Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at Johnson County Arts & Heritage Center

Spinning Tree Theatre opens its 16th season with this darkly comic musical thriller, featuring young artists alongside professional actors and a live nine-piece orchestra. With music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by Hugh Wheeler, the story follows a wrongfully exiled barber who returns to London seeking revenge against the judge who destroyed his family. Patrick Lewallen and Kirsten Nicole Myers star as Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett, with Robert Hingula as Judge Turpin and Matthew Robison as Pirelli. The production reflects Spinning Tree's commitment to tuition-free, inclusive theatre uniting young artists with and without disabilities and professional performers.