July 11, 12, 18, 19 at 7pm & July 13, 18, 20 at 2pm. Jim Morley Theater at St. Pius X HS, Alb.

Music and Lyrics by Matthew Wilder and David Zippel, Stephen Schwartz, Jeanine Tesori and Alexa Junge

Book Adapted and Additional Lyrics by Patricia Cotter

Music Adapted and Arranged and Additional Music and Lyrics by Bryan Louiselle

Based on the 1998 Disney film “Mulan” and the story “Fa Mulan” by Robert de San Souci

Directed by Jonathan Dunski
Vocal Direction by Aaron Howe
Choreography by Maristela Guillen
Costumes by Rosemary Gallegos
Sets and Props by Leslie Joy Coleman
Lighting by Andrew McHarney
About the Show
A legendary figure from ancient China, Mulan is a girl who changes her identity, posing as a male soldier, in order to spare her father’s life. In doing so she jeopardizes her family’s honor. Aided by her mischievous dragon-sidekick Mushu, she uses her wit to foil the invading Huns and to save the Emperor. Disney’s Mulan Jr. is a celebration of the ideals of honor, loyalty, destiny, love and strength. The score includes favorites like “Reflection,” “Honor to Us All,” and “I’ll Make a Man Out of You” as well as new songs.

About PLAY Conservatory
Disney’s Mulan Jr. has been produced as the culmination of a tuition-based conservatory program in which highly qualified teaching artists work with young performers to develop skills in acting, singing, dancing, literacy, and professionalism. Young performers age 9 to 15 worked intensively, as much as 7 hours a day, 5 days a week for 5 weeks. In addition, a select number of teens serve as stagecraft interns, who assisted in building and crewing the show. No prior theatrical experience was required to participate.

PLAY Conservatory is a theatrical experience, designed by independent director Jonathan Dunski, which trains confident, cooperative, creative youth, and provides superior quality family entertainment. In 2007 there were three successful PLAY Conservatory collaborations with local theatre organizations: Disney’s Aladdin Jr. at St. Pius X High School (July), Lord of the Flies at N4th Theater (October), and The Butterfingers Angel… at Auxiliary Dog Theatre (December).

When

Group discounts are available for schools and day camps for the performance on Friday July 18 at 2 pm.

Jim Morley Theater at St. Pius X High School
5301 St. Josephs Drive NW, Albuquerque, NM

For Tickets
Available at the door or by calling 831-8400. All seats $10.
Be sure to tune in to KUNM (89.9 FM) this Saturday, June 28, at 9:00 am to hear the cast perform songs live. In addition, there will be a call-in “Mulan” trivia contest to win free tickets.
Film Background
Since the dawn of recorded history, in every clan, in every culture—from ancient Greece to China, Egypt, the Americas and Polynesia—heroes have embarked on life-altering journeys. One of the most renowned and beloved of these “wandering heroes” is a young woman named Mulan. In Asia, the story of Mulan is as familiar as the story of Cinderella is in Western cultures. The story of this brave Chinese woman has been told for nearly two thousand years, and many believe that Mulan was a real person. Although there is no proof that Mulan actually existed, almost everyone they met in China felt that she did.

“Everybody in China had a different story,” recalls the Disney film’s co-director Barry Cook. “She’s from 20 different regions. Everybody wants to claim her, proudly. It’s such an old story that no one could be proven right.”

For Walt Disney Feature Animation, Mulan presented an unusual and powerful story with distinctive characters. The tale of Mulan also contains universal themes: that often the individual must sacrifice for the greater good, and that the path of personal discovery lies in that sacrifice.

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