[Capdist-announce] Pirates of Penzance July 11-14, 8PM

[Spotlight Players]

Performance Announcement:  The Pirates of Penzance
Show dates July 11-14 at 8 pm
Spotlight Players Community Theater, 
Columbia High School, 92 Luther Road, East Greenbush, NY, 12061
Tickets:  $10.00, Group rates available.
Call for more information:  Tickets Number: 330-5190
 
SPECIAL GROUP DISCOUNT: BUY 10 get one free!  
 
Special Spotlight Members Discount: Become a member of Spotlight, and get a buy one get one free coupon for one time use!
 
Spotlight Players Community Theater, of East Greenbush, is delighted to announce the performances of their summer musical spectacle, The Pirates of Penzance, July 11-14, at 8pm, at Columbia High School, 92 Luther Road, East Greenbush, NY, 12061. Much like newer Broadway versions of Sweeney Todd and Company, this show will not have an off-stage orchestra, but will instead feature characters that will play all of the instruments on stage.  The production is co-directed by East Greenbush resident Michael Mensching, director of the sold out The Full Monty at Schenectady Light Opera in 2006, and by playwright Brendan McDermott, a Columbia High School graduate, and the writer-director of Web and Haunted.
 
In the musical, The Pirates of Penzance the young pirate apprentice Frederick is about to be freed from his indentured period.  The honorable Frederick, who was mistakenly apprenticed to the pirates by his partially deaf nursemaid Ruth, has decided to leave the pirate life.  Now a free man, Frederick leaves for the shore.  Frederick, who has never seen a woman besides Ruth, instantly falls in love with Mabel, one of the daughters of Major General Stanley.  Soon though, the pirates arrive, and want to marry the rest of Major General Stanley’s daughters.  Major General Stanley enlists the help of the police to stop the pirates.  Frederick desires to help Major General Stanley and the police to help protect the ladies, but soon he discovers that due to a technicality, he is still bound by duty to remain an apprentice to the pirates.  All is well in the end when it is discovered that the pirates have noble blood and would in fact be suitable husbands for Major General Stanley’s
 daughters.
 
“We have been very fortunate to have some of the most talented musical talent in Capital District join this production,” said Mensching.  “We have some of the best voices you are going to hear on stage, including several members of the Mendelssohn Chorus. And, the fact that some of these actor/singers are the best piano players in the local musical theater community helps.”  The production features several actors/singers/musicians, much like the TONY award winning staging of the recent revivals of Sweeny Todd and Company.   In those productions, the actors actually play the instruments on stage as part of a seamless production that integrates all of the aspects of the musical onstage.  “It is really quite a daring and innovative staging approach, and gives us the opportunity to take a lot of risks,” said McDermott.  “ I think it’s the kind of musical where people can come, on a date, by themselves, as a family and enjoy the kind of British humor that was the basis for Monty
 Python.”
 
Spotlight Players is funded through the auspices of the East Greenbush School District, and provides family entertainment for the entire community.  “This is a family-friendly classic that is sure to entertain and delight all ages.  The affordable price of $10 dollars makes this a very good bargain for live entertainment for a family night out,” said Ferne Dutkin, president of Spotlight.
 
CONTACT: Michael McDermott, 518 669 5414, irishmike518 at yahoo.com
 
Spotlight Players Community Theater, Inc. is the provider of quality community sponsored musical and dramatic productions in East Greenbush.
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