The Pasadena Playhouse (Sheldon Epps, Artistic Director) and Lythgoe Family Productions (LFP) announces John O'Hurley ("Seinfeld," Broadway's Chicago, "Dancing With The Stars," National Tour and Vegas production of Spamalot) as Captain Hook, Chrissie Fit ("Pitch Perfect 2," "Teen Beach Movie") as Tinker Bell, and Parvesh Cheena(NBC's "Outsourced", "A to Z" and "Transformer Rescue Bots.") as Smee in this year's Panto at the Playhouse PETER PAN AND TINKER BELL - A PIRATES CHRISTMAS. Check out a sneak peek below!
Rounding out the cast are two very special and very large dogs. Newfoundland breed brothers Gordon and Bonner will be alternating performances as "Nana," the Darling family's four-legged nanny. Gordon and Bonner are both therapy dogs at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, where they help bring comfort, smiles and support to thousands of patients and families a year as part of the Amerman Family Foundation Dog Therapy Program.
The cast also features previously announced Sabrina Carpenter as "Wendy" ("Girl Meets World", Hollywood Records recording artist), Kevin Quinn as "Peter Pan" ("Bunk'd," Season 12 of "American Idol", "Adventures in Babysitting"), Nikki SooHoo as "Tiger Lily" ("The Lovely Bones," "Bring It On: Fight to the Finish" and "Stick It"), Corey Fogelmanis as "John" ("Girl Meets World"), and August Maturo as "Michael" ("Girl Meets World").
PETER PAN AND TINKER BELL - A PIRATES CHRISTMAS opens December 9, 2015 and plays through January 3, 2016 at The Pasadena Playhouse.
Returning from last year's hugely successful Panto at The Playhouse production of Sleeping Beauty and Her Winter Knight, will be director Bonnie Lythgoe ("So You Think You Can Dance"), choreographer Spencer Liff (Emmy nominee "So You Think You Can Dance") and musical director Michael Orland ("American Idol"). The book is by Kris Lythgoe, scenic and costume design by Lythgoe Family Productions, and the LFP producers include Becky Baeling Lythgoe and Kris Lythgoe.
Tickets are available by calling The Pasadena Playhouse at 626-356-7529, online 24 hours a day atwww.PasadenaPlayhouse.org, or by visiting The Pasadena Playhouse Box Office, Tuesday - Sunday from 12:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. during non-performance dates. On performance dates the Box Office is open Tuesday - Saturday from 12:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. and 12:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. on Sunday.
