Starvox Entertainment to Bring DISENCHANTED! to Toronto This Autumn
Starvox Entertainment has announced the hilarious hit musical, DISENCHANTED! playing at Toronto's Randolph Theatre from October 20th, 2016. Tickets are now on sale at ticketfly.com.
Poisoned apples. Glass slippers. Who needs 'em?! Not Snow White and her posse of disenchanted princesses in the hilarious hit musical that's anything but Grimm. Forget the princesses you thought you knew - the original storybook heroines have come back to life to set the record straight. After multiple sold-out runs in the USA, these royal renegades tossed off their tiaras to bring their hilariously subversive, not-for-the-kiddies musical to you. What you thought about princesses will never be the same!DISENCHANTED! will feature Merritt Crews (Snow White), Madison Hayes-Crook (Cinderella), Daniella Richards (Sleeping Beauty), Miriam Drysdale (The Little Mermaid, Belle, Rapunzel), Ann Paula Bautista (Hua Mulan, Pocahontas, Baldroulbadour) and Cherise Thomas (The Princess Who Kissed the Frog).
The idea for DISENCHANTED! was conceived by Giacino, a former history teacher. When teaching his class about the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia, he couldn't help but wonder: What would the 'real' Pocahontas - a circa 1616, rough-and-tumble 10-year-old Powhatan girl, thought of the fringed deer-pelt miniskirt and long, flowing hair donned by her 20-year-old counterpart in her 1995 movie comeback? A musician at heart, Giacino penned a musical number skewering the 'princess pop culture' that transformed Pocahontas from a revered Native American heroine into a pin-up vixen of the silver screen. Soon, Giacino found himself discovering a number of other princesses who had a bone to pick with the way they have been portrayed, and DISENCHANTED! was born!Performance schedule: October 20-29 - 7:30pm; November 3-6 - 7:30pm. Individual tickets for DISENCHANTED! at The Randolph Theatre range from $29.95-$69.96 and are available at ticketfly.com.
ABOUT THE ARTISTSAnn Paula Bautista (Hua Mulan, Pocahontas, Baldroulbadour)Ann Paula is excited to be reprising her roles in DISENCHANTED! after a successful run at the Broadway Playhouse in Chicago! Born and raised in Toronto, she proud graduate of the Randolph Academy's College Program. Other select credits include: Hair, Next to Normal, RENT, Avenue Q, Shrek the Musical, The Wedding Singer, and Dora the Explorer in Dora's Pirate Adventure. She also had the grand opportunity to sing the national anthems twice at the Rogers Centre for the Blue Jays. Ann Paula is an alumni of Theatre 20's Emerging Arts Ensemble 2013-2014 and currently a resident artist of Carlos Bulosan Theatre.
CHERISE THOMAS (The Princess Who Kissed The Fog)
Cherise is thrilled to be joining the DISENCHATED! cast. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Vocal Performance from Columbia College Chicago (c/o 2013). Chicago credits include: Dreamgirls (Porchlight Music Theater) Sounds So Sweet Jeff Nominated Men of Soul, Dynamite Divas, Plays With A Purpose Series (Black Ensemble Theater), The Eve of Jackie Wilson (Chester Gregory), and The Color Purple (Theater 47) Her mantra: "If you can dream it, you can do it!" #TGBTG
Once upon a time, Daniella moved to the big city of Toronto to become a musical theatre performer. Originally from Kingston, Ontario, Daniella is thrilled to be back playing Sleeping Beauty in her 1st North American tour. After being part of over 30 productions, Most recently, Daniella was a member of the ensemble in The Wedding Singer (Stage West Calgary), Thoroughly Modern Millie (CMTP) and The Player in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Randolph academy). MADISON HAYES-CROOK (Cinderella)
Madison's professional training includes Randolph Academy's Triple Threat Program, Open Jar Institute in NYC, and Broadway Artist's Alliance. Credits: Legally Blonde (Lower Ossington Theatre), Rose's Clothes, Into the Woods (Thousand Island's Playhouse), Lord of the Flies (Annex Theatre). MERRITT CREWS (Snow White)
A Toronto-based actor/singer, Merritt graduated from George Brown Theatre School and holds a BA Honours in Psychology and Drama from Queen's University. She has been a member of the award-winning TYA puppet company Shakey-Shake and Friends for the past six years and is a proud actor/member of the Board of Directors for Queen's Players Toronto. Merritt brought DISENCHANTED! to Chicago in May 2016 as part of the Broadway in Chicago series, after playing Annie/Shelly in Evil Dead: The Musical (Toronto - February 2016, North American tour - Fall 2015). Other favourite theatre credits include Maria in A Fond Husband, Mrs. Bergman in Spring Awakening, Aunt Meme in Saturday, Sunday, Monday (GBTS), Stevie in The Goat or Who Is Sylvia (9Lives Theatre Company), Aldonza in Man of La Mancha, Lucy in Jekyll & Hyde, Hair (Queen's Musical Theatre), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Collective Productions), and Ado Annie in Oklahoma (The Grand Theatre London - HSP).
MIRIAM DRYSDALE (The Little Mermaid, Belle, Rapunzel)
Miriam is a singer, actor, improviser, writer and puppeteer. Miriam studied musical theatre at The Randolph Academy in Toronto and continued her studies at the Second City Training Centre. Recent credits include: Spy School (Mysteriously Yours), Pit Singer in One Night Only: The Greatest Musical Never Written and she is thrilled to reprise her role in DISENCHANTED! after their run at the Broadway Playhouse in Chicago this past spring. Miriam has written and starred in two musicals; Heart Puppetations at the Toronto, Winnipeg and Ottawa Fringe (2015) and The End at the Toronto Fringe (2016) Miriam also performs as a featured singer with popular YouTube band, Across the Board.
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