Spotlight Youth Theatre's 2018 / 2019 Season!

Into the Woods, Jr
Book by James Lapine
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

Dates / Show Times:
Aug. 31—Sep. 16, 2018
Fridays 7pm, Saturdays 7pm, Sundays 2pm
Additional 2pm matinees on Sep. 8 & 15

Be careful what you wish for! This adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s and James Lapine’s groundbreaking, Tony Award-winning musical features all of your favorite characters – Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack (and his beanstalk), and the Witch, in this lyrically rich retelling of classic Brothers Grimm fables.

The musical centers on a baker and his wife, who wish to have a child; Cinderella, who wishes to attend the King’s festival; and Jack, who wishes his cow would give milk. When the baker and his wife learn that they cannot have a child because of a witch’s curse, the two set off on a journey to break the curse and wind up changed forever.

You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Based on the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Clark Gesner
Additional Dialogue by Michael Mayer
Additional Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa

Dates / Show Times:
Oct. 19—Nov. 4, 2018
Fridays 7pm, Saturdays & Sundays 2pm

It’s “an average day in the life of Charlie Brown”—a day made up of little moments picked from Valentine’s Day to the baseball season, from wild optimism to utter despair, all mixed in with the lives of his friends. All of the familiar Peanuts gang, including Snoopy, Lucy, Linus, Schroeder, and Sally, join Charlie Brown in this classic musical adaptation of Charles Schulz’s immortal comic strip.

This family musical will be performed in repertory with the satirical play for older audiences, Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead.

Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead
By Bert V. Royal

Dates / Show Times:
Oct. 20—Nov. 4, 2018
Saturdays & Sundays 7pm

When CB’s dog dies from rabies, CB begins to question the existence of an afterlife. His best friend is too burnt out to provide any coherent speculation; his sister has gone goth; his ex-girlfriend has recently been institutionalized; and his other friends are too inebriated to give him any sort of solace. But a chance meeting with an artistic kid, the target of this group’s bullying, offers CB a peace of mind and sets in motion a friendship that will push teen angst to the very limits. Drug use, suicide, eating disorders, teen violence, rebellion and sexual identity collide and careen toward an ending that’s both haunting and hopeful.

Parental discretion is advised, due to language and mature themes.

This play will be performed in repertory with the family musical, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever: The Musical
By Jahnna Beecham & Malcolm Hillgartner
Adapted from the play by Barbara Robinson

Dates / Show Times:
Nov. 30—Dec. 16, 2018
Fridays 7pm, Saturdays 7pm, Sundays 2pm
Additional 2pm matinees on Dec. 8 & 15

The Herdmans are the worst kids in the history of the world—so when they crash Sunday school and demand parts in the Christmas pageant, the whole town panics. There’s not supposed to be fighting or cigar-smoking in Bethlehem, and while these kids have never even heard the Christmas story, they definitely have rewrites! Soon everyone from the terrified pint-sized shepherds to the furious church ladies is calling for first-time director Grace to fire the Herdmans. But it’s up to Grace and the Reverend to help their community see the Christmas story and the Herdman kids through new eyes, in this buoyant musical adaptation of the funny and touching holiday classic. Silent night? Not a chance. But sometimes a little joyful noise is just right for Christmas.

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
Book by Alex Timbers
Music & Lyrics by Michael Friedman

Dates / Show Times:
Jan. 11—27, 2019
Fridays 7pm, Saturdays 2pm & 7pm, Sundays 2pm
Additional 2pm matinees on Jan. 19 & 26

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson follows America’s seventh president from his early days as a child on the wild frontier to his controversial reign in the White House. With the country divided into rich and poor (and with continued skirmishes with the Native Americans upsetting pieces of the new world), Jackson begins his steady climb from military strategist to populist rabble-rouser to President of the United States. Along the way, he meets his wife, Rachel, takes on the Founding Fathers – and rocks like no political figure has ever rocked before, with the help of an onstage trio and an entourage of singing, joking cohorts. It also asks the question: is wanting to have a beer with someone reason enough to elect him? What if he’s really, really hot?

13
Music & Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown
Book by Dan Elish & Robert Horn

Dates / Show Times:
Feb. 22—Mar. 10, 2019
Fridays 7pm, Saturdays 7pm, Sundays 2pm
Additional 2pm matinees on Mar. 2 & 9

Evan Goldman is plucked from his fast-paced, preteen New York City life and plopped into a sleepy Indiana town following his parents divorce. Surrounded by an array of simpleminded middle school students, he needs to establish his place in the popularity pecking order. Can he situate himself on a comfortable link of the food chain… or will he dangle at the end with the outcasts?

Beat Bugs: Saving Strawberry Fields Forever
Book by Sean Cercone and David Abbinanti
Featuring the Music & Lyrics of John Lennon & Paul McCartney

Dates / Show Times:
April 5—14, 2019
Fridays 7pm, Saturdays 2pm & 7pm, Sundays 2pm

The Beat Bugs animated Netflix series centers around five pals who explore the world and learn life lessons with a little help from their friends. This new musical theatre adaptation incorporates numerous songs from the iconic Lennon/McCartney catalog, including “All You Need Is Love,””Come Together,” “Across the Universe,” “Yellow Submarine,””Lucy In the Sky with Diamonds,” “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” “In My Life,” “Strawberry Fields Forever,” and “Magical Mystery Tour.”

The Miracle Worker
By William Gibson

Dates / Show Times:
April 26—May 5, 2019
Fridays 7pm, Saturdays 2pm & 7pm, Sundays 2pm

The Miracle Worker tells the story of deaf and blind Helen Keller, and her ingenious and determined teacher, Annie Sullivan. Trapped in a secret, silent world, unable to communicate, Helen is violent, spoiled, almost sub-human — and treated by her family as such. Only Annie realizes that there is a mind and spirit waiting to be rescued from the dark, tortured silence. Through scenes of intense physical and emotional dynamism, Annie and Helen finally achieve their breakthrough, and the beginning of a whole new life for Helen, thanks to a single word.

In real life, Helen Keller (1880-1968) later became the first deaf-blind person to earn a university degree, and gained international stardom as an author, political activist, and lecturer. The roles of Annie Sullivan and Helen Keller were immortalized by Anne Bankroft and Patty Duke, both of whom starred in the original Broadway production of The Miracle Worker and also won Oscars for their portrayals in the 1962 film version.

Little Shop of Horrors
Book & Lyrics by Howard Ashman
Music by Alan Menken

Dates / Show Times:
May 31—June 16, 2019
Fridays 7pm, Saturdays 7pm, Sundays 2pm
Additional 2pm matinees on June 8 & 15

Little Shop of Horrors is a Broadway and Hollywood sci-fi smash musical by the songwriting geniuses behind Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin.

The meek floral assistant Seymour Krelborn stumbles across a new breed of plant: a foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore that promises Seymour unending fame and fortune … as long as he keeps feeding it blood!

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