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TADA!
Youth Theater’s
2008-2009
Season
will
include the family musicals
Golly
Gee Whiz,
Everything
About A Family (Almost),
and
Little House Of Cookies
NEW
YORK
,
NY
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TADA! Youth Theater (Janine Nina
Trevens, Executive & Artistic Director),
the City’s “best known children’s musical theater” announces three great
productions for the whole family. The season will begin with the musical Golly
Gee Whiz, book and music by Eric Rockwell and book and lyrics by
Joanne Bogart. Followed by the world premiere of Everything
About A Family (Almost), conceived and written by members of the
TADA! Resident Youth Ensemble with music by various composers and lastly The
Little House of Cookies, book
by Janine Nina Trevens, Music and Lyrics by Joel Gelpe at TADA!
Theater (
15 West 28th Street
).
Marking
its 10th anniversary, Golly Gee
Whiz is
a fun and frolicking family musical based on the classic Judy Garland and Mickey
Rooney films of the 1930's. It is 1939 and even the town of
Happyville
is depressed, especially the kids. But what can a group of kids do to change
the town's economy? "Hey, kids let's put on a show!" says Mickey.
"I know my father's got a barn!" exclaims Judy. They are sure it will
be such a great show that folks will come from miles around to see it, and
re-establish Happyville as the bustling town that it once was. This
musical has a book and music by Eric Rockwell and
book and lyrics by Joanne Bogart will be directed
and choreographed by Joanna Greer with musical direction by Jim Colleran. Performances
January 9th- February 15th
TADA!
will continue the season with one from the much beloved, “Everything
About” series, which the NY Times has called "delightfully
comic" and this year we learn Everything
About A Family (Almost).
This lively musical is conceived by the TADA! Resident Youth Ensemble where
members will literally “co-author” the book through improvisation and
theater games, and will feature music by a variety of artists. Family has
never been this fun! Performances: April 17th–
May 17th
Finally,
TADA! will close the season with first musical ever produced at TADA! This
“scrumptious musical” The
Little House Of Cookies has a
book by Janine Nina Trevens; Music and Lyrics by Joel Gelpe. An
adaptation of Eleanor Clymer's The Tiny
Little House, The Little House Of
Cookies follows some neighborhood kids as they come up with the idea
to use an abandoned house as a 'boys-only' clubhouse. But this house has a
different plan; when they try to enter, the door becomes too small for them.
However, Jane and Alice have no problem turning the house into a homemade cookie
shop. That is, until the mean old landlord arrives to collect rent... Performances:
July 10th - August 1st
TADA!
Youth Theatre will also present the free Staged
Readings Series, Monday
October 20th 2008.
The
first reading will be at 5pm and present plays for Family
Audiences
including The
Letter
by Jess Poyer and Jumping
on the Couch
by Scott Huguenin. The second will be at 7pm presenting plays for Teen
Audiences including
Never
Give Up
by
Regina
Washington
,
Nite Lights
by Rachel Kempf, and A
Midsummer’s Day Day Dream
by Lowell Williams.
Along
with their stage productions and in-school educational programs TADA! Offers a
12 week class during the fall (September 20th thru December 15th)
and an 8 week class in the winter (January 10th thru March 16th.)
in addition to their famed “Week-longs Camps” throughout the year.
Staged
Readings
Series
Monday
October 20th 2008
Family
Audiences
at 5PM
The
Letter
by Jess Poyer and Jumping
on the Couch
by Scott Huguenin
Teen
Audiences at 7PM
Never
Give Up
by
Regina
Washington
,
Nite Lights
by Rachel Kempf,
and
A
Midsummer’s Day Day Dream
by Lowell Williams.
Staged
Musicals:
Golly
Gee Whiz (Jan.
9 – Feb 15th)
Playing
Schedule: Opening Night, Friday, January 9 at 7PM; Saturday and Sunday at 2PM
and 4PM
January
21 (MLK day) and Presidents Day (February 18) at Noon & 2PM
School
Performances:
Jan. 29 & Feb. 8 at 10AM & Noon; VIP
Performance Feb. 4 at 7PM
Everything
About A Family (Almost).
(April 17th– May 17th)
The
Little House Of Cookies (July
10th – August 1st)
TADA!
Theater, is located at
15 West 28th St.
, Second Floor (btwn Broadway and
5th Ave
), NYC
Tickets:
Adults $20, Children $8.
Premium
tickets support TADA! Theater while enjoying a show and include reserved seating
for adults and guaranteed front-row bench seats for children.
Premium
tickets: Adults $25, Children $15.
For
reservations, more information about TADA! Youth Theater classes, camps,
scripts, private performances or how to bring TADA! to your school, , please
visit www.tadattheater.com
or call (212) 252-1619
Ms.
Janine “Nina” Trevens is available for interviews to discuss the wonderful
near-quarter century of creating family musicals at TADA! Please contact
Springer Associates PR (212 354 4660) to arrange press tickets or interviews
About
TADA! And TADA!’s
Mission
: Co-founded in 1984 by Janine Nina Trevens and Linda Reiff,
TADA! Is a unique, non-profit, 501(c)3 youth theater that produces original
musicals performed by New York City kids ages 8-18 for family audiences; a
year-round Resident Youth Ensemble composed of over 70 NYC kids ages 8-18;
renowned education programs in more than 47 public schools; theater classes
taught by professional teaching artists, and an annual one-act playwriting
contest and free staged reading series geared towards teen actors and audiences.
TADA! provides young people of different backgrounds the opportunity to explore
and perform theater together in an educational, supportive, and professional
environment. TADA! introduces musical theater to children through performances
and classes, thereby creating theater artists and audiences for the future.
Young people gain self-confidence and learn commitment, responsibility,
communication and teamwork—these skills are critical to young people’s
success both in school and in life.
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