Fly away with us to Neverland! Mill Mountain Theatre presents Peter and Wendy up next on the Waldron Stage.
Local youth performers tell the story of Peter and Wendy with an original adaptation of the famed story by Tiffany Waters. Peter Pan and Wendy Darling in this new adaptation of J.M. Barrie’s most famous novel. Local student performers will welcome audience members into a world full of mermaids, fairies, and pirates on the Waldron Stage for a performance that will mesmerize patrons of all ages.
Touting the Waldron Stage are some of Roanoke’s elite youth performers. Drew D’Alessandro, Rory Grant, Eve McLoney, Ben Meyer, Emily Mower, Riley Parks, Ruth Parsons, Amelia Raring, William Richardson, Brent Saunders, Ruby Spence, Jack Swank, Natalie Thorell and Holden White.
Waters has also taken on the challenge of directing Peter and Wendy. This production is produced by MMT’s Producing Artistic Director, Ginger Poole. Joining the creative team is Mill Mountain Theatre’s Education Associate and Community Engagement Coordinator, Francesca Reilly as the stage manager. Assisting Reilly is Spencer Wade, as the Assistant Stage Manager. Costumes for this production are designed by MMT’s Director of Education, Victoria Buck.
This Pay-What-You-Can performance of Peter and Wendy includes the distribution of free books to students as part of MMT’s initiative of connecting theatre to reading and literacy. To learn how to donate books, please visit millmountain.org/donate.
Performance dates for Peter and Wendy include November 4th at 7:30 p.m., November 5th at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., November 6th at 2 p.m., November 11th at 7:30 p.m., November 12th at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. with the final performance on November 13th at 2 p.m. All tickets are ‘Pay What You Can’ at the door. For more information visit millmountain.org
Sponsors for Peter and Wendy include Acceleration Point, American National Bank & Trust Company, BJ Preas, Boxley Materials Co., Business Solutions Incorporated, Cox Communications, Davis H. Elliot Company, Dunkenberger-Waskey-Nash Group at Morgan Stanley, 5Points Creative, Kiwanis Club of Roanoke, Lichtenstein Law Group, Pinnacle Financial Partners, Punch Boutique, Radio IQ/WVTF, Roanoke Valley Orthodontics, The Candy Store, Truist Bank and The Edgar A. Thurman Charitable Foundation for Children. Grantors include Virginia Commission for the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, Center in the Square, TCG, Actors’ Equity Association and Blue Star Theatres.
