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2024/25 Season
Center Stage Theatre Series
Merrily We Roll Along
MAY 9 – 10 & 15 – 17, 2025 / 7:30 PM
MAY 11 & 18, 2025 / 2 PM
General Admission seating in the Little Theater
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG is a thrilling and compelling showbiz fable about friendship and the high price of success. Starting from adulthood and traveling back in time to the idealistic dreams of youth, MERRILY charts the highs and lows of a relationship among three lifelong friends and traces every milestone of their lives for nearly two decades. With a score showcasing some of Stephen Sondheim’s best-known songs, including “Good Thing Going,” “Not a Day Goes By,” and “Old Friends,” this semi-autobiographical musical turns back the clock on friendship and the importance of staying true to one’s ideals.
Director / Chad William Baker
Music Director / Mike Skutt
Choreography / Faith Dore
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Book by George Furth
Based on the Original Play by George S. Kaufman & Moss Hart
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com
Rising Stars / Freaky Friday the Musical
WED, JUN 25 - FRI, JUN 27, 2025 / 7:30 PM
In the Little Theater
AUDITIONS / APR 28 & 29 / (LEARN MORE)
Director & Choreographer / Anne McAlexander
Music Director / Sherri Angelotti
Assistant Director / Carly Christie
Assistant Music Director & Accompanist / Indigo Dudley
When an overworked mother and her teenage daughter magically swap bodies, they have just one day to put things right again. Disney’s Freaky Friday, a new musical based on the celebrated novel by Mary Rodgers and the hit Disney films, is a hilarious, heartfelt, and contemporary update of an American classic. By spending a day in each other's shoes, Katherine and Ellie come to appreciate one another's struggles, learn self-acceptance, and realize the immeasurable love and mutual respect that bond a mother and daughter. With a score by the Pulitzer Prize-winning composers of Next to Normal and If/Then and a book from the writer of TV’s Friday Night Lights and Parenthood, Freaky Friday is a delightfully entertaining new musical for anyone with a perfectly imperfect family.
Book by Bridget Carpenter / Music by Tom Kitt / Lyrics by Brian Yorkey
The 2025 Rising Stars program is sponsored by 
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