DELAWARE
THEATRE COMPANY PROUDLY
PRESENTS
FIRST STATE CHILDREN’S THEATER’S
PRODUCTION OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON’S TREASURE ISLAND
DTC
and FSCT team up to bring Wilmington community
professional
quality family entertainmentNovember
8-14 2006
WILMINGTON,
DE – October
1, 2006 – Ahoy,
pirate lovers! Ye scalawags will have another chance to live out yer
mutinous
pirate passions before the year is out. Come with the entire family and
enjoy
as DTC presents First State Children’s Theater’s
production of Robert Louis
Stevenson’s classic, Treasure
Island. Adapted for the stage by Linus
Speary, Treasure Island is the unforgettable story of
young Jim Hawkins, son of an innkeeper in 18th Century
England, who finds
himself on a race across the high seas with a band of mutineers in
search of a
secret buried treasure. Pirates, peril, and pieces of eight awaits all
who seek
the lost bounty of Captain Flint. Treasure
Island runs
November 8-14, 2006. Tickets
are $6.50 for children, $8.00 for adults ($5.00 for School-Time
performances)
and may be purchased by calling the DTC box office at 302.594.1100 or
in person
at 200 Water Street, Wilmington. Tickets may also be purchased online
at
www.delawaretheatre.org.
First
State Children’s Theater production of Treasure
Island
is a
60-minute play adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic
pirate tale, best enjoyed by ages 6 and up. Robert Louis
Stevenson finished Treasure
Island in 1883, and to this day, it is still known as
literature’s most
fascinating pirate
adventure story. It is a marvelous
fictional account of young Jim Hawkins, who happens upon a treasure map
and
finds himself alongside ruthless buccaneers, embracing the dangerous
experiences known only to those that seek true buried
treasure. Robert Louis Stevenson remarked on his
masterpiece with, “If this don’t fetch the kids,
why, they have gone rotten
since my day.”
In
order to fuel our ever-prominent passion of pirates, DTC and First
State
Children’s Theater (FSCT) are teaming up.
Both professional theatre companies strive to offer productions that
interest the Wilmington and Delaware communities while providing the
highest
standard in family entertainment.
Michael Boudewyns, Artistic Director of FSCT said, “We chose Treasure
Island because it’s a great story.
It’s possibly the best pirate story ever written.
It is a perfect example of what the First
State Children’s Theater is committed
to.”
Founded in 2004, FSCT is a professional, year-round theatre company
staging and touring classic plays and adaptations of classic stories
for
families and young audiences throughout the state of Delaware.
Since
her arrival in 2004 to Delaware’s largest regional
professional theatre, DTC
Producing Director Anne Marie Cammarato had plans of introducing shows
for
young audiences into the theatre’s seasons.
“Providing quality theatre programming for children and
families is
essential. Children are our future
audiences. Partnering with FSCT is
beneficial for both companies and our community. Having DTC
present FSCT’s production will
provide this small, spirited, well-trained company with a platform to
launch
their state-wide tour of Treasure
Island, introduce a wider
audience to DTC, and offer the Wilmington community another opportunity
to
enjoy exceptional professional theatre.”
Treasure
Island, First State Children’s
Theater’s production of
Robert Louis Stevenson’s beloved classic, adapted for the
stage by Linus
Speary, runs November 8–14, 2006.
Public performances are Friday, November 10 at 7:30pm; Saturday,
November 11 at 11:00am and 7:30pm; and Sunday November 12 at
2:00pm. Tickets for the public performances are
$6.50 for children, $8.00 for adults. School-Time performances are
10:00am, Wednesday,
November 8, Thursday, November 9, Monday, November 13, and Tuesday,
November
14. Best enjoyed by ages 6 and up, this
action filled play is 60-minutes long.
For more
information or to purchase tickets,
contact the DTC Box Office at 302.594.1100 or visit www.delawaretheatre.org.
Delaware Theatre Company,
Delaware's
premier professional theatre, is located at 200 Water Street, on
Wilmington’s exciting Riverfront.
Delaware Theatre Company is a member of the League of Resident
Theatres,
Theatre Communications Group, the Arts Consortium of Delaware, the
Theatre
Alliance of Greater Philadelphia, the Greater Philadelphia Cultural
Alliance,
the Arts & Business Council of Greater Philadelphia, the New
Castle County
Chamber of Commerce, and the Wilmington Convention & Visitors
Bureau.
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