Before the show starts, enjoy the Student Art Show on display in the lobby.

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●See photos from dress rehearsal.
●Enjoy a little back-story on the production from the director.

What will you experience along your journey Into the Woods with the students of William Monroe High School? 

A baker and his wife longing for a child. 

A boy longing to keep a friend.

A wolf longing for a girl in a red cape.

A hairy situation.

Footwear fashion.

Growing greens.

Princes un-charming.

This production of Stephen Sondheim's fairy tale musical is a trim version just right for its young cast.  The lean sets and musical accompaniment let the actors be the the true stars of the show offering the audience a uniquely enjoyable opportunity to view up-and-coming Greene talent.

This journey retains Sondheim's quirky skewed view of happily every after and, at the same time, is molded to showcase the individual talents of the group.  The pared down accompaniment provides strong support form piano with just right percussion accents. 

A quick pace moves the audience along the twisted path  through the characters lives over a three-night period.  Each character searches for fulfillment of some dream but finds imagination can be more pleasant than reality and happily every after is the actual fairy tale.

All this happens with wit and humor and music.  Along the way you meet an on-its-last-legs cow, a pair of not-so-noble nobles, frustrated women who are non-to-pleased with the men in their lives and earnest men who just can't seem to get it right.

Delights include a voice as crystal clear as a rippling forest stream, youthful enthusiasm shining with potential and a fine joining of imagination and ideas to make your trip Into the Woods well worth the journey.

Review by Alex Carrier