly built life begins to crumble in this darkly comic fable!
Questions about the young co? Email education@stonehamtheatre.org or call (781) 279-7885 x104.
Photos from past young company performances
Sweeney Todd, 2009. Photo by Neil Reynolds.
Oliver! 2009. Photo by Neil Reynolds.
Treasure Island, 2009. Photo by Neil Reynolds.
2 from Once Upon a Mattress, 2007. Photos by Santio Cupon
Company, 2008. Photo by Neil Reynolds.