TEGAN MARIE JOINS THEATRICAL CAST OF PETER PAN AND TINKER BELL – A PIRATE’S CHRISTMAS
Warner Music Nashville and Sweety High Country sensation TEGAN MARIE is taking her undeniable charm to a different kind of stage this holiday season, joining Seinfeld’s John O’Hurley (Captain Hook) and Disney Channel’s Garrett Clayton (Peter Pan) on the cast of Lythgoe Family Panto’s PETER PAN AND TINKER BELL – A PIRATE’S CHRISTMAS at Nashville’s Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC) December 13th - 23rd.
Stepping into the beloved role of Wendy, Tegan Marie will grace the stage of TPAC’s Polk Theater and show off her effervescent personality, which fans have just begun to discover through fun-filled tracks like “Keep It Lit” and “I Know How to Make a Boy Cry.”
Directed by BT McNichol and choreographed by Spencer Liff, PETER PAN AND TINKER BELL – A PIRATE’S CHRISTMAS is a singing, swashbuckling adventure performed in the high-flying style of a British holiday panto. Filled with big laughs, magic, dancers and contemporary songs by everyone from Taylor Swift to the Bee Gees, the family-friendly show will find Peter Pan, Wendy and Tinker Bell taking off on a wild quest to stop the plot of some dastardly pirates, who plan to kidnap Peter as a present to Captain Hook. Presented by the Tennessee Performing Arts Center and Lythgoe Family Panto, tickets are on sale now at TPAC.org.
Meanwhile, Tegan Marie wrapped up her first nationwide tour with a show in Hartford, Connecticut, last weekend (9/30), with a string of impressive performances that “proved that she can belt out a song with the best of them,” according to The Bristol Observer. Fans got a behind-the-scenes glimpse of what that milestone tour was like through People.com’s Tegan Marie Tour Diary, take a look here.
Tegan Marie also closed out Warner Music Nashville’s 9th Pickin’ On The Patio season in September, and is currently working on new music with hitmakers Scott Hendricks (Blake Shelton) and Nathan Chapman (Taylor Swift).
For more about Tegan Marie visit www.teganmarie.com, and follow her on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.
ABOUT TEGAN MARIE:
With a larger-than-life voice, Tegan Marie, 14, was discovered by girls’ media platform Sweety Highand went on to become the youngest female to sign to a major Country label (Warner Music Nashville) in 45 years. Following the release of fun-filled tracks “Keep It Lit” and “I Know How To Make A Boy Cry,” she is currently in the studio working with hitmakers Scott Hendricks (Blake Shelton) and Nathan Chapman (Taylor Swift) on new music. Since first breaking out onto the scene, she’s catapulted into the national spotlight with performances on ABC’s Good Morning America, NBC’s TODAY and PBS’ Smokey Robinson: The Gershwin Prize, in addition to appearances on the Radio Disney Music Awards (2017-18). As her videos continue to gain a wide audience (over 200 MILLION views), Tegan Marie has performed at the Grand Ole Opry, Ryman Auditorium, Stagecoach, and CMA Music Fest and shared the stage with artists such as Cam, Hunter Hayes and Kelsea Ballerini while partnering with Pepsi MidAmerica for a tour across the Midwest. Critics took notice of the young star’s talent with Billboard, HuffPost and Rolling Stone naming her in their 2018 watch lists and with USA Today hailing, “[Tegan] Marie has the personality and the voice of a future star, and she definitely has the always hard-to-define ‘It.’” A regular on Radio Disney Country, Tegan Marie’s taking her undeniable charm to a different kind of stage this holiday season, joining Seinfeld’s John O’Hurley (Captain Hook) and Disney Channel’s Garrett Clayton (Peter Pan), when she plays Wendy in PETER PAN AND TINKER BELL – A PIRATE’S CHRISTMAS at Nashville’s Tennessee Performing Arts Center (12/13-23).