WHITE AS SNOW, RED AS BLOOD Plays Main Street Theater, Now thru 5/12

Fourteen students of Main Street Theater's Education Department explore the darker side of the Snow White tale in White as Snow, Red as Blood by V. Glasgow Koste. There are 3 public performances: tonight and Saturday, May 10 and 11, at 7:30pm, and Sunday, May 12 at 3:30pm. Performances are at Main Street Theater - Chelsea Market, located at 4617 Montrose Blvd. For tickets, call 713-524-6706 or log on to mainstreettheater.com. All tickets are $5.00.

Think you know the story of Snow White? Think again. As told by the ghost of Snow White's mother, this version is haunting and elemental. As Snow White grows to adulthood, she encounters not just the poisoned apple and the king's son she will love, but the evil Queen's divided self and temptation in many forms. (And the dwarfs? Forget Dopey and Sneezy. The Seven Brothers in this play are ageless immortals with marvelous powers.)

The cast is comprised of 14 Houston-area students ages 12 - 18 and includes Roberto Blas, Katy Bryd, Lenore Craig, Dorothy Davis, Georgia Hutto-Friman, Emily Hwu, Keowee McNiel, Orel Meir, Rhyan Miller, Betty Pitta-Lima, Elizabeth Robinson, Benjamin Russell, Stella Trout, and Marshall White.

Professional artists direct and design all MST Rehearsal &Performance class productions. Jonathan Gonzalez is the Director. Lauren Evans is the Assistant Director. Macy Perrone is the Costume Designer, and Rodney Walsworth is the Set and Properties designer. Susannah Eig is the Production Assitant.

Now in its 25th season, MST's Education Department Main Street Theater offers students a performing arts playground where professional theater artists serve as mentors. With an emphasis on creativity and collaboration, we provide hands-on opportunities for students to make an original contribution in all aspects of play production. In support of Main Street Theater's mission, Main Street's Education Department provides a significant resource in the community for education in theater and classical theater for kids, families and educators. Through year-round classes, outreach programs, and camps both on-site and at satellite locations, students develop their voices, bodies, and imaginations in a challenging and fun curriculum, taught by professional artists and arts educators.

Main Street Theater's education programs offer a wide range of classes for students of all skill levels, including individual audition coaching sessions, movement and dance classes, filmmaking classes, high school workshops, and a Summer Performing Arts Camp. The Rehearsal and Performance system includes classes for students at two levels: those who are ready to audition for plays for the public and those who want to hone their skills by producing a play in a "lab" context for family and friends. Classes range from $175 - $500; camps range from $50 - $530. For more information or to register for classes and camps, call 713-524-9196 x 104 or 103 or log on to mainstreettheater.com.

Main Street Theater was founded in 1975. The organization produces plays at two locations, 2540 Times Boulevard in Rice Village and 4617 Montrose Boulevard at Chelsea Market. Our MainStage is in its 38th season and its 13th season operating under an Actors' Equity Association union contract. The MainStage features new works (including numerous world and regional premieres), rediscovered classics, passionate revivals, works by female playwrights, and neglected musicals in the intimate setting of our Rice Village location. Our Theater for Youth is Houston's most-attended theater for young audiences, serving over 130,000 children and families from the greater Houston area in school performances, weekend family matinees and tours to schools and community centers across the state of Texas. Plays are selected based on literature children are reading at home or at school. Our Education Department offers students a performing arts playground where professional theater artists serve as mentors. In support of Main Street Theater's mission, our Education Department provides a significant resource in the community for education in theater and classical theater for children, families and educators and provides classes and camps (on and off-site) as well as programs in residential treatment facilities for Harris County youth.

Main Street Theater is a founding member of the Fresh Arts Coalition, which recently merged with Spacetaker here in Houston, a founding member of Houston Arts Partners, and a constituent of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national service organization for not-for-profit theaters. Main Street Theater is also a member of Actors' Equity Association and of Theatre for Young Audiences/USA (formerly ASSITEJ), the world theatre network of theatre for children and young people. Main Street Theater is funded in part by grants from the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance, and the Texas Commission on the Arts.
Main Street Theater is funded in part by grants from the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance and the Texas Commission on the Arts.

Pictured: Snow White (Emily Hwu) and Queen Evilun (Elizabeth Robinson). Photo Credit: Kaitlyn Walker.

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