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Disney's Descendants
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Choreo By:
Chandler Converse
Dir. By:
Kelly Fouchi
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July 12- Aug. 1st.
Rivertown Theaters
The hit Disney Channel series "Descendants" comes to life live on stage at Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts in New Orleans. Chandler will be joining the team as the Choreographer.
Based on the popular Disney Channel original movie, “Descendants” is a musical comedy follows the children of the infamous Disney villains. All is well in the Kingdom of Auradon, where Disney heroes and royalty are living happily ever after. That’s until Ben, the teenage son of Belle and King Adam (formerly the Beast) offers redemption to the children of the evil villains. Mal, Evie, Jay and Carlos, children of Maleficent, the Evil Queen, Cruella De Vil and Jafar, are invited to attend Auradon Prep alongside their parents’ sworn enemies. Before them lies a choice: walk in their parents’ footsteps or side with the good guys
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Paw Patrol Live!:
Race to the Rescue
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Dir./Choreo By:
Jaimie Selke
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National Tour
Vstar Entertainment/
Cirque du Soleil
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In it's fourth year of the original stage production of America's #1 kids series, Paw Patrol Live!, Chandler will join the tour as the Performance Director.
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It’s the day of the Great Adventure Bay Race between Adventure Bay’s Mayor Goodway and Foggy Bottom’s Mayor Humdinger, but Mayor Goodway is nowhere to be found. PAW Patrol to the rescue! Ryder summons Marshall, Chase, Skye, Rubble, Rocky, Zuma and Everest to rescue Mayor Goodway and to run the race in her place.
Using their unique skills and teamwork, the pups show that “no job is too big, no pup is too small,” and share lessons for all ages about citizenship, social skills and problem-solving as they make several heroic rescues on their race to the finish line.
Opportunity
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Play by:
Stanley Martin
Kyzwonos
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March 19th, 22nd and 23rd
Theatre 54
Shetler Studios
244 West 54th St.
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As a part of the Strawberry Theatre Festival in Manhattan, Chandler will be Stage Managing the new play "Opportunity" written by Stanley Martin. The show will be performed at Theatre 54. "Opportunity is about 6 dancers, from the Broadway flop McKinley: The Other American Musical, coming back together for a cast reunion. It's a dark comedy that delves into the lives of ensemble members in today's industry and what internal/external struggles they go through to create and keep the opportunities that they receive."
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Heist!: A New Musical
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Book and lyrics by: Alex Koceja
Music by: Michael Uselmann
Directed by: James Will McBride
Choreographed by:
Jenna Haimes
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Players Theatre
Aug 9- Sept. 2
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Returning to the Players Theatre in New York, Chandler will be performing the role of "Betty" and serve as the dance captain in the new musical HEIST! off - Broadway.
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"Jack, retired from the heist game after his partner in crime dies on his watch, gets roped into one last job: to infiltrate the cast of a Broadway revival and steal a necklace off the leading lady on stage. With a team of young thieves-turned-actors, Jack attempts to escape the mistakes of his past while dealing with directors, double-agents and Actor’s Equity. Just before opening night, Jack’s old partner arrives, having faked his death, and reveals he’s also after the necklace! The second act of Heist! is the entirety of Three Card Monte - we see the heist unfold, onstage and off."
DISNEY'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Book by: Linda Woolverton
Lyrics by: Howard Ashman
Music by: Alan Menken
Directed by: Gary John La Rosa
Choreographed by:
Ann Cooley
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Empire Theatre
June 14-July 1
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This summer, at the Empire Theatre in Allentown, PA, Chandler will be the assistant choreographer to Ann Cooley for Muhlengerg College's production of Disney's Beauty and the Beast.
Synopsis:
"Step into the enchanted world of Broadway’s modern classic — the “tale as old as time,” based on the Academy Award-winning film. Belle is a beautiful, bookish young woman trapped in a backwater town; the Beast is a vain young prince trapped under a spell. Can they break the curse in time? Or are the Beast and his enchanted household forever doomed? This magical stage adaptation features all of the film’s brilliant original songs, and some delightful new ones as well — with an extra helping of the spectacular stage magic for which SMT is famous!"
