Oakton High School Theatre Arts - 2018-19 Fall Performance Season

Oakton High School Theatre Arts Department

September 10, 2018

Contact Vanessa L Gelinas
Phone (703) 319-2749 WORK
Email VLGelinas@fcps.edu

Website www.oaktondrama.org

The Oakton HS Theatre Arts Department Presents…
2018-19 Fall Performance Season
Theatre Arts Director
Vanessa Gelinas
Vocal Director
Tiffany Powell

(VIENNA, VIRGINIA)
This fall, The Oakton High School Theatre Arts Department is proud to be presenting two widely renowned comedies - one a Shakespearean classic, and the other a prologue to well-loved fairy tale. Performed, directed, and designed by Oakton’s junior and senior Theatre Arts and Technical Theatre classes, each hilarious and creative production is sure to send your spirits soaring!
Based on the children’s series by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, Peter and the Starcatcher (written by Rick Elice, music by Wayne Barker) tells the origin story of Peter Pan, the boy who wouldn’t grow up, as he and his league of lost boys sail the seas; form a bond with a precocious, magical young girl; and face off against a poetry-spouting pirate. Amid adventure, romance, and pineapples, Peter’s quest for the magical starstuff will teach him how to become a hero - and a friend.
Peter and the Starcatcher is directed by seniors Emma Shacochis and Julia Ferri. Performance dates are November 8, 9, and 10 at 7pm.
In a gender-flipped adaptation of William Shakespeare’s play, The Taming of the Shrew navigates the chaotic courtships of two brothers: the adored and desired Bianco, and the eponymous shrew, Kat. Set in the 1980’s, when women strived to ‘Have It All’, the nontraditional casting satirizes the antiquated idea of male control over women’s lives by flipping it on its head. In order to allow Bianco to be wed, a set of smitten suitors send the surly, fortune-seeking Petruchia to marry Kat. The tempestuous duo spar as Petruchia attempts to “tame” her willful husband into being a typical subservient spouse. Amid false identities and gender politics, will abhorrence turn into affection?
The Taming of the Shrew is directed by senior Mena Dolinh and junior Emma Szczesniak. Performance dates are November 29, 30, and December 1 at 7pm.
Tickets can be purchased online at www.oaktondrama.org for $10.