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Pushcart Players in HAPPILY EVER AFTER at Santa Clarita PAC

Pushcart
Players, New Jersey’s
acclaimed touring theatre for young audiences presents “Happily Ever After – A Cinderella Tale” at Santa Clarita
Performing Arts Center on Saturday, February 22 at 2:00 pm.



 



This
musical follows Cinderella, a young woman whose kindness changes her dreary
circumstances into remarkable fortune. A less-than-perfect stepfamily, magical
transformations, a missing slipper, and a search by a prince for his true love
illuminate the triumphant story. “Happily
Ever After” is based on a legend first told more than a thousand
years ago in China.
The enduring story’s origins are informed by the universal longing to overcome
adversity. It’s about dreaming dreams and about goodness, generosity and
compassion.

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“It’s
also about things that can help us learn and grow,” notes Ruth Fost, Pushcart
co-founder and playwright / lyricist for the production. “We address the dark
side of bully behavior, the importance of making good choices and being
responsible for those choices.  A moral of
the story is that beauty is a treasure, but graciousness is priceless. Without
it, nothing is possible; with it, one can do anything.”

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The
cast of “Happily Ever After” includes Katie Booze-Mooney, Ariel Nichole,
Jenelle Sosa and Nicholas Sotack. Booze-Mooney worked with American
Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA), the Barrow Group, and LAByrinth Theater
Company while teaching and playwriting. Ms. Nichole has been a Pushcart Player
since 2011 and is a member of Essential Voices USA, most recently singing with
the NY Pops at Carnegie Hall for The Holiday Concert. A Cornell University
graduate, she performs throughout NYC developing new works with The Workshop
Theatre Company.



Jenelle
Sosa is best known to tri-State area audiences through 'Fully Committed,' a
one-person show in which she plays 40 characters. Sosa is also the voice of
Jenkinson's Boardwalk, and Casino Pier & Breakwater Beach
in Seaside Heights. Nicholas Sotack, (a graduate of
AMDA) notably performed in “A Charlie Brown Christmas” with New York Pops at
Carnegie Hall and The Composer Speaks series featuring Sheldon Harnick.
Sotack’s choreography for “Oliver! The Musical” at the Secret Theater LICNY was
nominated for a 2014 New York Innovative Theatre Award for
Outstanding choreography/ movement.



 



Music
for “Hapily Ever After” is by award-winning composer Larry Hochman and his
daughter, Laurie Hochman.  Larry won the
Tony and Drama Desk Awards for his co-orchestration of “The Book of Mormon.” He
also orchestrated “Monty Python’s Spamalot,” “The Addams Family” and “Jane
Eyre” among others.



 



Pushcart
Players is in its 40th anniversary season of presenting productions
filled with fun, facts, magic and wonder. The company has traveled over 2
million miles to serve more than 8 million children and their families
nationally and abroad. All performances come with innovative scenery, complete
lighting and state of the art sound systems, making it adaptable to any
location.



Santa
Clarita PAC is located at College of the Canyons, 26455 Rockwell Canyon Road, Santa
Clarita CA 91355. For tickets call the box office at 661.362.5304 or visit the
web address at http://www3.canyons.edu/Offices/PIO/CanyonsPAC/pushcart.html.
For further information on this or any of Pushcart’s programs and services,
contact Pushcart Players at 973.857.1115 or visit the website at www.pushcartplayers.org. LIKE us on
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