Education Department Productions 2016
Pippi Longstocking: the Family Musical
Music and Lyrics by Sebastian Adapted for the Stage by Sebastian and Staffan Götestam Based on the Novel by Astrid Lindgren, Translated by Philip Edmonds April 2016 Pippi is the high-spirited, warm hearted incarnation of every child’s dream of freedom and power. Dressed in strange clothes and living with her horse and pet monkey, she possesses supernatural strength and untold wealth. When Pippi is not dancing with burglars who are trying to steal the gold coins given to her by her father (a pirate who is revered as a king by a tribe of South Sea island cannibals), she is at the circus fighting the strongest man in the world or playing tag with policemen. Performed by actors ages 8-12 |
Carrie the Musical
Music by Michael Gore Lyrics by Dean Pitchford Book by Lawrence D. Cohen Based on the novel by Stephen King October 2016 Carrie White is a misfit. At school, she's an outcast who's bullied by the popular crowd, and virtually invisible to everyone else. At home, she's at the mercy of her loving but cruelly over-protective mother. But Carrie's just discovered she's got a special power, and if pushed too far, she's not afraid to use it… Performed by actors ages 13-18 |