Raye Lynn Mercer News

The Franklin Performing Arts Company is pleased to announce the cast for its original Holiday Musical, Humbug! More than 200 professional and local amateur singers and dancers will participate in FPAC's new adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic, A Christmas Carol which runs for 3 performances December 19 at 2:00 pm and 7:30 and December 20th at 2 pm at the Thomas D. Mercer Auditorium, 224 Oak Street in Franklin.

The Franklin Performing Arts Company (FPAC) box office is now open for The Nutcracker and Humbug! offering two great opportunities to get into the holiday spirit this season. The Nutcracker will be presented for two shows only on Saturday, December 12 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, December 13 at 2:00 p.m. Humbug! will be staged the following weekend for three shows on Saturday, December 19 at 2:00 and 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, December 20 at 2:00 p.m. Both productions will be presented at Franklin's Thomas D. Mercer Auditorium.

The New England Center for the Performing Arts is pleased to announce its 2nd Annual Fall Family Festival on Saturday, October 3rd from 12-4 pm (rain date is Sunday, October 4) at the site of their future new school and presentation facility on1350 West Central Street, Route 140, in Franklin.

The New England Center for the Performing Arts is pleased to announce its 2nd Annual Fall Family Festival on Saturday, October 3rd from 12-4 pm (rain date is Sunday, October 4) at the site of their future new school and presentation facility on1350 West Central Street, Route 140, in Franklin.

The Franklin School for the Performing Arts (FSPA) has announced additions to the faculty in the school's Music and Dance departments. Classes are now underway in FSPA's 25th anniversary season under the direction of founder Raye Lynn Mercer. Since 1985 the school has offered programs for serious study in the arts as well as classes for recreation at 38 Main Street in downtown Franklin.

The Franklin School for the Performing Arts (FSPA) will celebrate the school's silver anniversary in the 2009-2010 season. 'Twenty-five years of excellence in the arts' is the theme for a year-long celebration in recognition of FSPA's history, successes and ambitious plans for the future.

The Franklin School for the Performing Arts (FSPA) is pleased to announce the school's annual summer Musical Theater Audition Intensive to be offered in collaboration with Broadway Artists Alliance (BAA) of New York City, August 15-19.

Many graduates of the Franklin School for the Performing Arts are currently appearing with notable summer stock companies. Nadine Malouf of North Grafton (FSPA '05) is appearing in Rent at the Weston Playhouse in Vermont; Chris LeBeau of Holliston (FSPA '04) is currently featured in Crazy For You at The John W. Engeman Theater at Northport, Meghan Trahan of Franklin (FSPA '04) is performing in Side Show with the Elden Street Players in Herndon, VA, Matt Rickard of Franklin (FSPA '04) is working with the Reagle Players in Waltham, Ma.

The Franklin School for the Performing Arts (FSPA) is pleased to announce the school's annual summer Musical Theater Audition Intensive to be offered in collaboration with Broadway Artists Alliance (BAA) of New York City, August 15-19.

AUGUST 13 & 14 THE FRANKLIN SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS SummerStage 2009 presents the musical The Wiz on Thursday, August 13 and Friday, August 14 at 7:30 pm at the Thomas D. Mercer Auditorium at Horace Mann Middle School, 224 Oak Street, Franklin, MA. Wiz Kidz, a younger version of The Wiz will be presented on Friday, August 14 at 5:00 pm. Visit www.fspaonline.com for details.

AUGUST 13 & 14 THE FRANKLIN SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS SummerStage 2009 presents the musical The Wiz on Thursday, August 13 and Friday, August 14 at 7:30 pm at the Thomas D. Mercer Auditorium at Horace Mann Middle School, 224 Oak Street, Franklin, MA. Wiz Kidz, a younger version of The Wiz will be presented on Friday, August 14 at 5:00 pm. Visit www.fspaonline.com for details.

The Franklin School for the Performing Arts (FSPA) is pleased to announce the school's annual summer Musical Theater Audition Intensive to be offered in collaboration with Broadway Artists Alliance (BAA) of New York City, August 15-19.

The Franklin School for the Performing Arts annual SummerStage musical theater program will begin on July 20 and will culminate with all-student performances of The Wiz on August 13 and 14.

The Franklin School for the Performing Arts annual SummerStage musical theater program will begin on July 20 and will culminate with all-student performances of The Wiz on August 13 and 14.

Electric Youth, a dynamic ensemble of talented singers and dancers backed by an eight piece band of Boston?s Finest musicians will bring its live performance to three local venues in the summer months. Electric Youth performances offer exciting family entertainment with an extensive repertoire of pop, rock and Broadway music staged and choreographed to entertain and delight audiences of all ages.

Unless you have been in Austria, Italy or Slovenia over the course of the last ten or eleven summers, attended the Life is Good festival in Boston, caught EY?S live broadcast on FOX 25 news, or heard one of the groups four professional CDs, you may not be familiar with ?Electric Youth?, a dynamic ensemble of talented young singers and dancers. Trained at FSPA, The School of the New England Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin and backed by an eight piece band of Boston?s finest musicians, Electric Youth will bring their live show to Mechanics Hall in Worcester in an effort to promote and inspire the performing arts among area youth. Electric Youth performances offer exciting family entertainment with an extensive repertoire of pop, rock and Broadway music staged and choreographed to entertain and delight audiences of all ages.