Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Oregon Shakespeare's INTO THE WOODS, Coming to the Wallis This Winter

Wallis Center for the Performing Arts (aka "The Wallis") presents the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's critically acclaimed production of the Tony Award-winning musical Into the Woods for a limited 24-performance engagement December 2-21, 2014 (gala opening is Wednesday, December 3) at the Bram Goldsmith Theater. Into the Woods, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine, is directed by Amanda Dehnert. Dehnert also serves as the production's musical director, which creates a uniquely visionary and harmonious theatrical experience. Scroll down for a sneak peek at the cast in action!

Into the Woods is a modern twist on the classic Brothers Grimm fairy tales. Beloved storybook characters, including Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack (of beanstalk fame) and the Baker and his Wife take on startling complexity as they discover wishes come with a price. Witches, wolves, giants and mysterious strangers force the heroes to face the music and look past "Happily Ever After."

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, led by world-renowned Artistic Director Bill Rauch, offers this new production, which is a humorous and heartfelt chase through the woods, featuring a 17-member cast and an 18-member orchestra.

The cast features Jeff Skowron as the Baker, Rachael Warren as the Baker's Wife, Miriam A. Laube as the Witch, Miles Fletcher as Jack, Robin Goodrin Nordli as Jack's Mother, Jeremy Peter Johnson as Cinderella's Prince/Voice of the Wolf, Howie Seago as the Wolf, Kjerstine Rose Anderson as Little Red Riding Hood, Jennie Greenberry as Cinderella, Robert Vincent Frank as Cinderella's Father, Catherine E. Coulson as Cinderella's Stepmother/Milky White, Royer Bockus as Rapunzel, John Tufts as Rapunzel's Prince, Mauro Hantman as the Steward, Katie Bradley as Florina/Sleeping Beauty and Christiana Clark as Lucinda/Snow White.

This fairy-tale world features costumes by Linda Roethke, set by Rachel Hauck, lighting by Jane Cox, sound by Joshua Horvath, associate music direction by Matt Goodrich, fight direction by U. Jonathan Toppo, voice and text direction by David Carey and Rebecca Clark Carey, projection design by Omar Ramos, original casting by Joy Dickson, and is conducted by Martin Majkut.

Subscriptions and single tickets are available at www.thewallis.org or by calling 310-746-4000 or in person at The Wallis Ticket Services located at 9390 N. Santa Monica Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Photo Credit: T. Charles Erickson

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