Quick Center presents Missoula children’s performances at Fairfield University

FAIRFIELD, Conn. (June 9, 2006) – Fairfield University’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts will present six performances of the Children’s Summer Theatre Workshops with Missoula Children’s Theatre from Friday, July 14, through Friday, August 18. The performances are the culmination of six weeklong summer theatre workshops for young people in grades 1 through 12.

The schedule of performances is as follows:

•”The Pied Piper” on Friday, July 14

•”The Little Mermaid” on Friday, July 21, and, with a different cast, on Friday, August 11

•”Red Riding Hood” on Friday, July 28

•”Robin Hood” on Friday, Aug. 4

•”Beauty Lou ‘ the Country Beast” on Friday, August 18

Now in its 17th season, the Children’s Summer Theatre Workshops offers students a chance to work with directors from Missoula Children’s Theatre, the country’s preeminent professional children’s theatre company. They also take classes led by professionals in movement, improvisation, arts and crafts and more before the Friday production.

All performances take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Kelley Theatre of the Quick Center for the Arts. Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for children and seniors, with discounts for groups and subscriptions available. No children under the age of two will be admitted to help make sure the children on stage can give their full attention to their performances. For tickets, call the Quick Center box office at 203-254-4010 or 1-877-ARTS-396. For more information, visit www.quickcenter.com.

Fairfield University is a comprehensive Jesuit university that prepares undergraduate, graduate and continuing education students for leadership and service in a constantly changing world. In its 2006 editions, U.S. News and World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges” ranks Fairfield fourth among universities with master’s programs in the North and The Princeton Review lists Fairfield among “The Best 361 Colleges.” Approximately 5,000 undergraduate and graduate students from 34 states, 45 countries, and the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico are enrolled in the University’s six schools. The University was founded in 1942 in the scenic shoreline community of Fairfield, Connecticut.

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