B Street Theatre's Family Series Presents The World Premiere of SNOW WHITE AND ROSE RED

B Street Theatre's Family Series, California's only fully professional, resident theater for children, is pleased to present Snow White and Rose Red, adapted for the stage by David Pierini.

Most of us know the Grimm's Fairy Tale Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. But there is another Snow White in the Grimm's canon. Snow White and Rose Red is a lesser known story by the Brothers Grimm that shares the character's name but very little else. There is a dwarf, but he is not the singing, helpful kind we met in Disney's version of Snow White. In Snow White and Rose Red, he is much more sinister.

In a small cottage in the woods, two bickering sisters live with their father. When their solitude is interrupted by the appearance of a kind bear and an evil dwarf, the sisters must learn to rely on each other as they attempt to understand the riddle behind the mysterious visitors' arrival.

Snow White and Rose Red is the 9th full-length play Mr. Pierini has written for the B Street Family Series. Other shows include Tom Sawyer, The Snow Queen, The Adventures of Pinocchio, Beauty and the Beast and Finding Our Voice; Susan B and the Women's Suffrage Movement. He also collaborated with Buck Busfield on an adaptation of Dickens' A Christmas Carol.

Dave finds writing for young audiences particularly rewarding. "I try to never write down' to the kids. The stories are simple: good versus evil; family; love conquers all, etc. But the feelings and thoughts of the characters are complex. Kids can completely relate to those feelings."

Play: Snow White and Rose Red from the Brothers Grimm.

Playwright: David Pierini

David Pierini began working for the B Street Theatre in 1990. He started as an actor for the B Street Theatre School Tour, then started to write and direct for the tour. David has acted steadily in B Street productions from its inception in 1991. In 2004, B Street Producing Artistic Director Buck Busfield suggested David try to write an adaptation of the beloved children's book, The Boxcar Children. Thus began a long fruitful relationship with the B Street Family Series.

Director: Anthony Poston

Anthony Poston is in his fifth season at the B Street Theatre, after completing a 2009­10 B Street Theatre Directing Internship. He has directed for the B Street Theatre School Tour numerous times. He also co­directed the B Street Family Series production of The Conductor: Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad. Anthony is also a stage manager having worked on some of B Street Theatre's biggest hits. Regional credits include North Shore Music Theatre, Utah Shakespeare Festival and Music Circus.

Cast:

Snow White: Stephanie Althoz - B Street Company member, Stephanie was seen most recently in Elemeno Pea. Other B Street credits include Gift of the Magi; Seminar; RX; Aliens with Extraordinary Skills; The Snow Queen; Extraordinary Things, Through the Eyes of Ann Frank; Cinderella; Junie B. Jones, Jingle Bells, Batman Smells; I Am a Camera; The Almost Perfect Party; Swiss Family Robinson; A Christmas Carol; Crazy Eights Intern Showcase. Stephanie has also been seen at Capital Stage in Reasons to be Pretty,
Erratica and Complete. She has also performed in online videos with Dutchwest, College Humor, and Smosh.

Red Rose: Gina Hughes ­ Gina Hughes is currently an acting intern at B Street Theatre. She recently performed for roughly 23,000 students in 77 schools across the state of California as part of the Mental Health Awareness Tour directed by Greg Alexander. Other credits include Agnes in Agnes of God, Victoria in Victoria Martin: Math Team Queen, CB's Sister in Dog Sees God, Henrietta in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Carrie in the feature thriller, The Owl, and Bobby Pin in the comedic short film, Bobby Pin & The Second Combing. In addition to performing, Gina has also been writing a one­woman show, and is showcasing several of her favorite characters online in a web series filmed and produced by her fiancé.

Actress 1: Elisabeth Nunziato ­ Ms. Nunziato is a founding B Street Theatre Company member, appearing most recently in Detroit. For the B Street Theatre Family Series, she was last seen in The Giver. She recently made her feature film directorial debut with Stolen Moments, an NK Media/Iron Mountain Films production. Elisabeth has been performing on stage, in film, commercially and in voice­over for more than two decades. She has been fortunate enough to work with Academy Award winners Danny Glover, Robin Williams, Forest Whittaker and Robert Duvall. Her commercial work has been featured in award­ winning projects both national and regional. She is partnered with her husband Jason Kuykendall in NK Media, winner of the 2011 National Addy, the world's largest advertising competition.

Actor 1: John Lamb ­ John is a company member of the B Street Theatre. Roles on the B Street stage include Brother Brightbee et al. in The Book of Liz, Brent in While We Were Bowling, Johnny in Juno and the Paycock, Pete/Danny in Almost, Maine, Clyde in Jack Goes Boating, Nicky Giblin in The Seafarer, Donnie in The Foursome and Huey in Italian American Reconciliation. He has acted in the B Street Family Series productions of Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse, The Canterville Ghost, The Boxcar Children, The Princess and the Pauper, Johnny Tremain, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Rumplestilskin, the Swiss Family Robinson, Junie B. Jones, Jingle Bells, Batman Smells and most recently The Three Musketeers. Directing credits include Women Who Steal, The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, Earshot, The Maintenance Man Beauty and the Beast, and The Big Bang.

Scenic Designer: Samantha Reno ­ Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, Sam has designed and painted for the Cincinnati Opera, Children's Theatre of Cincinnati and Town Hall Theatre, among many others. Ms. Reno has taught scenic artistry at the high school level. Her B Street credits include Boom!, Jenny Chow, Love Child, and Hound of the Baskervilles. She earned two bachelor of fine arts degrees from Northern Kentucky University in both set design and graphic design.

Family Series Background

The B Street Theatre's Family Series is California's only fully professional, resident theater for children. Operating under a Theatre for Young Audience agreement with Actors Equity Association, the Family Series' mission is to introduce children to the wonder of professional theater through the production of original plays, and original adaptations of contemporary novels, and classic works of literature. Since its premiere season in 2003, the Family Series has presented over 40 professional plays for approximately 250,000 children and families of the Sacramento region.

More about B Street Theatre: B Street Theatre is a non­profit, professional theatre company producing primarily new work for adults, families and children. The two­theatre playhouse on B Street in Midtown Sacramento is home to the Mainstage Series, B3 Series and Family Series, each created to feature intimate, quality theatre for audiences year­round. Recognized as one of the Nation's top professional theatres, B Street Theatre has produced more than 100 new plays, 60 of which are world, national, West Coast or regional premieres.

B Street Theatre was originally founded in 1986 for the purpose of bringing the excitement of live performance to children through the B Street Theatre School Tour. This educational outreach program serves over 200,000 students in Northern California annually.

Other B Street Theatre programs include the B Street Theatre Family Series and Family Series Student Matinees (for school field trips), the B3 Series, B Street Acting Conservatory and Studio for Young People, and the B Street Theatre Internship program for pre­professional/post­college training.

B Street Theatre has produced over 250 professional productions since 1986. More information at www.bstreettheatre.org.