[NEohioPAL] Missing PIPPIN? Mercury's Teens are bringing him back! Join us...

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Thu Feb 19 06:21:33 PST 2015


My Mercury’s PIPPIN

Mercury Theatre Company is now accepting applications for My Mercury’s musical: Pippin! Explore all aspects of the theatre with other teens who love the stage as much as you do! My Mercury is the arts camp that is more than a traditional summer camp. 

Designed for students 13-19, the program is a comprehensive, one-week 9:00am-4:00pm intensive July 13 through July 18, 2015, in which students get a chance to hone their skills in a fast-paced, creative environment. 

Each student will not only STAR onstage in the production, but also will also contribute to the direction, choreography, set, lighting and costume design of the production. Students will be assigned a mentor from the Mercury Theatre Company 2015 Staff and will work as assistants on a specific “behind-the-scenes” area of their interest. 
My Mercury is designed to instill in aspiring thespians a deeper understanding about producing and participating in a first-class musical with working professionals. Tuition for My Mercury is $125.00 and space is limited. All interested campers must audition for placement. Tuition includes one ticket for the teen night of each musical. Scripts will only be handed out at the first teen night for Ghost (June 18th). Each of the teen nights will incorporate team building as well as parties. Each teen night will be a required attendance as well as participation in the South Euclid Memorial Day Parade. 

The tuition cost of $125.00 is non-refundable and due at the time of auditions.

PIPPIN
Book by Roger O. Hirson
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz

This hip, tounge-in-cheek, fairy tale captivated Broadway audiences and continues to appeal to the young at heart everywhere. The energetic pop-influence score by three-time Oscar-winning composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Wicked, and the animated films Pocahontas, and The Prince of Egypt) bursts with one showstopping number after another from soaring ballads to infectious dance numbers.

All roles open. 

SEEKING: 

Leading Player: dynamic, mysterious, magnetic master of ceremonies 
*WOMEN WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE, AS WELL AS MEN* STRONG DANCER AND SINGER 

Pippin: Earnest, attractive, stubborn, misguided son of Charlemagne. Struggles with the burden of his father's identity while unable to find his own purpose in the world. Wide-eyed and unsatisfied with life. 

Fastrada: Pippin's conniving stepmother, dedicated to the career of her son, Lewis 
*STRONG DANCE SKILLS* 

Catherine: an attractive, sharp woman. A widow. 

King Charles Charlemagne: military, imposing, arrogant, not too bright. Pippin's father, but too preoccupied to pay much attention to him. 

Lewis: Pippin's foppish stepbrother - annoying, egotistical 

Berthe: Pippin's saucy Grandmother 

Theo: Catherine's 8-year-old Son 

Band of Players: Each sings, and plays a variety of roles, places and objects. The show's individual characters emerge from this "band".


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