{"id":9240,"date":"2013-09-23T12:44:40","date_gmt":"2013-09-23T17:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/?p=9240"},"modified":"2014-05-20T13:23:32","modified_gmt":"2014-05-20T18:23:32","slug":"theatre-department-to-perform-monty-pythons-spamalot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2013\/09\/23\/theatre-department-to-perform-monty-pythons-spamalot\/","title":{"rendered":"Theatre department to perform Monty Python’s “Spamalot”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Theatre students at Sinclair Community College are set to perform the new Monty Python musical, \u201cSpamalot,\u201d directed by Gina Kleesattel with musical direction from Daniel Greene.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Spamalot] is a new musical lovingly ripped off of the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail,\u201d Patti Celek, publicity specialist for the Theatre department said. \u201cIt\u2019s about King Arthur and his knights and his quest for the holy grail, and some of the antics that go on along the way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Apart from the flying cows and killer rabbits that are included in the stage show, Celek said Spamalot is one of the largest productions the Theatre department has been a part of.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are a lot of set changes; there\u2019s a large cast, more lighting, the orchestra is bigger,\u201d Celek said. \u201cFor example, generally we go with a seven or eight piece orchestra, but we went with 14 for this one.\u201d<\/p>\n

Along with a larger cast and set, more costumes are expected \u2014 something that Celek said is in progress.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur costume designer Kathleen Hotmer is both renting pieces and constructing pieces,\u201d she said. \u201cThe most elaborate costume would probably be the lady in the lake, which is being rented from a Broadway costume shop.\u201d<\/p>\n

Celek said she believes students will like the show because it is so funny, over the top and entertaining.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very, very irreverent and I think it\u2019s hysterically funny,\u201d she said. \u201cThere are parts of it that could be considered offensive, but it\u2019s so over the top \u2014 I mean, killer rabbits, flying cows \u2014 so you kind of expect that it\u2019s going to push the envelope.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Celek, students have also expressed that they are excited for Spamalot\u2019s arrival and she believes that because the market for the show is so diverse, it appeals to many people.<\/p>\n

\u201cPart of our goal or our mission is that we produce different kinds of theatre for different markets,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s kind of a broad spectrum and so far, our response has been good.\u201d<\/p>\n

Opening show for Spamalot is Oct. 4 and all seats must be reserved. The cost is $15 for adults and $10 for students, seniors and Sinclair employees.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s a perfect opportunity for people who love theatre and for people who have never seen any theatre,\u201d Celek said. \u201cIt\u2019s something that everyone can enjoy together.\u201d<\/p>\n

For those interested in purchasing tickets, visit www.sinclair.edu\/tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Theatre students at Sinclair Community College are set to perform the new Monty Python musical, \u201cSpamalot,\u201d directed by Gina Kleesattel with musical direction from Daniel Greene. \u201c[Spamalot] is a new musical lovingly ripped off of the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail,\u201d Patti Celek, publicity specialist for the Theatre department said. \u201cIt\u2019s about King […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tartan-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":false,"source_text":false,"source_url":false},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5s3vR-2p2","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9240"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9242,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9240\/revisions\/9242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}