The Sir Francis Drake Hotel
and producer
Michael Pagan
present
Zanzibar Fairytale Puppet Theater's Holiday Production of
Cinderella
The story unfolds upon a magical Christmas Eve. This stunning production sets a new standard for puppet shows with beautifully costumed and wonderfully crafted puppets, exquisite scenery, entrancing lighting, a lush musical score and a dazzling indoor snowfall!
Before the show, delight in a delectable Viennese Dessert Buffet featuring an exquisite array of cakes, cookies, tarts and hot chocolate along with other magical holiday confections created by
Executive Pastry Chef Tim Nugent.
Taking place in the Empire Ball Room with cabaret style seating this enchanting experience will spark the imaginations of young and old evoking memories of Christmas long ago, when beauty, abundance and childhood wonderment were the rule and not the exception!
The Sir Francis Drake Hotel
450 Powell St San Francisco, CA 94102
Show Dates and Times
November 28 - December 28
11/ 28 at 8:30 pm Opening night after the tree lighting
11/29&30, at 1&3pm 12/6&7, @ 1&3pm
12/13&14, at 1&3pm
12/21,22,23,24, at 1&3pm 12/26,27,28, at 1&3pm
$ 65 per person
Price includes Show, Dessert Buffet & Hot Chocolate
A full bar is available and all adult beverages will be added to the check. General setting
During performances of Cinderella theatrical fog, snow and strobe lighting effects are used as well magical bursts of stardust which may take younger audience members by surprise.
Therese Post
Narrator
Will never risk being low-visibility on stage she's been a savvy seamstress in The Pajama Game and a tantalizing trombonist in Sugar. Along with stand out performances in Crazy For You, Oklahoma and The Most Happy Fella. When Therese is not pounding the boards this effervescent lady plays the role of Director of Customer development for Saks Fifth Avenue and is the proud mother of two grown children and one grandchild.
Susan McBaine
Cinderella
Susan is an artist by trade and works in acrylics, computer graphics and book design and currently is represented by the Edith Caldwell Gallery in Sausalito. Over the years she have performed in various musicals with favorite roles being Sugar in Sugar and Ado Annie in Oklahoma!. Susan was also in a woman's singing group for many years called the Doo Wah Divas which appeared all over the Bay Area.
Connie Colladay Hooker
Gladys / Fairy Godmother
Connie attended San Jose State University and graduated with a major in Speech Communication and a minor in Drama. She has worked for Bank of America for 34 years in San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles. The majority of her career was in Human Resources and for the past 8 years she has worked in the Bank's Global Corporate and Investment Bank as an Event Planning Manager. In her free time, Connie has acted in shows produced by Patti Warner for the Town School and California Historical Society including Hello Dolly, Most Happy Fella, Mame and Crazy For You. Additional dalliances into local theatre include her portrayal as Hilary Clinton singing "Stand by Your Man" for the Burlingame Country Club Variety show. In the Cinderella puppet show, Connie plays the role of Gladys, the Fairy Godmother. Connie is married to Michael Hooker and currently lives in San Francisco.
Cory Ringdahl
Pierre
Cary has been a voice actor in the Bay Area for a number of years. When he's not busy voicing creepy monsters, violent cyborgs, and grandmothers who just want a great haircut, he does technical support for a local web hosting company.
Barbara Hershey
Chantal - The Queen
I won the national high school Drama Festival Best Actress Award in 1974 for my performance in Medea. I'm currently starring way, way, waaaaay off Broadway as the Contemporary Sportswear manager at Saks Fifth Avenue. I received a Tony at 15, but instead of the soft curls the package promised, I was left with nothing but frizz!
AJ Hamilton
Philippe
Attending San Francisco State University in the Fall, AJ Has performed in community theater all over the Bay. Glenn Gary Glenross Williamson (Moloko Theater, SF), Romeo & Juliet Romeo (Ohlone College), The Romantic Age Bobby (San Leandro Players), Macbeth - Lennox/Porter (Plensanton Playhouse), Guys And Dolls Lt. Brannigan (Chabot Little Theater), Butterflys Are Free Don Baker (Chanticleers Theatre). In his career thus far he has also done a few commercials and short films.
Natalie Riner
Sadie - a mouse
Natalie has a passion for acting and dancing. When Natalie is not excelling in school she enjoys a good game of soccer. Her ambition in life is to become a teacher or a veterinarian.
Nicolas Riner
Henry, Sadie's husband - a mouse
Nicholas loves school his favorite part of school is PE where he enjoys running. Nicholas is drawn to the colors of red and blue. Nicholas chosen life avocation is to become a NBA star.
Lesley Lafferty
Esmeralda, Cinderella's stepsister
Lesley has lived in the Bay Area for about 11 years, and is originally from Sheffield, England. She works as a full time professional British Voice Over and has voiced many projects including commercials, video games, web site narrations and has even been the voice for toys! Her extensive client list includes Amazon.co.uk, Chevron, Hewlett Packard, Yahoo!, Webex and Oracle to name just a few! http://www.lesleylafferty.com
Belinda Maloney
Drusilla, Cinderella's stepsister
Belinda Maloney is a Gemologist by day and a thespian at night. She has been involved in numerous musical productions in theatres around the Bay Area, both on stage and behind the scenes as Director. But her first love is singing and dancing on stage making people laugh.
Meriwether McGettigan
Stepmother
Meriwether loves playing character roles with attitude and has with mixed success tackled roles in amateur production musicals as diverse as the sweet Victorian Irene Molloy in Hello Dolly (1997) and a very proper English senior citizen as Mrs. Higgins in My Fair Lady (1999). She has also played the sexy, buxom New Yorker, Irene Roth, in Crazy for You (1998) and a transplanted Texan, Cleo, in A Most Happy Fella (2000). As one of McGettigan's other loves is dancing, she was pleased that Cleo got to do some fancy footwork in the number "Big D". Some of the moves for this number are reminiscent of those she danced several years ago as Gladys in Bob Fosse's "Steam Heat" (Pajama Game 1994).Her other musical theatre credits include Damn Yankees, Sugar, and Oklahoma! In 1997 McGettigan was in the cast of "The Barbary Coast Players" where she performed the part of Mazeppa in "You Gotta Get a Gimmick" from Gypsy. She has not as yet found a venue for her hard won talents with the trumpet. In her real life she owns and runs an estate jewelry business in San Francisco named Meriwether, naturally.
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