Coming November 2010!

This rollicking new musical, written and performed by NOBAC students, includes 20 colorful, toe-tapping jazzy tunes by Cole Porter and George & Ira Gershwin, including: Another Openin' of Another Show, You're The Top, Too Darn Hot, Let's Misbehave, Someone to Watch Over Me, Be a Clown, I Got Plenty o' Nuttin', Funny Face, Brush Up Your Shakespeare, Now you Has Jazz, and The Tale of the Oyster (the Cole Porter song on which this original story is based!)

The story centers around the characters of Shelly Oysta, a homely girl with a lovely personality who lives all alone in a shanty by the sea, and dreams of a better life aboard the grand yachts of Cape Ann's glittering elite, and Poseidon Hogenheimer, the dashingly handsome son of the wealthy society matron, Mrs. Fifi Hogenheimer. He has everything in the world he could ever want… except the one thing he really needs. Other characters include Fergie Hogenheimer, a 7 year-old evil genius, Barry Cuda, the greedy yacht captain and Coral Reef, the chambermaid who only sees the good in him, Shona Seastar, a pretty circus clown who desires to win the coveted 'Top Tiara Contest', and a strange, wise mystic named Tsunami Drought who lives under the docks. Joined by a hilarious ensemble of supporting characters, the story takes many mysterious twists and turns, but resolves in a happy ending for all... or does it??

Coming April 2011 !

Bada bing! Picture it. Little Italy. 1955. In The NOBAC Youth Opera’s hilarious retelling of the traditional Cinderella story, the wicked stepmother is replaced by a stepfather, Don Magnifico, the Fairy Godmother is replaced by Alidoro, a philosopher and the Prince’s tutor, and Cinderella is identified not by her glass slipper, but by her bracelet. Considered one of the most beautiful and inspiring operas from the 19th century, our exciting presentation Rossini’s La Cenerentola will have you rolling in the aisles, instead of sleeping with the fishes! Cannoli will be served at intermission. Don’t fugeddaboutit!