Theater for a good cause? Count me in.
SNAP! Performance Productions is local volunteer group of singers, dancers, and actors who use their talents to raise money and awareness for Columbus charities. Over the past seven years, SNAP! has been an artistic outlet in the community to over 350 Columbus residents. This year, SNAP!’s beneficiary charity is Recreation Unlimited which is based in Ashley, Ohio and provides sport, recreational and educational programs to individuals with physical disabilities.
Next week, SNAP! Columbus will be performing their original show, Hugh Versus the Black & White, at The Lincoln Theater May 6th-8th. The storyline, song selection, vocal arrangements, choreography, set, staging, narration, and lighting design were all created over the course of 7 months and were created entirely by the cast. Hugh Versus the Black & White tells the story of a young woman separated from her true love and her quest to bring him back into her life.
Unlike a musical, Hugh is told entirely through song – singers, dancers, or both. While there is a narrator that helps push the plot along, none of the lead characters have speaking parts. The numbers this year range from rock songs (“Renegade” by Styx) to blues (“Home” by Marc Broussard) to pop (“Two is Better Than One” featuring Taylor Swift) to jazz (“El Tango de Roxanne” from Moulin Rouge).
The show runs May 6-8 with nightly performances at 8pm and a 2pm matinee Sunday, May 8. Tickets are $21 and can be purchased online here.
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