Welcome to SMHS Drama's
2011–2012 Mainstage Season!
Fall
SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM
A Musical Entertainment
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
And music by Leonard Bernstein, Mary Rodgers, Richard Rodgers, Jule Styne
October 28 –30, 2011
Performed at the San Mateo Performing Arts Center
Audition Dates: Monday, August 22, 2011, 3:15pm
Stephen Sondheim is the most exciting and innovative composer/lyricist of the modern age of musical theatre. After cutting his teeth working with such legendary talents such as Leonard Bernstein (West Side Story), Jule Styne (Gypsy) and Richard Rodgers, Sondheim created a brilliant array of hits, from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum to Company and Follies, from A Little Night Music to Into the Woods and Sweeney Todd. Join us on a musical journey through the early career of my favorite writer of the modern musical.
Directed by Brad Friedman, Musical and Vocal direction by Matthew Mattei.
Winter
GUYS AND DOLLS
A Musical Fable of Broadway
Based on a Story and Characters of Damon Runyon
Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser
Book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows
January 27 - February 5, 2012
Performed at the Bayside Performing Arts Center
Audition Dates: Monday and Tuesday, October 31 and November 1, 2011, 3:15pm
The winner of the 1952 Tony Award, Guys and Dolls can be found on just about anybody's list of the top musicals of all time. The plot hinges on a bet between two loveable gangsters: Sky Masterson, who must figure out a way to lure Miss Sarah Brown, a demure Salvation Army lass, to Cuba, and Nathan Detroit who wants to find a place to shoot craps almost as much as he wants to avoid marriage to Miss Adelaide, his showgirl fiancée. Filled with a classic score, including "A Bushel and a Peck," "If I Were a Bell" and "I've Never Been in Love Before," Guys and Dolls is a classic for the whole family.
Directed by Brad Friedman, choreographed by Robyn Tribuzi, music by and vocal direction by Til Tribuzi.
Spring
TWELVE ANGRY MEN
By Sherman L. Sergel
Adapted from the television show by Reginald Rose
May 3 - 6, 2012
Performance Venue To Be Announced
Audition Dates: Monday, February 27, 2012, 3:15pm
A young boy's fate hangs in the balance as twelve men and women from different walks of life gather together in a small room to perform their civic duty as jurors. The tension mounts as their discussion of the case gives way to personal prejudices and frailties, until no one can be sure if justice will be done. The play debuted on television in 1954 and was subsequently adapted into a brilliant film by the legendary director Sidney Lumet. We're proud to present this classic drama about the law and human nature.
Directed by Brad Friedman.
