All-of-us Express Children's Theatre
presents...

Performed February 9-10 & 16-17, 2007, Hannah Community Center in East Lansing.

Special Announcement!

Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Hear Ye! Queen Evelyn Weymouth, of Children's Theatre fame, hosted a Royal Feast in the luxuriously grand banquet room of the Hannah Community Center in the land of East Lansing. For one low price per person you could see a regal presentation of both Sleeping Beauty and The Twelve Dancing Princesses.

The combined event ran from 6:00 - 8:30 pm, February 9; dinner from 6:00 -7:00 pm, shows from 7:30 - 8:30 pm. Food included: Succulent Breast of Chicken served on a bed of bejeweled rice, with Royal Red Velvet Cake for Desert. Prices for dinner and show were: adults: $20; youth 6-18: $15; youth under 6 (with their own chair & plate): $7.50.

There were also door prizes and for a small additional fee you could have a Royal Photo taken on the Queen's throne (groups or individuals).

A selection of photos from the show may be found in the photo galleries.

Two good but somewhat ditzy fairy sprites, Flora and Fauna, are having a delightful time at a gathering for the royals' new baby, Princess Aurora, when--you guessed it--the evil fairy Maleficent crashes the party! Irritated at not being invited, as well as for generally evil principles, Maleficent places a curse on the beautiful child: when Aurora turns 16, she will cut her finger on a spinning wheel and the whole kingdom will fall asleep, never to awaken. Later, Prince Charming breaks the curse by kissing the lovely Princess awake in spite of warnings from his cowardly assistant, Hero.

Sleeping Beauty, adapted by Richard Davis, Jr., is produced by special arrangement with Eldridge Plays & Musicals, of Tallahassee, Florida.

To where do twelve dancing Princesses disappear each night, wearing out their dancing slippers by morning? The King tries in vain to find out. Ten Princes try and fail. Finally, a young soldier (with the aid of a magic cloak) follows the Princesses to an underground kingdom where they dance the night away under a hypnotic spell, as part of a plot by the evil Prime Minister to take over the Kingdom! The young soldier exposes the plot and, as his reward, is allowed to marry the princess with whom his has fallen in love.

The Twelve Dancing Princesses, adapted by Phyllis McCallum, is produced by special arrangement with Pioneer Drama Service, Inc., of Englewood, Colorado.

Shows directed by Elizabeth Cooke and Megan Buonodono, with casts and crews of local young people.