OPENING FOR 6 PERFORMANCES TONIGHT! SOCSA PRESENTS THE 2009 SPRING MUSICAL COMEDY ONCE UPON A MATTRESS Buy Your Tickets Online Now! OPENING NIGHT GALA STARTS AT 6pm ON THURSDAY, APRIL 23rd... FREE FOOD & DRINK! A SOCSA Tradition for Opening Night will feature an informal "gala" starting at 6pm in the Mall outside of the Porthole Theater in Dana Hills High School (one hour before the show) ... come and enjoy some free food and drink for all who come early on opening night. SO WHAT'S THIS MUSICAL COMEDY ALL ABOUT? If you thought you knew the story of "The Princess and The Pea", you may be in for a walloping surprise! Did you know, that for instance, that Princess Winnifred actually swam the moat to reach Prince Dauntless the Drab? Or that Lady Larken's love for Sir Harry provided a rather compelling reason that she reach the bridal alter post haste? Or that, in fact, it wasn't the pea at all that caused the princess a sleepless night? Carried on a wave of wonderful songs, by turns hilarious and raucous, romantic and melodic, this rollicking spin on the familiar classic of royal courtship and comeuppance provides for some side-splitting shenanigans. Chances are you'll never look at fairy tales quite the same way again! Read more... CAST OF CHARACTERS FOR ONCE UPON A MATTRESS Minstrel: Michael Groover Princess No 12: Leah Bray Wizard: Geoff Kaufman Lady Larken: Taylor Wahl Queen Aggravaine: Michelle Guidas Prince Dauntless: Seb Arrieta King Sextimus The Silent: Sindre Karavol Jester: Aston Reyes Sir Studley: Alex Sloan Sir Luce: Ryan Vescera 1st Knight: Ramzi Jneid 2nd Knight: J.P. Bryan Lady Rowena: Savannah Barker Lady Merrill: Julie Wickstrom Lady Lucille: Jen Gross Sir Harry: Jeremy Knappe Kitchen Wench: Breanna Rathbun Princess Winnifred: Rachel Rothman Nightingale: Dominique Brillon Page: Sara Standen Knights-in-Waiting: Jonathon Bond, Marco Forte, Gage Greenspan, Sharkey Ihara, Zane Rice and Brandon Truman Ladies-in-Waiting: Sam Bentson, Amber Charton, Kelsey Clifford, Maree Kutcher, Mia McKown, Mary Claire Roman, Alina Vegara-Hegi and Alyssa Wilsey Director: Pattie Sexton Parent Producers: Fairy Knappe and Missy Wahl Stage Manager: Emily Paddock Asst. Stage Manager: Paige Simon, Brittany Witherspoon Technical Designer: Ashley Dunnicliffe Set Designer: Hannah Lawton Sure to be a sell-out... BUY YOUR TICKETS ONLINE TODAY! The next SOCSA Foundation Board meeting is this Monday, May 11, 2009 at 7pm in the Choir Room of Dana Hills High School. All members are welcome and encouraged to attend. We are still seeking SOCSA parents that would like to serve on the 2009-10 SOCSA Foundation Board. If you are interested, please contact me at 949.842.0594. We hope you find our email newsletter interesting and informative. If you have any questions, feel free to call me at 949.842.0594 or send me an eMail... Let us know how you would like to contribute to arts education in your community. Cordially, Alan Wickstrom 2007-09 SOCSA Foundation Board President eMail: president@SOCSArts.org ~ Cell: 949.842.0594 SOCSA Academy and Foundation, South Orange County School of the Arts PO Box 3174, Dana Point, CA 92629-8174 SOCSA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization Web: http://www.SOCSArts.org DONATE TODAY: secure.SOCSArts.org/donation.shtml

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