The Marsh Presents Marsh Youth Theater’s Mainstage Performance Ensemble in "Ciribiribin”
Written by Lisa Quoresimo & Charles Eurydice Gray and directed by Lisa Quoresimo, the show plays May 9 – 16, 2009. Performances are on Saturday, May 9 at 3:00 pm; Sunday, May 10 at 3:00 pm; Friday May 15 at 7:30 pm and Saturday, May 16 at 2:00 pm.
San Francisco, CA, April 26, 2009 --(PR.com)-- The Marsh Presents Marsh Youth Theater’s Mainstage Performance Ensemble In “Ciribiribin.”
Written by Lisa Quoresimo & Charles Eurydice Gray, directed by Lisa Quoresimo, music direction by Shannon Day, choreography by Elizabeth Mendana, sets by John Ramirez, costumes by Susana Aragòn, Assistant Director, Sonya Smith
Emily Klion, Marsh Youth Theater Creative Director
May 9 – 16, 2009
Performances
Saturday, May 9 at 3:00 pm
Sunday, May 10 at 3:00 pm
Friday May 15 at 7:30 pm
Saturday, May 16 at 2:00 pm
Marsh Youth Theater’s MainStage Performance Ensemble celebrates its eighth season with the world premiere of “Ciribiribin,” a musical about an Italian immigrant family living in California in the early 1940’s. As the U.S.A. gets drawn into World War II, the family’s Italian language and customs are outlawed, and they begin to question the meaning of home. Ciribiribin swings with original songs, incorporating Italian folk melodies and the infectious sounds of the 30’s and 40’s.
“Ciribiribin” (pronounced ‘Cheery Beery Bean,’) was created by the writing team of Lisa Quoresimo and Charles Eurydice Gray. It takes its name from a nineteenth-century Italian song that was popularized in America in the 20’s by Mario Lanza, then reborn as a big band hit by Harry James and Frank Sinatra.
Quoresimo and Gray’s musical, Between Dirt and Sky, inspired by the life of Cesar Chavez, premiered at the Eureka Theater in 2005 and went on to a successful production in San José, through the support of Comcast and History San José. Gray is a career theater professional, working for companies such as San Jose Repertory Theater, Teatro Visión, Court Theatre of Chicago and Pittsburgh Public Theater.
A veteran theatrical director, Lisa Quoresimo is in her fourth season at The Marsh. Her previous Marsh productions include Siddhartha: The Bright Path, and Doña Quixote, co-written with Emily Klion, Myt Director, and Danny Duncan. Quoresimo was the co-founder and artistic director of the Kairos Theatre Company in New York City.
Since its founding in 2001, Myt has grown from a group of ten neighborhood children to a program with 200 citywide participants. It also reaches 400 additional children through an ongoing partnership with local public schools. Throughout that time, it has remained steadfast in purpose, continuing to admit students without regard to theatrical background or ability to pay and maintaining its Mission District outreach. Starting with aerial flying classes for toddlers and including courses in dance, circus and stagecraft, the program is designed to build the children’s theatrical skills from the ground up. The aim is to offer something for everybody in the vast world of multicultural arts, regardless of age, talent or natural aptitude. Earlier this year, its first ever Teen Troupe performed “Fears Of Your Life,” based on the book by Michael Bernard Loggins, and directed by Kim Epifano, to great applause.
Myt Director Klion has had an illustrious career as a children’s musical theater producer, composer and musical director. She studied theater at Oberlin College under Bill Irwin, and received her BA and MA degrees from Mills College in music composition, studying with such luminaries as Terry Riley, Lou Harrison and Indian singer Pandit Pran Nath. She received a Thomas Watson Fellowship for a year-long study of raga in North India. For twenty years, Klion was a certified Orff Schulwerk music specialist at Bay Area schools including Mills College Children’s School and San Francisco Day School where she directed its popular summer theater intensive, Center Stage. Klion received the Bay Area Critic’s Circle Award and the Hollywood Dramalogue Award for her musical score of Tony Pellegrino’s critically acclaimed show, Deer Rose, which received the Will Glickman Playwright Award. In 2006, she received the Rex Foundation’s Jerry Garcia Award for promoting creativity in youth and in 2008 Myt’s production of Jip, His Story was the proud recipient of the American Harmony Award for Musical Theater.
For Calendar Editors
What: Marsh Youth Theater’s MainStage Ensemble in “Ciribiribin”
When: May 9 – 16, 2009
Showtimes: Saturday, May 9 at 3:00 pm
Sunday, May 10 at 3:00 pm
Friday May 15 at 7:30 pm
Saturday, May 16 at 2:00 pm
Where: The Marsh, 1062 Valencia Street between 21st & 22nd Streets
Tickets: $12 General Admission; $6 Student Rate
For tickets, call 800-838-3006 or visit www.themarsh.org
For more information call 415-826-5750 or visit The Marsh website at www.themarsh.org
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Written by Lisa Quoresimo & Charles Eurydice Gray, directed by Lisa Quoresimo, music direction by Shannon Day, choreography by Elizabeth Mendana, sets by John Ramirez, costumes by Susana Aragòn, Assistant Director, Sonya Smith
Emily Klion, Marsh Youth Theater Creative Director
May 9 – 16, 2009
Performances
Saturday, May 9 at 3:00 pm
Sunday, May 10 at 3:00 pm
Friday May 15 at 7:30 pm
Saturday, May 16 at 2:00 pm
Marsh Youth Theater’s MainStage Performance Ensemble celebrates its eighth season with the world premiere of “Ciribiribin,” a musical about an Italian immigrant family living in California in the early 1940’s. As the U.S.A. gets drawn into World War II, the family’s Italian language and customs are outlawed, and they begin to question the meaning of home. Ciribiribin swings with original songs, incorporating Italian folk melodies and the infectious sounds of the 30’s and 40’s.
“Ciribiribin” (pronounced ‘Cheery Beery Bean,’) was created by the writing team of Lisa Quoresimo and Charles Eurydice Gray. It takes its name from a nineteenth-century Italian song that was popularized in America in the 20’s by Mario Lanza, then reborn as a big band hit by Harry James and Frank Sinatra.
Quoresimo and Gray’s musical, Between Dirt and Sky, inspired by the life of Cesar Chavez, premiered at the Eureka Theater in 2005 and went on to a successful production in San José, through the support of Comcast and History San José. Gray is a career theater professional, working for companies such as San Jose Repertory Theater, Teatro Visión, Court Theatre of Chicago and Pittsburgh Public Theater.
A veteran theatrical director, Lisa Quoresimo is in her fourth season at The Marsh. Her previous Marsh productions include Siddhartha: The Bright Path, and Doña Quixote, co-written with Emily Klion, Myt Director, and Danny Duncan. Quoresimo was the co-founder and artistic director of the Kairos Theatre Company in New York City.
Since its founding in 2001, Myt has grown from a group of ten neighborhood children to a program with 200 citywide participants. It also reaches 400 additional children through an ongoing partnership with local public schools. Throughout that time, it has remained steadfast in purpose, continuing to admit students without regard to theatrical background or ability to pay and maintaining its Mission District outreach. Starting with aerial flying classes for toddlers and including courses in dance, circus and stagecraft, the program is designed to build the children’s theatrical skills from the ground up. The aim is to offer something for everybody in the vast world of multicultural arts, regardless of age, talent or natural aptitude. Earlier this year, its first ever Teen Troupe performed “Fears Of Your Life,” based on the book by Michael Bernard Loggins, and directed by Kim Epifano, to great applause.
Myt Director Klion has had an illustrious career as a children’s musical theater producer, composer and musical director. She studied theater at Oberlin College under Bill Irwin, and received her BA and MA degrees from Mills College in music composition, studying with such luminaries as Terry Riley, Lou Harrison and Indian singer Pandit Pran Nath. She received a Thomas Watson Fellowship for a year-long study of raga in North India. For twenty years, Klion was a certified Orff Schulwerk music specialist at Bay Area schools including Mills College Children’s School and San Francisco Day School where she directed its popular summer theater intensive, Center Stage. Klion received the Bay Area Critic’s Circle Award and the Hollywood Dramalogue Award for her musical score of Tony Pellegrino’s critically acclaimed show, Deer Rose, which received the Will Glickman Playwright Award. In 2006, she received the Rex Foundation’s Jerry Garcia Award for promoting creativity in youth and in 2008 Myt’s production of Jip, His Story was the proud recipient of the American Harmony Award for Musical Theater.
For Calendar Editors
What: Marsh Youth Theater’s MainStage Ensemble in “Ciribiribin”
When: May 9 – 16, 2009
Showtimes: Saturday, May 9 at 3:00 pm
Sunday, May 10 at 3:00 pm
Friday May 15 at 7:30 pm
Saturday, May 16 at 2:00 pm
Where: The Marsh, 1062 Valencia Street between 21st & 22nd Streets
Tickets: $12 General Admission; $6 Student Rate
For tickets, call 800-838-3006 or visit www.themarsh.org
For more information call 415-826-5750 or visit The Marsh website at www.themarsh.org
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