Into the Woods Returns to CTI
After the cancellation of the 2020-2021 season due to the pandemic, City Theatre of Independence is proud to bring Into the Woods back for its final production of the 2022-2023 season.
Into the Woods is a well loved musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. The original Broadway production opened November 5th, 1987. The production starred the fabulous Bernadette Peters as the Witch. It has had three revivals and has been performed countless times in theatres all over the world.
The plot of Into the Woods weaves togethers well-known classic fairy tales. Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, and Jack (of Jack and the Beanstalk) all journey into the woods on their own adventures and ultimately are brought together through the quest of a childless Baker and his wife. The Baker and his wife are sent into the woods to retrieve ingredients for a potion that a witch has instructed them to find. In exchange for the ingredients, the witch promises that the couple will conceive a child. Each character leaves the woods having grown and changed.
City Theatre of Independence is pleased to welcome back Shari Wassergord as director of Into the Woods. Shari Wassergord was originally set to direct the production before it was canceled in 2020.
City Theatre of Independence’s production of INTO THE WOODS features the talents of:
- Kristen Alley – the Witch
- Ken Koval – the Baker
- Katie Rezabek-Laird – the Baker’s Wife
- Elizabeth Schoenborn – Cinderella
- Sam Day – Jack
- McKenzie Rice – Little Red Ridinghood
- Norita Taylor – Jack’s Mother
- Hailey Sage – Rapunzel/Cinderella understudy
- Zack Isbell – the Wolf, Cinderella’s Father
- Matthew Emerick – Cinderella’s Prince
- Andrew Braams – Rapunzel’s Prince
- Sharon Johnson – the Giant/Cinderella’s Mother/Granny
- Jesse Hamm – the Narrator/Mysterious Man
- Brandis Outlaw – Stepmother
- Maddy Philipp – Florinda
- Sophie Gliser – Lucinda
- Josh Keen – Steward
- Emmie Esch – Snow White/women’s ensemble and Little Red understudy
- Kileigh Mannering – Sleeping Beauty/Assistant Stage Manager
Into the Woods runs June 2nd through June 11th at the Roger T. Sermon Center. Tickets can be purchased in advance at:
https://citytheatreofindependence.ticketleap.com/into-the-woods–musical/