Gateway Center's Youth Theatre Company to Stage Irving Berlin's WHITE CHRISTMAS

Gateway Center for Performing Arts' Youth Theatre Company will open its 2016/2017 Mainstage Season with Irving Berlin's classic White Christmas, performing at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School, 3125 S. Kingshighway Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63139, December 2nd-4th.

Based on the beloved, timeless film, this heartwarming musical adaptation features seventeen Irving Berlin songs and a book by David Ives and Paul Blake. Veterans Bob Wallace and Phil Davis have a successful song-and-dance act after World War II. With romance in mind, the two follow a duo of beautiful singing sisters en route to their Christmas show at a Vermont Lodge, which just happens to be owned by Bob and Phil's former army commander. The dazzling score features well known standards including Blue Skies, I Love A Piano, How Deep Is the Ocean and the perennial favorite, White Christmas.

This production boasts large-scale production value, including 54 cast members Grades 2nd-12th from all over St. Louis, iconic period costumes, show-stopping tap numbers, and four snow machines. If you're looking for your holiday fix, look no further than this production. Director Paul Pagano says, "As always, we're extremely proud of our cast. This story is full of lively music and enormous production numbers. These young actors have worked extremely hard and have grown so much throughout this process...and the fun they're having is evident throughout the unfolding of the story. We hope you will come to share it with us!"

Visit www.gcpastl.org/white-christmas for more information. Tickets are $15 General Admission and can be purchased online at www.gcpastl.org/tickets. Tickets will also be available for purchase at the box office prior to each show.

Gateway Center for Performing Arts is a non-profit organization that seeks to strengthen, enrich, and shape the communities of St. Louis by providing exceptional performing arts exposure, education, and expression. Founded 2013, GCPA has provided musical theatre education and performance opportunities to over 250 children in the St. Louis community. GCPA believes that musical theatre, at its core, is a performance art, and one cannot truly have a complete experience without live performance. The GCPA Youth Theatre Company was created in 2014 to fulfill an important part of GCPA's mission to provide opportunities for ST. Louis youth to express and experience high quality performing arts.