ST. JACOBS – Grab your prom date and step into the world of glitter, fantastic music, and high-energy dance with the hilarious musical The Prom. This heartwarming celebration of love and inclusivity will take the stage at the St. Jacobs Country Playhouse from May 17 to June 11.
“We’re excited to bring this joyful celebration to the stage in St. Jacobs,” says Drayton Entertainment artistic director and CEO Alex Mustakas.
“The Prom is packed with dazzling dance numbers, glitzy costumes, over-the-top characters, and hilarious moments – all wrapped around a heart-warming story about inclusivity, love, and what it means to be true to yourself. Audiences will be cheering and dancing by the end,” Mustakas states.
Four narcissistic Broadway stars are in desperate need of a new stage. So when they hear that trouble is brewing around a small-town prom, they know it’s time to put a spotlight on the issue – and themselves. The town’s parents want to keep the high school dance on the straight and narrow, but when one student just wants to bring her girlfriend to prom, the entire town has a date with destiny.
Heading up the prom committee is director and choreographer David Connolly. Connolly has helmed many other hits for Drayton Entertainment, including Disney’s Newsies, Mamma Mia!, and many more.
Connolly is joined by music director Steve Thomas, set designer David Boechler, costume designers Anne Roth and Matthew Pachtman, and lighting designer Kaileigh Krysztofiak, stage manager Dustyn Wales, assistant stage manager Sadie Wannamaker, and apprentice stage manager Molly Mück.
Annika Tupper appears as the warm-hearted Emma Nolan, a high school senior who simply wishes to bring her girlfriend to the prom. Tupper is a soon-to-be graduate of Sheridan College’s Bachelor of Music Theatre Performance program.
Jillian Cooper takes on the role of Alyssa Greene, the girlfriend that Emma dreams of taking to the prom. Cooper is a recent graduate of Sheridan College’s Honours Bachelor of Music Theatre program. The Prom marks both Tupper’s and Cooper’s Drayton Entertainment debut.
Inspired by a true story, the concept for The Prom was developed by Broadway producer Jack Viertel after seeing news reports about gay students not being allowed to attend their proms.
The Prom is on stage at the St. Jacobs Country Playhouse from May 17 to June 11.
Regular performance tickets are $55 for adults, $34 for youth under 20 years of age. Tickets for select discount dates and groups of 20 or more are $45, and small groups of 10-19 are $50. HST is applicable to all ticket prices.
Tickets may be purchased by calling the box office at 519-747-7788 or toll free at 1-855-drayton (372-9866), or online instantly at www.draytonentertainment.com.
