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Join us for “Shrek” at Anwatin, May 29 and 30

May 28, 2015

On May 29 and 30, 2015, a cast and crew of Anwatin Middle School’s 6th, 7th and 8th grade students will inspire and entertain audiences with performances of the comedy Shrek The Musical. Join us! Public performances will both be at 7 p.m., at Anwatin Middle School, 256 Upton Ave S., Minneapolis. Tickets are $5, and children 5 and younger are admitted free. Ticket reservations are not necessary.

Click here to learn  more about the annual Anwatin student performance and this production of Shrek: The Musical.

Directed by Project Success Facilitator C. Ryan Shipley and starring more than 60 students in the cast and crew, students will rehearse for eight weeks every day acting, dancing and singing with professional artists and working with high quality sound, sets, lighting and costumes.

Based on the Oscar-winning DreamWorks Animation film, Shrek The Musical is a TONY Award-winning fairy tale adventure. Shrek brings all the beloved characters from the film to life on stage, and proves there’s more to the story than meets the ears. Irreverently fun for the whole family, Shrek proves that beauty is truly in the eye of the ogre.

Working hand-in-hand with students at Anwatin Middle School since 2000, Project Success has produced yearly school musicals including: Guys and DollsThe Music ManAnnieBye Bye BirdieJoseph and the Amazing Technicolor DreamcoatSeussical: The MusicalLittle Shop of HorrorsThe WizWilly WonkaHigh School MusicalA Year With Frog and Toad, Dear Edwina, Annie, and 2014’s Beauty and the Beast.

Questions? Call Project SUCCESS at 612-874-7710.

The school musical is one of the key ways in which Project Success helps students build confidence, gain new experiences, and learn more about themselves and each other through the power of theater.

We thank the HYPE Youth Council for their support of this production.