Penobscot Theatre Company's Dramatic Academy Presente THE LITTLE PRINCE, 4/26 & 27

Take a trip to the stars! Penobscot Theatre Company has announced the upcoming Dramatic Academy performance of The Little Prince.

Each spring, Tiny Thespian and Youth Troupe students take the main stage to present a family friendly production. A celebration of the 70th anniversary of the beloved classic, actors will bring to life the story of a world-weary aviator whose plane crashes, stranding him in the middle of the Sahara Desert. When a mysterious, regal little boy appears and asks him to draw a sheep, the aviator is annoyed and distracted from his crisis - unaware that he is about to have a transforming experience. By learning that 'what is essential is invisible to the eye,' the aviator comes to a new understanding of how to laugh, cry, and love again. More than twenty young actors will play the roles of flowers, stars, volcanoes, and much more in this poignant and exciting production.

The Little Prince
will feature the following local performers:

Tiny Thespians: Tala and Walker Bayless (Fruit St. School), Sophia Crespo (Bangor Montessori School), and Sophie Baker (Fourteenth St. School), Lydia Drisko (Carmel Elementary School)

Youth Troupe: Jonah (Weatherbee School) and Asa Roberts (McGraw School) , Matthew Tozer (Asa Adams School), Nathan Manaker (Orono Middle School), Ian Buck (All Saints Catholic School), Byron Sockalexis (Indian Island School), Nathan (Mary Snow School) and Sasha Sykes (Abraham Lincoln School), Molly Hagerty (Mary Snow School), Sophia Mullins (Fairmount School), Ethan DeMerchant (Old Town Elementary School), Emma Campbell (LeRoy Smith School), Lana Sabbagh, Anna Loeb (Brewer Community School), Madison Freeman, Paige and Terra Malkow (Reeds Brook Middle School).

Audiences are invited to attend a free sneak preview event at the Bangor Public Library on Saturday April 20th at 2 p.m. The Little Prince will be performed April 26 and 27 at 6 p.m. and April 28 at 2 p.m. and is appropriate for all ages. Tickets are $5 for children 12 and under and $10 for adults. Group bookings for schools and organizations are also available. Tickets can be purchased by calling our box office at 942-3333 or online at penobscottheatre.org.

PTC's Dramatic Academy programs are made possible by C. Walder Parked Family Foundations, Darling's Honda Nissan Volvo. Berry Dunn, Cyr Bus, Bangor Hydro Electric Company, and William C. Bullock, Jr. Family Foundation.