Red Riding Hood battles the Wolf in Steel Beam play

Posted October 31, 2011 12:00 am

Submitted by Steel Beam Children’s Theatre

Families will love this spunky Little Red Riding Hood, who, just as she complains that her life is so boring, discovers that her martial-arts loving granny has broken her hand while trying to karate chop a brick.

So Little Red embarks on an adventure through the forest to deliver goodies to her injured relative, meeting a cunning, Harvard-educated wolf along the way.

Steel Beam Children’s Theatre’s “Little Red Riding Hood” takes the traditional tale and updates it with contemporary elements and upbeat songs.

The production of “Little Red Riding Hood” will end Sunday, Nov. 6. Show times are at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4; 10:30 a.m., 1 and 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5; and 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 6, at 111 W. Main St. in downtown St. Charles.

Steel Beam Theatre is handicap accessible, with free parking and a variety of restaurants nearby. Tickets are $14 for adults and $10 for children younger than 16. For tickets, visit www.SteelBeamTheatre.com.

Little Red Riding Hood will be portrayed by Kathleen Miulli of Geneva, with Mary Kate Stanfa of Geneva as Granny and Brendan Walsh of West Chicago as the Wolf.

The cast also includes: Marissa Clifford, Michael Garcia, Tekla Mach, Declan Maher and Tristan Williams, all of Geneva; Alyssa Robinson and Taylor Stevens, both of St. Charles; Jacob Gallaher and Lindsey Gallaher, both of South Elgin; Megan Clifford, Elburn; Emily Marron, Glendale Heights; Brianna Picardi, Winfield; and Nicolas Sole, Carol Stream.

“Little Red Riding Hood” is directed by Steel Beam Theatre founder and artistic director Donna Steele. Nadia Handler of St. Charles is assistant director, as part of Steel Beam Theatre’s internship program.

Steel Beam Theatre offers classes, summer camps, workshops and audition-based theatrical productions for children ages 6 to 16. The student/teacher ratio is low and each child receives individualized attention.

Visit Steel Beam on Facebook at www.SteelBeamTheatre.com or call (630) 587-8521.

Little Red, portrayed by Kathleen Miulli of Geneva, hears the Wolf, played by Brendan Walsh of West Chicago, under the watchful eye of the Woodsman, Jacob Gallaher of South Elgin, at the Steel Beam Childrens Theatres musical Little Red Riding Hood. Courtesy of Steel Beam

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