Westford Youth : Kids and Teen News (Video)

The Summer School for the Performing Arts (SSPA) performed an informal preview at the Farmer’s Market in the center of Town on Tuesday July 1st. The summer sessions occur in three week intervals with the next session starting on July 14. Tickets for upcoming performances for the Seussical the Musical and Brighton Beach Memoirs are now available. Plays will be performed on July 11 and 12, at 4:00 pm and 7:30 pm during alternating sessions at the Westford Academy. If you are looking for something to do the play is FREE for children 15!

Willy Wonka Jr was presented by the Blanchard-Stony Brook Productions in March 2008. The play is based on Roald Dahl’s Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, this adaptation is a timeless story of the world-famous Willy Wonka and his quest to find an heir for his candy factory.

More than 100 people including Stony Brook student cast and crew members, Westford Academy student volunteers, and parent volunteers have worked hard for several months to pull off what turned out to be a wonderful and well-produced evening at the Stony Brook auditorium.

Long-time Blanchard-Stony Brook Productions director Carol Fisher returned to direct Willy Wonka, after a brief hiatus. Rachel Burns was the show’s choreographer, after a successful run as director/choreographer of Grease last fall at Blanchard Middle School. Dan Rodriguez was the music director for the production. Producers include Laurie DeTolla, Rob Gilgen, Susan Kimball, Katherine Pouliopoulos, Marie Doctor, and Louise Marinilli.

Blanchard-Stony Brook Productions website: www.bsbproductions.org.

Two weeks ago the talented kids from Westford Academy Theater Arts performed a play called Into The Woods. Into The Woods is a musical with lyrics and songs written by Stephen Sondheim and a book written by James Lapine.

Here is what one sixth grader had to say about the performance:

“Into The Woods” is an immensely funny play with a beautiful talented cast. The hilarious show made up from Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Cinderella will make the whole family laugh out loud. It may sound a little young, but it’s a bed time story recommended for the young, the old and everyone in between.

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