MIDLAND — "Sleeping Beauty" will need to be on her toes starting this Friday, as the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center stages a ballet based on the beloved fairytale.
Leaping, pirouetting performers will provide a different spin on the story of a 16th birthday celebration and a wicked fairy's spell.
Shows will take place the next two weekends in Lincoln Park's Main Stage Theater.
"Sleeping Beauty's" director and choreographer Jennifer Verba described the show as "an extravaganza of lavish sets and costumes, brilliant dancing and extraordinary music all coming together.
“I’m thrilled to bring it to the Lincoln Park stage," Verba said in a press release. "It’s an ageless story for all ages to enjoy.”
Experienced Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School dancers Jocelyn Scullion (Princess Aurora) of Carnegie, Lexy Bittner (Lilac Fairy) of Pittsburgh and Jacob Butterfield (Prince) of Avella headline a cast of 49 performers.
Beaver Valley performers include Brett Barthelemy, Baden; Courtney Bearer, Rochester; Christianna Brown, Aliquippa; Vilija Bumelis, Crescent Township; Sydney Dawson, Coraopolis; Caroline Fawcett, Baden; Julia Fawcett, Baden; Nadine Fox, Beaver; Alex Guadagnoli, Aliquippa; Brooke Jacobs, Moon Township; Kieran Modro, Beaver Falls; Alice Schollaert, Beaver; Noel Shackelford, Beaver Falls; Emma Stefanik, Ambridge; Cadence Verba, Industry.
Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. this Friday and Saturday, and March 23-24, with matinees at 2 on March 18 and March 25.
Tickets are $15, $18 and $20 and available by calling 724-576-4644 (option 2 for the box office) or at www.LincolnParkArts.org.