Last Weekend to See Denver Children's Theatre production of CINDERELLA

DENVER CHILDREN’S THEATRE

CINDERELLA
Sunday, May 2, 1pm
$9 general admission or $8 for children, students or seniors
MACC at the Robert E. Loup Jewish Community Center (JCC), 350 S. Dahlia St.
(303) 316-6360, www.maccjcc.org


Families and school groups will marvel at new-fangled magic during a live theatre production of Cinderella. When the show takes the stage in Shwayder Theatre at Mizel Arts & Culture Center (MACC), youthful audiences will be privy to modern twists on the beloved fairytale in a kingdom where imagination rules.

Recommended for children in grades ECE-6, this contemporary rendition of Cinderella offers not only an entertaining experience but also lessons about diversity, coming of age, class struggles and the victory of right over wrong as our Cinderella struggles to cope with the loss of her mother and learns how to interact with fairly likeable stepsisters in less opulent surroundings. Other characters are a sympathetic prince and his best friend, an aspiring musician but not yet legendary Mozart, a peculiar king, a warm and wacky godmother and a not totally despicable step-mom.

This new world of enchantment is deftly conjured by Director Billie McBride. Having directed previous plays at MACC, Arvada Center, Denver Center for the Performing Arts and Colorado Springs Conservatory, McBride works her magic again on this production, using Charles Way’s script based on Charles Perrault’s story. Mc Bride brings Denver’s most accomplished adult actors, Jamie Ann Romero (Cinderella), Brian Landis Folkins (Prince Sebastian), Crystal Verdon (Stepmother), Karen Slack (Constanze), Mare Trevathan (Aloysia), Michael Kane (Fairy Godmother, Mozart) and Josh Hartwell (Sigmund, King Leopold), to the stage.

Tickets for the final performance of Cinderella at 1 pm on Sunday, May 2 are $9 general admission or $8 for children, students or seniors at MACC at the Robert E. Loup Jewish Community Center (JCC), 350 S. Dahlia St.

ABOUT DENVER CHILDREN'S THEATRE

For performances spanning more than 13 years, the DCT has won kudos galore, including the 2009 Henry Award for Outstanding Children’s Theatre, the Colorado equivalent of a Tony Award. Students at Lincoln Elementary School wrote this praise for DCT: “Thank you for the super, fantastic, excellent, unbelievable play!”

For all related inquiries and ticket purchases call (303) 316-6360 or visit www.maccjcc.org.

August: Osage County A Rare Theatrical Event

AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, by Tracy Letts, is a grand, gripping new play that tells the story of the Westons, a large extended clan that comes together at their rural Oklahoma homestead when the alcoholic patriarch disappears. Forced to confront unspoken truths and astonishing secrets, the family must also contend with Violet (played by Academy Award-winner Estelle Parsons), a pill-popping, deeply unsettled woman at the center of this storm.

AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY is a rare theatrical event - a large-scale work filled with unforgettable characters, a powerful tale told with unflinching honesty.

Winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play, AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY is written by Tracy Letts and directed by Anna D. Shapiro.

The New York Times cheers, "August: Osage County is flat-out, without qualification, the most exciting new American play Broadway has seen in years."

Denver Center Attractions launches the national tour of AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, running July 24 - August 8, at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House. TICKETS ARE LIMITED.

For tickets, visit: www.denvercenter.org
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