Two Burnaby students are among the talented young performers being featured in a new production at the Orpheum Annex.
Christina Di Iorio and Karis Ducharme are in the cast for Awkward Stage Productions' new Spotlight performance, coming to the stage on Saturday, March 1.
The show features high school student vocalists from around the Lower Mainland in a new show for the production company.
Awkward Stage is dedicated to providing performance and production opportunities for teens and young adults in the transition from school to professional careers.
"We're very excited to introduce this new annual event as an opportunity to not only present and develop absolutely amazing local secondary school talent, but also to provide opportunities for post-secondary emerging artists to share their knowledge and develop as mentors in our community," a press release says.
Christina, a Grade 12 student at Notre Dame Regional Secondary School, is a featured soloist in the evening.
She has previously had lead roles in her school's musical productions of The Wiz and Thoroughly Modern Millie, and she also won her school's ND Idol event.
Karis, meanwhile, is a 14-year-old student at Burnaby Central Secondary School, who has spent four years at the popular Gotta Sing! Gotta Dance! summer camp in Vancouver.
She has studied voice for nine years with Craig Tompkins at the Royal Oak Conservatory, and she is also an actor - she was recently seen onstage as the Phoenix's daughter in Forbidden Phoenix at Gateway Theatre.
She appears in the ensemble for Spotlight.
Tickets for the show are $30 general, $25 for students and seniors, available through spotlight.brownpapertickets.com. For details, call 604-260-9050 or see www.awkwardstageproductions.com.
The Orpheum Annex is at 823 Seymour St., on the second floor, in Vancouver.
