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![Show Dates and Times: March 26, 27 and 28 at 7:30 p.m. Also, March 28 at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $10 General Admission; $6 for senior citizens and Spoto students.
With a cast of 26, and a five-member orchestra, the Spoto High School Theatre Department presents Into The Woods, Marcn 26-28, 2009, in the school's auditorium.
Theatre teacher Lindsay M. Warfield, above left, plays the role of the Witch. Pictured also, from left, are Haley Beutler (Cinderalla), Jack (Christopher Ackerson), and Taylor Seibert (Little Red Riding Hood). Warfield is a member of the charter staff that opened Spoto High three years ago.
"We wanted to do a [Stephen] Sondheim play and I thought it would be challenging for the kids," Warfield said about her decision to stage Into the Woods. Inspired by Bruno Bettelheim's 1976 book, The Uses of Enchantment, the musical intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm fairy tales and follows them further to explore the consequences of the characters' wishes and quests
"There's a lot of strong characters," which makes for "a strong ensemble cast," said Warfield, a graduate of Western Michigan University, who knew in high school that she wanted to teach theater. "I directed plays in my backyard when I was a kid," she added. "It just comes naturally."](http://www.mypapernow.com/Other/ARTS-High-School-Theater/i-bmbdv4G/0/Ti/DSC_0508-Ti.jpg "Show Dates and Times: March 26, 27 and 28 at 7:30 p.m. Also, March 28 at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $10 General Admission; $6 for senior citizens and Spoto students.
With a cast of 26, and a five-member orchestra, the Spoto High School Theatre Department presents Into The Woods, Marcn 26-28, 2009, in the school's auditorium.
Theatre teacher Lindsay M. Warfield, above left, plays the role of the Witch. Pictured also, from left, are Haley Beutler (Cinderalla), Jack (Christopher Ackerson), and Taylor Seibert (Little Red Riding Hood). Warfield is a member of the charter staff that opened Spoto High three years ago.
\"We wanted to do a [Stephen] Sondheim play and I thought it would be challenging for the kids,\" Warfield said about her decision to stage Into the Woods. Inspired by Bruno Bettelheim's 1976 book, The Uses of Enchantment, the musical intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm fairy tales and follows them further to explore the consequences of the characters' wishes and quests
\"There's a lot of strong characters,\" which makes for \"a strong ensemble cast,\" said Warfield, a graduate of Western Michigan University, who knew in high school that she wanted to teach theater. \"I directed plays in my backyard when I was a kid,\" she added. \"It just comes naturally.\"")
![Brandon Martin, a graduate of the International Baccalaureate program at King High School, is the musical director of the Spoto High School Theatre production of Into the Woods. Martin also teaches music at Corr and Symmes elementary schools in Hillsborough County, Fla.
This is Martin's second production of the Stephen Sondheim musical in one year; he appeared as the Narrator in the StageDoor Performing Arts production in November 2008.
"I love the music, the music is a big deal," Martin said. "I like the messages that come from it. There's a lot to be gained from it without the show being preachy or hitting you over the head with what the messages are. It's like real life, in tht it shows everybody had different ways of looking at life, but it's not wrong, it's not right, it's just different."
As for what the ultimate message is, Martin said, "I'm still looking for the overriding message, if indeed there is one. There's almost too many," he added. Such as: "Not waiting for things to happen, [but rather] taking the bull by the horns, so to speak. And then there's times you can't do that, you have to consider other people instead of just caring about yourself."
Martin noted, too, "that there's Jack, who wants to grow up, and his mother, who wants to keep him in her mind as a baby." The giant, he added, serves also as "the metaphorical catastrophe that ruins the whole kingdom." It reminds us, as the song says, that somethings are not in your control, that sometimes "the path has strayed from you."
As for the Mysterious Man, he represents "the people we lost who still haunt us," Martin said. "They still drop in every now and then to give us advice. They're still present in our lives, even though's they're not physical."](http://www.mypapernow.com/Other/ARTS-High-School-Theater/i-HRknHnf/0/Ti/DSC_0605-Ti.jpg "Brandon Martin, a graduate of the International Baccalaureate program at King High School, is the musical director of the Spoto High School Theatre production of Into the Woods. Martin also teaches music at Corr and Symmes elementary schools in Hillsborough County, Fla.
This is Martin's second production of the Stephen Sondheim musical in one year; he appeared as the Narrator in the StageDoor Performing Arts production in November 2008.
\"I love the music, the music is a big deal,\" Martin said. \"I like the messages that come from it. There's a lot to be gained from it without the show being preachy or hitting you over the head with what the messages are. It's like real life, in tht it shows everybody had different ways of looking at life, but it's not wrong, it's not right, it's just different.\"
As for what the ultimate message is, Martin said, \"I'm still looking for the overriding message, if indeed there is one. There's almost too many,\" he added. Such as: \"Not waiting for things to happen, [but rather] taking the bull by the horns, so to speak. And then there's times you can't do that, you have to consider other people instead of just caring about yourself.\"
Martin noted, too, \"that there's Jack, who wants to grow up, and his mother, who wants to keep him in her mind as a baby.\" The giant, he added, serves also as \"the metaphorical catastrophe that ruins the whole kingdom.\" It reminds us, as the song says, that somethings are not in your control, that sometimes \"the path has strayed from you.\"
As for the Mysterious Man, he represents \"the people we lost who still haunt us,\" Martin said. \"They still drop in every now and then to give us advice. They're still present in our lives, even though's they're not physical.\"")
Show Dates and Times: March 26, 27 and 28 at 7:30 p.m. Also, March 28 at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $10 General Admission; $6 for senior citizens and Spoto students.
With a cast of 26, and a five-member orchestra, the Spoto High School Theatre Department presents Into The Woods, Marcn 26-28, 2009, in the school's auditorium.
Theatre teacher Lindsay M. Warfield, above left, plays the role of the Witch. Pictured also, from left, are Haley Beutler (Cinderalla), Jack (Christopher Ackerson), and Taylor Seibert (Little Red Riding Hood). Warfield is a member of the charter staff that opened Spoto High three years ago.
"We wanted to do a [Stephen] Sondheim play and I thought it would be challenging for the kids," Warfield said about her decision to stage Into the Woods. Inspired by Bruno Bettelheim's 1976 book, The Uses of Enchantment, the musical intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm fairy tales and follows them further to explore the consequences of the characters' wishes and quests
"There's a lot of strong characters," which makes for "a strong ensemble cast," said Warfield, a graduate of Western Michigan University, who knew in high school that she wanted to teach theater. "I directed plays in my backyard when I was a kid," she added. "It just comes naturally."
With a cast of 26, and a five-member orchestra, the Spoto High School Theatre Department presents Into The Woods, Marcn 26-28, 2009, in the school's auditorium.
Theatre teacher Lindsay M. Warfield, above left, plays the role of the Witch. Pictured also, from left, are Haley Beutler (Cinderalla), Jack (Christopher Ackerson), and Taylor Seibert (Little Red Riding Hood). Warfield is a member of the charter staff that opened Spoto High three years ago.
"We wanted to do a [Stephen] Sondheim play and I thought it would be challenging for the kids," Warfield said about her decision to stage Into the Woods. Inspired by Bruno Bettelheim's 1976 book, The Uses of Enchantment, the musical intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm fairy tales and follows them further to explore the consequences of the characters' wishes and quests
"There's a lot of strong characters," which makes for "a strong ensemble cast," said Warfield, a graduate of Western Michigan University, who knew in high school that she wanted to teach theater. "I directed plays in my backyard when I was a kid," she added. "It just comes naturally."
![Show Dates and Times: March 26, 27 and 28 at 7:30 p.m. Also, March 28 at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $10 General Admission; $6 for senior citizens and Spoto students.
With a cast of 26, and a five-member orchestra, the Spoto High School Theatre Department presents Into The Woods, Marcn 26-28, 2009, in the school's auditorium.
Theatre teacher Lindsay M. Warfield, above left, plays the role of the Witch. Pictured also, from left, are Haley Beutler (Cinderalla), Jack (Christopher Ackerson), and Taylor Seibert (Little Red Riding Hood). Warfield is a member of the charter staff that opened Spoto High three years ago.
"We wanted to do a [Stephen] Sondheim play and I thought it would be challenging for the kids," Warfield said about her decision to stage Into the Woods. Inspired by Bruno Bettelheim's 1976 book, The Uses of Enchantment, the musical intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm fairy tales and follows them further to explore the consequences of the characters' wishes and quests
"There's a lot of strong characters," which makes for "a strong ensemble cast," said Warfield, a graduate of Western Michigan University, who knew in high school that she wanted to teach theater. "I directed plays in my backyard when I was a kid," she added. "It just comes naturally."](http://www.mypapernow.com/Other/ARTS-High-School-Theater/i-bmbdv4G/0/L/DSC_0508-L.jpg "Show Dates and Times: March 26, 27 and 28 at 7:30 p.m. Also, March 28 at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $10 General Admission; $6 for senior citizens and Spoto students.
With a cast of 26, and a five-member orchestra, the Spoto High School Theatre Department presents Into The Woods, Marcn 26-28, 2009, in the school's auditorium.
Theatre teacher Lindsay M. Warfield, above left, plays the role of the Witch. Pictured also, from left, are Haley Beutler (Cinderalla), Jack (Christopher Ackerson), and Taylor Seibert (Little Red Riding Hood). Warfield is a member of the charter staff that opened Spoto High three years ago.
\"We wanted to do a [Stephen] Sondheim play and I thought it would be challenging for the kids,\" Warfield said about her decision to stage Into the Woods. Inspired by Bruno Bettelheim's 1976 book, The Uses of Enchantment, the musical intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm fairy tales and follows them further to explore the consequences of the characters' wishes and quests
\"There's a lot of strong characters,\" which makes for \"a strong ensemble cast,\" said Warfield, a graduate of Western Michigan University, who knew in high school that she wanted to teach theater. \"I directed plays in my backyard when I was a kid,\" she added. \"It just comes naturally.\"")
Show Dates and Times: March 26, 27 and 28 at 7:30 p.m. Also, March 28 at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $10 General Admission; $6 for senior citizens and Spoto students.
With a cast of 26, and a five-member orchestra, the Spoto High School Theatre Department presents Into The Woods, Marcn 26-28, 2009, in the school's auditorium.
Theatre teacher Lindsay M. Warfield, above left, plays the role of the Witch. Pictured also, from left, are Haley Beutler (Cinderalla), Jack (Christopher Ackerson), and Taylor Seibert (Little Red Riding Hood). Warfield is a member of the charter staff that opened Spoto High three years ago.
"We wanted to do a [Stephen] Sondheim play and I thought it would be challenging for the kids," Warfield said about her decision to stage Into the Woods. Inspired by Bruno Bettelheim's 1976 book, The Uses of Enchantment, the musical intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm fairy tales and follows them further to explore the consequences of the characters' wishes and quests
"There's a lot of strong characters," which makes for "a strong ensemble cast," said Warfield, a graduate of Western Michigan University, who knew in high school that she wanted to teach theater. "I directed plays in my backyard when I was a kid," she added. "It just comes naturally."
With a cast of 26, and a five-member orchestra, the Spoto High School Theatre Department presents Into The Woods, Marcn 26-28, 2009, in the school's auditorium.
Theatre teacher Lindsay M. Warfield, above left, plays the role of the Witch. Pictured also, from left, are Haley Beutler (Cinderalla), Jack (Christopher Ackerson), and Taylor Seibert (Little Red Riding Hood). Warfield is a member of the charter staff that opened Spoto High three years ago.
"We wanted to do a [Stephen] Sondheim play and I thought it would be challenging for the kids," Warfield said about her decision to stage Into the Woods. Inspired by Bruno Bettelheim's 1976 book, The Uses of Enchantment, the musical intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm fairy tales and follows them further to explore the consequences of the characters' wishes and quests
"There's a lot of strong characters," which makes for "a strong ensemble cast," said Warfield, a graduate of Western Michigan University, who knew in high school that she wanted to teach theater. "I directed plays in my backyard when I was a kid," she added. "It just comes naturally."
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