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Tort the Tortoise (Jocelyn Mosman), right, looks at the mermaid (Hope Boyer) through a spyglass during a scene from the Globe Theater production of The Little Mermaid.

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Under the sea

November 06, 2009 1:57 AM

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BY ROY WAGGONER

Those who go see the Globe Theatre production of "The Little Mermaid" will leave the desert and take a trip under the sea Nov. 13.

For Ollie the Prince, also known as landlubber Justin Relyea, the production is all about kids.

"I love children and know they are really going to like this show. It’s so lighthearted," he said.

Relyea, who said he wants to major in theater, said he was drawn to auditioning for "The Little Mermaid" because he’s always liked the storyline of the show.

Globe Theatre Artistic Director Anthony Ridley said the show is not the same as the Disney movie because many of those characters are copyrighted. Thus, names and events differ to some degree. The Globe production is based on the original Hans Christian Andersen story.

Both had similar starts — the mermaid comes to the surface and sees the prince.

Ridley said the Globe staff wanted to focus on plays that people are familiar with this year.

"We’ve experimented to know certain things that work and wanted to do plays with recognizable titles," he said.

IF YOU GO

>> What: "The Little Mermaid."

>> Who: Cast at the Globe Theatre.

>> When: 8 p.m. Nov. 13, 14 and 20; 2:30 p.m. Nov. 15 and 22.

>> Where: Globe Theatre, 2308 Shakespeare Road.

>> Tickets: $12 for adults, $10 for students and seniors, $8 for groups of 15 or more people.

>> Call: 580-3177 or 332-1586.

CAST

>> A Sea Captain: Gary Bookhammer.