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GRETEL

&HANSEL

GRETEL AND HANSEL - a new twist on an old tail, is a full-length family musical. This lively entertainment, in the English pantomime tradition, features 18 songs and with styles ranging from rap to musical theatre to Kurt Weill. Carmen Monoxide, a witch with culinary ambition, loves children--fried. With the help of their housecat Tom and the Glamourpusses as well as Bearly Civil and the Crowation Cawrus, Gretel and Hansel thwart the evil Carmen and learn a valuable lesson about the nature of true happiness.

Papa's Surprise -
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Purrfect -
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The Glitterbox -
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Cattin Around -
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Call Me Bad Names -
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Stay Kitten Stay -
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The Joy of Cooking Hansel -
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Show Essentials

Gretel

Hansel  

Papa    

Carmen  Monoxide/ Ivana B. Sveet

Tom Cat    

Kitten Kaboodle        

Glamourpusses (Moxie, Princess , Magic, Eekamouse, Shadow, Sweetie Pie)

The Crowation Cawrus (Russell Crow, Cawdor, Cawliflower, Cawstic)

Bearly Civil (a bear)


 

Orchestration- a small band of 4- piano/conductor, bass, percussion and reeds (flute/alto sax-1 player)

 

Once again, Shakespeare Santa Cruz proves that children’s theater doesn’t have to be so cloying it gives your brain cavities, that wit and intelligence are irresistible ingredients at any age

 

-Karen d’Souza, San Jose Mercury News

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