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PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: July 30, 2008
Media Contact: Michelle Sanders, Public Relations Manager
(425) 392-1942 x124
[email protected]
www.villagetheatre.org
VILLAGE THEATRE KIDSTAGE SUMMERSTOCK HITS THE
BULL’S-EYE WITH THEIR PRODUCTION OF PETER STONE’S
TONY-AWARD WINNING REVISION OF THE ORIGINAL
CLASSIC, ANNIE GET YOUR GUN
What:
Annie Get Your Gun
Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin
Book by Herbert and Dorothy Fields
Adapted by Peter Stone
Directed and Choreographed by Mo Brady
Musical Direction by Mark Rabe
Where:
Everett Performing Arts Center
2710 Wetmore Avenue
Everett, WA 98201
When:
August 15–24, 2008
Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 PM
Sundays at 2:00 PM
Tickets:
$10-$12 – ON SALE NOW
Box Office: (425) 257-8600 or
www.villagetheatre.org
Everett, Wash. — Village Theatre KIDSTAGE SummerStock produces Annie Get Your Gun,
running August 15–24, 2008 at the Everett Performing Arts Center. Annie Get Your Gun tells the
adventurous story of Annie Oakley, a sharp-shooter who falls in love with her competition,
Frank Butler. This classic musical scores a bull's-eye with Irving Berlin's well-known hit tunes
"Anything You Can Do" and "There's No Business Like Show Business." Audiences of all ages
will laugh and applaud at this Wild West show within a show in Peter Stone's Tony-award
winning 1999 revision of the original 1946 classic.
KIDSTAGE SummerStock is a unique program that allows the participating students to
work directly with a variety of Mainstage professionals by working within the Teen Access
Program (TAP). TAP aligns teens with theatre professionals in performance, production, or
teaching according to their interests through mentorships and internships, and this particular
production boasts seven of these students. Heather Carlyle, KIDSTATE Coordinator in Everett
comments, “It's really neat to see all the skills they are learning that they’ll be able to take back
to their respective schools, and to see the life skills such as time management and collaboration
at work.”
KIDSTAGE SummerStock will produce Peter Stone’s 1999 revision of this production,
which features three Irving Berlin songs that were not included in the Original Broadway
production; “An Old Fashioned Wedding,” “Who Do You Love, I Hope,” and “I'll Share It All.”
Director Mo Brady comments on the revision by saying, “I think the most over arching change is
that the story of Annie Oakley and Frank Butler is now presented as a show-within-a-show.
Actors portraying Buffalo Bill Cody and his troupe of actors, roustabouts, dancers, musicians
will enter an empty theater at each performance. They sing one of the best-known anthems for
theatre ever written "There's No Business Like Show Business" as they build and create the
environment in which they will perform.”
Annie Get Your Gun features 39 young people, grades 5 to 12, in a full-scale musical,
which includes professionally-designed sets, costumes, lights, and sound. Actors are selected
through a highly competitive audition process, and the show is directed, choreographed, and
musically directed by skilled theatre professionals. Brady comments, “Annie Get Your Gun uses
the great American musical to tell one of the greatest love stories in American history, bringing it
brilliantly to life. KIDSTAGE is excited to be one of the first youth theatres in the area to present
the adapted version of this Broadway classic.”
For more information, please contact Michelle Sanders at (425) 392-1942 x124 or at
[email protected]. Photos are available on our website at
http://www.villagetheatre.org/photos_ks-agyg-08.shtml.
About Village Theatre KIDSTAGE:
Designed to encourage teamwork, personal integrity, self-esteem, and a life-long appreciation for live theatre,
KIDSTAGE is a year-round performing arts training program in Issaquah, Everett, and Stanwood for young people
ages 3-20. KIDSTAGE students participate in classes, workshops and full-scale KIDSTAGE productions. All
performances are by KIDSTAGE students and classes are taught by professional theatrical instructors.
About Village Theatre
Village Theatre is a leading producer of musical theatre in the Pacific Northwest. What began in 1979 with the
vision of a small group of dedicated theatre artists has grown into one of the region's best-attended resident theatres,
with over 18,000 subscribers to the current season and 165,000 projected total attendance, performances on seven
stages in the Puget Sound area, youth education programs serving over 53,000 young people, families, and schools
annually, and a nationally recognized program that has enabled the development of over 80 new musicals. Serving
an expanding and diverse community, Village Theatre has experienced phenomenal growth in recent years with the
start of our contract as the resident performing and management company at the Everett Performing Arts Center in
1998.
Mission of Village Theatre:
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To be a regionally recognized and nationally influential center of excellence in family theatre
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To promote a season of top quality productions
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To commission and produce new musicals that achieve national exposure
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To train young people in theatre skills for career opportunities and enriched lives
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To develop a broad based appreciation for live theatre
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To promote positive values through art
KIDSTAGE is made possible, in part, by City of Issaquah, Everett Cultural Commission, Fluke, Kobe
Foundation, Snohomish County Tourism, Tulalip Tribes, US Bancorp, and Washington State Arts
Commission.
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