ARTS CELEBRATES AND STRENGTHENS ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SAN DIEGO
REPERTORY THEATRE IN A CO-PRODUCTION OF A ROCK MUSICAL
The Tony Award-wining stage version of the The
Who¹s Tommy arrives at the Lyceum Theatre July 16 through August 14, 2011
Special Fundraising Gala will benefit the School of
Creative and Performing Arts on July 23, 2011
SAN DIEGO (June 28, 2011) -- Sam Woodhouse, Artistic Director of the San
Diego Repertory Theatre and Mitzi Lizárraga, Principal of the San Diego
School of Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA) have combined educational
and theatre resources for a second year. Tommy will be performed at the
Lyceum Theatre from July 16 through August 14, 2011.
Nine supremely talented SCPA student singers, dancers, and actors‹along
with a seventeen-member orchestra of SCPA student musicians‹will join a
stellar cast of professional actors and singers directed by Woodhouse.
Written by Pete Townshend and Des McAnuff with music and lyrics by Pete
Townshend, Tommy, is the world¹s first rock opera. This production
features B. Slade, a two-time Grammy-Award nominated singer as Tommy.
³This inter-generational mega-hit is the perfect show to open the REP¹s
36th season and to launch our second co-production with SCPA,² said
Woodhouse.
³Last year¹s award-winning production of Hairspray with the San Diego REP
was so successful, we enthusiastically jumped into Tommy, another
production with the REP. Sixty percent of Tommy performers are SCPA
students. Our students are experiencing real world expectations in a
professional theatre environment. I am sure Tommy¹s transformation will
speak to audiences of all ages² said SCPA Principal Lizárraga.
A special Tommy Fundraising Gala will be held in the Lyceum Theater at
Horton Plaza on Saturday, July 23rd beginning at 6 pm followed by a
performance at 8 pm. All proceeds from this event will benefit the San
Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts. The July 23rd fundraiser
includes a reception with appetizers, beverages, desserts, auctioned
items, opportunity drawings and reserved seating to the 8 pm performance of
Tommy.
Tickets for this fundraiser are $45 for students, $55 for general seating,
$65 for Silver Donors, including premium seating and recognition in the
program, and $75 for Gold Donors including premium seating, prominent
signage at the event, and recognition in the program. To obtain tickets,
please visit the REP¹s website at www.sdrep.org <http://www.sdrep.org/> or
call (619) 541-1000.
SCPA is a college preparatory arts-focused San Diego Unified School
District, magnet public school for students in grades 6 through 12 who
have a strong interest, passion and talent in the arts. SCPA alumni are an
extensive and impressive group who have attended UCLA, Juilliard, New York
University Tisch School of the Arts, Boston University, the New England
Conservatory, and numerous other prestigious universities, colleges and
conservatories throughout the United States. SCPA counts five Tony
Award-winners among its alumni along with countless others who are working
professionally in the artistic arena. For more information about SCPA,
please
visit www.scpa.sandi.net <http://www.scpa.sandi.net/>
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Jack Brandais
Communications Department
San Diego Unified School District
(619) 725-5570 (Desk)
(619) 607-0477 (Cell)
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