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A Wrinkle in Time
Written By: Lindsay Garner Hostetler | Issue: October - 2022
Mountain Theatre Company is launching its new Theatre for Young Audiences program this fall with A Wrinkle in Time.
Madeleine L’Engle’s Newberry Medal-winning children’s novel will come to life on stage in this exciting theatrical adaptation. This new TYA initiative is aimed directly at providing a professional theater experience for young people and families. This production is funded in part by a generous grant from Mountain Findings. MTC is currently raising additional funds needed to cover the cost of this new production. By collaborating with local schools in surrounding counties, MTC aims to provide educational field trips to The Highlands Playhouse completely free of charge to the student, the family, and the school. There will also be select evening and matinee performances for everyone in the community to attend with a “pay what you can” ticketing plan. A Wrinkle in Time will be directed by me, MTC’s Director of Marketing & Outreach. I have extensive experience in performing arts programming for youth. It’s incredibly important for young people to experience the arts being presented at a professional level. There is great value, of course, in youth participating in and producing theater in school and community arts programs. But there is also growing research about the tremendous value in youth seeing and experiencing professional theatre. Study after study has shown that simply seeing live theatre benefits students academically, socially, and emotionally. Not only do we see increased success in academics and standardized test scores, but what intrigues me the most are the studies that show students who have access to live theatre show an increased hope for their own futures. They can literally imagine their lives to be wider and filled with more opportunity. That’s why this program is so important. We are sowing seeds in our local youth that will bear fruit years and years from now. I can think of no greater gift that we, as theater professionals, can give to our local community than this. Mountain Theatre Company’s production of A Wrinkle in Time will run at The Highlands Playhouse from November 3 through 13. You can discover more information at mountaintheatre.com/tya. by Lindsay Garner Hostetler,
Director of Marketing and Outreach, Mountain Theatre Company
