Soluna Studio to Present CARRIE, 10/17-11/2

SoLuna Studio will produce the musical CARRIE: THE MUSICAL as a part their professional mainstage season, with performances running October 17th - November 2nd. Performances will be held on Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 3pm. Tickets are $15 for students and seniors and $20 for adults. Group rates are also available. For more information about the show and tickets, please visit SoLuna Studio's website at www.solunastudiony.com. Pictures and other promotional material from the show can be found on Instagram at CARRIE_SOLUNA and on Twitter @CARRIE_SOLUNA

CARRIE: THE MUSICAL is an electrifying pop-rock musical about a bullied teenager with telekinetic powers who takes revenge on prom night. Adapted from Stephen King's 1974 novel Carrie, it focuses on an awkward teenage girl whose lonely life is dominated by an oppressive religious fanatic mother. When she is humiliated by her classmates at the high school prom, she wreaks havoc on everyone and everything in her path. The musical first premiered on Broadway in 1988, but swiftly closed after a handful of performances. CARRIE sat dormant until a 2011 Off-Broadway run at MCC Theater, which reinvestigated the material.

The original 1988 writing team of Academy Award-winning composer Michael Gore ("Fame," "Terms of Endearment"), Academy Award-winning lyricist Dean Pitchford ("Fame," "Footloose") and "Carrie" film screenwriter Lawrence D. Cohen returned to work on Carrie, which was shaped by director Stafford Arima (Altar Boyz, Allegiance, Tin Pan Alley Rag, London's Ragtime) as a more intimate tale of parental control, bullying and school politics. The new production of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL began Off-Broadway previews Jan. 31 at the Lucille Lortel Theatre and officially opened March 1.

For SoLuna Studio's production, director Karen Braun's focus is one of the iconic quotes from the show; "What does it cost to be kind?" The cast and crew are working on an anti-bullying campaign through their social media presence.