Registration for JPAS Summer Youth Musical Theatre Begins March 1

The Jefferson Performing Arts Society is pleased to announce another summer of Youth Musical Theatre on the East and West banks at the Jefferson Performing Arts Center in Metairie and the Westwego Performing Arts Theatre throughout June and July 2010.

Children and teens are invited to experience the process of putting on a professional musical theatre production, beginning with an audition, rehearsals and culminating in the performance of a musical. Sessions are conducted by seasoned theatre professionals from the New Orleans area and from across the nation.

Registration begins March 1, 2010 at 8am at the JPAS office 1118 Clearview Pkwy Metairie. Registration packets and important information on registration fees, auditions and rehearsals are available for download now at www.jpas.org. Registration is $425 per child. A $100 deposit (subtracted from total tuition fee) is required to reserve your child's space upon registration. As always, space is limited and summer productions fill quickly!

QUESTIONS regarding registration or for more information about the JPAS Youth Musical Theatre Productions, please contact Lynne Lawrence Bordelon at 504-885-2000 ext. 211 or email lynne@jpas.org.

CLICK HERE to download REGISTRATION PACKETS NOW!

FOR KIDS IN 3RD-7TH GRADE

ONCE ON THIS ISLAND (full version- please note, this is not the Junior version)
Book by Lynn Ahrens . Music by Stephen Flaherty . Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens . Based on My Love, My Love by Rosa Guy
This highly original and theatrical Caribbean adaptation of the popular fairy tale "The Little Mermaid" garnered eight Tony nominations for its Broadway run, including Best Musical, Book and Score. In almost non-stop song and dance, the show tells the story of Ti Moune, a peasant girl who rescues and falls in love with Daniel, a wealthy boy from the other side of her island. When Daniel is returned to his people, the fantastical gods who rule the island guide Ti Moune on a quest to test the strength of her love against the powerful forces of prejudice, hatred and death.

ONCE ON THIS ISLAND ~ EAST BANK Session at the Jefferson Performing Arts Center, 400 Phlox Street in Metairie
Directed by Frannie Rosenberg
Session held 9AM-3PM, Monday-Friday June 1-20, 2010
Performances Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30PM, June 17, 18 and 19, and Sunday at 2PM, June 20.

ONCE ON THIS ISLAND ~ WEST BANK Session at the Westwego Performing Arts Theatre, 177 Sala Avenue in Westwego
Directed by Kate Arthurs
Session held 9AM-3PM, Monday-Friday July 5-25, 2010
Performances Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30PM, July 22, 23 and 24, and Sunday at 2PM, July 25.

FOR TEENS IN 8TH-12TH GRADE

INTO THE WOODS (full version- please note, this is not the Junior version)
Book by James Lapine . Music by Stephen Sondheim . Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim . Based on Classic Fairy Tales
An ambivalent Cinderella? A blood-thirsty Little Red Ridinghood? A Prince Charming with a roving eye? A Witch...who raps? They're all among the cockeyed characters in James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim's fractured fairy tale. When a Baker and his Wife learn they've been cursed with childlessness by the Witch next door, they embark on a quest for the special objects required to break the spell, swindling, lying to and stealing from Cinderella, Little Red, Rapunzel and Jack (the one who climbed the beanstalk). Everyone's wish is granted at the end of Act One, but the consequences of their actions return to haunt them later, with disastrous results. What begins a lively irreverent fantasy in the style of "The Princess Bride" becomes a moving lesson about community responsibility and the stories we tell our children.

INTO THE WOODS ~ EAST BANK Session at the Jefferson Performing Arts Center, 400 Phlox Street in Metairie
Directed by Robert Mulholland
Session held 9AM-3PM, Monday-Friday July 5-August 1, 2010
Performances Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30PM, July 29, 30 and 31, and Sunday at 2PM, August 1.

INTO THE WOODS ~ WEST BANK Session at the Westwego Performing Arts Theatre, 177 Sala Avenue in Westwego
Directed by Matias Grau, III
Session held 9AM-3PM, Monday-Friday June 1-27, 2010
Performances Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30PM, June 24, 25 and 26, and Sunday at 2PM, June 27.