Above: Curtain Up is returning to the Trottier stage, with a family-friendly musical comedy, acted out by local adults. (image from Facebook)
A local, adult community theater group is promoting its upcoming, monstrously funny “twisted fairy tale”. Curtain Up’s production of Shrek will take the stage in Southborough, starting a week from Thursday.
The family-friendly musical is based on a hit comedy, animated film and sequels about a snarky ogre, a wisecracking donkey, an unusual princess, and a score of fairy tale characters.
The play will be performed in the auditorium at Trottier Middle School. Although it is on the school stage, this isn’t the “Jr” script version that has been put there in past years.
Curtain Up is using the Broadway script and a community theater cast comprised of adults 18+. (The play is also longer than the Jr version, with a script that runs over 2 hours.)
Curtain up promotes:
Get ready for a hilariously twisted fairy tale where ogres are heroes, princesses have secrets, and being different might be the greatest happily-ever-after of all. Based on the Oscar-winning DreamWorks film, this high-energy adventure is filled with unforgettable characters and ogre-size heart.
- Thursday, November 5th at 7:30 pm
- Friday, November 6th at 7:30 pm
- Saturday, November 7th at 1:00 pm
- Sunday, November 8th at 2:00 pm
Tickets cost $30 per adult, $20 per senior, and $15 per child. They can be purchased on their website here.
The local theater group’s social media promos include playing up the fun that the cast has been having in rehearsals lately:
For those not familiar with the plot — It’s about an ogre (Shrek) who enjoys a secluded life that is suddenly turned upside down when his quiet swamp is overrun by fairy tale creatures. The creatures are refugees from the nearby fiefdom they were banished from by Lord Farquaad.
Lord Farquaad promises to resolve Shrek’s problem if the ogre rescues and fetches Princess Fiona, who Farquaad plans to marry. A pushy, but affable, talking donkey insists on accompanying him on the journey.
More info about the musical, and the theater group, can also be found here.
