February 7, February 8th and February 13th-15th at 7:00 pm and February 9th at 2:00 pm. The run time is approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes including a 15 minute intermission.
Summit High School Performing Arts will produce Into the Woods, featuring music and lyrics by Steven Sondheim and book by James Lapine. The show famously made its Broadway debut in 1987 with a 764 performance run and has since become a musical theatre classic.
The Tony Award-winning show features beloved characters from fairy tales such as Cinderella, Rapunzel, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Little Red Riding Hood. The play artfully weaves these characters in a story following a Baker and his Wife on their quest into the woods to find the keys to their happy ever afters. However, all of the characters soon realize that there are consequences to their actions, and that “happy ever after” is not as happy as it seems. Lapine and Sondheim’s immaculate writing adds humor and magic to the subjects the dark tragicomedy takes on: such as loss, disappointment, and experience as a form of discovery.
Summit Theatre Company brings a modern twist to the classic musical daring audiences to join them in going Into the Woods .
Into The Woods is directed by Lara Okamoto with Musical Direction by Melissa Jacot, Pit
Conducted by Cooper Ottum and Choreography by Isabella Torrance. This musical favorite
is appropriate for all ages, although it does contain a darker tone than other fairy tale musicals.
$12 for general admission and $8 for students (18 and under) and senior citizens (65+)