Bangs High School Theatre Department Presents Shrek The Musical

The Bangs High School Theatre department will present the animated film classic’s fairytale kingdom, everyone’s favorite upside-down fairytale, Shrek the Musical at the Bangs High School Auditorium.  This song-and dance-filled stage adaptation of the Oscar-winning DreamWorks animated film opens November 20 with other performances on November 22 and 23.

The production re-creates the fantasy Kingdom of Far Far Away with many hilarious, cheeky twists. Instead of a knight in shining armor, the hero is Shrek, a swamp-dwelling ogre teamed up with a blabbermouth donkey.  And the princess – She’s the slightly temperamental Fiona.  After Shrek rescues Fiona from a dragon-guarded tower, the two fall in love before she reveals there’s more to her than meets the eye. Other fairytale misfits add surprises:  from a wooden boy with an attitude to dancing rats.

This entertaining, family-friendly show features a terrific score, with 19 songs including “Welcome To Duloc” and “Freak Flag.”  The songs come from Jeanine Tesori, who wrote the music, and David Lindsay-Abaire, who wrote the book and lyrics.

Tickets are $5.00 per person and are available both at the door and in the High School office.  Ticket reservations can be made by calling (325)669-3992 or by emailing billie.harvey@bangsisd.net.

There will be a Dessert Theatre option for the Sunday Matinee.  Tickets are $7.00 and include dessert, coffee or tea, and entrance into the show.  Tickets to the desert theatre are by reservation.

Performance schedule is as follows:

Thursday, November 20- 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, November 22- 7:00 p.m.

Sunday, November 8 – 2:30 p.m., Dessert Theatre begins at 1:30 p.m.

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