A Wrinkle in Time at Prime Stage Theatre

Dates: (5/1/2012 - 5/20/2012 )

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Prime Stage Theatre

PO Box 99446
Pittsburgh,PA 15233

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Phone: 412-394-3356

Tickets: $10-$20

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Meg Murry sits in her attic bedroom during a storm. She feels all wrong. Her teachers think her dumb, her friends think she's a baby, and she beat up a boy for talking about her younger brother. On top of that, her father has disappeared. Meg hates herself for being unable to hold in her feelings and act normal like everyone else.

She goes downstairs to make some cocoa,and finds her younger brother Charles Wallace is expecting her, and already has some cocoa going. Charles Wallace is the sibling Meg feels closest to - not only does it seem like he can read her mind sometimes. Everyone thinks he's slow, but really he's smarter than most people.

Mrs. Murry joins them in the kitchen, and Meg feels much better. Charles Wallace tells them about his new friend Mrs. Whatsit, and soon afterward Mrs. Whatsit herself arrives, looking like a tramp in a mismatched assortment of scarves. Mrs. Whatsit seems to know more than she should about the Murry household. After downing a sandwich and emptying out the water from her galoshes, Mrs. Whatsit leaves - but not before mentioning something called a "tesseract.

At school, Meg gets sent to the principal's office. After school Charles Wallace takes Meg to see Mrs. Whatsit. Along the way they run into Calvin O'Keefe, a popular boy who's a few grades above Meg in school. Calvin and Charles click, and Calvin tells them that he had a feeling that he needed to come to this place, so he did.

The trio meet Mrs. Whatsit's friend, Mrs. Who, who is fond of quoting other people. Meg and Charles Wallace take Calvin home for dinner. After dinner Meg and Calvin go for a walk in the moonlight, and their tender moment is interrupted by Charles Wallace telling them that it's time to go. They are soon joined by Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which.

Suddenly Meg feels that she's in nothingness, and that her body itself has disappeared. Slowly she returns to herself, and finds that she, Charles Wallace, Calvin, and the three Mrs. Ws are in a sunlit field. Mrs. Whatsit tells them that they're on a different planet, and they're going to find Mr. Murry.

The group rests, stopping briefly on a two-dimensional planet and then to the planet Camazotz, which is where Mr. Murry is, and which has succumbed to the Black Thing. Mrs. Whatsit,Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which leave, but not before giving each of the humans a gift to help them on their way.

The kids head through the suburbs into town, and arrive in the capital city of Camazotz, which is home to CENTRAL Central Intelligence and IT. Charles Wallace thinks that's where they should go, Meg isn't so sure. Calvin agrees with Charles but also has a feeling that they're going into great danger.

They enter the giant CENTRAL Central Intelligence building and talk to a man with red eyes who speaks directly into their brains without moving his lips. He tries to take over their brains in other ways. Charles Wallace looks into the man's eyes in an attempt to figure out who he is, and almost gets hypnotized before Meg brings him back to himself by tackling him. Charles Wallace thinks that the only way to find their father is for him to mindmeld with the man and hope he can get back afterwards. Charles Walace submits to the man's control and changes into nothing like the real Charles Wallace.

Meg and Calvin arrive at a room in which Mr. Murry is imprisoned.

Will Meg be able to save her father and return home?

Will Charles Wallace become Charles Wallace again?

Will they ever gate back to earth, their mother and home?

What happens to Mrs Whatsit, Mrs Who and Mrs Which?

Find out by reading the book and seeing the production!

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