Join Footlight Players for the first evening of their summer Festival Plays.
Footlight Players youth theater company provides young people opportunities to discover their creativity in a safe, nurturing environment led by professional teaching artists.
Tickets available online at IUP Marketplace and at the door
- Adult Tickets: $10,
- 18 & Under Tickets: $5
- Waller Hall, IUP Performing Arts Center
7:00 p.m. – Roald Dahl’s Matilda, Jr.
Packed with high-energy dance numbers and catchy songs, Matilda the Musical, Jr. is a joyous girl power romp. Rebellion is nigh in Matilda JR., a gleefully witty ode to the anarchy of childhood and the power of imagination! This story of a girl who dreams of a better life and the children she inspires will have audiences rooting for the "revolting children" who are out to teach the grown-ups a lesson.
9:00 p.m. – Star Rise Bakery
Star Rise Bakery is a new coming-of-age tale surrounded by bread! Coco is your average high-schooler who just got a job working at the bakery before school. When rules are enforced that stop snack time instead of the bullies, Coco takes the audience on a journey, expressing what it means to be young, standing up for yourself, your friends, and your favorite baked goods. Written and directed by IUP alumna Madeleine D. Jones in collaboration with her Footlight ensemble.
Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical, Jr. and Disney and Cameron Macintosh’s Mary Poppins, Jr. are presented in special arrangement with Music Theatre International.