Join Footlight Players for the second night of their summer Festival of 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
12 Noon – 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.
2:00 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.
6:00 p.m. – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Local actor/playwright and IUP alumnus Sam Sherburne’s version of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, based on Lewis Carroll’s storybook, follows Alice down the rabbit hole to a place that is “curiouser and curiouser.” Says Alice, “When I used to read fairy tales, I fancied that kind of thing never happened, and now here I am in the middle of one!” It will be a fantastical journey indeed as Alice strives to discover who in the world she really is, eventually learning to embrace her unique qualities and special strengths.
8:00 p.m. – Disney and Cameron Macintosh’s Mary Poppins, Jr.
In Mary Poppins, Jr. the jack-of-all trades, Bert, introduces us to England in 1910 and the troubled Banks family. Young Jane and Michael have sent many a nanny packing before Mary Poppins arrives on their doorstep. Using a combination of magic and common sense, she must teach the family members how to value each other again. Mary Poppins takes the children on many magical and memorable adventures, but Jane and Michael aren't the only ones upon whom she has a profound effect. Even grown-ups can learn a lesson or two from the nanny who advises that "Anything can happen if you let it."
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.