presents

SHREK – The Musical“What Makes us Special Makes us Strong”

Queen Lillian King Harold and

Little Fiona

Fiona and Shrek

Gingy & Pinocchio

By: Carolyn Corsano Wong

STAGE RIGHT of Texas, resident theatre company at the historic Crighton Theatre in downtown Conroe, presents Shrek – The Musical July 10 – 26, 2015. The show is directed by Tina Cafeo. Based on the Oscar-winning DreamWorks Animation film, Shrek – The Musical is a TONY Award-winning fairy tale adventure featuring all new songs from Jeanine Tesori (Thoroughly Mod-ern Millie, Caroline or Change) and a sidesplitting book by David Lindsay-Abaire. Shrek brings all the beloved characters you know from the film to life on stage, and proves there’s more to the story than meets the ears.

What better message could young people hear than ‘what makes us special makes us strong’? Too often young people feel they don’t fit in if they are different in some way due to size, physical lim-itations, color, ethnicity, religion, etc. While a very funny and light-hearted show, Shrek – The Musical also subtly brings forth a powerful message: we are all different and our differences are what make us strong especially when we all join together for a common good. It’s a good lesson for adults to re-member as well too!

Shrek – The Musical tells the story of an ogre that just wants to be left alone and goes on a quest to rescue a princess to gain the deed to his swamp from the evil vertically challenged Lord Far-

quaad. Along the way he picks up a very talk-ative wise-cracking Donkey. Princess Fiona is a rather feisty lass that competes hilariously with Shrek in breaking wind and belching.

It is this unlikely occasion that the two realize their similarities (which are more than they realize at first) and a romance begins to

The Dragon and Donkey

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blossom. Throw in an amorous Dragon, a cookie with an attitude and a host of fractured fairy tale characters and this twisted fairy tale spins to a hi-larious finish where beauty is truly in the eye of the Ogre. Irreverently fun for the whole family, Shrek proves that beautiful ain’t always pretty!

Location: Crighton Theatre234 N. Main St.Conroe, TX 77301

Performance Dates: July 10 - 26, 2015Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 PMSunday Matinees at 2:00 PMAdded Saturday matinee July 25 at 2 pmUnderstudies will be performing Sunday July 12 and Saturday July 25 at 2 pm.

Ticket InformationTickets are $20 for adults, $18 for Seniors

and $15 for youth 16 and under. Discounts are available to groups of 12 or more. Tickets can be purchased online at www.stage-right.org or by calling the Crighton Theatre box office at 936-441-7469.Cast Info

Director Tina Cafeo has assembled a great big bright beautiful cast to bring this story to the Crighton stage. We have many families involved in this production. A family that plays together stays together. Take a look at the list below and see how many folks are all from the same family.Jeff Baldwin....ShrekScarlett Czarnopis .... FionaRichard Gomez.....DonkeyAdam Isbell...Lord Farquaad Stephen Hill....Papa Shrek and understudy for Shrek Stevie Smith.....understudy for DonkeyLayne Roberts.... Mama Shrek and understudy for FionaSara Marko.....DragonBill Shafer.....Pinocchio Sachi Tanaka.....GingySteve Murphree.....Big Bad WolfRebecca Clarke ....PigAngelie Aggarwal....PigKelly Drath.....PigJamie Blair.....White RabbitCrystal Stampes.....Fairy Godmother and

Lord Farquaad and Thelonious

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understudy for Mama ShrekNicholas Champagne-Aves.....Peter Pan Meaghan Schulz.....Wicked Witch

Jacqueline Flores....Sugar Plum FairyMadeline Navarro.....Ugly Duckling

Adam O’Connor.....Mad HatterSierra Westra.....Red Riding HoodTanya Nero....Mama BearMichael Glass.....Papa BearQuinn Schulz.....Baby Bear

Ana Guirola Ladd.....Humpty DumptyKennedy Rockwell....Alice in

WonderlandJames Pate....Little ShrekDennis O’Connor.....King Har-old/Bishop/Pied PiperJenn Henkel....Queen Lillian/ElfAria Czarnopis.....Little Fiona

Taylor Maresca.....Teen FionaPhil Clarke.....Captain of the GuardsIosua Malaki.....Greeter at DulocCricket Pepper.....Duloc AnnouncerMonique Lott.....one of the Three Blind MiceMonae Lott.....one of the Three Blind MiceMorgan Spann.....one of the Three Blind MiceMichael Wong..... Thelonius Micah Clarke.....DwarfCaleb Glass.....Knight/GuardRyan Failde.....Knight/GuardIosua Malaki.....Knight/Guard

DANCERS: Cricket Pepper, Cossette Czarnopis, Monique Lott, Monae Lott, Morgan Spann, Avery Schulz, Taylor

Maresca, Sadie Blair,

3 Little Pigs

Little Red and Wolf

Papa, Mama and Baby Bear

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