The Novato Community Players present...

Stephen Sondheim & James Lapine's

INTO THE WOODS

Winner of 3 Tony Awards including - Best Book and Best Score
Winner Drama Critics Circle Award - Best Musical
Winner Drama Desk Award - Best Musical

Directed by Sean Bernardi
Produced by Brenda Weidner
Musical Direction by David Shepard

CAST:
John Bernardi - Jennifer Brooks - Steve Boughton - Helen D'Alessio
Larry DiMare - Russ Dreosch - Juliet Eichberg - Deena Hathaway
Jennifer Hayes - Kenneth Koppes - Kristine Lowry - Kathryn McGeorge
Michael Parvin - Bonnie Roe - Gerald Studier - Glenda Vessey
Linda Ward - Gloria Wood - Pam Burchell - Jackie Benster

PERFORMANCES:

• Fridays & Saturdays - May 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24, 30, 31 at 8:00 pm
• Sunday special Mother's Day matinee - May 11 at 2:00 pm

TICKETS - $14.00 General Admission, $12.00 Senior Citizens and Students
INFORMATION 415-892-3005
LOCATION - The Novato Community House at the corner of Machin and DeLong in Novato

About INTO THE WOODS:

"Into The Woods, the 1988 Tony Award winner for both Score and Book of a musical, is a brilliantly conceived exploration of what happens after "happily ever after." The show, which has an enchanting, moving and profound score by Stephen Sondheim, and a powerful, witty book by James Lapine is a magical, imaginative adventure with a moral and political point of view.... The show's creators lead the audience on a journey to the darker side of fairy tales as they explore the pain of growing up, communal responsibility, and the values we pass on to our children.... As the plot unfolds, a childless baker and his wife, cursed by a wicked witch, go off into the woods in hopes of ridding themselves of her evil influence. There they encounter Cinderella, her Prince, Little Red Ridinghood, the Wolf, Jack and the beanstalk, Rapunzel, and other fairy tale characters who are attempting to realize wishes of their own.

Filled with unexpected twists and dazzling insights,... subjects as diverse as the promise of perfect love, the foolhardiness of questing for material goods, and the loving but difficult relationship between parents and children are considered in a landscape shaded with psychological undertones.

With tenderness and laughter,... Sondheim and Lapine bring us through a maze that mirrors the complexity of everyday existence."

Sarah Schlesinger, Music Theatre International