TREASURE ISLAND Comes to Lakewood Playhouse This December

The Lakewood Playhouse is proud to present its 4th ANNUAL "Special" JOINT PRESENTATON with its very own LAKEWOOD INSTITUTE of THEATRE - "TREASURE ISLAND" for 9 SHOWS ONLY! The famous story by Robert Louis Stevenson is adapted by Ken Ludwig and is sure to be a fantastic, swashbuckling tale of rollicking adventure for the entire family this holiday season!! The Show will run from DECEMBER 10th through the DECEMBER 20th and be performed on Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays at 7:00pm and Sundays at 2:00pm.

Ticket Prices are $15.00 for Adults and $10.00 for Students & Children. The show is directed by The Lakewood Institute of Theatre's Education Director, JEREMY THOMPSON, and features Musical Direction by "LiT"'s Education Production manager, DEBORAH L. ARMSTRONG. This Production marks a true collaboration between the Lakewood Playhouse's Mainstage and its Education Department as it will also feature the Playhouse's Managing Artistic Director, JOHN MUNN, as Long John Silver!

The show has a HUGE CAST with Over 20 Actors of ALL AGES from Seven Years Old and up! It includes performances by returning actors Lydia Helt (Squire Trewlaney), Cameron Waters (Jim's Father / Captain ), Charlie Stevens (Ben Gunn / Blind Pew), Julie Cole (Jim's Mother), Paige Hansen (Widow Drews / Justice Death), Stephanie Huber (Israel Hands), Katie Helt (Ezekial Hazard), Andrew Redford (Billy Bones). It also introduces a number of new faces such as Karley Dammel (Young Jim Hawkins), Jennifer Davy (Adult Jim Hawkins) , Liberty White (Black Dog) , Mac Hansen (Josiah Bland) , Kyla Alphier (Tom Morgan), Abagail Webster (George Merry) , Jeffery Reda (Jimmy Rathbone) and Kiran Cunningham (Job O'Brian).

"Put a Little YO HO HO in Your Holidays!" A Festive Treat to Treasure. Hit Ahoy! X marks the spot of a bona fide festive treat! Treasure Island is the answer to every adventure-starved child's prayers! A stunning yarn of piracy on the tropical seas. At the center of it all are Jim Hawkins, a 14-year-old boy who longs for adventure, and the infamous Long John Silver, who is a complex study of good and evil, perhaps the most famous hero-villain of all time.

Parental Advisory: This Production is Filled with Adventure and Contains Swashbuckling and Some Piratical Deeds

The Lakewood Playhouse was founded in 1938 and has established itself with theatre that is both intimate and epic. The theatre is located within the Lakewood Towne Center, 5729 Lakewood Towne Center Blvd., Lakewood, Washington 98499. For further information about "TREASURE ISLAND", please contact the Box Office at the Lakewood Playhouse (253) 588-0042 or make any e-mail queries to John Munn, Managing Artistic Director, at jmunn.lakewoodplayhouse@gmail.com.

Pictured: JOHN MUNN (Long John Silver) and KARLEY DAMMEL (Young Jim Hawkins)