Event Type : Performance

Saturday March 11, 2023
5pm-5:30pm

MacGuffin Theatre & Film Company
2nd Floor Purple Door
2030 Sansom St., Philadelphia, PA

$6 per ticket, reservations required: https://ci.ovationtix.com/34617/production/1152674

Come see what the students of the Page to Stage class at MacGuffin Theatre & Film Company have been working on:

Jump into the wintry world of Daniel Kirk’s, Snow Family. There is magic in the frosty air one morning, as a little boy discovers a mischievous band of snow children scurrying past his parent’s barn. But when he realizes that the snow children don’t have any snow parents to take care of them, he devises a way to make their snow family complete.

Directed & Choreographed by Jen Jaynes
Music & Book by John Rea
Based on the book by Daniel Kirk

Animals/Humans/Snow parents
Jacob MacGuffin” Adalene Rohlfing
Bo the Bear / Mr. MacGuffin / Papa (Snow Parent) / Doug the Chicken: Chance Terranova
Minny the Crow / Mrs. MacGuffin / Mamma (Snow Parent) / Liv the Cardinal: Julie Anagol

Snow Kids
Skip / Ed: Paige Banks
Reg: Ziggy Aldridge
Flurry: Emmy Hart
Tippy: Ozzie Aldridge
Sarge: Liam Lepore
Holly: Sydney Giacobbe
Freezy: Emma Umlauf
Blizzard: Kiera Leone
Comet: Dylan Onesti
Cool: Jacob Coslett

Why Mosquitos Buzz in People’s Ears
Saturday March 11 at 6pm

$6/ticket – reservations required: https://ci.ovationtix.com/34617/production/1152676

Directed by John Rea
Choreography by Tina Lynch
Musical by John Rea, based on the West African tale, Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears.

Mosquito lies to Iguana, who puts sticks in his ears and ends up frightening a snake, which down a long line causes a panic. In the end, an owlet is inadvertently killed and Owl is too sad to wake Sun until the animals hold court and find out who is responsible.

Pyramus and Thisbe Scene Performance
March 11, 2023 at 7:30pm

$6/ticket – reservations required: https://ci.ovationtix.com/34617/production/1152677

Directed by Liz Fredette

Join the Athenian Mechanicals from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream as they prep and rehearse a play to perform for Duke Theseus and his bride Hippolyta, as well as the Lovers, Hermia & Lysander and Demetrius & Helena, as entertainment for their triple wedding day. It’s a madcap rehearsal process as they rush to make their show performance-ready, especially when they lose their leading actor in the middle of a rehearsal…because a sprite named Puck has given him the head of a donkey! Will they pull it together before the wedding night?

Featuring—
Elijah Teel as Nick Bottom / Pyramus
Meital Frankel as Peter Quince
Maria Perez as Francis Flute / Thisbe
Zoe Palmer as Tom Snout / Wall
Leena Dagli as Robin Starveling / Moonshine
Serena Krouk as Snug / Lion
Navlea Wang as Mechanical / Theseus
Pria Maderer Lipkin as Mechanical / Demetrius
Izzy Silverman as Mechanical / Helena
Kiran Krop as Mechanical / Lysander
Maizy Pizer as Mechanical / Hermia
Directed by Liz Fredette

Join the Athenian Mechanicals from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream as they prep and rehearse a play to perform for Duke Theseus and his bride Hippolyta, as well as the Lovers, Hermia & Lysander and Demetrius & Helena, as entertainment for their triple wedding day. It’s a madcap rehearsal process as they rush to make their show performance-ready, especially when they lose their leading actor in the middle of a rehearsal…because a sprite named Puck has given him the head of a donkey! Will they pull it together before the wedding night?

Featuring—
Elijah Teel as Nick Bottom / Pyramus
Meital Frankel as Peter Quince
Maria Perez as Francis Flute / Thisbe
Zoe Palmer as Tom Snout / Wall
Leena Dagli as Robin Starveling / Moonshine
Serena Krouk as Snug / Lion
Navlea Wang as Mechanical / Theseus
Pria Maderer Lipkin as Mechanical / Demetrius
Izzy Silverman as Mechanical / Helena
Kiran Krop as Mechanical / Lysander
Maizy Pizer as Mechanical / Hermia

Alice in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll
Directed by Liz Fredette

Featuring The Mechanicals Acting Troupe
Alice Allsopp, Isabel Attenberg, Niva Cohen, Ari Eisenstadt,
Mira LeVine, Olivia McKenna, Leonor Pheulpin, Izzy Silverman,
Niamh Williams, and Julie Zesinger.

Saturday, March 18 at 7 PM
Sunday, March 19 at 1 PM

General Admission: $5 per person
Tickets: https://ci.ovationtix.com/34617/production/1150812

Based on Lewis Carroll’s classic book, Alice in Wonderland tells the story of Alice, a young, curious girl who follows a white rabbit down a rabbit hole and into Wonderland. There, she encounters some of the strangest and most peculiar creatures, including the Cheshire Cat and the Mad Hatter. Alice discovers who she is by engaging with the sometimes crazy people and wild situations that life can bring. This comedic adventure is appropriate for all ages.

Alice in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll
Directed by Liz Fredette

Featuring The Mechanicals Acting Troupe
Alice Allsopp, Isabel Attenberg, Niva Cohen, Ari Eisenstadt,
Mira LeVine, Olivia McKenna, Leonor Pheulpin, Izzy Silverman,
Niamh Williams, and Julie Zesinger.

Saturday, March 18 at 7 PM
Sunday, March 19 at 1 PM

General Admission: $5 per person
Tickets: https://ci.ovationtix.com/34617/production/1150812

Based on Lewis Carroll’s classic book, Alice in Wonderland tells the story of Alice, a young, curious girl who follows a white rabbit down a rabbit hole and into Wonderland. There, she encounters some of the strangest and most peculiar creatures, including the Cheshire Cat and the Mad Hatter. Alice discovers who she is by engaging with the sometimes crazy people and wild situations that life can bring. This comedic adventure is appropriate for all ages.