The Jungle Book

Young Audiences | Jun 3 – Jul 1

The Jungle Book, a short play based on the classic stories by Rudyard Kipling, is MMT’s summer outreach production, taking live theatre to unconventional settings, including parks and libraries.  This production will feature our 2017 Summer Apprentice Company. Published in 1894, The Jungle Book is a collection of fables set in the Indian jungle using anthropomorphized…

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Conceived by Rebecca Feldman, Music & Lyrics by William Finn, Book by Rachel Sheinkin, Additional Material by Jay Reiss

Comedy, Musical | Jun 22 – Jul 1

Six kids vie for a spelling championship while disclosing hilarious and touching stories from their home lives. The play includes the songs – “My Friend, the Dictionary,” “I Speak Six Languages” and “Pandemonium” – as well as charming wit and humor. This show will feature MMT’s Summer Apprentice Company alongside other professionals- with guest appearances…

One-Hit Wonders

Concert | Jun 2 – Jun 3

Everyone loves those songs you know all the words to, but couldn’t possibly name the band that made them popular! A one-hit wonder is a top 40 phenomenon: the combination of artist and song that makes it big with one single, but is unable to repeat the achievement.  Such music includes “Rockin’ Robin” in the…

Moonlight and Magnolias

By Ron Hutchinson

Comedy | Apr 26 – May 7

Moonlight and Magnolias is about producer David O. Selznick making the classic film Gone with the Wind. The cast is in place and cameras are ready to roll, but there’s no script yet. So Selznick locks himself, director Victor Fleming and script doctor Ben Hecht in a room with little more than peanuts, bananas and…

The Velveteen Rabbit

Young Audiences | Mar 25 – Apr 1

The classic story by Margery Williams explores the ways love can transform lives.  The book, first published in 1922, urges children to consider the philosophical question, “What makes something real?” In 2007, the National Education Association named it one of the top Teacher’s Top 100 Books for Children.  MMT’s production will feature student performers, designers,…