Thanks to the generosity of the Walt Disney Company, a group of elementary school aspiring thespians will get to be the “mane” event this Friday, May 9.
Pegram Elementary Fine Arts Magnet School (PEFAMS) will present a live stage production of Disney’s musical The Lion King in the school gymnasium at 6 p.m. The play is free to the public and is based on the popular 1994 Disney cartoon of the same name. The Lion King story is centered on the young lion Simba, heir to the throne of Pride Rock, who experiences a terrible tragedy that forces him to grow up quickly and fight to save his people.
According to Principal Sarah Spain, the school’s Fine Arts Committee wrote a grant to Disney through the Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC), which was awarded to the PEFAMS. The grant will help fund two Disney musicals and provides two TPAC teaching artists who help on a weekly basis with the directing and show production.
County Schools Communications director and grant writer Tim Adkins said, “This exciting opportunity will enable the school to enhance its production, ensuring a vibrant and memorable experience for our audiences.”
The Lion King musical runs for approximately an hour with no intermission.
The cast, which ranges in age from Pre-Kindergarten through Fourth Grade, and crew are as follows:
CAST
Rafikis: Tarryn Meadows, Skylar Haag, Mackenzie James, Walkir Beltran, lvanna Macias
Mufasa: Ayden Perry
Sarabi: Adeline Sleeman
Zazu: Harper Smith
Scar: Ansel Hamilton
Simba: Morgan Mango
Nala: Charlotte Beagley
Shenzi: Belle Hatcher
Banzai: Addalyann Flowers
Ed: Liam Basham
Timon: Captain Kelso
Pumba: Hank Guilbert
Ensemble: (Hyenas, Animals of Prideland) Wayne Mast, Ella Richards, Bella Fakhoorian, Eleanor Buckingham, Hunter Gann, Peyton Nobes, Juniper Arlaud, Mariah Wells, Norah Bateman, Willa Binkley
PRODUCTION TEAM
Director: Megan Judge
Music Directors: Rheatta Petty, Marilyn Doore
Choreographers: Marci Murphree, Tammy Stewart
Set Designers: Tammy Stewart, Kristie Fakhoorian, Melvin Stewart, Tina Miller
Costume Designer: Tammy Stewart
Lighting Designer: Denny Patty, Steve West
Stage Managers: Tammy Stewart, Crystal Eason
Properties: Tammy Stewart
Mask Designer: Tammy Stewart
Sound: Chris Cooper
Crew: Sutton Debrowiak, Allan Flores
Music Adapted & Arranged and Additional Music & Lyrics and | “Luau Hawaiian Treat” written by Will Van Dyke
For more information, contact Spain at [email protected].
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