Upcoming: The Wizard of Oz, Hill Country Community Theatre, near Marble Falls, July 14 - 24

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presents the musical

The Wizard of Oz

July 14 - 24, Thursdays - Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Sundays at 2:15 p.m.

Hill Country Community Theatre

2003 W. FM 2147, Cottonwood Shores near Marble Falls (click for map)

Nearly 50 Highland Lakes area residents are hard at work at Hill Country Community Theatre these days rehearsing for HCCT's 2011 summer musical The Wizard of Oz, which is set to be performed at the theatre July 14-24.

Three veterans of the HCCT stage are playing three of the lead male roles, with Anson Hahn as Scarecrow, Richard Fernandes as Tin Woodman, and Mark Fernandez as Cowardly Lion. The role of Dorothy is being shared in alternating performances by Alyssa Anderson and Abigail Nunnelly and playing the Wizard of Oz is Guy Kemp. The Wicked Witch of the West is being played by Melissa Jamar, with Faith Westerman as The Good Witch, Sorceress of the North; Sally Stemac as Visiting Witch No. 1; and Megan Goodman as Visiting Witch No. 2.

Based on the book by Frank Baum and adapted by Frank Gabrielson from the music and lyrics of the MGM motion picture score, the much loved musical will be the final production of HCCT's 25^th Anniversary Season.

Upcoming: The Pirates of Penzance, Harmony School at Hill Country Community Theatre, May 6 - 7

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Harmony School to perform

Pirates of Penzance, Jr.

Saturday, May 7 at 7 p.m., Sunday, May 8 at 2:15 p.m.

Hill Country Community Theatre

4003 FM 2147, Cottonwood Shores, near Marble Falls (click for map)

Tickets are available through HCCT’s Box Office, 830-798-8944, and at Harmony School of Creative Arts, 830-693-1791, 1503 Mormon Mill Road in Marble Falls. Adult admission is $10, and students $5.

It’s a story of pirates and fair maidens, of honor and deception, wrapped up in a comedic opera.

Once again, Hill Country Community Theatre and Harmony School of Creative Arts are joining forces to present a student version of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance. Two performances will be presented at the theatre, 4003 FM 2147, Cottonwood Shores, one on Saturday, May 7, at 7 p.m., and the other on Sunday, May 8, at 2:15 p.m.

The play centers around the honorable Frederic who plans to leave the piracy on his twenty-first birthday. Desperate for a wife, he falls in love with young Mabel, one of several daughters of the Major-General. Indeed, the Pirate King intends for all the pirates to marry daughters, to their father’s grief. Enter some bumbling police and new information about the terms of Frederic’s indenture to the pirates, and the fray begins.

The 15-member cast, ages 9-14, has been rehearsing weekly at Harmony School since early February, under the direction of David Bend and with vocal coaching from Robert Schneider. Chandra Irvin serves as the choreographer.

Click to view cast photos at AustinLiveTheatre.com . . . .