Aug. 12, 2024

Contact Dillon McArdle at 608-796-3730 or dtmcardle@viterbo.edu

MISSOULA CHILDREN’S THEATRE TO PRESENT TREASURE ISLAND AT THE WEBER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AUG. 24

LA CROSSE, Wis. – Watch a cast of 60 talented local young people as the Missoula Children’s Theatre presents Treasure Island at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24 in the Weber Center for the Performing Arts Lyche Theatre.

In this fun musical adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s epic novel, young and mischievous Jim Hawkins lives in a seaside Maine village with his mother and six sisters. The year is 1782, and the American War for Revolution is in its last days. Longing for adventure, Jim comes under the hypnotic spell of the legendary pirate, Long John Silver.

While waiting tables in the family Inn, Jim finds a treasure map and, with the villainous Silver as his seeming mentor, sails uncharted seas with only the ragged map and a flock of gulls as guides. Once on the island, nights are sleepless as true colors are revealed in our hero’s quest for the proverbial happy ending.

The cast members are students in grades 1–12 who will be chosen by auditions on Monday, Aug. 19 at the Weber Center for the Performing Arts. Pre-registration for auditions is encouraged. Visit www.viterbo.edu/mct for more information on the week-long residency hosted by the Viterbo University Fine Arts Center. Viterbo has hosted the Missoula Children’s Theatre for more than 20 years, and interest in the program keeps growing.

Missoula Children’s Theatre touring productions are complete with costumes, scenery, props, and makeup. The company is the nation’s largest touring children’s theatre, touring extensively for more than 40 years and performing all over the world.

Tickets are $16, plus taxes and fees. For more information or to order tickets, contact the Viterbo box office at 608-796-3100 or visit www.viterbo.edu/tickets.

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