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BEAUTY & THE BEAST

July 12-15, 2018

Music by Alan Menken, Lyrics by Howard Ashman and Time Rice
Book by Linda Woolverton


A beautiful young woman takes the place of her imprisoned father in the castle of a beast, who is really a cursed prince. She teaches him to be courteous and respectful, and they fall in love, in this stage adaptation of the animated Disney film, based on the classic fairy tale.
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INTO THE WOODS, Jr. &
​THE JUNGLE BOOK Kids.

March 8-11, 2018

Into the Woods Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by James Lapine


Jungle Book Music and Lyrics by Richard Sherman, Robert Sherman, and Terry Gilkyson; Additional lyrics by Marcy Heisler
Book adapted by Marcy Heisler


In this double-feature, a young boy raised by wolves sings and dances with his crazy jungle buddies who are trying to convince him to go back to the man village! Then a host of favorite fairy tale characters collide as each heads into the woods to find the thing worth the journeying.
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CRAZY FOR YOU 

August 3-6, 2017

Music and Lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
Book by Ken Ludwig


A toe-tappin' production of favorite Gershwin melodies in a light-hearted, fun-for-the-family romp through the lights of the Big City and the dust of the West.
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MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

April 6-7, 2017

Adapted by Beth Kenniv
​Original script by William Shakespeare


It’s 1955. A Blue Moon is shining when four mismatched lovers get tangled up in a fairy-filled forest with a band of misfit teens rehearsing a play.  It couldn’t get wackier…unless of course...you added an Elvis impersonating Donkey!  
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HORIZONS OF GOLD

August 12-14, 2016

Book/Concept by Beth Kenniv
Music by James Kenniv & Jeff Smith
​Lyrics by Beth Kenniv & Dave Thompson

Two women, displaced by the Dust Bowl, cling to each other for support as they struggle to find peace and a place to belong. Will the farmer down the road be the source of hope for both of them? 
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ANNE OF GREEN GABLES

June 10-12, 2016

Book, Music and Lyrics by Janet Yates Vogt & Mark Friedman

A spunky orphan brings joy to a small town stuck in its ways, despite her horrifically red hair and imaginative personality.
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MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS

November 7-8, 2015

By Christopher Sergel
Based on the book by Sally Benson


A family with five rambunctious children faces a variety of  dilemmas under the shadow of the impending 1904 World's Fair.

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NICHOLAS NICKLEBY

November 22, 2014

Adapted by Tim Kelly 
Performed in cooperation with Dramatic Publishers Inc.


A theatrical adaptation of the often-overlooked classic by Charles Dickens following young Nicholas Nickleby as he navigates the treacherous world of London while trying to maintain his integrity. 

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THE MUSIC MAN

September 19-21, 2014

Book/Music/Lyrics by Meredith Willson
​Story by Meredith Willson & Franklin Lacey

An all-time classic musical about a smooth-talking con-man who gets more than he bargained for in Iowa.
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FARTHER ON

January 2014

Book/Concept by Beth Kenniv

A straight-play high school adaptation of the original musical Horizons of Gold, following the story of a young Mexican girl in the Great Depression trying to find a place to belong.
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HORIZONS OF GOLD

September 13-15, 19-22, 2013

Book/Concept by Beth Kenniv
Music by James Kenniv & Jeff Smith
​Lyrics by Beth Kenniv & Dave Thompson


The premier community theater production of Horizons of Gold. With an all-ages cast, this production showcased changes and updates from the preview school performance. 

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