Penelope Saves the Nutcracker

(a musical for children)

Book and Lyrics by Dorothy Nichols
Music by David Stein

World Premiere
March 7, 1997
Schoenberg Hall, UCLA

Can the Blinkenshire Ballet Company perform their annual production for The Nutcracker without the talented and dependable service of Penelope Horse? Or, has she been replaced by a mechanical horse to save the company manager some money? Find out if talent can win over technology and art can triumpn over greed.

This new piece of Music Theater was created by Dorothy Nichols, who had been my movement instructor and choreographer for the Workshop. I loved this show which used tracks created by the composer which brought a whole new set of problems for my fine cast to solve.