Acting Out! will venture 'Into the Woods' with production of musical

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Cinderella, Rapunzel, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty will share a stage next week when "Into the Woods" is presented by local theater troupe Acting Out!

The musical production, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine, has a sizable cast, with the main characters emerging from stories such as "Cinderella," "Little Red Riding Hood" and "Jack and the Beanstalk."

"The story follows a baker and his wife, who wish to have a child; Cinderella, who wishes to attend the King's Festival; and Jack, who wishes his cow would give milk," Robyn Martin of Acting Out! said in an email to the Southeast Missourian.

Ultimately, Martin said, "Everyone's wish is granted, but the consequences of their actions return to haunt them later, with disastrous results."

"Into the Woods," which opened on Broadway in 1987, was nominated for 10 Tony Awards and won three. Earlier this summer, it was performed at The Muny in St. Louis' Forest Park; Walt Disney Pictures released a film version in December.

The local cast includes Caleb Long and Brittani O'Connell as the baker and his wife, Allison Woltz as the witch, Andrea Mossman as Cinderella, Allen Berryman as Jack, Jenny Duncan as Little Red Riding Hood, Tiger Hohman as Cinderella's Prince, Holland Doherty as Jack's mother, Michaela Lovig as Rapunzel, Robert Cox as the narrator/mysterious man, Tara Perry as Cinderella's stepmother, Bethany Whitehouse as Lucinda, Amanda Lawrence as Florinda/Granny, Cory Hogan as the wolf/Cinderella's father, Claire Kidwell as Cinderella's mother, Cameron Tyler as Steward, Liz Akers as Sleeping Beauty/giant, Alexandra Rothert as Snow White, Kenzie Evans as Goldilocks and Caleb Gast, Natalia Jones, Cate Rothert, Caden Hahn, Cody Griggs, Sophie Jones and Molly Davidson as the dwarfs.

"Into the Woods" will be presented at 7 p.m. Aug. 7 and Aug. 8 and at 2 p.m. Aug. 9 at Cape Girardeau Central Junior High School, 205 Caruthers St. in Cape Girardeau.

Tickets purchased in advance at actingoutsemo.com are $12 for adults, $8 for people 65 and older and 12 and younger and $5 for military veterans and Cape Girardeau school faculty and staff. Tickets purchased at the door are $15.

Pertinent address:

205 Caruthers St., Cape Girardeau, Mo.