The South Arkansas Arts Center is proud to announce the dynamic directing teams for the two upcoming productions of Once Upon a Mattress – a fun rendition of The Princess and The Pea. The Theatre Committee will host a community production of the full-length musical on October 19th -29th co-directed by Rhett Davis and Hayden Nooner. Along with that, the Arts Academy s Teen Drama Club will present the one-hour youth edition on November 9th and 10th directed by Lynn Gunter with music director Cassie Hickman.
The South Arkansas Arts Center announces the return of The Penguin Project to the stage for another special theatrical production for actors of differing needs and their mentors. On the heels of SAAC Teen Drama Club s production of "Disney Frozen, Jr," The Penguin Project will be performing "Disney Frozen, Kids" on February 10-11, under the direction of Lynn Gunter with Assistant Director Kathy Nielson. Music Director will be Cassie Hickman and Mentor Coordinator will be Karen Hicks. "In the spirit of Anna, It s audition time! It s audition time! After two long years, we are so excited to have the Penguin Project back," exclaimed musical director Cassie Hickman.
A Christmas Carol . A Radio Play will be performed on stage at 7 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Saturday by the South Arkansas Arts Center of El Dorado Drama Club.
The familiar story will be told as a radio drama onstage, complete with sound effects and music cues. A Christmas Carol begins with the storyteller and his friends discussing the tale of the mean and stingy Ebenezer Scrooge. They decide on an opening line, and the storyteller begins, transforming into Scrooge as he speaks.
Throughout, the storyteller remains in the Scrooge characterization, as the other actors narrate in their natural voices and assume new voices and dialects to become every character in the tale.