Theatre--Performance (Season)

The Iberia Performing Arts League is proud to announce its 2012-2013 season. Located in the
classic Essanee Theater in downtown New Iberia, IPAL provides live theatrical entertainment to its
audiences. It also provides an artistic outlet for actors, singers, musicians, set artists, technicians and
many others. The upcoming season will feature a summer youth musical, as well as a five play
regular season. In addition, in advance of the season, IPAL will hold its 2012-2013 Membership
Drive and Season Ticket sale.

First up on the stage (July 12-22) will be the IPAL’s Summer Youth Theater Production
of Disney’s Mulan. Young people (ages 10-21) are already cast and due to the success of previous
Summer Youth Productions, 8 performances will be held rather than the previous 6. Director is
Vincent P. Barras.

Opening the 2012-2013 Season will be Remember When Again. A sequel to 2010’s wildly
successful Remember When this will be an original "Broadway style" show employing the Folk,
Motown, Rock, Hippie and other music of the 1960's era. IPAL’s live band “The Berry Classics” will
return and along with the singing and dancing cast will perform 23 songs! The original script, by Jim
Wyche, involves plans to tear down a "1950's style" soda shop to put up a parking lot. The show will
run August 16-26, 2012, and is directed by Donald “Doc” Voorhies.

Lilies of the Field (Oct. 18-28) is an adaptation by Andrew Leslie of the 1963 Academy
Award winning movie for which Sidney Poitier received the Academy Award. Directed by
Howard “Mac” Stears, the play is based on a semi-biographical novel by William Edmund Barrett.

A Christmas Story (Dec. 6-16) ,another stage adaptation, is based on the ever popular
movie of the same name. By Philip Grecian this show will bring an adult and youth cast together in
what will sure be wonderful holiday experience. Director is Ellen Rogers.

IPAL’s Spring Musical will be Man of La Mancha. with script by Dale Wasserman, music
by Mitch Leigh, and lyrics by Joe Darion, this Tony Award winning musical, a dramatic and uplifting
production, is based on the Spanish novel Don Quixote by Cervantes and is sure to be another
IPAL sellout. It urges us, even now, to "Dream the Impossible Dream." The show will run March 7-
24, 2013, and will be directed by Donald “Doc” Voorhies

Closing out the season, May 30-June 9, will be See How they Run by Philip King. A
classic British farce set during World War II with multiple cases of mistaken identities and raucous
chases through an English Vicar's house, it is sure to provide lots of laughs. Director is Vincent P.
Barras.

Further information may be obtained by contacting IPAL at 364-6114 or via email using
ipal@cox.net.

IPAL is supported in part by a grant from the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of
Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism, in cooperation with the
Louisiana State Arts Council. Funding has also been provided by the National Endowment of the
Arts, a Federal Agency.