SFArtsED Celebrates Ten-years of Musical Theater With CAROUSEL 7/19

San Francisco Arts Education Project (SFArtsED) is celebrating its 10th year of the musical theatre troupe for young people with a staged concert adaptation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic musical Carousel, on Monday, July 19 at 8 p.m. at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (50 Oak Street, San Francisco). Tickets for Carousel range in price from $25 - $150 and are on sale now at the City Box Office (401 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco), by phone at 415-392-4400 and on the web at www.cityboxoffice.com (click on San Francisco).

Carousel is a musical by Richard Rodgers (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (book and lyrics) that was adapted from Ferenc Molnár's 1909 play Liliom, transplanting the Budapest setting of Molnár's play to a New England fishing village. Carousel was innovative for its time, being one of the first musicals to contain a tragic plot. Carousel features well known and loved songs including, "If I Loved You ", "June is Bustin' Out All Over," and "You'll Never Walk Alone." Carousel, named the "Best Musical of the 20th Century" by Time Magazine, has had numerous revivals both on Broadway and in London since its original 1945 Broadway performance and has been adapted into a movie and television special.

Carousel is directed by Danny Duncan with musical direction by Conductor Henry Shin. Choreographers for the production include Natalie Greene and Nicola Bosco. SFArtsED Players alumni will join current members of the troupe and students in the organization's performing arts summer camp. The production is in collaboration with the UC Berkeley Summer Symphony, whose 55 members will share the stage with the 60 young performers.

Proceeds from the evening will support scholarships for the SFArtsED summer camps and after school programs for families in need.

About FArtsED
Founded in 1965 (as the Alvarado Arts Workshop) by renowned artist Ruth Asawa, SFArtsED has transformed the lives of children, their families, teachers, artists and volunteers. Programs include SFArtsED Summer camp, In-School Artists-In-Residence, After-School programs, The SFArtsED Players Musical Theater Company, apprentice programs for college and high school students and public visual art exhibits. For more information about SFArtsED, visit www.sfartsed.org or call 415-551-7990.

About The SFArtsED Players
The SFArtsED Players is a musical theater company that reflects San Francisco in all its diversity. Hailing from the neighborhoods of San Francisco, the SFArtsED Players is made up of 30 theater performers who come from SFArtsED's performing arts residencies as well as from the organization's summer arts intensive, called SFArtsED Summer, held each year at School District sites. The young performers are selected for their talent, enthusiasm and commitment for the musical theater form. They work with the directors of the company 10 hours each week, training as "triple threats" (actor/singer/dancers) and rehearsing for their performances. The company performs both original musicals and Broadway classics.