Dallas Summer Musicals Academy of Performing Arts Presents PIPPIN!
Join in the fun on Saturday, July 25, 2015 for one of three shows presented at 10:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m. as the Dallas Summer Musicals Academy of Performing Arts presents PIPPIN! The show runs about 2 hours. Parking is free at the Dallas Children’s Theatre in the Rosewood Center for Family Arts located at 5938 Skillman Street, Dallas, TX 75231.
You can buy tickets at the door. Prices are: Adults 17 years old and older: $10 per ticket. Children 6 years old to 16 years old: $5 per ticket. Children under 5 years old: FREE.
If you have questions about tickets, please call Amanda Farrow at 325-370-2215 or email afarrow@dallassummermusicals.org
Here is some information about the show: With an infectiously unforgettable score from the four-time Grammy-winner, three-time Oscar-winner, and musical theatre giant Stephen Schwartz (WICKED, GODSPELL, CHILDREN OF EDEN), PIPPIN has been successfully produced on stages ranging from High School to Broadway. Sweeping the New York Awards circuit (Tony, Drama Desk, Drama League, Outer Critics Circle) in 2013, PIPPIN continues to captivate the young at heart throughout the world.
The story is: In the Middle Ages heir to the Frankish throne, prince Pippin, searches for the secret to true happiness and fulfillment. He seeks it in the glories of the battlefield, the temptations of love and the intrigues of political power (after disposing of his father King Charlemagne the Great). In the end Pippin discovers that happiness lies not in extraordinary endeavors, but rather in the un-extraordinary moments that happen every day.
The students have trained hard this summer. This is about the classes: It was a triple threat program that emphasizes acting, singing and dancing for the professional stage. Multiple DSM Academy instructors teach this intensive. Morning activities include classes in Acting, How to Audition, Lessons about Agents, Voice, Steven Kavner’s Improv for the Actor, Circus Skills and preparation of Broadway songs to be filmed as a keepsake. In the afternoon skills taught in the morning are applied to the script and score of Stephen Schwartz’s PIPPIN. This is an intense program geared for the serious student. Music Theatre International rates the script PG-13.
The DSM Academy of Performing Arts was founded in 1999 and operates as an affiliate of Dallas Summer Musicals in several locations in the Dallas area. Dallas Summer Musicals is a company that produces and presents Broadway, off-Broadway, West End and touring theatrical productions. The DSM Academy is comprised of 75% teens and 25% adults ranging in age from 7 to adult. The Academy is proud of its diverse and ethnic student population. The DSM Academy has granted over 250 need-based scholarships. The Academy helps to prepare the amateur and the professional for involvement in the performing arts. The purpose of this page is to connect people who have a common interest in the performing arts of any type. Visit the website at:http://www.academyatdsm.org
Evidence shows that arts education has a powerful effect on student achievement. When students participate in arts programs along with the core subjects of math, science, language, and social studies, these young people are:
* Three times more likely to be elected to class office.
* Four times more likely to participate in math and science.
* Three times more likely to win an award for school attendance.
* Four times more likely to win an award for writing an essay or poem.
* Four more times likely to be recognized for academic achievement.*
**Shirley Brice Heath, Stanford University and Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Americans for the Arts, November 1998
Recognizing the positive influence of the arts on the human experience, DSM Academy of Performing Arts strives not only to increase appreciation of the performing arts, but to teach those arts professionally.