Northeast Elementary School Presents School House Rock Live! Jr. May 13 - 14, 2016

Northeast Elementary School Presents School House Rock Live! Jr. May 13 – 14, 2016

Tickets for the Fifth Grade Musical on Sale Now at NortheastMusical.org

Adults who grew up watching Saturday morning cartoons in the 1970s, can relive their childhood this May when Northeast Elementary School’s Fifth Grade presents the musical, School House Rock Live! Jr. The musical is based on School House Rock, the Emmy Award-wining 1970s educational animated television series, which taught children about grammar, math, science, history, and social studies, through the clever use of animated characters and songs with catchy titles and lyrics, including: “A Noun is a Person, Place or Thing,” “Conjunction Junction,” I’m Just a Bill,” and “Interplanet Janet.” Reviewed as one of musical theatre’s brightest and most innovative shows, School House Rock is fun for audiences of all ages.

The musical features 36 Northeast Fifth Grade students, with 28 members in the cast, and eight students in the crew. Students will sing and dance their way through eleven musical numbers featuring some of the most iconic songs from the original TV series that are now part of the popular musical.

The cast includes: Sarah Barry, Liam Berge, Shawn Brown, Claire Chasanoff, Kristina DeLelle, Malcolm Fenster, Max Fink, Lilly Kraemer, Lilly Lapine, Nick Martignoni, Nyaire Nelson, Ethan Oshiki, Ryan Page, Ambereen Sadiq, Gabriella Venneri, and Katrell Wills. Members of the ensemble include: Liana Bilotti, Hailey Braverman, Osven Coc, Stella Corbo, Sanai Ford, Sariah Hearst, Alejandra Contreras, Lola deGraft-Johnson, Vilma Martinez, Erin Pacifico, and Kaitlyn Ripegno. Crew members include: Andrew Carroll, Jose Miguel Guerrero, Jake Isolda, Eliza MacDonald, Jujiang Metcalf, Sam Sherman, and Owen Van Dusen.

Sponsored by the Northeast Parent Teacher Organization, the performance is directed by Northeast parent, Joel Fenster, a professional director who has worked on local productions at Curtain Call, The Carriage House, and Bridgeport Theatre Company. Matt Blank, also a Stamford Native, is the choreographer, and has worked on productions at the Jewish Community Center, Kids U, and on the big stage. Natasha Fenster, a music and theater teacher, is the producer. The music director is Deanna Molnar, a Northeast music teacher.

Performances of School House Rock Live! Jr. will take place on Friday, May 13 and Saturday, May 14, at 7:00 pm, in the auditorium of Northeast Elementary School, 82 Scofieldtown Road, in Stamford. The performance is 60 minutes with a 15-minute intermission. Refreshments will be sold. Tickets can be purchased online at: northeastmusical.org. General admission prices are $8 for students and $12 for adults, and reserved seating in the first five rows is $18. Tickets will also be sold at the door. Program advertisements are being accepted now through May 1st. Submission forms, rates and additional information is available at northeastmsical.org.

For more information, please email northeastmusical@gmail.com or call Natasha Fenster at: (203) 536-2388.