Four Andover students and one North Andover student will be taking the stage at Stoneham Theatre during the theatre’s young company Winter Festival.  Stoneham Theatre’s young company offers year-round theatrical training and performing opportunities for children ages 7 – 18.  This year’s Winter Festival will showcase three musicals adapted from classic stories:  A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD, HONK! (Based on THE UGLY DUCKLING), and JANE EYRE: the musical. 

N. Andover resident Jessica Carroll and Andover resident Emily Wivell will appear in JANE EYRE: the musical.  Based on the novel by Charlotte Brontë, JANE EYRE: the musical follows the story of an ill-treated orphan girl as she grows into womanhood.  Talkin’ Broadway called JANE EYRE: the musical “A successful dramatic interpretation of the ever-popular novel.”    

Andover residents Caroline Hall, Joseph Hall, and Caela Flanagan can be seen in A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD.  Based on the Frog and Toad stories written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel, A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD follows the musical journey of two friends, a worrywart toad and a perky frog.  A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD follows these two amphibians and their woodland friends through a year’s worth of adventures.

Stoneham Theatre’s young company Winter Festival runs from January 16, 2013 through January 27, 2013.  Tickets for adults are $15.  Student tickets are $10.  Student matinees for HONK! and A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD are sold out, however, there are tickets available for the JANE EYRE student matinees.  JANE EYRE: the musical has two student matinees, Friday, January 18^th at 10am and Thursday, January 24^th at 10am.  For more information, call the Stoneham Theatre Box Office at (781) 279-2200, or visit www.stonehamtheatre.org.

WEBSITE:  www.stonehamtheatre.org

EMAIL:  education@stonehamtheatre.org

NUMBER:  (781) 279-7885

YOUNG COMPANY MEDIA SPONSOR:  Boston Central

YOUNG COMPANY UNDERWRITER:  M.E.L.D.