Theater

Friday, April 28th marks the opening night for Prep’s 10th Anniversary show of Shakespeare in the Spring.  This season brings an all new take on Twelfth Night. Our rendition opens on board a 1920’s Jazz Era cruise ship.  The Speakeasy Club is bouncing until it encounters a storm at sea.  People are lost, identities confused, and the bounds of polite society mightily tested.  As our heroin, Viola (Lily Mortensen) emerges dressed as a man in order to enter the Duke’s court, finds herself falling in love with the Duke himself, posing an awkward situation for all involved. The Duke (Michael Powers), however, is in love with the Lady Olivia (Sarah Zepeda) and sends his top servant, Viola (disguised as Cessario) on a mission to woo her.  Olivia, however, finds herself far more enamored by the handsome Cessario than the Duke.  Further awkward, Olivia is attended by Festi, a witty yet angsty […]

Tri-Cities Prep presents Jekyll & Hyde The Musical this weekend only at The Uptown Theater in Richland. Jekyll & Hyde is Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale of good and evil, set to the epic score of Frank Wildhorn. Simultaneously haunting and hopeful, Jekyll & Hyde demonstrates how far a man will go to separate evil from good. Performances are: Friday, November 18th at 7:00pm Saturday, November 19th at 7:00pm Sunday, November 20th at 3:00pm Tickets can be purchased at the door:  $13 adult and $8 student  

(The following was taken from a May 12, 2016 article in the Tri-City Herald. To see more media at the TCH website please visit: http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article77331312.html) BY SARA SCHILLING sschilling@tricityherald.com Hogan Jones and Gillian Gormley glided across the stage. Rehearsal was over for the day, but opening night wasn’t far off and the teens were taking every opportunity to work on, well, everything — including their waltz. They play Oberon and Titania in Tri-Cities Prep’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The show makes its debut May 13. It’s taken months of work to arrive at this moment, from auditions in January to tech rehearsals the last few days. And the stakes are high. Midsummer is a comedy, which means it’s lighter fare than, say, Othello. But, still, it’s Shakespeare. So when 7 p.m. hits, Hogan, Gillian and about two dozen of their friends will have to juggle mouthfuls of “thys and […]