Three Rivers Music Theatre to Stage THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA

Three Rivers Music Theatre will present the Fort Wayne premiere of the 2005 Tony Award-winning musical The Light in the Piazza, December 2 through December 11, 2016.

The story centers on Margaret and Clara Johnson, an American mother and daughter traveling through Italy in 1953. In a Florentine piazza, Clara meets Fabrizio, a handsome young Italian man, and the two fall instantly in love. Margaret seems overly protective of her daughter, and we eventually learn that a secret in Clara's past has made the possibility of love a remote one for her. As they both meet Fabrizio's family, and it becomes clear that Clara and Fabrizio are truly in love, Margaret must make a decision which could ensure her daughter's happiness - or destroy it forever.

The cast of The Light in the Piazza includes Leslie Beauchamp (Margaret Johnson), Kia Miller (Clara Johnson), Billy Dawson (Fabrizio Naccarelli), Renee Gonzales (Franca Naccarelli), Nick Abbott (Giuseppe Naccarelli), Justin T. Herber (Signor Naccarelli), Jennifer Poiry (Signora Naccarelli), and Greg Stieber (Roy Johnson). The ensemble includes Mary Alberding, Bobbi Jo Carroll, Isabel Chilian, Nico DiPrimio, Jordan Gameon, Lindsay Hoops, Darby LeClear, Minelli Manoukian, and Jimmy Mitchell.

The creative team includes Andy Planck & Cody Steele (Set Designers) Jeff Salisbury (Lighting Designer), Lyssa Troemel (Props Designer) and Cody Steele (Production Stage Manager).

Performances run December 2, 3, 9, 10 - 8:00PM, December 4, 10, 11 - 2:00PM at Parkview Physicians Group ArtsLab, 300 East Main Street, Fort Wayne, IN 46802. Single Tickets: $18-$25. Adults: $25 Seniors (60+): $20 Student (valid ID): $18. Call (260) 422-4226 or visit artstix.org.