THE LITTLE MERMAID
The Charleston Light Opera Guild and the Clay Center present Disney's The Little Mermaid in the Maier Performance Hall at the Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences on August 3, 4, 10, and 11, 2018 at 7:30 PM with matinees on August 5 and 12, 2018 at 2:00 PM.
The Charleston Light Opera Guild and the Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences collaborate to present Disney's The Little Mermaid, based on the classic Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale and the wildly popular Disney film. This musical staging is funny and fanciful based on the book by Doug Wright and score by Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, and Glenn Slater. Faithful to the original movie, this expanded form features the rambunctious and persuasive song Under the Sea, the romantic expectation of Kiss the Girl and that anthem to longing and belonging Part of Your World.
Beautiful mermaid Ariel should be a happy girl – she lives in an enchanted undersea country, her father is a King, and she has the most beautiful singing voice. But she is a passionate, headstrong teenager and wants what she cannot have – to live on land. When she falls in love with a handsome human prince, Ariel is more determined than ever to gain a pair of legs. Her only option is to defy her furious father, and bargain with Ursula the Sea Witch, giving her voice as the price of entry onto dry land. With the help of Flounder the fish, Scuttle the seagull and officious court composer Sebastian the crab, Ariel must wordlessly gain Prince Eric's love within three days – or lose her soul to the ambitious witch!
CAST
Ariel
Sara Golden
Prince Eric
Max Ross
Ursula
Kristen Pennington
King Triton
Jamison Miller
Sebastian
Cedrick Farmer
Scuttle
Jacob Fleck
Grimsby
Clint Thomas
Flounder
Gavyn Siebanoller
Chef Louis / Pilot
Eric B. Hudnall
Aquata / Princess / Sea Creature
Andrea Mashayekhi
Allana / Princess / Sea Creature / Gull
Lauren Meyer
Adrina / Sea Creature
Shiloh Perry
Atina / Sea Creature
Hannah O'Brien
Arista / Sea Creature
Taylor Shaw
Adella / Sea Creature
Mallory Thomas
Flotsam
Ted Brightwell
Jetsam
Clayton Strohmenger
Sailor / Chef / Sea Creature
Dewey Fletcher
Sailor / Gull / Chef / Courtier / Sea Dancer
Trey Harris
Sailor / Leeward / Courtier / Dancer / Windward / Courtier
Mark Worlledge
Sea Creature / Gull / Chef / Dancer
Emma Alley
Princess / Sea Creature / Ensemble
Susannah Atkins
Maid / Sea Creature / Ensemble
Megan Bsharah
Sea Creature / Gull / Chef / Dancer
Adrienne Clark
Sea Creature / Gull / Chef / Dancer
Sarah Hudnall
Sea Creature / Gull / Chef / Dancer
Stephanie Hudnall
Sea Creature / Chef / Ensemble
Sherri Hudnall
Sea Creature / Gull / Chef / Ensemble / Princess
Jessica Light
Sea Creature / Chef / Dancer
Faith King
Sea Creature / Gull / Chef / Dancer
Sarah King
Princess / Sea Creature / Ensemble
Blaine Miller
Sea Creature / Gull / Chef / Dancer
Kim Patterson
Sea Creature / Gull / Chef / Dancer
Frannie Slotnick
Maid / Sea Creature / Ensemble
Tiara Stokes
Princess / Sea Creature / Ensemble
Mallory Szerokman
Maid / Sea Creature / Ensemble
Madasyn Warnock
Maid / Sea Creature / Ensemble
Megan Wright
DIRECTION
Director/Choreographer
Nina Denton Pasinetti
Musical Director/Conductor
David Patrick
Accompanist
John Patrick
Technical Director
Thomas P. Pasinetti