PAC Family Players Presents: Once Upon a Mattress

Friday, May 16 and Saturday, May 17 at 7:00pm Framingham Civic League Theatre 214 Concord Street (The Civic League Theatre is Handicapped Accessible) Advance tickets: $12 for adults, $10 for youth and seniors (Youth are up to age 18; seniors are 65 and up.) All tickets $2 more at the door This program is funded, in part, by the Massachusetts Cultural Council through the Framingham Cultural Council.

To purchase tickets now, select the appropriate combination below and click on "Buy Now".
For combinations not listed here please call the PAC office at 508-875-5554.

$12.00 - 1 Adult Ticket for "Mattress" $24.00 - 2 Adult Tickets for "Mattress" $10.00 - 1 Youth/Senior Ticket for "Mattress" $20.00 - 2 Youth/Senior Tickets for "Mattress" $34.00 - 2 Adult & 1 Youth/Senior Ticket for "Mattress" $44.00 - 2 Adult & 2 Youth/Senior Tickets for "Mattress"

“Once Upon a Mattress” is the “true” version of the folktale “The Princess and the Pea.” Young Prince Dauntless the Drab wants to be married, but his mother, Queen Aggravain, doesn't want to let him go. Not only that, but no one else in the kingdom can get married until the prince does. Meanwhile, the King is mute because of a spell which states he will not speak “until the mouse devours the hawk.” All seems lost until Sir Harry goes to the swamps to find Princess Winnifred the Woebegone, who swims the moat and announces her arrival in song. Written by Mary Rodgers and Marshall Barer, the original Broadway cast starred an unknown Carol Burnett as Princess Winnifred.

The cast consists of thirty-six children in grades 3-8, from Framingham, Natick, Medway and Needham (see list, below). They have been working hard to learn the dances, songs, and scenes for this delightful family show. “They’re a terrific cast,” says PAC drama director Betty Lehrman. “They have picked up everything so fast, we’ve been able to give them more and more details about their characters, the dances and the songs.”

Kathrine Waters, a private vocal coach and member of the faculty at Algonquin High School, serves as Music Director for the show, and Colleen Biron, a Boston Conservatory-trained dancer, handles the choreography. The live pit band will be led by PAC Music Coordinator, pianist Joshua Del Dotto. Alison Schwartz, a junior at the Cambridge School of Weston, is assistant director, and a host of parents is involved in building and painting the sets and designing the costumes – truly a community effort.

CAST
Princess Winnifred: Olivia Wiles
Prince Dauntless: Evan O’Connor
Queen Aggravain: Lindsay Ortmeyer
King: Mike Russo
Lady Larken: Katherine Ward
Sir Harry: Evan Wong
Minstrel: Connor Fallon
Jester: Jonathan West
Wizard: Michael Berkson
Lady Lucille: Hannah Cohen
Lady Rowena: Katerina Kounadis
Lady Beatrice (lead dancer): Jillian Schwartz
Sir Harold (lead dancer): Warren Creamer
Princess #12: Sarah Herrman
Ladies and Knights of the Kingdom: Alyssa Berkson, Julie Donnelly, Christine Duby, Katie Grindelin, Tim Long, Josh Lomot, Jamey Miller, Shayna Plotnick, Katie Russo, Hayley Santaflorentina, Jillian Schwartz, Niamh Smithers, Danielle Stein, Carolyn Ten Eyck, Emilie Toth, Amanda Wade, Beth Waters
Children’s Chorus: Anna Badalament, Deryn Gabor, Isabelle Levy, Grace Mack, Maeve O’Leary, Marlee Schulman

First Annual Theater Department Pot-Luck Banquet!
Saturday, May 31, 5:45pm-9pm at PAC

All students in grade 3 and up who have been in a PAC Family Players theater production, PAC theater class, summer or spring theater workshop, and/or the McAuliffe School Drama Club. are invited. Parent volunteers who would like to help at the banquet are invited, too.
If your last name starts with:
A-G: please bring a main dish
H-M: please bring a side dish
N-S: please bring a dessert
T-Z: please bring drinks
NOTE: Please bring enough of the above for 6-8 people.

RSVP by May 21 to pac@pacmetrowest.org.

"Holiday Revelry", December 2007

The PAC Family Players' philosophy is to cast the best participant for the part, and to pick the best part for each participant. Performances are generally held at the Framingham Civic League, 214 Concord Street, one block from PAC.

PAC FAMILY PLAYERS 2007-2008 SEASON
Holiday Revelry With children in grades 3 and up and adults. Performances December 7-9, 2007
Once Upon a Mattress With students in grades 3-8. Performances May 16, & 17, 2008.
Summer Offerings: New for 2008, SIX one-week musical theater workshops beginning June 23! Opportunities for students of all ages, including our annual musical workshop full production for students entering grades 4-9 in the fall. This year's show: GUYS AND DOLLS. Rehearsals begin Aug. 4 - click HERE for registration information.

"King and I" May 2007

PAST PAC FAMILY PLAYERS SHOWS:
High School Musical August 2007
The King & I, May 2007
The Mark Twain Show, March 2007
Holiday Revelry, December 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Schoolhouse Rock Live! Jr., August 2006
Aladdin Jr., May 2006
The Music Man Jr., August 2005
Cinderella Jr., June 2005