Arts are Elementary is pleased to announce that this Saturday, August 23rd there will be a showing of the musical Robin Hood at Crooker Theater, Brunswick High School, at 3 p.m. Directed by Joe Godburn and Paul Lewis of the Missoula Children’s Theater, this show will be the culmination of a week of hard work by the cast of 47 Brunswick elementary school students. Suggested donation at the door for tickets is $10/adult and $5/child. All proceeds will benefit Arts Are Elementary.
Playing the title character, Robin Hood, is Matthew Green. Other featured performers include Helen Hornor as Maid Marion, Emma Banks as Marion’s Maid, Liam Gray as the Sheriff of Nottingham and Sean Lyne as Prince John. The Merry Band is made up of Margaret Chingos, Emma Burt, Lily Hatrick, Julia Barron, Audrey Pantaz, and Cecilia Corey. Hannah Leitzell, Adeline Dolley, Helen Maher, Maggie Bateman, Hannah Wilkoff, and Fiona Edmonds will play the Guards. Appearing as the Aristocrats are Julian Lewis, Elise Mackey, Charlie Austin, Ellis Noetzel, Gabe Tower, and Lydia Blood; William Dolley and Alex Arnold will play the Horsemen and Chelsea Dodge, Corinna Hahn, Ava Gould, Owen Leitzell, Emily Wallace, Wes Haynes, and Bess Pantaz make up the Foresters. Eleanor Gilman, Isabel Leitzell, Molly Bennett, Simone Wiley, Evie Hatrick, Samantha Butts, Rowan Gray, Will Dodge, Dylan Dolley, Brianna Dodge, Reva Shende, and Peter Wilkoff will perform the roles of the Skunks. Maggie Johnson, Blake Austin and Ollie Bateman have served as Assistant Directors throughout the week.
The Missoula Children’s Theatre (MCT), the nation’s largest touring children’s theatre, has been touring extensively for more than 40 years now from Montana to Japan, and will visit nearly 1,200 communities this year with up to 44 teams of Tour Actor/Directors. A tour team arrives in a given town with a set, lights, costumes, props and make-up, everything it takes to put on a play…except the cast. The team holds an open audition and casts up to 60 local students to perform in the production. The show is rehearsed throughout the week and two public performances are presented on Saturday. All MCT shows are original adaptations of classic children’s stories and fairytales . . . a twist on the classic stories that you know and love. Creativity, social skills, goal achievement, communication skills and self-esteem are all characteristics that are attained through the participation in this unique, educational project. MCT’s mission is the development of lifeskills in children through participation in the performing arts.
Arts Are Elementary was able to bring MCT to Brunswick through the help of the little pond gallery on Orrs Island and the Nathaniel Davis Fund. Since 1980 Arts Are Elementary has been bringing visual artists, writers and performers into the Brunswick elementary schools for in-depth artist residencies. Arts Are Elementary offers classroom experiences to students and teachers, connecting each visiting professional artists’ program to that the Brunswick School Department curriculum for that grade. In 35 years Arts Are Elementary has served more than 37,000 kids in grades K- 5; offered scores of free concerts; and provided creative projects for families and community members.
For more information please contact Kristi Hatrick at (207) 725-1232 or aaedirector@gmail.com, visit our website at http://www.artsareelementary.org, or like us on Facebook.
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