McCallie and GPS students are ready to take the stage for the 2016 Spring Musical this weekend at Frierson Theatre on the campus of GPS. The students will be diving “Into the Woods” by Stephen Sondheim, under the direction of new GPS theater teacher Erin Schmidt.
GPS collaborated with Brenda Schwab, resident costume designer at Chattanooga State, for the costumes.
Eleven seniors from McCallie and GPS will be making their final appearance on stage in the annual high school musical. McCallie seniors Jack Green and Clay Long.
The Tony Award-winning musical intertwines the plots of fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm and French author Charles Perrault, exploring the consequences of the characters' wishes and quests. The primary characters come from "Little Red Riding Hood," "Jack and the Beanstalk," "Rapunzel" and "Cinderella." First performed on Broadway in 1987, a film adaptation of “Into The Woods” was released in 2014.
The McCallie-GPS production of “Into the Woods” will be performed for the public Friday and Saturday, at 7 p.m., and will wrap up with a matinee production Sunday at 2 p.m. Orchestra tickets are $12 and mezzanine seats are $8, with tickets going on sale Wednesday during lunch at the McCallie’s Alumni Hall.
Tickets can also be purchased by emailing Erin Schmidt at eschmidt@gps.edu, and tickets will be on sale beginning one hour before each of the three showtimes.