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Presented on Friday, October 26,
Saturday, October 27, Friday November 2, Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 7:30 PM. A
matinee is presented on Sunday, November 4, 2007 at 2:00 PM. All performances
are held at the
Clay Center for the Arts
and Sciences Maier Performance Hall.
Tickets are $15 for children 12 and
under and $20 for adults. Tickets are on sale now! Contact the Clay Center
box office at (304) 561-3570 for tickets or
visit their web site.
Sponsors for this production are Ed and Susan
Maier, Charleston Area Medical Center,
McJunkin Corporation, and Jackson Kelly PLLC.
Supporting sponsorship by SunTrust Bank. |
Overview
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 Richard
Rodgers and
Oscar Hammerstein’s
Cinderella
is a fresh and exciting adaptation of the classic fairy tale that brings adventure
and romance to the stage. With its time-tested stpry, melodic score, colorful costumes, magical professional sets, full
orchestra, cute mice, cat and white bird puppets, and its attractive
colorblind cast including an exotic fairy godmother and stepsisters played
by 2 men in broad comedic gender bending roles, this a show for the entire
family.
The tale of
Cinderella goes back to at least 700 AD in China and has at
over 800 variations from every part of the world. We are most
familiar with derivations of the French version of the story. The Disney
animated film was introduced in the early 1950’s and then
Rodgers and
Hammerstein created a version for CBS television in 1957. The live
color telecast
starred new Broadway sensation Julie Andrews and reached an audience of over
120 million viewers and was the highest rated show in TV history up to that
point. The show has been reincarnated several times on stage and screen.
Notable revisions include the 1960s TV version starring Lesley Ann Warren,
the 1990’s Wonderful World of Disney TV remake starring Brandy and Whitney
Houston and the more recent theatre tour headlined by The Sopranos’
Jamie-Lynn Discala.
Cinderella is filled with
the beautiful ballads and comic ditties at which Rodgers and
Hammerstein excelled: In My Own Little Corner, Impossible, Do
I Love You (Because You’re Beautiful) and Ten Minutes Ago. The
book and lyrics provide a show with the perfect blend of humor and heart for
young and old.
The show was last produced by
the Guild in 1996. |
Cast
| Character |
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Played By |
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Cinderella |
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Mica Atkinson |
| Prince |
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Graham Bailey |
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Stepmother |
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Becky Price |
| Portia |
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Ted Brightwell |
| Joy |
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Todd Tucker |
| Fairy Godmother |
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Janelle Williams |
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Queen |
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Kim Smith |
| King |
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Mark Felton |
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Herald |
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Kevin Hardy |
| Stewart, Dancer,
Puppeteer |
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Bob McCarty |
|
Chef, Dancer, Puppeteer |
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Chris Williams |
| Dancer, Puppeteer |
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Michael Barnes |
|
Puppeteer |
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Caroline Chamness |
| Puppeteer |
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Sallie Daugherty |
|
Dancer |
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Jamiella Isaiah |
| Dancer |
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Maggie Morris |
|
Dancer |
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Sarah Pauley |
| Ballroom Dancer |
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Aaron Sheppard |
|
Ballroom Dancer |
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Tim Whitener |
| Ensemble |
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Becky
Bailey
David Bailey
Lauren Borchart
Joshua Botkin
Cameron Burford
Elizabeth Falstreau
Courtney Fint
Brianna Goode
Anne Marie Haddy
Stacie High
Johanna Miesner
Dixie Sayre
Cassie Sorrells
Sarah Williams
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Production
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Original 1957
Television Production: Music and Lyrics by
Richard Rogers
and Oscar Hammerstein based upon the French fairy tale
Cinderella.
For
the Guild: Direction and Choreography by Nina Denton Pasinetti; Musical
Direction by John Marshall; Technical Direction by Tom Pasinetti; Piano
Accompaniment by John Ellison.
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