FOOTLOOSE Closes 8/8 At The Drama Learning Center

Only 4 performances remain of Footloose at DLC Summer Stage. Footloose is being performed at the Drama Learning Center, the home of DLC Summer Stage, through August 8, 2009 (complete remaining schedule is below). One of the most explosive movie musicals in recent memory bursts onto the live stage with an energetic cast of DLC and Red Branch Theatre Company performers. Tickets are selling fast!

Performances
August 6, 7, & 8 at 8 pm
August 8 at 3 pm

Tickets
$15- General Admission
$12- Groups of 10 or more

Reservations Recommended. Please call the box office at 410-997-9352.
For more information visit www.dramalearningcenter.com.

Location
Drama Learning Center
9130-I Red Branch Rd.
Columbia, MD 21045

Footloose is directed by Robin Schwartz, with music direction by Richard Blankman, and choreography by Jason Wiggins.

The cast includes:
Melynda Burdette - Ethel, Betty Blast
Katie Callahan - Eleanor Dunbar
Kevin Cleaver - Coach Dunbar
Paul Ciaravella - Wes/Principal
Jessica Coleman - Ariel
Jeff Davis - Shaw
Nan Kaestner - Vi
Jeff Lewis - Chuck
Ryann Lillis - Wendy Jo
Emily Sutter - Urleen
Kyle Peter VanZandt - Willard
AJ Whittenberger - Ren
Lauren Williams - Rusty

Ensemble - Cameron Cox , Kenzie Delaney, Tyler Delaney, Elliot Halperin Megan Henderson, Paris McGrann, Cody McNeeley, Brady Stevens, and Alexa Welch

Show Synopsis
When Ren and his mother move from Chicago to a small farming town, Ren is prepared for the inevitable adjustment period at his new high school. What he isn't prepared for are the rigorous local laws, including a ban on dancing. The ban is the brainchild of a preacher determined to exercise the control over the town youth that he cannot command in his own home. When the reverend's rebellious daughter sets her cap for Ren, her roughneck boy friend tries to sabotage Ren's reputation, with many of the locals eager to believe the worst about the new kid. To the rockin' rhythm of its Oscar-nominated top 40 score (the soundtrack album reached number one on the Billboard charts and has sold over 15 million copies!) to which new, dynamic songs have been added, FOOTLOOSE celebrates the wisdom of listening to young people, guiding them with a warm heart and an open mind.

Photo 1: From left to right - Elliot Halperin, Brady Stevens, Kyle VanZandt, and A.J.Whittenberger.
Photo 2: From left to right - Kyle VanZandt, A.J.Whittenberger, Brady Stevens, and Elliot Halperin