The Mad River Valley's Community Theater Waitsfield, Vermont
The Mad River Valley's Community Theater Waitsfield, Vermont |
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Photos from "The Attack of the Killer Grasshoppers" a few years ago.
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ages 9-11 |
For
ages 12-14 |
KidsACT! Summer Musical Theater Camp: Space is available for a limited number of boys and girls for camp with director Ruth Ann Pattee this August. Each camp will rehearse and perform a One Act Musical with choreography, singing, sets, costumes, the works! All camps take place at the Valley Players Theater on Rt. 100 in Waitsfield. Attendance is mandatory for the week and a commitment to homework (learning lines and songs) is necessary.
Camp for students ages 9-11 will be Aug. 3-7, 10 am to 3 pm, with a performance on Friday Aug. 7 at 7 pm. Tuition is $175. The production will be "Westward, Whoa!" by Tim Kelly, with music by Bill Francoeur. This fast-paced comedy is filled with a stable of goofy characters: our hero, Chuck Wagon, our sweet heroine, Candy Cane, and the villainous Smiling Slade. When the wagon train breaks down, outside the town of Vinegar Bottle, it gets robbed by the mysterious outlaw known as "The Snake." Through a crazy twist, poor Chuck is accused of being the culprit! Proving his innocence may not be easy, but it sure is hilarious! This show is filled with fun roles for boys and girls and a toe-tapping music score.
Camp for students ages 12-14 will be Aug. 10-14, 10 am to 4 pm, with a performance on Friday Aug. 14 at 7 pm. Tuition is $200. The production will be "Attack of the Killer Grasshoppers" by Robert Swift, with music by Gerald Castle and lyrics by Michael Vigilant. In this show, which takes place at an annual school science fair, the displays are as wacky as can be: wrinkle-free bacon, Hamburger Helper face cream and piranha fish now dedicated to a vegetarian diet! The bitter Pamela, whose green potato project was not chosen as a winner, has declared revenge. Meanwhile, on the isolated island of Malibula, something dreadful has happened at the "Unusual Bug Research Center." The once congenial native grasshoppers have turned beastly, big and voracious and are now vaulting, pouncing and chomping! What has this to do with the science fair? The face cream has the grasshoppers as a chief ingredient. Anyone who slaps on the goop becomes... (gasp!!!) it's too terrible to describe! Be a part of the show to see what happens!
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Ruth Ann Pattee studied Theater
Arts at East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania, and has worked
with Vermont schools and community groups for 10 years directing
musical and non-musical plays.
Recently Ruth Ann began directing theater residencies in area elementary schools to create new pieces of theater, and partnered with the Vermont Department of Education to facilitate the writing and production of an original play by and for teens. She is also a published playwright with the Pioneer Drama Service, and has enjoyed performing in musicals such as "Godspell" at the Bundy CFA, "Side by Side by Sondheim" with the Valley Players, and many more. |
KidsACT! Director Ruth
Ann
Pattee
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Call director Ruth
Ann Pattee:
802-496-6318 for
information or
email: thespians@madriver.com
