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Engle Lane Theatre to present Frozen Jr. show next month · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Engle Lane Theater to present Frozen Junior show next month.
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  Written by Bill Frescos, This article is being read by
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  an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. Frozen Junior
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  is set to slide into Streeter's Anglelane Theater later this month,
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  bringing a cast of kids from all over the Illinois
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  Valley together for a familiar Disney favorite and Engle Lane's
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  first show of the year. Based on the Disney movie Frozen,
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  the junior adaptation follows sisters Anna and Elsa as they
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  discover their identity and a bond that ultimately saves them.
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  The story is popular among kids today, and director Marley
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  Reel said that familiarity has helped keep the rehearsal process
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  simple enough. It was really exciting to see how many
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  came out to auditions this year, and I think people
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  were just super excited that we were doing Frozen, she said.
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  And I think it's actually been a lot easier because
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  the kids, because of that familiarity. For the most part,
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  many of them know the story and all the songs,
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  so it's just a matter of tweaking things here and there. Reel,
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  who directed her first show at Engel Lane in twenty nineteen,
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  has extensive experience working with children through both theater and
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  other youth music programs. She said one of her main
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  goals is to give young performers a full understanding of
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  what goes into a production. What I really hope is
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  that when they come away from this, they see how
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  much work goes into putting a production together, but also
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  how much fun and rewarding it is when they succeed,
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  Reel said. For this particular group of kids, Reel said,
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  especially the younger ones, the show will mark their first
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  time on stage. While some students will also assist backstage
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  with sets. Reel wants those kids to focus on learning
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  their roles, gain confidence on stage, and have fun while
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  doing it. Beyond the familiarity of the show, Reel said,
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  the fun aspect hasn't been a problem, and the cast
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  chemistry has stood out most to her during rehearsals. The
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  most surprising thing for me with this group would be
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  how quickly they all came together, she said. They all
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  act like they're good friends already, and it just makes
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  everything easier and more fun for all of them. The
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  cast features a range of young performers from all over
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  the Illinois Valley and from six eighteen years old, including
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  Cora Rother as Young Anna, Luisa Jepson as Anna, Riley
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  Reel as Young Elsa, Ella mcclernan as Middle Elsa, and
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  Ryan Westerman as Elsa. Other principal roles include Marty Cabrera
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  as Hans, Simon Ross as Christoph, and Adysan Boaz Zolaf.
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  Additional roles include Brinley Stevens and Adriana Pacheco sharing the
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  role of Sven, along with a full ensemble portraying townspeople,
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  castle staff, hidden folk, and more so. The show will
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  run June tenth, fourteen, at Ingle Lane Theater, ten twelve Columbus.
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  Road tickets will be available through the Engle Lane box
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  office and online beginning Sunday, May seventeenth,