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As part of its dedication to nutritional education, Southland
Opera is proud to present the new musical comedy Indy
Joe and the Pyramid of Food. The musical, in a memorable
and humorous way, teaches kids to stay fit and healthy and
make the right food choices.
The story pits "Indy"gestion Joe against her nemesis
F.F. Greasy and her assistant Sugah in an effort to solve
the mystery of the scrambled and ancient Pyramid of Food...and
teach kids to stay fit, healthy and make the right food choices
along the way. Adventure! Excitement! Songs! Laughs! And learning
about good eats! This show has it all!
Indy Joe and the Pyramid of Food is appropriate
for grades 3-6.
Southland Opera has prepared study materials for many of
its ongoing productions and encourages teachers to use them
to introduce their students to the music and stories of the
operas.
Each set of study material is available in PDF (Acrobat
Reader required), DOC (Word or similar
word processing program required) and TXT formats for
convenience:
Indy Joe and the Pyramid of Food
- PDF
With the help of educators, Southland Opera is dedicated
to reaching children and youth by presenting production on
school campuses that are fresh, exciting, accessible and consistent
with the standards of performing excellence.
Southland Opera worked with two gifted artists on Indy
Joe and the Pyramid of Food:
Phil Lollar, Writer
Mr. Lollar has been involved in the creation, writing and
production of dozens of kids’ audio/video series, including:
Adventures in Odyssey; Jungle Jam and Friends;
Little Dogs on the Prairie; Marvy and the RazzleFlabbinz;
3, 2, 1 Penguins; Threads; Paws &
Tails; The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss and
Elmo Aardvark: Outer Space Detective. Two of those
series have been credited with re-inventing the art of radio
drama: the hit comedy Jungle Jam and Friends and
Focus on the Family’s dramatic series Adventures
in Odyssey (winner of the Golden Mike Award). Mr. Lollar
co-created the Odyssey series and wrote and directed more
than 250 episodes for the show.
As for video, Mr. Lollar is a co-creator and performer in
Little Dogs on the Prairie (winner of the Film Advisory
Board’s Award of Excellence), was a writer and consultant
for the Nickelodeon/Jim Henson television series The Wubbulous
World of Dr. Seuss (twice nominated for the prestigious
Emmy Award for Outstanding Children’s Series), and wrote,
performed and co-produced Elmo Aardvark: Outer Space Detective,
the Internet’s first weekly animated series (winner
of the Annie Award for Best New Technology Animated Series).
Eli Villanueva, Composer
Eli Villanueva began his professional career at age 11 and
has since earned outstanding credentials as a performer, a
stage director and a published composer. Mr. Villanueva’s
compositions are praised for their appeal to audiences and
performers alike. Music ranging from solo vocal to choral
works to popular Handbell songs, can be found through publishing
companies like Fred Bock Music and Laurendale Associates.
Mr. Villanueva has appeared internationally in leading baritone
roles including Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia,
Marcello and Schaunard in La Bohème, and Falke
in Die Fledermaus with such noted companies as the
San Francisco Opera Center, Los Angeles Opera, and for the
Cultural Arts Festival in Cortona, Italy.
Presently, Mr. Villanueva is stage director for Los Angeles
Opera’s acclaimed In-School Opera Outreach. As Resident
Stage Director for OperaWorks, a nationally recognized opera
training program, he teaches stage techniques and co-creates
new works. He also has appeared as guest stage director for
universities throughout Southern California.
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