Children's Educational Theatre Benefit - Shrek
When
Occurs on
Wednesday December 2 2020
Approximate running time: 2 hours
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Music by Jeanine Tesori. Book and Lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire. Directed by Robert Salberg.
Children’s Educational Theatre provides an immersive, enriching theatre experience for children of all ages, experiences and backgrounds in the Mid-Valley area. Although CET operates throughout the year, the primary emphasis is on the five- week summer program. Here, students from grades 3 through 12 experience all aspects of the performing and technical arts. Students involved in CET will have the exciting opportunity to participate in a variety of classes that include acting, music, dance, technical theatre, stage combat, improvisation and more. Students enrolled in our performance program will be cast in one of our productions (everyone gets a role) and those enrolled in our technical arts program will be working behind the scenes to make the productions happen; this includes working on lighting, stage management, prop making and more.
Based on the DreamWorks animated movie, Shrek the Musical follows Shrek the Ogre on his journey to evict unwanted fairytale creatures from his swamp. On this quest, he meets the annoyingly chatty Donkey. Once he meets the man who dumped fairytale creatures on his land, Shrek is forced to rescue a princess locked in a tower protected by a dragon. Shrek and Donkey set out on a hilarious fun-filled adventure with a not-your-typical-fairytale ending.
Suitability: This show is suitable for audiences that can handle some explicit language and crude humor.
Children’s Educational Theatre provides an immersive, enriching theatre experience for children of all ages, experiences and backgrounds in the Mid-Valley area. Although CET operates throughout the year, the primary emphasis is on the five- week summer program. Here, students from grades 3 through 12 experience all aspects of the performing and technical arts. Students involved in CET will have the exciting opportunity to participate in a variety of classes that include acting, music, dance, technical theatre, stage combat, improvisation and more. Students enrolled in our performance program will be cast in one of our productions (everyone gets a role) and those enrolled in our technical arts program will be working behind the scenes to make the productions happen; this includes working on lighting, stage management, prop making and more.