GREEK SPOKEN HERE!!! Poster for Elizabeth Wong's adaptation of the classic PROMETHEUS UNBOUND by Aeschulyus, Denver Center Theatre Academy production.
Four characters only. Perfect for touring.
PROMETHEUS
By Elizabeth Wong
ORIGINALLY COMMISSIONED AND PRODUCED BY DENVER CENTER THEATRE ACADEMY DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS DANIEL RENNER, EDUCATION DIRECTOR LUANNE NUNES DE CHAR, DIRECTOR.
2009 Performances: Milton High School, Milton, VT
Thanks for recently purchasing PROMETHEUS from Playscripts, Inc: Washington High School, Sioux Falls, SD Waller High School, Cypress, TX Mackintosh Academy, Denver, Co Southwest R-V School District, Washburn, Mo
Prometheus
is a modern retelling of the Aeschylus trilogy, "Prometheus Unbound"
for young Audiences, with Greek language and Chorus helping to tell the
story of young Prometheus who creates mankind and must defend his
creation against the wrath of Zeus. Fun audience interaction, and Greek Language spoken. It's a Greek play afterall!!!
Rehearsal photo from the Denver Center Theatre touring production. Fog envelops Prometheus who has been chained to a rock by Zeus for creating and protecting human beings. The craggy mountaintop is created by two bamboo poles and two upended chairs. "I loved the simplicity of this set!!" - Elizabeth Wong
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From the Denver Center Theatre Academy production of GOLOSHES OF FORTUNE. A rehearsal photo of actor Stuart Sanks playing a fairy who finds magical rainboots.
GOLOSHES OF FORTUNE - CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR PRODUCTION - GREENBRIER HIGH SCHOOL, EVANS, GA
GOLOSHES, NOT UGGS!!! -- BREAK A LEG -- MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY, DECATUR, IL -- FEBRUARY 2010 PRODUCTION OF GOLOSHES
Courtesy of Denver Center Theatre for the Performing Arts, Denver Center Theatre Academy. Producer Daniel Renner. Poster design by Karl Hanover and Kyle Malone.
DANISH SPOKEN HERE!!!
CELEBRATING THE WORK OF THE MASTER STORYTELLER
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
GOLOSHES OF FORTUNE
(A COMEDY FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES BASED ON THE CLASSIC FAIRY TALE)
BY
ELIZABETH WONG
A tale of mysterious magical yellow rain boots. Two fairies. The feet of four unsuspecting children. This is a modern-day version of the original fairytale that poses the question, "Do people really know what makes them happy?"
Originally commissioned and produced by Denver Center Theater for the Performing Arts, Denver Center Theatre Academy under the Artistic Director Donovan Marley and Education Director Daniel Renner. Directed by Luanne Nunes de Char. Celebrating the 200th plus anniversary of the great Hans Christian Andersen.
Cast: 4 actors (4-12 possible; 1-9 females; 1-9 males) Set: None. Genre: Comedy. Audience: K thru 6th grades. Special Note: Designed as bell-to-bell touring show. DANISH LANGUAGE SPOKEN!!!!
The Playwright Wishes to Thank the Following for purchasing GOLOSHES from Playscripts, Inc., www.playscripts.com
LEXINGTON CHILDRENS THEATRE, LEXINGTON, KY WALLER HIGH SCHOOL, CYPRESS, TX Frontier Public School, Red Rock, OK University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, La Crosse, WI Milliken University, Decatur, IL Chadron High School, Chadron, NE GREENBRIER HIGH SCHOOL, EVANS, GA NORTHBROOK HIGH SCHOOL, HOUSTON, TX KIMBROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL, MESQUITE, TX James L. Mulcahey Middle School, Taunton, MA The Independent School, Wichita, KS Wylie East High School, Wylie, TX David W. Butler High School, Matthews, NC MOUNDS PARK ACADEMY, EAAN, MN ST. MONICA SCHOOL, SAN FRANCISCO, CA Oak Harbor High School, Perrysburg, OH Maclay, Tallahassee, FL SALEM HIGH SCHOOL, SALEM, VA
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THE PLAY FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE HAPPY PRINCE A New Musical.
Libretto by Elizabeth Wong. Music by Michael Silversher
AVAILABLE FOR WORLD PREMIERE
THE FINALE OF THE PLAY. A JUDAIC CHANT IS HEARD AS SWALLOWS FLY TO EARTH TO ESCORT THE PRINCE TO HEAVEN.
FROM THE WINGS.
THE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE TAKEN BY THE PLAYWRIGHT FROM THE WINGS. A STUDENT PRODUCTION OF THE PLAY FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE HAPPY PRINCE WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, BELLINGHAM, WA.
ORIGINALLY COMMISSIONED BY THE KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, WASHINGTON DC.
A COMPLETELY SUNG-THRU MUSICAL FOR FAMILY AND YOUNG AUDIENCES.
A BEJEWELED STATUE. A PASSING SWALLOW. A CITY IN DISTRESS. HOMELESSNESS. HUNGER. FEAR. WHAT TO DO? DO NOTHING? OR... DO SOMETHING. TOGETHER, BIRD AND STATUE FIND THE ANSWER.
INSPIRED BY "THE HAPPY PRINCE," BY OSCAR WILDE, A SHORT STORY FOR CHILDREN ABOUT POVERTY, CHARITY AND SACRIFICE IN TROUBLED TIMES
MUSIC BY GRAMMY-AWARD WINNING/ACADEMY AWARD-NOMINATED COMPOSER MICHAEL SILVERSHER
A CITYSCAPE. FOG. SETTING THE MOOD FOR THE ENTRY OF HOMELESS PEOPLE (CALLED TRASHPICKERS) WHO LOOK FOR FOOD INSIDE TRASH CANS. THE PRINCE ASKS, "ARE WE OUR BROTHERS' KEEPER?"
Opening song. The mayor of the city extolls the beauty of the statue...a monument to human ingenuity and greatness...a song sung in the gospel style.
"Michael wrote beautiful toetappable music, ranging from gospel to Sufi whirling Dervish meditation, to Middle Eastern rock, to Judaic style chanting, for the soaring finale. Spiritual themes are interwoven in the music, but not in the text or libretto. In the Western Washington University student production, a buddhist mandela was added to visually accentuate the pan spirituality of the play. The book speaks to charity and sacrifice without specific reference to any denomination or particular religious practice. Although Oscar Wilde's original story is clearly Christian. I think Oscar would be smiling at the embrace of all faiths, "
-- Elizabeth Wong, book writer and lyricist.
SNOWFALL. Winter comes. The Swallow and The Prince have given away their possessions in order to help the city. The Prince sings about his loneliness now that The Swallow has left him on her migration. Or has she? Tragedy awaits.
Wong Honored -- Winner of the ATHE/Kennedy Center David Mark Cohen Award
