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Reading Actress Maritza Bostic to appear in "A Little Princess"

Reading actress Maritza Bostic will be featured in Fiddlehead Theatre Company’s production of A Little Princess at the Strand Theatre (543 Columbia Road, Dorchester, MA) from November 21–December 8, 2013.  

This uplifting, professional production is a Boston area premiere, and Fiddlehead Theatre Company’s first as the new resident company at Boston’s historic Strand Theatre.  Tony-Nominated composer Andrew Lippa will present a talkback following the show on Friday, November 29th, hosted by WGBH Executive Arts Editor Jared Bowen, and Playwright Brian Crawley is slated to perform a talkback on Friday, December 6th.  Tickets are $25-$45 per person; the talkbacks are free to ticketed audience members.  Tickets may be purchased by calling the box office at 617-229-6494 or online at www.fiddleheadtheatre.com.  Student, senior and group discounts are available. 

Maritza Bostic, a graduate of Reading Memorial High School, is currently a senior at Salem State University pursuing her BFA in Acting and Minor in Music.  She will play a featured role in the ensemble in A Little Princess.  Martiza is delighted to be working with Fiddlehead Theatre Company again after appearing in Ragtime last year.  Maritza was recently nominated for the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival for her role as April in Hot L Baltimore at Salem State. Other recent regional credits include: Les MiserablesCabaret, and Once on this Island.

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A Little Princess is the perfect holiday family musical telling the story of a little girl with a great big imagination. Separated from her father and the open-hearted Africans who have helped him raise her, young Sara Crewe is sent to boarding school in London. When things go badly for her there, her imaginative powers come to the rescue – helping to transform a drab institution into a place of magic and mystery. As the girl wins the affection of the other boarders she draws the ire of Miss Minchin, the dour headmistress; Sara is made a servant to the institution when her father is reported dead, and his fortune seized. Sara counters all Miss Minchin’s best efforts to degrade her with the grace and virtue of a little princess.  A Little Princess is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.  421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019 Phone: 212-541-4684; Fax: 212-397-4684.  www.MTIShows.com

In addition to Maritza, the cast of A Little Princess features Sirena Abalian as Sara Crewe, Shana Dirik* as Miss Minchin, Jared Troilo* as Captain Crewe, Liliane Klein* as Queen Victoria, Bridget Bierne* as Miss Amelia, Aubin Wise as Aljana and Jared Dixon as Pasko.  *Denotes members of Actors Equity Association.

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About Fiddlehead Theatre Company

Fiddlehead Theatre Company is the resident theater company of the historic Strand Theater located in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Since its inception in 1993, Fiddlehead Theatre Company has been dedicated to producing professional theater experiences for the greater Boston community, and educating local youth in the theater arts through its Children’s Theatre Division. Fiddlehead’s partnership with the City of Boston designating the company as residents of the Strand Theatre has placed the IRNE award winning theater-company on the forefront of Boston’s regional theater community. Named after the fantastical fiddlehead fern found in fairy-tales and symbolic of imagination, Fiddlehead Theatre Company is committed to producing theater that uplifts the spirit while engaging audiences in provocative social issues, motivating and energizing their audiences to renew their commitment to community, and instilling hope for a better tomorrow. Visit fiddleheadtheatre.com for information about upcoming shows, cast biographies and ticketing information. Like us on Facebook at facebook.com/FiddleheadTheatreCompany and on Twitter @FiddleheadTheat.


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