San Lorenzo Valley High School Theatre Department presents Little Shop of Horrors, with book & lyrics by Howard Ashman and music by Alan Menken, directed by Daria E. Troxell, with music and vocal direction by Nicki Kerns, at the SLV Performing Arts Center, 7105 Highway 9, Felton, from March 4 through March 13.
Seymour Krelborn (Cody Bumbaca-Thomas) has a crush on his flower shop co-worker Audrey (Rachel Young), but he’s shy and she has a boyfriend. His caring for an unusual plant leads to a shocking turn of events. • Photo Credit: Tara McMiliin
Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 7 p.m., with Sunday matinees at 2 p.m., and a special Community Night performance on Thursday, March 10 at 7 p.m.
Purchasing advance tickets is highly recommended; advanced tickets are available online via the SLV Theatre Boosters webpage: https://hs.slvusd.org/apps/pages/theatreboosters. A limited number of tickets will be available to purchase at the door one hour prior to show-time.
Advisory: Little Shop of Horrors has dark themes and is not recommended for young children or very sensitive viewers.
The story begins when a meek floral assistant, Seymour Krelborn, stumbles upon a new breed of plant, which he names “Audrey II” after his co-worker crush.
This foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore promises unending fame and fortune to the down-and-out Seymour, so long as he continues to feed it blood.
Over time, Seymour discovers Audrey II’s out of this world origins and intent on global domination.
A Broadway and Hollywood sci-fi smash musical, Little Shop Of Horrors has devoured the hearts of theatre-goers for more than 30 years, and is one of the longest-running Off-Broadway shows.
Howard Ashman and Alan Menken (Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Beauty And The Beast, and Aladdin) are the creative geniuses behind what has become one of the most popular shows in the world.
This is the second show Troxell has directed at San Lorenzo Valley High School, the first being Once Upon A Mattress in 2007.
Troxell is well-known as a director with Mountain Community Theater, Little People’s Repertory Theatre, Kids on Broadway. As an actor, she has appeared locally in: Miracle on 34th Street: The Play, Harvey, A Streetcar Named Desire, to name a few. She has a master’s in fine arts in acting from California Institute of the Arts.
For Kerns, this is her fifth stint as music director for San Lorenzo Valley High School since Grease in 2017.
She is the staff accompanist at San Lorenzo Valley High School, music director at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Santa Cruz, and teaches piano virtually from her studio in Boulder Creek. She has a piano performance degree from Dominican College and a master’s in music education from Boston University.
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Purchase tickets online at https://search.seatyourself.biz/webstore/accounts/slvhs/buy-tix
General admission is $20, and seniors/students/SLV Staff, $15.
For information, see https://hs.slvusd.org/apps/pages/theatreboosters.