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HAIRSPRAY On Stage & On Tour January 28 - February 12

Sponsored By AT&T and Adams and Reece LLP

JPAS is thrilled to present the Broadway smash hit HAIRSPRAY on stage and on tour with JPAS! 

January 28, 29 & February 4, 5, 2012
SAT @ 7:30PM, SUN @ 2PM (Matinee)Jefferson Performing Arts Center (400 Phlox St. in Metairie, LA)

February 12, 2012 - SUN @ 2PM (Matinee)Temple Theatre (2320 8th St., Meridian, MS) General Seating at Temple Theatre

Also on stage February 10, 2012 - FRI @ 7:30PMColumbia Theatre (220 East Thomas St., Hammond, LA)
Please Call 985-543-4371 or visit Columbia Theatre to purchase tickets to this performance only.

Directed by Brandt Blocker with Choreography by Karen Hebert, the JPAS production stars John "Spud" McConnell as Edna and Broadway's Michelle Dowdy as Tracy with Vatican Lokey, Kris Shaw, Danielle Mathis, Leslie Limberg, Adam Carl Peyton, Jason George, Emily Walker and more! Tickets are Adults $30, Seniors/Military $27, Students $20, Child $15. For tickets, call the JPAS Box Office at 504-885-2000 or online at www.jpas.org. JPAS has great group rates and discount ticket packages are still available! Call the Box Office for more details!
The Tony-Award winning HAIRSPRAY has delighted audiences by sweeping them away to 1960's Baltimore, where the 50's are out -- and change is in the air. Loveable plus-size heroine, Tracy Turnblad, has a passion for dancing, and wins a spot on the local TV dance program, "The Corny Collins Show." Overnight she finds herself transformed from outsider to teen celebrity. Can a larger-than-life adolescent manage to vanquish the program's reigning princess, integrate the television show, and find true love (singing and dancing all the while, of course!) without mussing her hair? Join the JPAS cast as they shake up the 1960s world with rock and roll, dancing and heart!

JPAS is thrilled to welcome Broadway's Michelle Dowdy to the cast to star as Tracy Turnblad. Dowdy played the role in the Broadway production and she is thrilled to be down in the Big Easy for this big, bold and beautiful show with JPAS! A graduate of Pinellas County Center for the Performing Arts in St. Petersburg, FL, Dowdy went straight to Broadway, joining the Broadway cast immediately after her high school graduation. In addition to HAIRSPRAY on Broadway, Dowdy has also been an annual featured performer for the annual Broadway Bares Benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids in New York City.

 Our own local star of the stage, screen and WWL air-waves, John "Spud" McConnell will play the larger-than-life role of Tracy's mother, Edna, complete with high heels, fabulous costumes and of course, outrageous hair!

The cast includes many other outstanding local talents including Vatican Lokey as Corny Collins, Kris Shaw as Wilbur Turnblad, Danielle Mathis as Motormouth Mabel, Adam Carl Peyton as Link Larkin, Leslie Limberg as Amber Von Tussle, Jason George as Seaweed, Emily Bennett Walker as Penny and Julianna Star as Velma Von Tussle with Jade Thanars, Jimmy Demontlizen, Keith Claverie, Anna Rosenberg, Jeffery Lockhart, Juliene Natal, Price Provenzano, Micah Desonier, Eric Bond, Rachel De Jonge, Peter Elliott, Christina Tischnor, Whitney Mixon, Jessica Mixon, Leianna Seals, Anthony Taplin, Jr., Brandon Spooner, Tibeau Hampton, Charlene Robinson, Rodrick Nicholson, Cameron Turner and Kenitra Harding.

Book Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan . Music and Lyrics Marc Shaiman . Lyrics Scott Wittman . Directed by Brandt Blocker. Choreography by Karen Hebert. Stage Manager: Brian Schrader. Assistant Stage Managers: Lauren Guillot & Brandon Spooner, Wigs and Makeup: Don & Linda Guillot.  Scenic design by Axis Designs - Isabel Curley-Clay and Moriah Curley-Clay. Lighting Design by Diane Baas. Props Design by Trish McClain.

**HAIRSPRAY is part of the JPAS Arts Adventure Series**

Arts Adventure Weekday Matinees available Thurs & Friday January 26 & 27 @ 9:45am at the Jefferson Performing Arts Center in Metairie and Monday, February 13 @ 9:45am

The Jefferson Performing Arts Society’s Arts Adventure Series presents kid-friendly main stage productions to school groups at discounted rates during the weekday. JPAS also provides FREE Coordinating lesson plans and study guides are available for all Arts Adventure Series performances. Admission is only $5 for students. One teacher/chaperone is admitted FREE for every 10 paid students!To make reservations for your student group, please contact Donna Barber, Arts Adventure Series Coordinator, at the JPAS Box Office PH: 504.885.2000 ext. 206, Fax: 504.885.3437 or email donna@jpas.org