Saddleback Civic Light Opera Season Finale: Dames at Sea

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Rancho Santa Margarita, CA – Saddleback Civic Light Opera closes on June 24th with an audience-pleaser, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and another song and dance musical,   Dames at Sea - book and lyrics by George Haimsohn and Robin Miller and music by Jim Wise, is an affectionate spoof of the grand and glorious Busby Berkeley movie musicals of the 1930s. 

Performances are at the McKinney Theatre on July 13th through the 29th.  Directed and choreographed by K. C. Gussler and musically directed by Jimmy Vann, this all song-and-dance musical will delight audience members of all ages.   

Small-town girl Ruby arrives in the Big Apple with only her tap shoes, a song in her heart, and a burning desire to become a Broadway star. She falls in love with Dick, a sailor who just happens to be a songwriter. They can sing a lovely duet – but can they save a Broadway musical when calamity strikes?  This old-fashioned tap extravaganza will charm and delight with catchy tunes like Broadway Baby, Choo-Choo Honeymoon, The Sailor of My Dreams and Dames at Sea.

Bottom center to right: Brian Overymyer, Sara Hone, William Hoshida, Jena Gillespie, Tim Fitzsimons, Daina Baker Bowler.

Photographer:  Ken Kinder caption

Dates:  July 13, 14, 20, 21, 27, 28 at 7:30pm and July 15, 22, 29 at 2:30pm.

Tickets can be purchased by calling (949) 582-4656 (noon-4 Tuesday through Saturday) and online at www.saddleback.edu/arts.  Ticket prices are $27 general; $26 students/seniors/ Angels; $12 children 12 and under. Group rates are $20 each for groups of 20 or more.

Saddleback College is located at 28000 Marguerite Pkwy in Mission Viejo, just east of Interstate 5 at the Avery Parkway exit.  Parking is available in Lot 12.  Take Avery Parkway to Marguerite Parkway turn left to the third traffic light, which is Saddleback’s Marguerite entrance. Turn right into the campus and take the second left to Theatre Circle, turning right into Lot 12.

Saddleback Civic Light Opera is one of two South Orange County’s professional summer musical theatre companies that teams Equity actors and professional directors with college and college-prep students, bringing affordable, quality, Broadway productions to our community.

Located in Mission Viejo, Saddleback College provides quality higher education and training to the greater south Orange County community.  Having served more than 500,000 students since 1968, Saddleback College offers over 300 degree and certificate programs to help students reach their personal, career, and educational goals.  For more information, please visit www.saddleback.edu