the young company: Winter Shows 2009
This winter, the young company returns to New York City with two classic musicals by one of the greatest American composers: Leonard Bernstein!
Auditions:
December 1st & 2nd
4:00 - 5:30pm: act 1
5:30 - 9:00pm: act 2 & act 3
Our act 1 and act 2 musical, Wonderful Town, with lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, follows two sisters, different as night and day, as they move from "Ohio" to "Christopher Street" in the jazzy, swinging Greenich Village of the 1930s.
Our act 2 and act 3 musical, West Side Story, with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, takes place further uptown as two teens struggle to find a place "Somewhere" for their love, against the backdrop of gang violence between the Jets and the Sharks, in this classic reinterpretation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
Auditions for both shows will be Monday, December 1st and Tuesday, December 2nd from 4:00-9:00pm. We will also be holding optional audition-how-to workshops from 6:00-8:00pm on Sunday, November 23rd and Tuesday, November 25th.
Wonderful Town
Wonderful Town is open to students in act 1 (grades 4-6) and act 2 (grades 7-9); the cast will be composed of twenty act 1 students and ten act 2 students. Rehearsals will be Monday (4:00-6:30), Wednesdays (4:00-9:00) and Thursdays (4:00-6:30) beginning Wednesday, January 3rd. Performances will be Thursday, February 5th through Sunday, February 8th, , including one student matinee on Friday, February 6th. The show will be directed by Caitlin Lowans (Company, Gypsy, The Boyfriend, Once Upon a Mattress).
West Side Story
West Side Story is open to students in act 2 (grades 7-9) and act 3 (grades 10-12); the cast will be composed of ten act 2 students and twenty act 3 students. Rehearsals will Be Mondays (6:30-9:30pm), Tuesdays (4:30-9:30pm), Thursdays (6:30-9:30pm) and Saturdays (9:30am-2:30pm). Performances will be Thursday, February 5th through Sunday, February 8th, including one student matinee on Thursday, February 5th. West Stide Story will be co-directed by Caitlin Lowans and co-directed/ choreographed by Chris Carcione (42nd Street, The Pajama Game).
Questions about the young co? Email education@stonehamtheatre.org or call (781) 279-7885 x104.
2 Photos from the 2007 Winter production of Once Upon a Mattress. Credit: Santio Cupon
Photo from Company (Summer 08)