A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD, KIDS And DARK OF THE MOON Among Shows Coming TO ArtsWest This August

The following are ArtsWest's Upcoming events.

A Year with Frog and Toad, Kids, August 5-9

Dark of the Moon, August 19-23

In the Gallery: Inspired by Light, July 26 - August 22

Altered Associations, August 25 – October 3

ArtsWest Playhouse and Gallery (4711 California Avenue SW Seattle, WA  98116 - www.artswest.org;(206) 938-0339).

Musical Theater Camp (Ages 8-12)

A Year with Frog and Toad, Kids

August 5-9

Music by Robert Reale

Book and Lyrics by Willie Reale

Based on the Books by Arnold Lobel

Directed and Staged by SuzAnna Wilson and Chris Shea

This enchanting musical follows best friends Frog and Toad on their adventures through four fun-filled seasons. Cheerful Frog and "worry-wart" Toad leap off the page, along with the rest of the animal gang, for kite-flying, sled-racing and cookie-munching. Each amphibian anecdote comes to life with hilarious, heart-warming songs exploring the challenges and rewards of friendship.

Tickets: $12

Conservatory (Ages 12-16):

Dark of the Moon

August 19-23

by HoWard Richardson and William Berney

Directed by Christopher Zinovitch

Musical Direction by Andrew Leonard

Dark of the Moon is a tragic play in the vein of Romeo and Juliet and Twilight, set in the Appalachian Mountains during the 1920s. The play centers around the character of John, a witch boy, who seeks to become human after falling in love with a human girl, the beautiful copper-haired Barbara Allen. John tells a Conjur Woman he will pay any amount and agree to any terms just so long as he can be with his mortal love. She agrees, and he marrys Barbara Allen; if Barbara is faithful to him for a year, then John will remain a human. Meanwhile, the rest of Barbara's clan doesn't much approve of John, or Barbara's strange newborn baby.

Tickets: $12

In the Gallery:

Inspired by Light

Photographic Center NW Faculty group show

July 26 - August 22

Wine and Cheese Artist Reception: August 13, 6-9pm

Altered Associations

Jeff Mihalyo, Lucy Carpenter, Therese Buchmilller

August 25 – October 3

The Gallery launches its 2009-10 season with a show featuring surreal oils on canvas by Jeff Mihalyo, Lucy Carpenter working in reclaimed plastic bags and chicken wire and Therese Buchmilller with minimalist re-creations utilizing various appropriated materials.

Dates, artists and pieces subject to change.

About ArtsWest: ArtsWest produces artistic events so fiercely compelling that they require conversation, improve the imagination, and promote cultural vibrancy as a core value for the communities of West Seattle.  Utilizing a 149-seat, 3/4 thrust theater and visual art gallery, ArtsWest has presented over 400 different performing arts productions and gallery exhibitions to over 200,000 visitors since 1999.

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