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CRESCENT CITY LIGHTS YOUTH THEATER PRESENTS
A POCKETFUL OF RHYMES, FRIDAY JULY 12 – SUNDAY JULY 21
Crescent City Lights Youth Theater in partnership with NORDC is proud to open its 20th season of summer musicals performed by all-children casts with A Pocketful of Rhymes, which runs Friday, July 12 - Sunday, July 21.
A Pocketful of Rhymes is the Broadway hit musical from the 80’s starring the world’s first Lady of Rhyme – Mother Goose. The show brings classic nursery rhymes to life from the Little Boy Blue to the Cat and the Fiddle to a high stepping hoe-down Yankee Doodle Dandy. All performances feature a live 4-piece band of New Orleans professional musicians including Jesse Reeks, David Pulphus and Curtis Pierre.
Formed in 1993, Crescent City Lights Youth Theater has instilled a love of performing in thousands of children through over 40 productions. A Pocketful of Rhymes features 14 children from across the Greater New Orleans Area.
The leading role of Mother Goose is performed by Lindsey Reynolds who began with Crescent City Lights Youth Theater at the age of 7 and is now a voice student at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. The lead singers for A Pocketful of Rhymes include: Sean-Michael Bruno, Rachel Bonura, Eli Zitler, Mimi Bernard, Mia Rodriguez and Michael Brown. Ensemble members include: Jillian Bruno, Alexis Alexis, Elise Bourg, Aniya Fields, Imani Gabriel, Luke Harris and Christopher Love .
The NORDC/CCLYT production staff includes Kim Barnard, director/ choreographer (the Disney Imagination Movers’ TV series choreography); Julie Condy, producing director/music director; Katie Schmidt, costumer; Edward R. Cox, scenic designer; and Mark Montalbano, lighting designer. All performances are accompanied by a live band with Jesse Reeks (piano), Curtis Pierre (percussion), Simon Lott (drums) and David Pulphus (bass).
Performance Times: Fridays at 7:30 p.m., Saturdays at 1:00 p.m. and Sundays at 3:00 p.m.
All Crescent City Lights Youth Theater performances are held at the NORD Ty Tracy Theatre on the 1st Floor of Gallier Hall, 545 St. Charles Ave. The theater entrance is on Lafayette Street. Advance tickets are available for $15 at www.crescentcitylights.org.
For more info or for group sales, contact504-598-3800.
Founded in 1993, the Crescent City Lights Youth Theater, a program of Stage to Stage, Inc, a 501c3 nonprofit corporation, is dedicated to providing quality performing arts opportunities for young people, while teaching them the life and job skills necessary for success in any field. A partner organization of the City of New Orleans Recreation Development Commission, the Crescent City Lights Youth Theater was named the Downtown Development District’s 2012 Best Kept Secret and has won numerous regional awards at the Junior Theater Festival in Atlanta. CCLYT is funded in part the City of New Orleans Recreation Development Commission, our current supporters include YOU, our audience, the Joe W. and Dorothy Dorsett Brown Foundation, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation, Foundation for Entertainment, Development and Education, the City of New Orleans, through Community Arts Grants, and by the State of Louisiana through Decentralize
d Arts Funds, both administered by the Arts Council of New Orleans and by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Louisiana State Arts Council, and the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism. Visit www.
crescentcitylights.org, become a fan the Crescent City Lights Youth Theater on Facebook and follow @CCLYouthTheater on Twitter.
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