Theatre Woodstock | 101 Dalmatians & Romeo and Juliet
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This is one of Theatre Woodstock's theatre program for kids in grades 2-5 (First STAGERS), grades 6-9 (Second STAGERS) and Senior Company STAGERS (grades 9-12). Disney's 101 Dalmations Kids/ Romeo and Juliet are two shows for the price of one! The First STAGERS open with Disney's 101 Dalmation Kids and, after the intermission, the Second STAGERS continue with Romeo and Juliet.
About the Plays:
Disney's 101 Dalmatians Kids
Pet owners, Roger and Anita, live happily in London with their Dalmatians, Pongo and Perdita, stalwart dogs devoted to raising their puppies. Everything is quiet until Anita's former classmate, the monstrous Cruella De Vil, plots to steal the puppies for her new fur coat. The Dalmatians rally all the dogs of London for a daring rescue of the puppies from Cruella and her bumbling henchmen.
Romeo and Juliet or The Old 'You-Know-I-Really-Love-You-But-My-Father-Really-Hates-You' Blues
By Nancy Linehan Charles. From William Shakespeare
Teenagers. What are ya gonna do. They fall in love at the drop of a hat—always with the very person Mom and Dad can't stand. And in the case of Romeo Montague and Juliette Capulet, their families have hated one another for as long as anyone can remember. Except …no one actually remembers why. Grownups act that way sometimes, huh. This fast-paced adaptation of Shakespeare's play tracks the star-crossed lovers and their cross-purposed families through the tumbling courtship to its tragic conclusion—storytellers firing off comments about premature marriages and the folly of old men at war. A perfect landscape for boisterous swordfights and gender-bending casting. Girls play boys with pointed reminders to the audience of all-male casting in Elizabethan times. Payback, say the storytellers. The audience is prodded to stop the tragedy at several points, but alas, too late. The conclusion? Violence is a stupid choice so mend your fences before you hit the parking lot.
May 1, 2 at 7pm
May 2, 3 at 2pm