2009 - 2010 Season

Disney's Mulan, Junior (Kidzu Production)

October 23-25, 2009 | Hernando Performing Arts Center

Travel back to the legendary, story-telling days of ancient China with this action-packed stage adaptation of Disney’s Mulan. The Huns have invaded, and it is up to the misfit Mulan and her mischievous sidekick Mushu to save the Emperor! Mulan Junior is a heart warming celebration of culture, honor and a fighting spirit. The score includes favorites like “Reflection,” “Honor to Us All” and “I’ll Make a Man Out of You” as well as new songs that will make you want to dance!

Mulan will be performed at the Hernando Performing Arts Center October 23 and 24 at 7:00pm and October 25 at 2:00pm. Tickets are $10 Adults and $5 Students and Senior Citizens and can be purchased at the door.

Charlotte's Web

April 23-25, 2010 | Southaven Performing Arts Center

This exciting, new musical version of Charlotte's Web brings a new dimension to E.B. White's beloved classic. With music and lyrics by Charles Strouse (Annie, 'Bye, 'Bye Birdie) and book by Joseph Robinette (national award-winning children's playwright), everyone will thrill to a musical score which includes "Eating," Wilbur the pig's humorous yet poignant song about growing up; "Who Says We Can't Be Friends," an enchanting duet between Wilbur and his new-found companion Charlotte; "Welcome to the Zuckerman Barn," featuring all the story's unforgettable animals in a hand-clapping, toe-tapping hoe-down; and "Summer," a haunting, nostalgic chorus number which evokes a time and place from everyone's childhood.

Charlotte's Web will be performed at the Southaven Performing Arts Center, located at 2101 Colonial Hills Drive, Southaven, MS 38671 April 23rd and 24th at 7:00 p.m., and April 24th and 25th at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are $10 Adults and $5 Students and Senior Citizens and can be purchased at the door.

Bye Bye Birdie

July 15-18, 2010 | Hernando Performing Arts Center

Conrad Birdie is the biggest rock & roll star of the 60's ever to be drafted into the army. None-too-successful songwriter Albert Peterson hatches a plot with Rosie, his secretary (and long-suffering girlfriend), to get Birdie to sing one of Albert's songs on the Ed Sullivan show. The pop star would then symbolically kiss goodbye a young lady chosen at random from the country's womanhood, this being his last appearance before being drafted. Kim MacAfee of Sweet Apple, Ohio, is chosen to receive the kiss. This excites the town's teen-age girls, but Hugo, her boyfriend, is not very happy. Complicated to start with, things get more tricky as everyone, including Albert's clinging mother, descends on the small town. Even Albert's chemical inventions come in useful.

Bye Bye Birdie will be performed at the Hernando Performing Arts Center July 15th, 16th, and 17th at 7:00 pm, and July 17th and 18th at 2:00pm. Tickets are $10 Adults and $5 Students and Senior Citizens, and they can be purchased at the door.

Disney's My Son Pinocchio, Geppetto's Musical Tale

November 12-14, 2010 | Hernando Performing Arts Center

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The classic tale of an aging toymaker and his puppet, Pinocchio, takes on timely issues. Grammy Award-winner and master melodist Stephen Schwartz adds a compelling score of original songs to the beloved classics "When You Wish Upon a Star" and "I’ve Got No Strings." Join the Blue Fairy, Stromboli and a lively cast of characters as Geppetto journeys beyond the Toy Shop to discover what makes the "perfect child." This family-friendly musical is appropriate for all audiences and is a magical mix of heartwarming fairytale and action-packed adventure. Audiences will love following Pinocchio's journey from an awkward wooden puppet to a real, live boy and will be charmed by Geppetto's transformation from demanding creator to a real, live father.

My Son Pinocchio will be performed at the Hernando Performing Arts Center November 12th and 13th at 7:00pm, and November 13th and 14th at 2:00pm. Tickets are $10 Adults and $5 Students and Senior Citizens, and they can be purchased at the door.