Scarsdale Girl to Perform in "13" at WPPAC this Weekend

The musical “13” will be performed at The White Plains Performing Arts Center this weekend and Scarsdale 10th grader Sarah Cammarata is in the cast of the show. The story focuses on 13 year-old Evan Goldman who is forced to move from New York City to the small town of Appleton, Indiana when his parents get divorced. The move disrupts Evan’s social life and Bar Mitzvah plans and he struggles to fit in with the in-crowd at his new school. Scarsdale’s Sarah Cammarata plays Cassie, a “popular gossip girl” in this comical coming of age story enhanced by a terrific musical score.

Cammarata has been performing since she was seven years old and made her debut in the Wizard of Oz production at Random Farms Kids Theater. Since then she has performed in over 20 musicals with many theater companies including White Plains Performing Arts Center, Westchester Broadway Dinner Theater, Yorktown Stage, Helen Hayes Youth Theater, and Play Group Theater (PGT). She studies acting at PGT and with Jeremy Quinn at WPPAC. This summer, the cast of “13” had 18-25 hours of rehearsal per week for the past 4 weeks.

Commenting the experience of acting in “13”, Cammarata said, “Acting in a big production allows me to get away from real life and put myself into someone else’s shoes. The cast of 13 has become a second family to me, and I have made so many new friends. When it comes time for the show all our hard work pays off and it feels very rewarding. During the process of creating 13, the entire cast has worked together to make a really great show.”

Tickets are still available for performances this weekend on August 19 and 20. See details below:

13
August 19th and 20th at 8 pm
White Plains Performing Arts Center
11 City Place
White Plains, NY 10601

$15 adults
$10 Students

877-548-3237 or www.wppac.com

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