Press release
Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Jr. will be performed at the Galion Community Theatre on Friday, August 5, 2016 at 7 p.m.; Saturday, August 6, 2016 at 2 p.m. & 7 p.m.; and Sunday, August 7 at 2 p.m.
The 60-minute musical is based on the 2008 Broadway production and the 1989 animated feature film. The cast is made up of local area, youth ages 8-18, with approximately 35 students, and the production is being directed by GCT board members, Eric Palmer and Chesley Talisse, with choreography by Beth Anne Jarvis.
This classic Disney title contains all of the songs from the Academy Award winning animated feature film as well as three new songs from the Broadway show.
The Little Mermaid, Jr. takes place in a magical kingdom beneath the sea, where a beautiful young mermaid named Ariel longs to leave her ocean home to live in the world above. But first, she’ll have to defy her father, the king of the sea, escape the clutches of an evil sea witch, and convince a prince that she’s the girl with the perfect voice.
Tickets are $12 each and can be reserved by calling GCT at 419-468-2662.
The cast is listed below in order of appearance.
Pilot – Dakota Rupert
Sailors – Logan Estep, Gavin Fraser, Craig Geiger
Prince Eric – Drew Owens
Grimsby – Nate Ivy
Sea Creatures and/or Lagoon Animals – Madison Ames, Jillian Capretta, Meggan Cross, Lillian Ebner, Ruth Ebner, Shaylyn Hipsher, Chloe Jutz, Autumn Miller, Sarah Peoples, Allyssa Woodmansee
Seahorse – Simon Shawk
King Triton – Connor Moreton
Sebastian – Logan Gregg
Mersisters/Princesses – Taryn Baldy, Natalie Conkel, Erin Ekin, Brooklyn Gates, Farrah Gregg, Alexis Link
Ariel – Elizabeth Harris
Flounder – Sydney Eckert
Scuttle – Cameron Eckert
Gulls – Wyatt Estep, Carly Kent, Adrianna Ruiz
Ursula – Rachel Jarvis
Flotsam – Brant Walker
Jetsam – Selah Randas
Carlotta – Meggan Cross
Chef Louis – Farrah Gregg
Chefs – Lillian Ebner, Ruth Ebner, Logan Estep, Gavin Fraser, Craig Geiger, Simon Shawk