Fauquier Community Theatre  

Brings Disney's Aladdin Jr. to Life

     

Sponsored By St. Stephen's Episcopal Preschool

 

Written by Evelyn Rice

 

Take a magical carpet ride with Fauquier Community Theatre this summer when Princess Jasmine, Genie and Aladdin as you and they embark on an adventure filled with magic and mayhem. The Academy award-winning score includes favorite songs like "A Whole New World," "One Jump Ahead" and "A Friend Like Me." Come discover the lavish journey that awaits your favorite characters.

 

Directors Jeremy Vest and Evelyn Rice began their journey with the cast of Aladdin in February with auditions, but truly they began their adventure over a year ago with planning this delightful Disney musical.  They worked together to share vision, prop ideas, set ideas, production staff, vision for the show and character development.

 

Evelyn has loved the opportunity to work with Jeremy, having known him since elementary school it was a true opportunity to get to know him better. She says he is a "most mature, dedicated, professional co-director. For a 15 year old, he is reliable, sweet and I trust him with anything." Jeremy has enjoyed working with Evelyn because "it makes it easier to have a second opinion." This is Jeremy's first time directing a show and when asked what the challenges have been for him as a first time director he said, "to get his peers to really understand the things he is trying to tell them. It is hard to believe that as a 15 year old that they are taking my ideas & developing them." 

 

Jeremy is a huge fan of the Disney movie "because it brings out the inner child in me." Jeremy has learned that you "have to be patient and let the show develop as it goes on. You have to have a good relationship with the actors for them to understand your instructions." 

 

Michael Golder is playing the title role of Aladdin. He said, "There is a certain joy the character brings him because Aladdin can find hope in desperation." As an actor it has been helpful to Michael to have two directors as they "fulfill different roles, one focuses on the mechanical aspect of the scene and the other the emotions of the scene." Michael would like to add, "this show features a lot of talented young actors that will delight you as much as they have delighted me."

 

Joshua Vest, playing the role of the Genie has to play a very energetic character with tons of energy, enthusiasm and a bit of multiple personalities. This is a role that he very much pulls off with boundless energy. He has had the great honor of being directed by his brother, Jeremy. Joshua says, "at first it was nerve wracking, but then I got used to it. He is supportive of me in this role. He never gave up on me. Working with him means so much to me."

 

The show is being Directed by Jeremy Vest and Evelyn Rice, Produced by Patrick Nye, Music Directed by Evelyn Rice, Choreographed by Courtney Rice and stage managed by Jessica Hagy. Principal roles include Michael Golder as Aladdin, Joshua Vest as the Genie, Susanna Constable as Jasmine, Josh Colliluri as Sultan, Krispin Lawson as Jafar, Joshua Otten as Iago, Matthias Constable as Razoul, The Guards are played by Jeremy Vest, Isaac Ballinger, John Gebhardt, and the narrators are Ali Amado, Mia Amado, Olivia O'Hara, Isabella Cardine and Rebecca Kiser, Olivia Cardine as the Magic Carpet,  Keelin Nye is Abu and Ava Marie Yarbough is Rajah. Ensemble includes Shane Koehr, Kirk Noe, Seamus Koehr, Abby Constable, Ana Perrius, Aurora Perrius, Maura Kate O'Hara, Ella Slevin, Sienna Cardine, Emily Markley, Sherise Aylor, Sarah Spagnolo, Danny Spagnolo, Alicia Dennis, Sierra Aylor, Juliana Cardine and Carolyn Constable.

Disney's Aladdin Jr. will be performed at The Fauquier Community Theatre at 4225 Aiken Drive, Warrenton, VA 20187, located in Vint Hill, on June 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 29 and 30, 2013. Fridays and Saturday performances start at 7:30 and Sunday performances start at 2:00. On June 29 there is both a 2:00 show and a 7:30 Show. Tickets are $12.00 for Adults and $10.00 for Students.  There is a combined Dinner/Show on June 23, 2013 with The Inn at Vint Hill.  Tickets for combined dinner and show are $32.00 for adults and $20.00 for Students. The characters will be at the Inn to visit and meet the patrons. The show is being sponsored by St. Stephen's Episcopal Preschool. Tickets are available online at www.FCTstage.org.

 

So come on down, stop on by, hop on a carpet and fly to FCT to see Aladdin! 

                                                                    

Performance 7pm on Friday, July 19

Kids: Do you dream of standing in the spotlight on opening night listening to the roar of applause from the audience? Then you'll love sharing your dreams with kids just like you who love the performing arts during FCT's Summer Musical Theatre Camp!

Students work together to put on the entire production. They will be leaning choreography and music, backstage techniques, as well as set building, and scenery design. Week intensive includes acting technique, musical theatre, team building, backstage etiquette, musical theatre history, sight reading, acting for the song, theatre history all while building confidence and encouraging self-discovery. Vocally they will explore diaphragm control, enunciation and diction, and breathing. Memorization and home study required.

Maddie moves to a new school and clashes hard with all the different cliques. After a rough first day, Duncan, who happens to the SGA President, takes her under his wing and asks her to sit with him at lunch. Arriving home broken and on the edge of giving up, her mother encourages her to find a club to join to meet new friends. She tries out for cheerleading, the Academic Club, and the Future Farmer's of America... all of which prove to be a HUGE flop. The Art History teacher, Mrs. Preston, encourages her to look for a sign, reminding her that nothing is "Impossible". Later on the afternoon announcements, Maddie, who has always loved singing, hears about the Thespian Society's auditions for Thoroughly Modern Millie and decides to give it one more go. She nails the audition, landing the part, an extra dose of confidence, and approval from the kids at school when she finally shows where her true talents lie.

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Evelyn Rice