2010 - 2011 Season
Little Shop of Horrors
Book by Howard Ashman | Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by Howard Ashman | Based on film by Roger Corman, screenplay by Charles Griffith
Directed by Dan Stapula
Assistant Director Robyn Cuppett
Music Direction by Lorne Campbell
Choreography by Melissa Dobbs
Two Acts, Musical Comedy, Pop / Rock, Rated PG
A down-and out skid row floral assistant becomes an overnight sensation when he discovers an exotic plant with a mysterious craving for fresh blood. Soon "Audrey II" grows into an ill-tempered, foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore who offers him fame and fortune in exchange for feeding its growing appetite, finally revealing itself to be an alien creature poised for global domination!
One of the longest-running Off-Broadway shows of all time, this affectionate spoof of 1950s sci-fi movies has become a house-hold name, thanks to a highly successful film version and a score by the songwriting team of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, who redefined the animated musical film with Disney's "The Little Mermaid", "Beauty And The Beast" and "Aladdin."
September 10 - 11, 2010
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
A Comedy by Barbara Robinson
Directed by Danilo Stapula and Kathy Rhem
MPAT’s summer production opens to find all of the kids in town love going to church and Sunday school,
if for no other reason than there is NEVER a member of the Herdman family there. It’s the town’s one
safe bastion away from “the WORST kids in town.” You know what kind of kids we’re talkin’ about! The
kids who bite, pinch, kick, curse and smoke cigars! Until the Herdman clan gets wind that they serve
some pretty tasty snacks at Sunday school, coupled with the fact that the usually vigilant director of
the pageant is out of commission with a broken leg, the entire family decides volunteering for the annual Christmas Pageant might just be worth their while. The Herdman family invades and tries to turn the traditional, sweet, and beloved Christmas Pageant into… “The Revenge at Bethlehem,” complete with machine guns and a plot to assassinate King Herod!
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March 25 & 26 and April 1 & 2 2011
