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2025 Production of The Little Mermaid
(press release from Long Beach Poly Drama)
Long Beach Poly Theatre Arts is proud to announce its upcoming spring musical, February 20th and 21st at 6:30pm, and February 22nd at 1:30pm and 6:30pm. Ariel, King Triton's youngest daughter, wishes to pursue the human Prince Eric in the world above, bargaining with the evil sea witch, Ursula, to trade her tail for legs. But the bargain is not what it seems, and Ariel needs the help of her colorful friends, Flounder the fish, Scuttle the seagull and Sebastian the crab to restore order under the sea.
Pre-Sale Admission is $10.00 for students and $15.00 for adults. Prices are $15 for students and $20 for adults at the door. For ticket information including double cast information for particular shows, go to https://lbpolydrama.com/buy-tickets-now
Based on one of Hans Christian Andersen's most beloved stories and the classic animated film, Disney's The Little Mermaid is a hauntingly beautiful love story for the ages. With music by eight-time Academy Award winner, Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater and a compelling book by Doug Wright, this fishy fable will capture your heart with its irresistible songs, including "Under the Sea," "Kiss the Girl" and "Part of Your World."
Many Poly teachers and students are working overtime across departments to bring this production to life. The lavish underwater set designed by Sebastian Villar is built by Long Beach Poly’s talented and hardworking stage crew, under the direction of Victoria Gathe-Rosado and Elizabeth Lozada. Poly’s Grammy award-winning music program supplies our live pit orchestra under the music direction of Brian Dokko. The production is directed by Theatre Arts teacher Linda Bon, featuring choreography by Broadway veteran Kim Arnett.
This Long Beach Poly production will be adjudicated in twelve performance and technical categories by the Jerry Herman Awards of the Hollywood Pantages Theatre, and select participants will also be competing in the Musical Theatre West Footlighters Awards.
Long Beach Polytechnic High School 1600 S. Atlantic Ave. Long Beach, CA 90813
Parking is on 17th Street and Atlantic.
This production of Disney’s The Little Mermaid is licensed by Music Theatre International.
Italy 2026 Info Meeting
Informational meeting is Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 6:30pm on Zoom. We’ll be discussing itinerary, inclusions/exclusions, and pricing. See you then!
Here’s a link to the slide deck; be sure to complete the Exit Form on the last slide if you’d like to stay updated on this tour.
Auditions for 2024-25 Vocal Music Ensembles
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19 APR 24 - Preliminary results for 2024-25 auditions are posted here:
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To audition for our classical music ensembles (Chorale, Cecilian Singers, Chamber Choir):
Record (audio or video) a clip of your singing, minimum length is 30 seconds. Choose any song of any style, accompanied or not. Email to Mr. Dokko at bdokko@lbschools.net. For current Poly students, please submit before 11:59pm on March 28, 2024.
To audition for Vocal Jazz 1 or 2:
Prepare your preferred vocal part of the vocal jazz arrangement of “Could It Be You,” arranged by Vijay Singh. First three pages only.
Come to the after school audition in the Poly Choir Room on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, at 3:50pm and be prepared to sing your part with three other singers.
All rehearsal materials are available here.
If you are auditioning for both classical ensembles and vocal jazz groups, you only need to do the Vocal Jazz audition.
Audition results will be posted here no later than Friday, April 12, 2024.
If you miss these auditions, it’s not too late! You may audition (but only for classical music ensembles) in the fall once school starts.