North Andover Students Take to Stoneham Theatre's Stage

Submitted by Stoneham Theatre

Four North Andover students will be taking the stage at Stoneham Theatre during the young company Summer Festival 2014.

Stoneham Theatre’s young company offers year-round theatrical training and performance opportunities for students in grades 1-12. The Summer Festival is the culmination of 5 weeks of preparation by the students and their professional directors, music directors, choreographers, stage managers, and design team. the young company Summer Festival includes 6 fully staged productions: Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Jr., Children of Eden, and Xanadu run from August 7-10, 2014 and are performed by students in grades 4-9. Monty Python’s Spamalot, Picnic at Hanging Rock, and Mary Zimmerman’s Argonautika run from August 14-17, 2014 and are performed by students in grades 10-12 and recent high school graduates.

Chloe Buonopane (Storyteller) will appear in Children of Eden. Inspired by the Genesis Stories, this joyful musical explores the fraught and funny relationships between parents and children and the patterns passed—intentionally or not – between generations. Children of Eden features fabulous Stephen Schwartz songs like “Spark of Creation,” “Stranger to the Rain” and “Lost in the Wilderness.” Book by John Caird. Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz. Based on a concept by Charles Lisanby. Orchestrations by Bruce Coughlin and Martin Erksine.

Emma Blumsack (Pollux/Asterion/Messenger) will be appearing in Argonautika by Mary Zimmerman. This play, adapted from The Voyage of Jason and the Argonauts, centers around heroes and monsters battle on a green sea. Mary Zimmerman (Metamorphoses, The Jungle Book) reimagines the journey of Jason and his heroic crew as they cross oceans in search of the Golden Fleece, before returning home to find the most dangerous enemy is sometimes the one you hold most close. Gaius Vlerius Flaccus Translated by David R. Slavitt. Apollonius Rhodius Translated by Peter Green. The Chicago Tribune says “Argonautika is a Masterpiece.” The San Francisco Chronicle proclaims that “Argonautika shimmers with humor and sheer genius.”

Kalina Ko (Juliana) and Katharine Marroni (Muriel) will appear in Picnic at Hanging Rock, a musical that takes place at the Appleyard School for Girls. Australia. 1900. St. Valentines Day. When a group of school girls picnic at a mysterious geological formation known as Hanging Rock, three of them never return. Did they run away, were they kidnapped, or was something more supernatural at play? This haunting new musical weaves an intricate web of longing, loss, and mystery. Book, music, and lyrics by Daniel Zaitchik. Based on the novel Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Weigall Lindsay.

Performance Schedule:
Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Jr.—Friday, August 8, 2014 at 12:00pm; Saturday, August 9, 2014 at 12:00pm; and Sunday, August 10, 2014 at 12:00pm

Children of Eden—Friday, August 8, 2014 at 7:00pm; Saturday, August 9, 2014 at 3:00pm; and Sunday, August 10, 2014 at 3:00pm

Xanadu—Thursday, August 7, 2014 at 7:00pm; Saturday, August 9, 2014 at 7:00pm; and Sunday, August 10, 2014 at 7:00pm

Monty Python’s Spamalot—Friday, August 15, 2014 at 5:00pm; Saturday, August 16, 2014 at 8:00pm; and Sunday, August 17, 2014 at 12:00pm

Picnic at Hanging Rock—Friday, August 15, 2014 at 8:00pm; Saturday, August 16, 2014 at 5:00pm; and Sunday, August 17, 2014 at 8:00pm

Mary Zimmerman’s Argonautika—Thursday, August 14, 2014 at 8:00pm; Saturday, August 16, 2014 at 2:00pm; and Sunday, August 17, 2014 at 5:00pm

Tickets for adults are $15. Student tickets are $10. For more information, call Stoneham Theatre’s Box Office at (781) 279-2200, or visit www.stonehamtheatre.org.