Published April 10. 2018 12:00AM
The Freedom HS Theatre Company present the Mary Rodgers and Marshall Barer musical “Once Upon a Mattress” April 11, 12, 13 and 14 at 7 p.m. and April 15 at 2 p.m. in the school theater. Tickets are $10 plus processing fee and can be obtained by visiting
www.showtix4u.com or by calling 610-867-6630.”Once Upon a Mattress” chronicles the pursuit of a princess bride for the prince in a fictional medieval kingdom, despite the efforts of his domineering queen mother.Jennifer Wescoe directs the performance, her last after 18 years leading Freedom’s theatre company. Nicholas Conti assists Wescoe along with Jerri Brown (choreographer) and Lex Donatelli (set design). “Once Upon a Mattress” is based on a book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller and Marshall Barer.
Princess #12 (Katie Marakovits) is grilled by the Wizard (Ryan Iticovici) as King Sextimus the Silent (Mitchell Hendricks) and the conniving Queen Aggravain (Shannon Callaghan) react differently to her wrong answer.
