Theater Latté Da Begins Their 2011-2012 Season

Theater Latte Da begins their 2011-12 season of plays.

Spelling Bee
October 6-30, 2011
Ordway Center, McKnight Theatre

Spelling Bee is the hilarious interactive musical comedy that chronicles the experience of six adolescent overachievers vying for the spelling championship of a lifetime. The show's Tony Award-winning creative team has crafted the unlikeliest of hit musicals about the unlikeliest of heroes: a quirky yet charming cast of outsiders for whom a spelling bee is the one place on earth where they can both stand out and fit in. Featuring Latté Da favorite Tod Petersen as Vice Principal Douglas Panch.

All Is Calm:
The Christmas Truce of 1914
December 15-18, 2011
Pantages Theatre

The Western Front, Christmas, 1914. Out of the violence comes a silence, then a song. A German soldier steps into No Man's Land singing Stille Nacht. Thus begins an extraordinary night of camaraderie, music, peace. Based on a remarkable true story, featuring the highly acclaimed vocal ensemble Cantus.

Beautiful Thing
February 24 - March 20, 2012
The Lab Theater

The working-class inhabitants of a southeast London apartment building get an emotional wake-up call when two teenage boys-next-door neighbors Jamie and Ste-unexpectedly fall in love. This moving drama was a hit on London's West End before becoming the international award-winning film. Jeremy Cohen, the new producing artistic director of the Playwrights' Center, makes his local directing debut with this production, featuring Erin Schwab as the voice of the incredible Mama Cass.

Spring Awakening
April 12 - May 6, 2012
Rarig Center, Stoll Thrust Theatre

Spring Awakening is a dynamic rock adaptation of Frank Wedekind's expressionist play about a group of teenagers coming of age in an uncomprehending world. Banned when the play first premiered in 1891, the contemporary musical is still provocative in its uncompromising gaze at the trials, tears and exhilaration of the teen years. Winner of eight Tony Awards and hailed as the Best Musical of the Year by the New York Times, New York Post, Star Ledger, Journal News, New York Observer and USA Today, Spring Awakening is a celebration of the rebellious imperatives of youth.

From http://latteda.org/: Inspired by the rich canvas of the human experience, Theater Latté Da (TLD) connects artists, audiences, and communities through diverse stories that are intimate, amusing, and enlightening. One of only a handful of theater companies in the country dedicated to innovative musical theater, TLD's passion for a bold approach expands the genre by originating new works, radically reinventing classics from the musical theater canon, and experimenting with unusual forms, musical styles and storytelling techniques. TLD prizes the entire development and creative process and strives to attain the highest levels of artistic achievement.

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