Missoula Children's Theater Returns To Poway 3/16- 3/21

The Poway Center for the Performing Arts Foundation welcomes back audience favorite the Missoula Children's Theatre for its tenth annual residency in Poway. The world-renown touring theatre company, which casts local children in its shows and conducts theater seminars at area schools, will be in Poway March 16 - 21 to produce the children's musical Princess and the Pea.
Auditions for Princess and the Pea will be held Monday, March 16th at 4pm at the Poway Center for the Performing Arts, 15498 Espola Road in Poway. Children grades K-12 are invited to audition, and no experience is necessary. Approximately 50 children will be selected to spend the week working with theater professionals to prepare the show. Children will get a taste of the exciting behind-the-scenes world of producing a fully staged musical culminating in two performances for the public. This one-week, intensive theatre experience is presented free of charge by the PCPA Foundation as part of its "Arts in Education" program.

The completed productions of Princess and the Pea will be staged at the Poway Center for the Performing Arts, Saturday, March 21st at 3 and 7 pm. Tickets are available to the public; $17 for adults, $5 for youth 18 and under, and can be purchased by calling (858) 748-0505 or visiting www.PowayArts.org.

The Missoula Children's Theatre International Tour Project is the largest touring children's theatre program in the U.S. Two actor-directors will travel to Poway with a complete set, costumes, props and makeup to spend a week teaching children acting, voice, movement, directing and other theatre skills. For more on the Missoula Children's Theatre, see the

Auditions At-a-Glance:

This is a group audition that begins at 4 pm sharp. Latecomers will not be admitted!
Audition are Monday, March 16th from 4 - 6 pm at the PCPA, 15498 Espola Rd., Poway
Children cast will be asked to stay until 8 pm on March 16th.
Open to children K - 12 FREE OF CHARGE
Children must be available 4 - 8:30 pm March 3 - 8, 2008
No resume, head shots, prepared songs or monologs required
Children will be cast for acting, singing and dancing
No RSVP required
For more information call 858.668.4798 or visit www.powayarts.org

Arts in Education: The Missoula Children's Theatre's Princess and the Pea is presented as part of the PCPA Foundation's Arts in Education program. The Arts in Education program is underwritten by generous grants from The Betsy Dam Endowment for Arts Education and the Theodore & Elizabeth Schmidt Foundation. Past Arts in Education projects have included master classes with Broadway legend Ken Page and chamber music superstars, the Ahn Trio as well as assemblies lead by members of the San Diego Symphony. For more information on the POW! Foundation's Arts in Education program, visit www.PowayArts.org.

About the Poway Center for the Performing Arts Foundation: The Poway Center for the Performing Arts Foundation functions through a special partnership with the City of Poway and the Poway Unified School District. The Foundation is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors and advised by a Business Council that reads like a "Who's Who" of Inland North County civic leaders. The Foundation offers a variety of professional performing arts events including concerts, dance performances, theater productions; and a children's theatre series which includes workshops and study guides. Visit our website at www.PowayArts.org.

The 2008-2009 Professional Performance Season is made possible by City of Poway, Suzanne and Mike Kropf, San Diego National Bank, Jane & Tim McCarthy, Betsy Dam Fund for Arts in Education, Theodore & Elizabeth Schmidt Foundation, McCarthy-Goldsmith Theatre Fund, National Endowment for the Arts, National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts, Ford Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, JP Morgan Chase Foundation, The Parker Foundation, MetLife Foundation, County of San Diego, Sempra Energy, Penny & Harold Dokmo, Pentair Electronic Packaging Foundation, Mandell Weiss Charitable Trust, Samuel I & John Henry Fox Foundation, Pratt Memorial Fund, Sosin-Stratton Pettit Foundation, Carol and Bill Stensrud Family Foundation, Rancho Financial, Winton Larson LLP, Wells Fargo Foundation, Replica, Grins 2 Go, KSDS Jazz88, North County Times, ER Management, US Bank, CITI-Smith Barney, Marriott Courtyard and Anonymous.

 

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