Undergraduate
Playhouse Junior stages the musical "A Year with Frog and Toad" July 3 and July 5
Saint Michael's Playhouse children's theater brings a show direct from Broadway
Contact Information:
Buff Lindau, Public Relations
802.654.2536
blindau@smcvt.edu
Frog and Toad wake up in the spring from a long winter's hibernation and roll into numerous surprising adventures. An actual Broadway musical designed specifically for children's theater, A Year with Frog and Toad, under the direction of Broadway actor/director Marc Tumminelli, will be staged Friday, July 3, at 11 a.m., and Sunday, July 5, at 10 a.m. and 12 noon, in the McCarthy Arts Center at Saint Michael's College. The production is part of the Saint Michael's Playhouse series for young theater goers - Playhouse Junior.
Arnold Lobel's A Year with Frog and Toad follows two great friends, the cheerful and popular Frog and the grumpy Toad, through four seasons. They plant gardens, swim, rake leaves, go sledding and learn lots of wonderful lessons along the way.
Cast of A Year with Frog and Toad
Saint Michael's student Jayden Choquette of Milton, Vt., plays Toad; UVM student Jack Conroy plays Frog; Hannah Whitney, NYU student, plays Bird, Turtle, Squirrel, and Mother Frog; Saint Michael's student Katie Healy of Union City N.J., plays Bird, Mouse, Squirrel, and Young Frog, and Saint Michael's student Nathaniel Beliveau of Essex Junction, plays Bird, Snail, Lizard, Father Frog, and Mole.
"I'm very excited that we got the rights to do this wonderful kids show, an actual Broadway musical for young audiences," Director Marc Tumminelli said. "Coming atop our very popular, great-fun production of Cinderella, and the wonderful popularity we're seeing at Playhouse Junior, I'm delighted to be bringing this terrific show to Vermont." Over 1,000 youngsters attended Playhouse Junior productions last summer.
Director, Marc Tumminelli, owner and director of The Broadway Workshop offering training for young actors in New York, is a leading player in this season's Saint Michael's Playhouse production of "Dames at Sea." He has appeared across the U.S. and at Saint Michael's Playhouse as Eugene in Brighton Beach Memoirs, Biloxi Blues and Broadway Bound, and in numerous other Playhouse productions. He has appeared in New York and regional theaters, and on TV in The Sopranos and in the film A Beautiful Mind directed by Ron Howard, among others shows and films.
All tickets for A Year with Frog and Toad are $9, and can be purchased at the McCarthy Arts Center box office or by phone at 802.654.2281 or online at www.saintmichaelsplayhouse.org. (There is a $2.50 fee per ticket for those bought by phone or on line, but no fee in using the walk-up window.)
Buff Lindau, Public Relations
802.654.2536
blindau@smcvt.edu
Frog and Toad wake up in the spring from a long winter's hibernation and roll into numerous surprising adventures. An actual Broadway musical designed specifically for children's theater, A Year with Frog and Toad, under the direction of Broadway actor/director Marc Tumminelli, will be staged Friday, July 3, at 11 a.m., and Sunday, July 5, at 10 a.m. and 12 noon, in the McCarthy Arts Center at Saint Michael's College. The production is part of the Saint Michael's Playhouse series for young theater goers - Playhouse Junior. Arnold Lobel's A Year with Frog and Toad follows two great friends, the cheerful and popular Frog and the grumpy Toad, through four seasons. They plant gardens, swim, rake leaves, go sledding and learn lots of wonderful lessons along the way.
Cast of A Year with Frog and Toad
Saint Michael's student Jayden Choquette of Milton, Vt., plays Toad; UVM student Jack Conroy plays Frog; Hannah Whitney, NYU student, plays Bird, Turtle, Squirrel, and Mother Frog; Saint Michael's student Katie Healy of Union City N.J., plays Bird, Mouse, Squirrel, and Young Frog, and Saint Michael's student Nathaniel Beliveau of Essex Junction, plays Bird, Snail, Lizard, Father Frog, and Mole.
"I'm very excited that we got the rights to do this wonderful kids show, an actual Broadway musical for young audiences," Director Marc Tumminelli said. "Coming atop our very popular, great-fun production of Cinderella, and the wonderful popularity we're seeing at Playhouse Junior, I'm delighted to be bringing this terrific show to Vermont." Over 1,000 youngsters attended Playhouse Junior productions last summer.
Director, Marc Tumminelli, owner and director of The Broadway Workshop offering training for young actors in New York, is a leading player in this season's Saint Michael's Playhouse production of "Dames at Sea." He has appeared across the U.S. and at Saint Michael's Playhouse as Eugene in Brighton Beach Memoirs, Biloxi Blues and Broadway Bound, and in numerous other Playhouse productions. He has appeared in New York and regional theaters, and on TV in The Sopranos and in the film A Beautiful Mind directed by Ron Howard, among others shows and films.
All tickets for A Year with Frog and Toad are $9, and can be purchased at the McCarthy Arts Center box office or by phone at 802.654.2281 or online at www.saintmichaelsplayhouse.org. (There is a $2.50 fee per ticket for those bought by phone or on line, but no fee in using the walk-up window.)
