Children's Stage |
| Tom Sawyer |
April 2 - May 1, 2011 |
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$12 Adults
$10 Students & Children under 16
plus $1 service charge per ticket |
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Saturday |
April 2 |
10.30am |
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Saturday |
April 2 |
1.00pm |
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Sunday |
April 3 |
1.00pm |
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Saturday |
April 9 |
10.30am |
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Saturday |
April 9 |
1.00pm |
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Sunday |
April 10 |
1.00pm |
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Saturday |
April 16 |
10.30am |
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Saturday |
April 16 |
1.00pm |
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Sunday |
April 17 |
1.00pm |
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Saturday |
April 23 |
10.30am |
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Saturday |
April 30 |
7.30pm |
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Sunday |
May 1 |
1.00pm |
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Join in on the mischief this month as the always-clever, but often-naughty Tom Sawyer (Jimmy Farace) tricks his friends into completing his chores (and paying him for the privilege); skips school to hang with free spirit Huck Finn (Joe Masini), and foils villain Injun Joe’s plot for revenge in this Dave Barton/Matt Bond musical adaptation of Mark Twain’s beloved story, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
Steel Beam Children’s Theatre’s Tom Sawyer - The Musical features all the original’s famous characters and familiar predicaments, aided by eight upbeat, original musical numbers that create the perfect mood for this show, set in late 1800s “St. Petersburg,” Missouri, along the banks of the mighty Mississippi.
SBT’s Tom Sawyer - The Musical opens Saturday, April 2, and runs through Sunday, May 1, 2011. Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for children under 16.
And to celebrate Tom Sawyer - The Musical’s opening weekend, California Pizza Kitchen (CPK), 1202 Commons Drive, Geneva, IL, will donate 20% of your check to Steel Beam Theatre when you dine at CPK on April 2 or 3. Please present the CPK benefit flyer.
Mark Twain, arguably America’s most famous literary icon, spent most of his childhood in Hannibal, Missouri, a growing port city along the Mississippi River. At the age of 13, he went to work as a printer and editorial assistant at his brother’s newspaper and there he developed his love of writing. In 1876, Twain wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, which reflects his own idyllic and carefree youth. About the book and the character Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain said, "Most of the adventures ... really occurred; one or two were experiences of my own, the rest, those of boys who were schoolmates of mine. ... Tom Sawyer is a combination of the characteristics of three boys whom I knew.”
Our cast includes: Elyssa Cruz, Jimmy Farace, Aidan Morris, and Samantha Schultz, all of St. Charles; Marissa Clifford, Tommy Hintz, Julia Rein, Mary Kate Stanfa, Claire Strnad, and Josie Timberlake, all of Geneva; Emily Marron, Glendale Heights; Nicholas Amodeo, Winfield; Lindsey Gallaher, South Elgin; Joshua Harder, Carpentersville; Kathyrn DeJong and Brendan Walsh of West Chicago; Joe Masini, Batavia and Gina Morano of Aurora.
Director Daina Giesler of Oswego has been a member of the Steel Beam Children’s Theatre faculty for eight seasons, serving as director of numerous productions, teaching acting and technique classes, and working as director of the summer theatre camp for five seasons. She is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Oswego Playhouse. Ms. Giesler has an MA from NYU in Educational Theatre and a BA from Columbia College in Dance and Choreography.
Music Director Amy Steele received her BM in Vocal Performance from Indiana University, teaches voice in St. Charles, and has served as Music Director for many SBT Children’s Theatre productions over the past three seasons. Ms. Steele has also performed in several Steel Beam Theatre shows, including Doubt and Wild Goat, and has worked as an actor in Chicago, including at the Drury Lane Water Tower, Metropolis and Noble Fool Theatres.
Steel Beam Children’s Theatre’s motto is “It’s What Happens Off-Stage that Counts” to emphasize Steel Beam’s belief that participation in theatre is not simply about winning a starring role, and that life skills like communication, discipline, teamwork and respect are developed during the rehearsal and performance process.
Steel Beam Theatre offers classes, summer camps, workshops and audition-based theatrical productions for children ages 6-16. Hundreds of area children have started their training in the theatrical arts in Steel Beam’s intimate, non-threatening and nurturing environment, where the student/teacher ratio is always low and each child receives individualized attention. |
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