The critically acclaimed Occidental Children's Theater will celebrate its 22nd year with Dracula and the Beanstalk, plus three adventurous adaptations of traditional folktales, for a seven-week outdoor run in the Remsen Bird Hillside Theater on the Occidental campus.
The critically acclaimed Occidental Children's Theater will celebrate its 22nd year with Dracula and the Beanstalk, plus three adventurous adaptations of traditional folktales, for a seven-week outdoor run in the Remsen Bird Hillside Theater on the Occidental campus.
In about an hour, the cast of six will perform four energetic and funny stories without props, sets or special costumes, relying only on their acting and acrobatic skills. Conceived by Jamie Angell and directed by Tristan Waldron, the cast of alumni and current students consists of Doyin Domingo ’17, Greg Feiner ’18, Dyoni Isom ’19, Jonathan Padron ’14, Billy Schmidt ’17 and Amanda Wagner ’16.
Performances are Thursday, Friday and Saturday July 6 through August 19 at 10 a.m. at Hillside Theater.
Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for children and $8 for groups of 15 or more. Call (323) 259-2771 or email theater@oxy.edu to reserve tickets. Read more about Occidental Children's Theater.
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The Occidental theater department also holds a popular acting camp for children, the Summer Institute of Fun, where kids get to learn the performance techniques from the summer show, including dynamic movement-based physical theater and improv. Read more about the Summer Institute of Fun.
