[NEohioPAL] Shaker Theatre Presents Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing Dec. 3-5 @ 8
McBurney, Christine
mcburney_c at Shaker-Heights.k12.oh.us
Tue Dec 1 03:41:05 PST 2009
The Shaker Heights High School Theatre Arts Department, proudly presents Much Ado About Nothing, a comedy by William Shakespeare.
Beginning with our 2005 production of Twelfth Night, a goal was set to produce a Shakespeare play every four years so that every student would have the opportunity to study, produce, and view the Bards works. This year, a company of 65 students and adults is coming together to create Much Ado, one of Shakespeares most musical of comedies. Weve taken 16th century Spanish-occupied Sicily and reimagined it as 1950s Havana, Cuba. You will surely be taken by its singing and salsa dancing lovers, villains, and clowns, not to mention the lights and set, the costumes, the players, and by the unseen hands that pull it all together and keep it running.
Directed by Cleveland theatre artist and Department Chair Christine McBurney, the production features 65 students in a variety of roles ranging from performers, to musicians, managers, designers and fundraisers. Among the 8 staff members involved in this production are, Erik Johnson (Co-Producer), Wendy Lynne (Movement Specialist), Sabatino Verlezza (Choreographer), Chuck Tisdale (Technical Designer), Megan Pitcher (Costumer), Julia Rossi 95 (Box Office Manager), and Rick Jennings 03 (Adult Stage Manager).
Performances of Much Ado About Nothing are at 8 p.m. on Thursday, December 3rd, Friday, December 4th, and Saturday December 5th, 2009.
At Shaker Heights High School in the newly restored and renovated Large Auditorium (15911 Aldersyde Dr).
Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for students and senior adults, and may be purchased by calling the 24 Hour box office at 216-295-4287.
Named a center of excellence by the National Council of Teachers of English, Shaker Theatre includes daily classes and a production season including four mainstage performances and three showcase performances and events.
For more information, please call 216-295-4281. Visit us on the web at: http://www.shaker.org/about/schools/high/shakertheatre.htm
Christine McBurney
Theatre Arts Department Chair
Shaker Heights High School
15911 Aldersyde Dr.
Shaker Heights, OH 44120
216.295.4258
216.295.4277 fax
http://www.shaker.org/about/schools/high/departments/theatre/
Much Ado About Nothing
December 3-5 at 8 pm
Solstice
December 18th at 4 pm
No Admission Fee
24 Hour Box Office 295.4287
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