SummerStock Austin, the award-winning educational theatre company, will be opening its 9th season with the Andrew Lloyd Webber classic, Jesus Christ Superstar, followed by the Broadway dance hit, SWING! (rights pending) SSA's Theatre-for-All production will be The Bremen Town Musicians by Austin's own Allen Robertson.
Jesus Christ Superstar will be directed by SSA's Ginger Morris (The Producers), choreography for the dance spectacular SWING! will be handled by Broadway vet Vincent Sandoval, and creator Allen Robertson (Zach Scott Theatre, The Biscuit Brothers) will stage and music direct his Bremen Town Musicians.
July 25-August 11, 2013
he Long Center for the Performing Arts
Ticket Prices: $10-25
About SummerStock Austin: Since July 2005, college and high school students from across Texas meet to mount several productions with professionals from Austin and around the country in a one-of-a-kind experience. They work as a traditional stock company; each member performs, designs, builds and assists on the various aspects of theatrical productions. Similar programs charge tuition, but Summer Stock Austin offers this experience to all participants virtually free of charge.
The company is led by a host of professionals with experience ranging from Austin to Broadway. Through this work, college students begin making invaluable connections as they embark on their professional careers. High school students will have a similarly unique experience as they gain first-hand knowledge of working in a collegiate setting. Moreover, each student leaves the stock season with pride, knowing that he/she has played an integral part of a professional production.
Summer Stock Austin’s philosophy is to create an environment of shared learning by incorporating high school students, college students and professionals in a fast-paced production series where everyone involved shares in the responsibility of creating high-quality theatre.
Summer Stock Austin is a joint program of Austin Playhouse, Zilker Theatre Productions and The Long Center for the Performing Arts.
Past SSA Productions: Footloose, Much Ado About Nothing, West Side Story, Rumors, The Stinky Cheeseman and Other Stoopid Tales, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Assassins, Oklahoma, Bat Boy, Jack and the Beanstalk, Sweeney Todd, Little Shop of Horrors, Cabaret, Sweet Charity, A Year with Frog and Toad, The Producers, Urinetown, Legally Blonde, Chess
