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Once on This Island
Book by Lynn Ahrens
Music by Stephen Flaherty
Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
Based on My Love, My Love by Rosa Guy
This highly original and theatrical Caribbeanadaptation of the popular fairy tale "The Little Mermaid" garnered eight Tony nominations for its Broadway run, including Best Musical, Book and Score. In almost non-stop song and dance, the show tells the story of Ti Moune, a peasant girl who rescues and falls in love with Daniel, a wealthy boy from the other side of her island. When Daniel is returned to his people, the fantastical gods who rule the island guide Ti Moune on a quest to test the strength of her love against the powerful forces of prejudice, hatred and death.
June 28 - July 17, 2010
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Disney's High School Musical 2
On Stage!
Book by David Simpatico
Songs by Matthew Gerrard and Robbie Nevil and David N. Lawrence and Faye Greenberg and Randy Petersen and Kevin Quinn and Jamie Houston and Andy Dodd and Adam Watts and Bryan Louiselle
Music Adapted, Arranged, and Produced by Bryan Louiselle
Based on the Disney Channel Original Movie written by Peter Barsocchini
The gang's all here for an action-packed summer extravaganza as Troy, Gabriella and the rest of the Wildcats finish junior year and blast onto the summer scene. At the Lava Springs Country Club, Sharpay reigns supreme while the Wildcats get to work - literally! Keeping every ounce of the light-hearted fun that makes High School Musical a household name, this buoyant sequel takes on the questions of real kids facing the realities of the adult world. Friendships are tested, summer romances go haywire, and the meaning of success is redefined.
July 19 - August 7, 2010
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Pinocchio
Music and Lyrics by Kevin Connors
Book
by Deborah Levy
Adapted from "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi
MTC's own original adaptation follows the mischievous
adventures of Pinocchio, an animated marionette,
and his poor father, a woodcarver named Gepetto.
The MTC version
will capture the magic of the original tale
while adding a few contemporary twists to
keep the story fresh with today's audiences.
August 2 - 21, 2010
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Musical Theatre/Acting and Scene Study Workshop
Taught by Mary Jo Duffy
Two Weeks:
July 26 - August 6
Mondays - Fridays, 10am - 3pm
at Wilton Playshop on Lover's Lane in Wilton
For students entering 7th-10th grade
Tuition: $500
Parents are required to provide a bagged lunch for their child each day.
Workshop students will learn basic acting technique through a series of theatre games and improvisations, integrating elements of scene study such as physical action, scene analysis, character study and development. Each day will begin with a group warm-up, improvisational exercises, and theatre games. As the workshop progresses, students will then be assigned scenes from selected classical and contemporary works, where they will learn how to build a character working with one to two partners on a specific scene.
In addition to acting work, students will also develop skills in musical theatre techniques, including vocal production and basic dance movement; and all will participate in fully-staged group musical numbers from the classic American Musical Theatre.
The culmination of this workshop will be a “scene night” where students will present their work, musical as well as dramatic scenes, for an audience of family and friends on the last night of the workshop.
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Mary
Jo Duffy (Faculty)
performed on and off Broadway
before moving to Newtown, CT with her husband
Daniel, daughter A’ine, and four labrador
retrievers. Mary Jo began her formal vocal training
with Metropolitan Opera singer Mimi Lerner in
Pittsburgh, PA, then went on to study with Lorenzo
Malfatti and Margaret Ross at Chatham College
as a Minna Kaufmann Ruud voice scholar. Mary
Jo continued her vocal training after college
with Beatrice Krebs at Carnegie-Mellon University
before moving to New York City where she studied
extensively with Tony McDowell. Mary Jo played
Liberty in Tom O’Horgan’s Senator
Joe on Broadway, Magnolia in the National
and European tours of Showboat and has
spent years working in regional theatres across
the country, as well as industrial trade shows
and television commercials. Favorite roles include
Shelby in Steel Magnolias, Maria in West
Side Story, Julie in Carousel and
Laurey in Oklahoma. Mary Jo has worked
with film director David Lynch at BAM and has
performed as a soloist in several Columbia Artists
Concert tours across the country. Ms. Duffy
has been directing the musicals at the Fraser-Woods
School in Newtown for the past four years as
well as guest directing in some of the local
public schools. Mary Jo teaches musical theatre,
drama, and private voice in Newtown, CT, and
has been on the MTC vocal faculty since 2003.
Member AEA, SAG.
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