The Music Man
March 12-15, 2008
Wednesdays-Saturday at 7pm and Saturday, March 15 at 2pm
Produced in arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
Sponsored by Playa Vista Development with support from Sony Pictures Entertainment.

Robert Frost Auditorium
4401 Elenda St. Culver City, CA 90230

$15 General Admission
$10 ASB/Children/Seniors/Faculty

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Synopsis :

Professor" Harold Hill is a con man whose scam is to convince parents he can teach their musically disinclined children to play musical instruments. Taking pre-paid orders for instruments and uniforms with the promise he will form a band, he skips town and moves on to the next one before he's exposed. Arriving in fictional 1912 River City, Iowa, Hill finds his modus operandi compromised when he becomes attracted to a local librarian, Marian Paroo, who recognizes him for the fraud he is.

Nevertheless, she falls in love with the smooth-talking charmer when he draws her self-conscious, lisping brother Winthrop from his shell. When Hill's scheme begins to unravel, he is faced with the choice of escaping yet again or staying with Marian and facing the consequences. He chooses to stay, and is rewarded with unanticipated redemption: uncritical parents marvel and cheer as Hill's newly organized Boy's Band performs, and the characters live happily ever after.

Designers :

Book, Music & Lyrics - Meredith Willson
Director/Musical Director - Tony Spano, Jr.
Vocal Director - Lisa Michel
Choreographer - Julie Carson
Assistant Director - Farhang Pernoon
Set Designer - Will Pellegrini
Lighting Designer - Ian Marsh
Costume Designer - Shannon Kennedy
Stage Manager - Katie Fleeman
ASM - Katie Mills-Orcutt
Producers - Farhang Pernoon and Karol Mora

Performers :

Harold Hill - Max W.
Marian Paroo - Clare S.
Mayor Shinn, Conductor - Michael R.
Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn - Allegra W.
Mrs. Paroo - Sam K.
Marcellus Washburn - Joey G.
Charlie Cowell - Brandon S.
Winthrop Paroo - Samuel P.
Amaryllis - Kacey M.
Jacey Squires, Salesman #4 - Ben K.
Ewart Dunlop, Salesman #2 - Kyle M.
Oliver Hix, Salesman #5 - Conor M.
Olin Britt, Salesman #3 - Brandon B.
Mrs. Squires - Michelle C.
Maud Dunlop - TBA
Alma Hix - Sahara T.
Ethel Toffelmier - Molly S.
Tommy Djilas - Louie C.
Zaneeta Shinn - Dana M.
Ensemble - Gina C., Stephanie F., Corrie J-G, Emily K., Ashley L., Susie M., Kevin M., Madison N., Emma N., Avionne T.