WFT@BU is thrilled to announce our 2023/24 season productions,
The Addams Family, Mr. Popper’s Penguins and A Wrinkle in Time.
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Mainstage 2023/24
THE ADDAMS FAMILY
October 13th – November 12th, 2023
Book by Rick Elice and Marshall Brickman
Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa
Directed by Nick Vargas | Music Direction David Freeman Coleman | Choreographed by Larry Sousa
Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family– a man her parents have never met. Wednesday confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother. Now, Gomez Addams must do something he’s never done before– keep a secret from his beloved wife, Morticia. Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night they host a dinner for Wednesday’s “normal” boyfriend and his parents.
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MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS
February 10th – March 3rd, 2024
Book by Robert Kauzlaric
Music and Lyrics by George Howe
Based on the novel by Richard & Florence Atwater
Directed and Choreographed by Ilyse Robbins | Music Direction by Dan Rodriguez
Money is tight and times are tough in the town of Stillwater. With no houses to paint till next spring, Mr. Popper is stuck at home daydreaming of adventures in far-off lands, while Mrs. Popper must scrimp and save just to put beans on the table. But with the unexpected arrival of a spirited penguin named Captain Cook, a new horizon opens before them. As a quiet partnership expands into a boisterous flock, the Poppers learn that there’s no problem that can’t be solved with steady determination, lots of love, and a dash of unconventionality.
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A WRINKLE IN TIME
April 13th – May 12th, 2024
Adapted for the stage by John Glore
From the book by Madeline L’Engle
Directed by Regine Vital
One dark and stormy night, the eccentric Mrs. Whatsit arrives at the home of Meg Murry, a young teen who doesn’t fit in at her New England high school. Meg’s scientist Father vanished over two years ago, under mysterious circumstances. Aided by Mrs. Whatsit and her friends, Meg, her gifted brother Charles Wallace, and her friend Calvin are transported through time and space on a mission to rescue their father from the evil forces that hold him prisoner on another planet.
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Teen Performance Ensemble Productions
CLUE: On Stage (High School Edition)
It’s a dark and stormy night, and you’ve been invited to a very unusual dinner party. Each of the guests has an alias, the butler offers a variety of weapons, and the host is, well . . . dead. So whodunnit? Join the iconic oddballs known as Scarlet, Plum, White, Green, Peacock, and Mustard as they race to find the murderer in Boddy Manor before the body count stacks up.
Directed by Nick Vargas
Edgar Allan Poe stands alone in the flickering darkness of his mind, trying desperately to convince himself — and us — that he’s not mad. The spell he weaves brings us a highly theatrical adaptation of four tales Poe himself considered his best: “The Raven,” “The Fall of the House of Usher,” “The Pit and the Pendulum,” and “The Tell-Tale Heart.” Enter the world of Poe and check your heartbeat at the door.
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