Johnna Keever
The Paw Print
Adams State and the Department of Music hosted two-night special of The True Story of Cinderella a Comic Oratorio by Warren Martin.
Directed by Christine Keitges professor of Music and an active performer produced a great show. The production that was put on March 7 and 8 was definitely unique. The cast of 13 students and a pianist give that classic story a lot of sass. The story of the unwanted choirgirl, in a no staged performance gave new life to the cast of characters. The oratorio kept you wondering what they would sing about next.
The songs they sang were based off the story line of Cinderella going to ball meeting her prince and living happily ever after, but had off the wall songs, and stuff you probable didn’t expect them to say. These students were amazing, and unexpected surprise when these voices came out of students from Adams State.
All the performers came out in their royal attire, and sang their hearts out in their version of Cinderella. April Martin who played the queen who was over dramatic and sang over and over the same part over and Martin McKee playing the king who was confused and couldn’t hear that well. Prince played by Ian Walker had a mysterious problem where he can speak until he hears a voice of a beautiful woman.
The king and queen were very regal and were trying to get the prince to overcome the issues he had with not being able to speak. The Herald played by Kris Barbier announced a royal ball. The stepmother played by Courtney Espinoza and stepsister played by Michelle Vance and Victoria Ricci are more crabby than ever. The stepfamily was where the sass came in the most; the three singers gave a great performance together when getting ready for the ball. Cinderella’s fairy godmother played by Casey Bachurski, and of course Cinderella herself played Kacia Schmidt fit their part. They sang the story in an hour, even added some hermits played by Jared Masar, Joshua Landes, and Ryan Hansen to spice it up. Each one tried to give the prince advice to find his lost love, but didn’t have a clue really where to start.
In the end everyone one lived happily ever after, included the newly added hermits. The group for 12 singers, paired off as couples. First the King and Queen, second Cinderella and the Prince. The first hermit paired up with the stepmother, the second hermit paired up with the first step sister and the third hermit pair up with the second step sister. The songs they sang when trying to help find the princes lost love fit perfectly with each couple. The Herald, the one to announce all the royal engagements, didn’t want to be left out and the fairy god mother was all alone, so who better then to pair up with. The narrator and cailloneur Nichole Cordove helped with the story line.
The songs, the harmony, and the ending were amazing. Not serious, or sad, but a sass that made you laugh cause they said what they really might have been thinking.
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