Have you been wishing for something fun to do with your kids this summer? Then your wish has been granted!

The Sawnee Cultural Arts Center’s Saturday on Stage Children’s Theatre will give performances of Aladdin and the Magic Lamp in June.

The play opens on Aladdin, a tailor’s teenage son, who would rather spend his time playing in the streets with his friends and secretly admiring the Princess Serena. Then, two scheming sorceresses, Rottaru and Evli, trick Aladdin into leaving his friends and family to retrieve a magic lamp from a dark and dangerous cave.

While lost inside the cave, Aladdin rubs the lamp and a powerful genie emerges to grant him any wish he desires. Aladdin wishes to leave the cave and to be transformed into a wealthy prince, so that he might marry Princess Serena.

Everything is going smoothly, until the evil sorceresses come back for the magic lamp and ruin Aladdin’s plans….

Local actor and director, Steven Jones, who also played Grandpa in last month’s production of Peter and the Wolf, is directing Aladdin and the Magic Lamp. Gay L. Grooms, artistic director of the Towne Lake Arts Center and director of several Saturday on Stage shows, wrote this play especially for young audiences.

Bring your family and friends to enjoy this magical story on the Main Stage at the Sawnee Cultural Arts Center. Performances will be given on Fridays at 8:00pm, Saturdays at 11:00am and 3:00pm, and on Sundays at 2:00pm, June 17-26.

Tickets are $5 each and are available in advance or at the door. Members of SCAC’s Patrons of the Arts Program may purchase tickets at $4 each.

For information, please visit www.sawneecenter.org. For ticket reservations, please call the Sawnee Cultural Arts Center at (770) 889-4977.

The Sawnee Cultural Arts Center is an independent, not-for-profit organization. SCAC is supported through donations, charitable contributions, grants and rental fees.

Cast of Characters

Aladdin……………………….Alan Somphonephalady

Gopru………………………….Ian Haddock

Townspeople………………….Kristin Carter, Erica West

Rottaru………………………..Paige Pulaski

Evli……………………………Kendall Garrison

Hokar…………………………Sean Lawley

Junira…………………………Ashleigh Taylor

Mirolo, Genie of the Ring.…...Laura Lundrigan

Sankari, Genie of the Lamp.....Tim Taylor

Zenji………………………….Connor Lundrigan

Xanyo………………………..Nicholas Lundrigan

Sultan Bobaru………………..Aaron Phillips

Sultana Lusee………………..Marisa McEvers

Princess Serena………………Laura Baker

Princess Nahara.……………..Dana Eckley

Princess Freesia……………..Alayna Fabricius

Princess Ilohna………………Samantha Taylor

Wendral………………………Alyssa West

Trecher, The Grand Vizier……Sarah Darata

Kreilba……………………...…Chris Carter

Paulah…………………………Allison Baker

Doriah…………………………Cassie Beato

Oliviah……….………………..Gigi Lambert

Violah………………………..Kaitlyn McIntosh

Ursulah……………………….Gina Darata

Calliah………………………..Brooke Pulaski

Volunteers needed! Please call 770.889.4977 if you will like to volunteer as an usher or concessionaire.