Photo Flash: First Look at Quintessence Theatre Group's HANSEL & GRETEL
Quintessence Theatre Group continues its sixth season of progressive classic theatre with an original stage adaptation of The Brothers Grimm's HANSEL & GRETEL. Last Christmas Quintessence took you down the rabbit hole with Alice. This year, we invite you to join us for a dark tale of ingenuity, survival and love, as Quintessence brings its special brand of imagination theatre for the whole family to the wild world of The Brothers Grimm.
HANSEL & GRETEL opened on Saturday, December 12, and all performances are at the Sedgwick Theater, 7137 Germantown Ave in Mt Airy, Philadelphia, 19119. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast onstage below!
An economic downturn puts an experienced laborer out of work and leaves him, his second wife and their two children in dire straits. Feeling like burdens to their struggling parents, Hansel and Gretel run off in the middle of the night and try to survive on their own. On the verge of abandoning hope, they stumble upon a glorious house made out of gingerbread and are welcomed inside by a wealthy old woman who invites them to live with her. Have their lives been saved, or is the fantasy life they have found not what it seems to be? Complete with original songs by David Cope, this contemporary retelling of Grimm's HANSEL & GRETEL will continue Quintessence's tradition of family classics for the holidays.
To purchase tickets visit QuintessenceTheatre.org or call 215.987.4450.
Photo Credit: Shawn May
Clare O'Malley (as Gretel), Alan Brincks (as Father), Anita Holland (as The Flounder), Robert Stineman (as The Fisherman), Sean Bradley (as Hansel)
(top to bottom) Alan Brincks (as Father), Sean Bradley (as Hansel), Clare O'Malley (as Gretel), Faith Fossett (as Stepmother)
Clare O'Malley (as Gretel), Sean Bradley (as Hansel), Anita Holland (as The Witch)
Clare O'Malley (as Gretel), Sean Bradley (as Hansel), Alan Brincks (as The Snowbird)
