A spark of rebellion at the WYO Theater with Matilda The Musical JR.

The WYO Performing Arts & Education Center has announced the  smell of rebellion will fill the theater when WYO PLAY presents Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical JR.

Based on the children’s book “Matilda” by Roald Dahl and adapted from the award-winning full-length musical, Dahl’s Matilda The Musical JR. tells the story of an extraordinary girl who, armed with a vivid imagination and a sharp mind, dares to take a stand and change her own destiny.

Performances will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 14, thru Saturday, June 17. 

Directed by Tyler Rogers with Music Direction by Stephanie Zukowski, Matilda JR. features Matilda, a little girl with wit, intelligence and psychokinetic powers, who lives with cruel parents that find her to be “a nuisance, a lousy little worm, and a bore.” When Matilda enters her first term at school, she captures the attention of Miss Honey, a kind teacher, and the two form a wonderful friendship. Unfortunately, the school is ruled by a tempestuous and mean headmistress named Miss Trunchbull, who hates children and delivers cruel and unjust punishments to all her charges. Matilda is determined to change her story. 

Dahl’s Matilda The Musical JR. is adapted from the full-length musical which was based on the book by Dahl, and features a book by Dennis Kelly and music and lyrics by Tim Minchin. 

Matilda The Musical JR. is sponsored by The Seidler Foundation and Homer A & Mildred S Scott Family Foundation. Supported in part by a grant from the Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund, a program of the Department of State Parks & Cultural Resources and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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