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A Trio of Specials
Written By: Luke Osteen | Issue: March 2023
A busy spring lies ahead for the young students of MGP Youth Theatre. For details or to register, call (828) 200-0889 or email [email protected].
MGP Youth Theatre launches headfirst into the 2023 Season with a trio of special events at Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library – a Musical Theater Night on March 10 for seventh-grade and up in Cashiers; a Fairy Mystery Party for the younger students (K-6th) on March 17; and a Harry Potter Style Mystery Night for seventh graders and up on March 25.
The youth program and its events are offered by Megan Greenlee-Potts and are free and open to children throughout the Plateau and adjoining communities.
In April, the group will have an outing to Western Carolina University to see a performance of Jekyll and Hyde, rated PG-13.
They’ll partner with The Cashiers Historical Society for stage readings at the Airing of the Quilts in early June.
“I’m moving towards readings of Appalachian stories,” says Greenlee-Potts. “I’m looking to incorporate various things that people used to do living here in mountains – things such as spinning wool into yarn, churning butter, & making quilts.
These are things that the performers (and technicians) involved in the show will have to learn how to do — as they learned to card & spin on a pedal wheel in my Irish Tales.”
Auditions for this show will be the week of March 13. Children will rehearse March, April, and May to perform at Airing of the Quilts the beginning of June.
Further out, the troupe will be producing and performing Wizard of Oz. They’ll partner with Betty Morris’ Cashiers Community Chorus Youth Choral to learn the musical components of this complicated production.
