Just sent out by Rachel at ArtsWest:

ArtsWest 2009 Summer Theater Program

SWEENEY TODD the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, July 15-25
A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD, Kids, August 5-9
DARK OF THE MOON, August 19-23

Where: ArtsWest Playhouse and Gallery
4711 California Avenue SW

www.artswest.org
Box Office: (206) 938-0339

Students at ArtsWest learn how to sing, dance, act – and a lot more. All performances are open to the public. Come enjoy the high level of excellence achieved by students in these nationally recognized programs!

Apprenticeship Program (ages 16-21):

SWEENEY TODD
the Demon Barber of Fleet Street

July 15-25

Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by Hugh Wheeler
Based on the play by Christopher Bond

Directed by Christopher Zinovitch and Nick DeSantis
Musical Direction by Jessica Skerritt and Dane Stokenger

SWEENEY TODD is Sondheim’s award-winning musical thriller about a man, unjustly deported, who vows revenge with devastating consequences. Mrs. Lovett is Sweeney’s amorous accomplice (and creator of the infamous meat pies), as his diabolical plan brings them ever closer to the judge who destroyed his life and family, and their own bloody fate.

Tickets: only $15

Musical Theater Camp (Ages 8-12):

A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD, Kids
August 5-9

Music by Robert Reale
Book and Lyrics by Willie Reale
Based on the Books by Arnold Lobel

Directed and Staged by Suzanna Wilson and Chris Shea

This enchanting musical follows best friends Frog and Toad on their adventures through four fun-filled seasons. Cheerful Frog and “worry-wart” Toad leap off the page, along with the rest of the animal gang, for kite-flying, sled-racing and cookie-munching. Each amphibian anecdote comes to life with hilarious, heart-warming songs exploring the challenges and rewards of friendship.

Tickets: $12

Conservatory (Ages 12-16):

DARK OF THE MOON

August 19-23
by Howard Richardson and William Berney

Directed by Christopher Zinovitch
Musical Direction by Andrew Leonard

DARK OF THE MOON is a tragic play in the vein of Romeo and Juliet and Twilight, set in the Appalachian Mountains during the 1920s. The play centers around the character of John, a witch boy, who seeks to become human after falling in love with a human girl, the beautiful copper-haired Barbara Allen. John tells a Conjur Woman he will pay any amount and agree to any terms just so long as he can be with his mortal love. She agrees, and he marrys Barbara Allen; if Barbara is faithful to him for a year, then John will remain a human. Meanwhile, the rest of Barbara’s clan doesn’t much approve of John, or Barbara’s strange newborn baby.

Tickets: $12

Sponsored in part by: Nucor Steel Seattle and The West Seattle Garden Tour