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DATE: March 12, 2007
Media Contacts: Jacquelyn Rardin, Public Relations Manager
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www.villagetheatre.org
VILLAGE THEATRE PIED PIPER PRESENTS
JUNIE B. JONES BY THEATREWORKSUSA
What:
Junie B. Jones
Adapted from the Junie B. Jones series of books by Barbara Park
By Marcy Heisler and Zina Goldrich
Produced by TheatreworksUSA
Recommended for grades K-5
Where:
Everett Civic Auditorium
2415 Colby Avenue
Everett, WA 98201
When:
March 25, 2007, 2:00 PM & 4:00 PM
Tickets:
$11-$13
Box Office: (425) 257-8600 or www.villagetheatre.org
"Junie B. Jones deliciously combines polished professionalism with a sweet innocence, and the result
can be spellbinding for both children and those old enough to be called adults. The gifted and very
versatile cast of six infectiously captures the wacky charming wisdom that is kids." — NY1 News
Everett, Wash. — Young readers go nuts for the award-winning Junie B. Jones book series by the
prolific Barbara Park, which follows the adventures of a precocious kindergarten graduate. Not to
disappoint fans, Village Theatre Pied Piper is proud to welcome the return of the TheatreworksUSA
touring musical Junie B. Jones in an expanded version that includes new music. Outspoken lovable
Junie B. Jones stars in this colorful, funny, fast-paced musical about new friends, new glasses, sugar
cookies, the annual kickball tournament, and other various first-grade angst-ridden situations.
Audiences of all ages can join in on the fun as Junie B. writes down the story of her life in her “TopSecret Personal Beeswax Journal.”
Junie B. Jones the musical is based on four volumes in Barbara Park’s Junie B. Jones series of
books, illustrated by Denise Brunkus and published by Random House: Junie B., First Grader (at
Last!); Junie B., Boss of Lunch; Junie B., One-Man Band; and Top-Secret Personal Beeswax: A Journal
by Junie B. (and Me!).
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The 60-minute production is directed by Peter Flynn (performer in Broadway’s The Scarlet
Pimpernel) with choreography by Devanand Janki (Off-Broadway: Zanna Don’t, Cupid & Psyche),
scenic design by Luke Hegel-Cantarella (TheatreworksUSA’s Corduroy), and costumes by Lora
LaVon.
Following a brief New York City-area tour in spring 2004, Junie B. Jones premiered OffBroadway at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in July 2004, and is now one of TheatreworksUSA’s most
popular productions. Junie B. Jones began its national tour in fall 2004, and a second national
touring company began touring in spring 2005.
TheatreworksUSA has a distinguished history of not only providing young audiences with their
first taste of the performing arts, but also giving young actors, writers, directors, and designers an early
opportunity to work in this field. A list of TheatreworksUSA alumni reads like a veritable "who's who" of
theatre: four-time Tony-winning director Jerry Zaks, Robert Jess Roth (Beauty and the Beast), Michael
Mayer (Thoroughly Modern Millie); writers Marta Kauffman and David Crane (TV's "Friends"), Lynn
Ahrens and Steven Flaherty (Ragtime, Once on This Island), Jason Robert Brown (Parade), Larry
O'Keefe (Bat Boy), Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx (Avenue Q); and Tony-winning actors Roger Bart, Chuck
Cooper, and John Glover. Esteemed performers F. Murray Abraham, Henry Winkler, and Judy Kuhn also
got their start with TheatreworksUSA, and other actors have gone on to originate lead roles in such
Broadway shows as Avenue Q, Hairspray, The Producers, Rent, Wicked, Wonderful Town, and many
others.
In addition to the public performances of Junie B. Jones, educational school matinee
performances of Junie B. Jones will also take place at Everett Civic Auditorium (March 26, 2007 at 10:00
AM and noon) and McIntyre Hall (March 27, 2007 at 10:00 AM and noon). School performances are $8
and may be arranged by calling Village Theatre’s Youth Education office at (425) 257-6343.
About TheatreworksUSA
TheatreworksUSA is America's largest and most prolific professional not-for-profit theatre for young and family audiences.
Since 1961, TheatreworksUSA has enlightened, entertained, and instructed over 78 million people in 49 states and Canada. Every
year, TheatreworksUSA tours approximately 16 shows from an ever-growing repertoire of 117 plays and musicals. In addition, it
also has an extensive multi-cultural guest artist roster, including storytellers, puppeteers, poets, and magicians. Under the
direction of Barbara Pasternack (Artistic Director) and Ken Arthur (Managing Director), TheatreworksUSA is also one of the
most honored theatres of our kind. It is the only children's theatre to receive both a Drama Desk and a Lucille Lortel Award. In
addition, TheatreworksUSA was the recipient of a 2001 Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation Award, and in May 2000,
The Actors Fund of American bestowed its Medal of Honor upon its founders, Jay Harnick and Charles Hull. TheatreworksUSA
has a distinguished history of not only providing young audiences with their first taste of the performing arts, but also giving
young actors, writers, directors, and designers an early opportunity to work in this field. TheatreworksUSA's goal is to continue
doing what it has successfully accomplished for more than forty years: giving America's children their first thrilling day at the
theatre!
About Village Theatre Pied Piper
The Pied Piper program is dedicated to enriching the cultural lives of young people and supporting the classroom objectives of
educators by bringing first-class educational performances to students, teachers, and families in the Puget Sound area. A
Programming Advisory Committee, made up of teachers, principals, administrators, and parents advise on the selection of
productions and presentations for each season’s series, with the final selections being made by Village Theatre's educational and
artistic staff.
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About Village Theatre
Based in Issaquah, WA, 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 Equity
theatres, with over 17,000 subscribers to the current season and 200,000 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 70 new musicals. Serving a still-growing,
ever more 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
Village Theatre season sponsors are The Boeing Company, Continental Airlines and Microsoft.
Village Theatre is also funded in part by 4Culture/King County Lodging Tax Revenue, ArtsFund, ArtsUnited, Bellevue Arts
Commission, City of Everett, City of Issaquah, Freixenet/Deakin Estates, Issaquah Arts Commission Lombardi's, The
National Endowment for the Arts, Northwest Suites, The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, PONCHO, The Shubert
Foundation, Snohomish County Hotel/Motel Tax Fund, Standing Ovation, and the Washington State Arts Commission.
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