Evil Ursula (Melinda Robin) and her minions strike a deal with lovestruck Ariel (Amélie Fournier) during Wednesday’s dress rehearsal for Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr. at The LaSalle Theatre. Left to right: Hailey Bennet, Heidi Bennet, Melinda Robin and Amélie Fournier.
Catch a live one this weekend with four performances on deck for the stage production of Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr. presented by The LaSalle Theatre. With director Michael Rawley at the helm and six weeks of rehearsing, the cast and crew have their lines down.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings will feature a 7:00 p.m. show and there is a 2 p.m. matinee on Saturday. Tickets are twenty dollars per person and can be reserved by contacting The LaSalle Theatre at 705-568-7471 or visiting their Facebook page. Presale forms have been handed out to the performers as well.
The resurfaced LaSalle celebrates it’s tenth year and has become a beacon for quality productions and performers with the theatrical guidance of professional actor and artistic director Michael Rawley, a sea of knowledge in the world of show business.
“I think we’ve got an amazing cast of twenty six young, and not necessarily so young performers,” says Rawley. “All new performers, though, which makes them all young.” .
Starring choreographer Amélie Fournier as Ariel, the list of local talent is long with many newcomers getting their feet wet for the summer production.
Also starring are Joseph Brohm, Luigi Fontana, Noah Kazur and Melinda Robin, with Heidi Bennett, Hailey Bennett, Oliver Danchuk, Jonah Fontana and Matthew Paquette. Completing the cast and crew are Holly Bennett, Betheny Bragg, Ethan Charron, Juliana Costa, Emilia Fontana, Bella Jackson, Mai-Lin Kong, Lilian Lamothe, Peter Law, Leaha Maguire, Sophie Morissette, Vivian Peters, Nicholas Potts, Jessica Remillard, Willow Robin and Mya Willfang.
The Little Mermaid Jr. is Disney’s watered down version of the Broadway production and animated movie based on the classic book by Hans Christian Andersen. The show is an hour long plus intermission and a joy for all ages. And with all that has been going on behind the scenes, the props, costumes and visual effects bring a whirlwind of dazzle and delight.
“And they have worked so incredibly hard,” praises Rawley, “and the show’s going to be amazing, and they deserve to have full houses to see them do this amazing production that they worked so hard for.”