The Snow Queen ~ A Frosty, Fractured Fable
By Dale Sandlin and Steve Apostolina
Directed by McKerrin Kelly
Awards: Best Direction of a Play ~StageSceneLA
Scenic Design: Frank Duer
Lighting Design: Bosco Flannagan
Costume Design: Curtis Jerome
Choreography: Nancy Dobbs Owen
Musical Direction: Dean Mora
Awards: R. Christopher Sands ~ Nominee, Best Lead Performer in a Play ~ Ovation Awards
FEATURING: Renee Brna, Kacey Camp, Marc Copage, Michael Gregory, Randy Wade Kelley,
McKerrin Kelly, Charles F. Ramrniez, Amberlin Morse, Jessica Pennington, Tim Polzin,
Al Rodrigo, Dale Sandlin and R. Christofer Sands as the Widow Twanky
Directors Notes
The Snow Queen is an original musical in the English Panto style, loosely based on the fable of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen
What’s a Panto?
Pantomime (usually called Panto) is a British tradition of winter musical comedy theater. It has nothing to do with mime - silent performers in white-face make up walking into glass.
Panto takes familiar fairy tales and children's stories - Cinderella, Snow White - and injects a bit of music hall (British Vaudeville) sensibility, contemporary references and audience participation to create a raucous, noisy entertainment that's fun for everyone in the family.
Panto has very deep roots, drawing on the traditions of Commedia del Arte for an assortment of stock characters and other conventions.
The Snow Queen
The Snow Queen follows the misadventures of Widow Twanky and her charges, Kai and Gerda, as they battle the evil Snow Queen and the rather bumbling forces of darkness.
Lord Beelzebub, the dark ruler of the underworld has created a magic mirror to help him in his wicked plans. When the mirror is shattered, The Snow Queen captures the young would be magician Kai in order to put the mirror back together. Twanky, aided by her ward Gerda and a dashing, forgetful Highwayman will battle snowmen soldiers, reindeer handmaidens, lovelorn demons, and an unfortunate tendency to burst into song at the most inappropriate moments, to rescue Kai from the Queen’s castle at Spitzbergen and reunite him with his love Gerda!
Directed by McKerrin Kelly
Awards: Best Direction of a Play ~StageSceneLA
Scenic Design: Frank Duer
Lighting Design: Bosco Flannagan
Costume Design: Curtis Jerome
Choreography: Nancy Dobbs Owen
Musical Direction: Dean Mora
Awards: R. Christopher Sands ~ Nominee, Best Lead Performer in a Play ~ Ovation Awards
FEATURING: Renee Brna, Kacey Camp, Marc Copage, Michael Gregory, Randy Wade Kelley,
McKerrin Kelly, Charles F. Ramrniez, Amberlin Morse, Jessica Pennington, Tim Polzin,
Al Rodrigo, Dale Sandlin and R. Christofer Sands as the Widow Twanky
Directors Notes
The Snow Queen is an original musical in the English Panto style, loosely based on the fable of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen
What’s a Panto?
Pantomime (usually called Panto) is a British tradition of winter musical comedy theater. It has nothing to do with mime - silent performers in white-face make up walking into glass.
Panto takes familiar fairy tales and children's stories - Cinderella, Snow White - and injects a bit of music hall (British Vaudeville) sensibility, contemporary references and audience participation to create a raucous, noisy entertainment that's fun for everyone in the family.
Panto has very deep roots, drawing on the traditions of Commedia del Arte for an assortment of stock characters and other conventions.
The Snow Queen
The Snow Queen follows the misadventures of Widow Twanky and her charges, Kai and Gerda, as they battle the evil Snow Queen and the rather bumbling forces of darkness.
Lord Beelzebub, the dark ruler of the underworld has created a magic mirror to help him in his wicked plans. When the mirror is shattered, The Snow Queen captures the young would be magician Kai in order to put the mirror back together. Twanky, aided by her ward Gerda and a dashing, forgetful Highwayman will battle snowmen soldiers, reindeer handmaidens, lovelorn demons, and an unfortunate tendency to burst into song at the most inappropriate moments, to rescue Kai from the Queen’s castle at Spitzbergen and reunite him with his love Gerda!
