Little Mermaid, coming Aug.4-13, marks a homecoming for an actor who was with The Prizery almost from its beginning.
Evan Snead, who appeared in the Sound of Music at age 12, will have a major role as Prince Eric at age 24.
What a ride it has been since Snead left town in 2017! First he spent two semesters in the Elon University theater program before switching to film and going to Hollywood. “I worked at casting agencies, Being in the film industry reinforced my love for the arts,” he says.
Attracted next to Disney World, he was a concierge at the resort’s hotel and at Wilderness Lodge in Orlando. “It was fun. I had a lot of friends in the entertainment field, and I went backstage to look at how they did things,” he says.
Next he switched to Universal Studios, where he put his theater experience to work as the Grinch, greeting people at the park between Halloween and Christmas. It took two hours to put on his makeup. He did some side theater work in Orlando, appearing in Secret Garden with Central Florida Arts.
Finding “too much hustle and bustle” in Florida, Snead came back this summer to South Boston, where he is intent on helping invigorate the theater he loves so dearly.
“I am so passionate about The Prizery and everything ramping up again,” he says. “I wanted to help get it back on full cylinders. I am so happy with the current team because I know they have a lot of dreams that can work as long as the community helps them proceed. ”
It was watching A Christmas Carol in The Prizery’s first season that got Snead excited about acting. Sandy Slayton welcomed him to Halifax County Little Theater to appear in Winnie the Pooh.
From Sound of Music in 2011 there was a seven-year run of shows also including A Christmas Story, A Christmas Carol, Elf Jr the Musical, Aladdin Jr, Seussical, Cinderella, Oliver, Legally Blonde, Hairspray, Les Miserables, Wizard of Oz, Anything Goes, Carousel, West Side Story, Into the Woods, Addams Family, Oklahoma, Gypsy, Holiday Memories, Tom Sawyer, The Man Who Saved Christmas, Chicago and To Kill a Mockingbird
His favorite was Les Miserables in 2014. “The cast was phenomenal as were the stage crew, director Chris Jones and the community support,” he says. “I felt that theater was what I wanted to do the rest of my life.”
Snead, who was home schooled in Scottsburg, found The Prizery was a great place to meet other young people. He still keeps up with some of the actors he worked with.
In this musical, a mermaid, Ariel, falls in love with the prince, but he lives on land. To join him on land, she must find a way to get him to love her within three days or lose her voice to a wicked witch.
Based on the Hans Christian Andersen story and a Disney film, the show includes such songs as “Under the Sea,” “Kiss the Girl” and “Part of Your World.”
Snead describes the cast as “phenomenal. Everyone meshes so well.” There are a large number of children, who are getting their first stage experience in South Boston the way Snead says. “I definitely can’t stress enough how important the Prizery and Chris Jones have been/will continue to be for me,” he says.
Little Mermaid can be seen Friday Aug. 4, Saturday Aug. 5, Friday Aug. 11 and Saturday Aug. 12, all at 7:30 p.m., and on Sunday Aug. 6 and 13 at 3:30 p.m. Tickets are $22 for all ages if purchased in advance or $25 on the day of the show.
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