Barbara Durost and Sarah Innerst-Peterson lead a fun, 2-1/2 week workshop for an amazingly imaginative musical.
Sign-ups for this workshop are now closed. Donations to support the workshop can be made online.
When
June 15th – July 1st
- June 15th – 18th, 4pm-6pm – Refectory Stage
- June 22nd – 26th, 4pm-6pm – Louise Roberts Room
- June 29th – July 1st, 4pm-6pm – Refectory Stage
- July 1st Performance, 7pm – Refectory Stage
The workshop concludes with a special live performance for caregivers, family, and friends on Wednesday, July 1 at 7:00 PM.
If you need to miss a day, just let Barbara & Sarah know in advance or reach out through our contact form.
Where
Rehearsals and performance take place at UCC:
233 W. Harrison Ave
Claremont, CA 91711
https://claremontucc.org
A light snack will be provided but participants should remember to bring a water bottle. A water bottle refilling station is available on site.
Synopsis
Monroe wanders into a seemingly abandoned factory and accidentally trips a lever which activates the factory “machinery,” an assembly line of seven actors who create fabulous fables. Then he meets the factory owner, a Mr. Aloysius A. Aesop, who explains that the factory has been idle for over 2,000 years because of a missing part. Mr. Aesop introduces Monroe to the machinery. Among them are Straucy, the Story Starter; Pluto, the Plot Plotter; Wadsworth, the Word Worker; and Gretel, the Grammar Guardian. The factory proceeds to create and enact stories which become official fables when Monroe himself surprises everyone by supplying the morals. Mr. Aesop and the others are ecstatic over their new-found “Moral Maker.” The troupe then performs some of the best of Aesop’s fables. The music is bright and charming and so fun to perform!
2022 Production Gallery
