The MARVELOUS WONDERETTES
Direction and Choreography by JULIE TOMAINO
Chemainus Theatre Festival, Chemainus, BC
A Note from JulieHigh school is a tumultuous time of discovery, confusion, hormones, and growing up. At least for me it was. I wanted to be my own person, but I also wanted to be accepted and fit in. If only we could look back and tell our younger selves ‘everything is going to work out just fine’. But at the time I wouldn’t have believed it anyway. Everything is just so IMPORTANT.
I didn’t go to my high school reunion because I was doing exactly what I said I would be doing in my yearbook bio under future goals: Julie is going to be rich and famous and living in New York. I was for sure living in New York at the time. Rich and famous? Well, everything is relative.
The Marvelous Wonderettes is a special show. Audiences come for the music - who doesn’t love 50s and 60s hits sung in 4 part harmony with soprano and alto voices? What a dream! But audiences leave falling in love with the characters and reminiscing about the complicated friendships in their own life. There is a lot to love about the Marvelous Wonderettes.
