Arts & Entertainment

Kids Take the Stage in Hillbarn's 'Dear Edwina Jr.' This Weekend

Local kids who have been participating in Hillbarn's SummerStage camp all summer are ready to debut their big performance, with shows Thursday through Sunday.

 

This time around, the kids are the stars.

This weekend, Foster City's famed debuts its SummerStage production of the children's musical "Dear Edwina Jr."

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Hillbarn staff describe "Dear Edwina Jr." as "a "kid-power musical" which follows the character of Edwina Spoonapple and her troupe of performers as they present their "advice-a-palooza festival," and learn along the way that "taking your own advice may be the best advice of all."

Hillbarn calls the musical "perfect fun for the whole family."

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"Dear Edwina Jr." was written by Zina Goldrich (music) and Marcy Heisler (book and lyrics). The off-Broadway production of "Dear Edwina" received two 2009 Drama Desk Award nominations.

Performances will take place this Thursday, Friday and Saturday, July 26-28, at 7:30 p.m., and this Sunday, July 30 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $5 for all ages.

Hillbarn Theatre is located at 1285 E. Hillsdale Blvd. For more information, call the box office at 650-349-6411 or visit www.hillbarntheatre.org.

 

The Cast of "Dear Edwina Jr."

Shweta Ashokraj - Kelli
Destiny Biddle - Napkin, Carrie
Isabella Cortwright - Penny (Kid 2)
Alyssa Fong - Napkin, Fairy Forkmother
Jessica Frankos - Napkin, Frank
Halle Friedeberg -  Aphrodite, Ziggy’s Band
Nicholas Garland - Scott
Sarah Gloss - Becky
Zoe Grewell - Mary Sue Betty Bob, Frank’s Ma
Jenna Heath - Katie, Napkin, Farmer
Andrew Jacobsen - Billy
Jackson Lawrence - Ziggy’s Band, Johnny
Allison Meacham - Susie, Hola Lola Lead Vocal
Lauren Mendelsohn - Annie
Eliza Middlekauff - Abigail, Harry
Sean Noonan - Bobby
Leyla Ramelmeier - Queen, Ziggy’s Band
Abby Reddy - Sally (Kid 1)
Daulton Robinson - Lars/Cordell
Sydney Rosant - Lucy (Kid 3)
Lily Scearce - Edwina Spoonaple
Hana Schwarz - Sonoma, Lola
Marionne Sevilla - Ziggy, Ludmilla
Mihir Sood - Vladimir, Ziggy’s Band
Jenna Vath - Napkin, Periwinkle
Miranda Wong - Napkin, William

 

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