YOUTH & FAMILY
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YOUTH SUMMER THEATERTentative Date: June 14 - July 23, 2021
Performance Date: July 21 and 22, 7:00 p.m. Directed By: Lauren DePorre Location: Beck Auditorium, Commodore Building This six-week summer program has served as an important artistic opportunity for young, aspiring performers in the Perrysburg community for over 30 years. Through participation in the program, students will learn fundamental/advanced skills in the area of acting, vocal performance, and dance. They will cooperate as part of a larger team and, following weeks of rehearsal and scene study, present a musical to friends and family in the community.
Perrysburg Youth Summer Theatre is sponsored by The City of Perrysburg. |
Story: Chocolate Soup deals with the challenges of being a tween when feelings about who you are and what you believe in can be on shaky ground. Mia has her great-great-great-great-great-great-grandmother's ancient family recipe for Aztec Chocolate Soup. Her popular friends, the Excessives, scheme to alter the soup for their big party, making it more "extreme." The not-so-popular Extras, who are mistreated by the Excessives, channel their desire for acceptance into saving the polar bears as Justin, Mia's self-confident neighbor whose dad heads up his company's new Eco-Imagination campaign, shakes up everyone's ideas about what really matters. Their food for thought becomes such serious issues as global warming, world hunger and human rights. Justin persuades Mia that protesting at the mall is cooler than going to the Excessives' blowout party. Justin and Mia bottle and sell the original Chocolate Soup to raise money for the polar bear cause, later partner in a charitable foundation and convince Ben & Jerry's to create and sell Chocolate Soup ice cream to raise money for the polar bears. The audience is left with inspiring and thought-provoking messages about life choices and kids' ability to make a difference in the world.
*Attendance is important! No absences are permitted during the final week of production. Director's permission is required for admission if a student will miss five days overall.
*Attendance is important! No absences are permitted during the final week of production. Director's permission is required for admission if a student will miss five days overall.