Casa Manana to Stage SANTA CLAUS Musical Part of 2016-17 Children's Season

Casa Mañana Theatre presents Santa Claus - A New Musical, sponsored by Macy's as part of the 2016-2017 Children's Theatre season. Tickets are on sale now.

Delivering toys to children all over the world on Christmas Eve isn't easy, especially when you've been doing it for over a thousand years! When Santa announces that this will be his last Christmas, the search is on for someone to fill some very big shoes - or in this case, boots. Now it's up to Father Christmas and his workshop of elves to get the new Santa Claus ready in time for Christmas! Santa Claus - A New Musical has brand new original songs and lots of holiday cheer.

Santa Claus - A New Musical was developed by Casa Mañana's Director of Education, Noah Putterman with music and lyrics by David Christensen and Luke Holloway. Christensen and Holloway are both New York City-based writers with performance backgrounds. They are currently working on a new work titled Cookies, which is featured in this year's New York Musical Festival. Mr. Putterman will also direct Santa Claus. Michael Midlin will choreograph. Mr. Mindlin is currently the Dance Captain of Disney's Aladdin on Broadway and has extensive credits including Mamma Mia, Bring It On and 9 to 5. He has taught musical theatre and dance master classes extensively throughout the country. Andre Cerullo will serve as Music Director. Mr. Cerullo recently finished the national tour of Pippin as Associate Music Director.

DFW professionals Greg Dulcie and Deborah Brown star as "Santa Claus" and "Mrs. Claus." Zak Reynolds, Alyssa Gardner, Laura Wetsel and Julie Rhodes all return to the Casa stage as Santa's elves. Other cast members include: James Chandler, Josie Dawn, Madeline Jayne Yarbrough, Sarah Youngblood, Lauren Magee, Caroline Kellam, MJ Martinez, Ryleigh Jochens, Stephen Newton, Sydney Dotson, Bailey Poe, Amaya Adams, Gabi Roller, Camryn Wright, Grace Moore, Ally Ramsey, Javier Casanova Aguirre, David Charles Postlewate, Devan N. Wenger, Theodore Morris, Nicholas Reed, Madilyn Perry, Madeline Ayala, Ava Garcia, Brooklyn Roberson, Maddox Rogers, Katherine Pfeffer, Patrick Bilbow, Paloma Cepeda, and Lila Dildy.

Additional creative team members include Samuel Rushen as lighting designer, Bob Lavalee as scenic designer, Kyle McCord as Sound Designer, Tammy Spencer as costume designer and Catherine Petty-Rogers as hair, wig and make-up designer.

Ticket prices range from $16 to $37 and can be purchased by calling Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000 or by visiting www.casamanana.org. Tickets are also available at the Casa Mañana Theatre box office, 3101 West Lancaster Avenue in Fort Worth.

Performance dates and times are as follows: Friday, November 25 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., Saturday, November 26 at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m., Sunday, November 27 at 2 p.m. and 5 p.m., Friday, December 2 at 7 p.m., Saturday, December 3 at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m., Sunday, December 4 at 2 p.m. and 5 p.m., Friday, December 9 at 7 p.m., Saturday, December 10 at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m., and Sunday, December 11 at 2 p.m. and 5 p.m., Friday,

December 16 at 7 p.m., Saturday, December 17 at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m., and Sunday, December 18 at 2 p.m. and 5 p.m., Tuesday, December 20 at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m., Wednesday, December 21 at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m., and Thursday, December 22 at 3 p.m. and 7 p. m. and Friday, December 23 at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.

Casa Mañana Theatre has been bringing professional Broadway and Children's Theatre to Fort Worth for more than 50 years. As a performing arts organization, Casa Mañana strives to create, nurture and advance live professional theatre unparalleled in artistic excellence for the enrichment and education of its diverse community and its future generations of artists and patrons. Casa Mañana's Broadway and Children's Theatre productions are seen by nearly 200,000 people annually and over 160,000 school children attend its Children's Theatre productions each year. Learn more at www.casamanana.org.

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