Curtain up for Whitmer, Ottawa Hills stages

4/27/2011
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    Aaron Intrater, front, plays Joseph.

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  • From left, faerie/narrator Courtney Steele, witch Jacquelyn Dixon as the witch, Cierra Semelka as the baker's wife, and Jack Willard as the baker.
    From left, faerie/narrator Courtney Steele, witch Jacquelyn Dixon as the witch, Cierra Semelka as the baker's wife, and Jack Willard as the baker.

    Rehearsing a scene from Whitmer High School's production of Into the Woods are, from left, Courtney Steele as the faerie/narrator, Jacquelyn Dixon as the witch, Cierra Semelka as the baker's wife, and Jack Willard as the baker.

    The musical interweaves characters from several Brothers Grimm fairy tales. The show will be in the Nightingale Center for Performing Arts on the Whitmer campus, Clegg Drive, at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday; there is an additional show on Saturday at 2 p.m. Tickets, $8 for adults and $6 for students, are available by phoning 419-473-8439 or visiting showtickets@wls4kids.org.

    Aaron Intrater, front, plays Joseph.
    Aaron Intrater, front, plays Joseph.

    Aaron Intrater is the focus of attention during a rehearsal of the Ottawa Hills High School production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, in which he plays the title character.

    The musical adaptation of the Biblical story will be staged at the high school on Evergreen Road at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $10, $15, and $25, depending on location. For details, call 419-345-7304.