ROQUE BERLANGA
Director
Book and Lyrics by Julia Gannon
Music Fernanda Douglas
Forestburgh Playhouse
September 3rd - September 10th 2023
In BeTween, a new musical for young audiences with a book and lyrics by Julia Gannon and music by Fernanda Douglas, will also receive a staged reading, directed by Roque Berlanga. Featuring Hap Gannon, Sarah Hamaty, Jason Long, Macey Robinson, Sofia Ross, and Sushma Saha, the musical concerns a group of “theatre kids,” who gather together awaiting the annual musical’s cast list.
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Ronald Daul's
Matilda
Book by Dennis Kelly
Music and Lyrics by Tim Minchin
Forestburgh Playhouse
July 18th - July 30th 2023
Matilda is a little girl with astonishing wit, intelligence and psychokinetic powers. She's unloved by her cruel parents but impresses her schoolteacher, the highly loveable Miss Honey. Over the course of her first term at school, Matilda and Miss Honey have a profound effect on each other's lives, as Miss Honey begins not only to recognize but also appreciate Matilda's extraordinary personality. Matilda's school life isn't completely smooth sailing, however – the school's mean headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, hates children and just loves thinking up new punishments for those who don't abide by her rules. But Matilda has courage and cleverness in equal amounts, and could be the school pupils' saving grace!
Gordon Gets Down!
Music and Lyrics by Caleb Damschroder
Book by Matthew Ravey
Forestburgh Playhouse
July 8th - August 19th 2023
The world premiere of a new musical comedy for young audiences. Gordon Gets Down is the perfectly fabulous musical for our barn theatre! It’s Martha Gruffington Day at Sunny Creek Goat Farm! While preparing for the annual line dance, Gordon discovers he’s got 4 left hooves. With a little self-discovery, a lot of love and a few songs along the way, Gordon is sure to find the right moves!
Nickelodeon's
The Spongebob Musical
Book by Kyle Jarrow
Original Songs by Yolanda Adams, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Sara Bareilles, Jonathan Coulton, Alex Ebert of Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, The Flaming Lips, Lady A, Cyndi Lauper, John Legend, Panic! At the Disco, Plain White T’s, They Might Be Giants, T.I.
And Songs by David Bowie, Tom Kenny & Andy Paley
Additional Lyrics by Jonathan Coulton / Additional Music by Tom Kitt
Forestburgh Playhouse
August 25th - August 26th 2023
Plunge into this stunning all-singing, all-dancing, dynamic stage show! When the citizens of Bikini Bottom discover that a volcano will soon erupt and destroy their humble home, SpongeBob and his friends must come together to save the fate of their undersea world. With lives hanging in the balance and all hope lost, a most unexpected hero rises up. The power of optimism really can save the world!