The 1,200-seat Arcadia Performing Arts Center is sold out for Friday night’s performance (March 21) of the Arcadia High School Theatre Department’s musical comedy “Curtains,” and only a few tickets are left for the closing performance on Saturday at 4 p.m. Good seats are still available for opening night this Thursday, March 20. Hurry and get your tickets — 50% off the few remaining $30 VIP tickets for opening night Thursday courtesy of Arcadia’s Best with promotional code of 388 (VIP tickets for Friday and Saturday shows sold out) — at www.arcadiastage.com or at Denny’s Restaurant in Arcadia.
The following video (first in YouTube followed below by Flash video formats) offers a three-minute teaser of the play from a dress rehearsal last Saturday, which once again features very impressive performances by the talented students under the direction of Steven Volpe and a remarkable number of fun and varied song and dance numbers, most of which offer an homage to classic Broadway shows such as Oklahoma and musicals like “Singin’ in the Rain.” Music director Stephen Pu has returned to create another dynamic presentation while professional dancer/choreographer Jean Michelle Sayeg’s input (national tours of Cats and Camelot) provides choreography that has the students looking like a professional road show troupe. <Story contunues below the following videos…>
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Get the Flash Player to see this content. This musical is unique for the theatre department’s plays at the new Arcadia Performing Arts Center on the high school campus because the muscial score comes not from students behind the stage but rather from an iPad app, which Volpe told ArcadiasBest.com allows students to utilize the apps on their own iPads and smart phones to listen and practice their own specific tracks and segments of the songs that apply to them as often and whenever they choose. Pu is anxious to add another new technology for the next show which will allow him to conduct the music on the app with arm movements to benefit student singers on stage as if he is playing a game on the Nintendo Wii to simulate conducting musicans in an orchestra pit.
Tickets are $30 for VIP, $15 for General Admission, and $10 for Students and Seniors. Each ticket offers over $100 in discounts at local restaurants and each program has additional discounts inside!
Here’s what you get for only $15 (50% off $30 VIP tickets):
No Waiting in the General Admission Line
Priority Up-Front Seat Selection
$100 in Discounts to Local Restaurants.
Every member along with their family and friends can get $30 VIP Seats for $15 (a 50% discount) by simply going to www.arcadiastage.com and do the following:
Go to ArcadiaStage.com
Click on “Purchase Tickets”
Select a date
Click on “Enter Promotional Code” right ABOVE the green “Order Now” button
Type in 388, then click “Apply”
A special discount VIP should appear as the top line
Enter number of tickets under “Quantity”
Click “Order Now”
Liam Swan as Lieutenant Frank Cioffi
A Special Arcadia’s Best VIP Ticket will be displayed which gives you a $30 VIP ticket for only $15. This VIP ticket means you do not have to stand in the General Admission line and you will get to enter the theater before the General Admission ticket holders so you can have priority seat selection in the up-front roped off VIP Section. Even after the General Admission is opened your VIP tickets will be held for you up front until 15 minutes before show time. Do not arrive later than 15-minutes before show time or your seats may be given away. These programs sell out well in advance. Each ticket sold contains a special coupon worth $100 off at local restaurants. There are only 75 tickets available for this special deal so you want to get your tickets before they are all gone.
Arcadia Stage Presents “Curtains” March 20th & 21st at 7 p.m. and March 22nd at 4 p.m. Arcadia High School Performing Arts Center, 188 Campus Drive Arcadia, CA 91007
The play is presented in the beautiful and spacious Arcadia Performing Arts Center (APAC). This talented cast of high school students has won national and state theatre competitions, as well as performed on stage at The Pantages during the Jerry Hermann Awards Show for High School Musicals. Susan Egan, the Belle of Broadway, recently invited these gifted students to perform with her in concert at the APAC on March 1st. Moreover, the productions put on by the ArcadiaStage director, Steven Volpe, are not what you might expect from a high school. The sets, the costume design, and the talent of these actors are simply amazing. In fact, their shows for the last several years have always sold out prior to opening night.
Their upcoming spring production, Curtains, is not just a mystery, not just a musical, not just a comedy, but all three rolled into one hilarious toe-tapping event! When the supremely untalented star of Robbin’ Hood of the Old West is murdered during her opening night curtain call, it’s up to Detective Frank Cioffi, portrayed by the very capable Liam Swan, to solve the case, save the show, and maybe even find true love… as long as he doesn’t get himself killed in the process.
Tickets for this fun show can be purchased anytime at Denny’s® Restaurant in Arcadia, online at www.arcadiastage.com, in person at the Arcadia Community Center, or from any Arcadia High School Theatre Student. Tickets are $30 for VIP, $15 for General Admission, and $10 for Students and Seniors.
Raphael Chung as Carmen, Luis Garcia as Sidney
It’s is a murder-mystery-musical-comedy like no other. You have to see it!!
Just like all of AHS’s productions, this event will sell out long before Opening Night!Saturday’s tickets are almost sold out. Don’t delay in getting your tickets! You’ll be glad you did.
Cast of Characters
Lieutenant Frank Cioffi…..…….Liam Swan Carmen Bernstein…..……….Rafael Chung Georgia Hendricks…..…..…Alana DeBlase Aaron Fox.….…………….……….Sean Monje Niki Harris ….…….…….…….….Paean Wang Christopher Belling……Patrick Matsutani Bobby Pepper …….…..….…….Rony Saleeb Bambi Bernét …….…..Annabella Muljana Jenny Harmon…………………….Angela King Olivia Shapiro…….…….…….Susana Nestor Daryl Grady.……….Stephen De La Guerra Sidney Bernstein ……….………Luis Garcia Jessica Cranshaw……………………Chloe Yin Randy Dexter……….………Hunter Gibson Mona Page…….…….…….…. Emily Johnson Harv Fremont…….….…….Vincent Demars Roberta Wooster ……….…….Lena Atchan Detective O’Farrell …….……. Cody Lucas
Rony Saleeb, Sean Monje, Alana DeBlase as Bobby, Aaron, and Georgia
Couple Dancers / Ensemble Phoebe Benson Jennifer Burch Stephen De La Guerra Vincent Demars Matt Eaton Hunter Gibson Alyssa Guerrero Annika Lile Cody Lucas Meghan Pender Ariel Rosemond Rony Saleeb
Mermaid / Ensemble Talitha Barkow Julia Heer Emily Johnson Camilla Leonard Baliey McAfee Maddie Myers Ellen Nagaoka Jordan Williams
Ensemble Dana Abusaleh Maurice Armstrong Katherine Bradley Bianca Bribiesca Amanda Cheng Brittany Conner Tina Fann Tabatha Flores Lauren Goss Shairah Griffis Sean Gurguis Carolyn Ho Sally Liang Theresa Mata Sophia Ornelas Kimberly Peitez Azlyn Perez Camryn Perez Anabella Sanford Alexandra Solis Amanda Stone Lauren Tanefski Gwen Thornton Geneva Wilhelm Crystal Win Robert Xu