Get ready for the 2010-2011 season!

ALICE & WONDERLAND:
A ROCK OPERA

October 30-November 21, 2010 • Newmark Theatre • Directed by Stan Foote, based on the book by Lewis Carroll, and adapted by Richard Rosen. Best for all ages.

Alice is bored, bored, bored! Until she plummets into a color-splashed land inhabited by the most peculiar characters you can possibly imagine.

Alice & Wonderland: A Rock Opera is a spectacular musical event for the whole family. Join White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter, Cheshire Cat, and more in a singing and dancing adventure you will remember forever.

A World Premiere Presentation!

DIARY OF A WORM, A SPIDER, AND A FLY (A Musical!)

January 23–February 20, 2011 • Newmark Theatre • Directed by Stan Foote, based on the books Diary of a Worm, Diary of a Spider, and Diary of a Fly by Doreen Cronin with illustrations by Harry Bliss, and adapted by Joan Cushing. Best for all ages.

Is Spider getting too big for his own skin? Will Fly find her superhero powers in time to save her Aunt Rita from peril? Will Worm learn to stand on his own two feet… even though he doesn’t have feet? We invite you to take a look at the world from a bug’s perspective. Perhaps you’ll see that their lives are not all that different from yours.

This world premiere musical captures all of the droll humor and whimsy of the wildly popular books.

ON THE EVE OF FRIDAY MORNING

February 26–March 20, 2011 • Winningstad Theatre • An original script by Norman Allen. Best for ages 8 and up.

This is a magical story about the power of stories themselves, brought to the stage in a tapestry of color and light. Nassrin is a young girl in modern Iran whose father has just been arrested for smuggling banned books. To ease Nassrin’s fears, her mother begins to tell a story, one as ancient as time. Concurrently, Bahad, an orphan boy from a thousand years past, listens as a wandering storyteller narrates the same tale. The two worlds, separated by the ages, intertwine as Nassrin and Bahad step into the story and meet a poor twig-gatherer, a spoiled princess and the mysterious and powerful Mushkil Gusha—the Remover of Obstacles. Join Nassrin and Bahad, two children learning the universal values of kindness and generosity through ancient tales from their rich Persian culture. Lyrical and magical, this play will bring you hope.

Commissioned last year by the Shakespeare Company in Washington D.C., our production of this spellbinding story will be its west coast premiere.

HOW I BECAME A PIRATE
(A Musical!)

April 30–May 22, 2011 • Winningstad Theatre • By Melinda Long and David Shannon, adapted by Alyn Cardarelli and Steve Goers. Best for all ages.

When you’re a pirate, you don’t have to eat vegetables or go to bed at all. You can talk rough, and sword fight, and say “Arrrgh!” any time you want. It’s a perfect life…except that there is no one to tuck you in at night, or give you kisses, or read stories to you. What’s a pirate to do? Find out as you set sail on a musical adventure!

A WRINKLE IN TIME

May 14–June 5, 2011 • Newmark Theatre • Directed by Marcella Crowson By Madeleine L’Engle, and adapted by John Glore (Associate Artistic Director of South Coast Rep.) Best for ages 8 and up.

Darkness. A roll of distant thunder. Words flash like lightning: IT (thunderclap!) DARK (thunderclap!) NIGHT (thunderclap!)

The adventure begins on a stormy night as three brave children venture through time and space on an urgent rescue mission. Three odd sisters lend their magical help, but the children soon learn they must rely on their own resources to accomplish their harrowing task. In the spirit of Narnia and Harry Potter, this bold new stage adaptation brings Madeleine L’Engle’s beloved book to life with renewed tension and triumph. Our production will propel your imagination on the journey of a lifetime.

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