THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE

Tuesday/Thursday Group


Performances: 
May 30th, 31st , June 1st
7:00 pm Friday and Saturday, 
3:00 pm on Sunday

Monday/Wednesday Group

Performances: 
June 6th, 7th, 8th
7:00 pm Friday and Saturday, 
3:00 pm on Sunday

C.S. Lewis's classic tale, while not yet in the public domain, is so brilliant for young actors that we're bringing this great version, dramatized by Joseph Robinette, to the Tacoma Youth Theatre stage!   A wonderful script for new and experienced actors.


ABOUT THE STORY

Four siblings – Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy– are sent to the countryside to live with professor Digory Kirke.
While the four children explore the house, Lucy climbs into a wardrobe and discovers she is in a magical forest in Narnia. At a lamppost in the midst of the forest she meets Mr.Tumnus the faun. She accepts his offer to have tea in his home. Afterward he confesses that he had planned to betray her to the White Witch, who has ruled Narnia and made it "always Winter, but never Christmas". She has ordered all Narnians to report or capture any Son of Adam or Daughter of Eve. Instead, he escorts Lucy back to the lamppost.
When Lucy returns through the wardrobe, her siblings do not believe her story. She later returns to Narnia during a game of hide-and-seek with her siblings. Her older brother Edmund, who had been particularly spiteful about her story, enters the wardrobe and while searching for Lucy meets a lady who introduces herself as the Queen of Narnia. She enchants him with magical Turkish delight. She encourages him to bring his siblings to her in Narnia, with the promise of more Turkish delight and of being a prince - and eventually the King of Narnia when she dies.
Lucy discovers Edmund by the lamppost, and they return through the wardrobe. In conversation with Lucy, Edmund realizes that the lady was in fact, the White Witch, but he does not tell anyone that he has met her and lies to Peter and Susan, denying Lucy's claim that he too had entered Narnia.
Soon after, all four children enter Narnia together while hiding in the wardrobe after an encounter with the professor's housekeeper, Mrs Macready. Lucy guides them to Tumnus's cave but finds it ransacked, with a notice from the witch’s police about his arrest for high treason.
They are spotted by Mr. Beaver, who guides them to his house. Mr. and Mrs. Beaver tell them of a prophecy that the witch's power will fail when two Sons of Adam and two Daughters of Eve fill the four thrones of Narnia. The Beavers tell them of Aslan, who has been absent for many years but is now "on the move again."
Meanwhile, Edmund sneaks away to the witch's castle, which is filled with statues – enemies she has turned to stone.
The Beavers realize where Edmund has gone and abandon their home, leading the other children to Aslan. Snow begins to melt as the White Witch’s spell over Narnia begins to break. Winter ends, and Father Christmas appears with presents for the three children and the Beavers.
Aslan welcomes the children and the Beavers to his camp, but Peter is shortly engaged in a battle to rescue Susan.  Aslan's forces rescue Edmund just in time.
Aslan bargains his own life for Edmund's and is killed by the White Witch. The next morning, Aslan is restored to life and he breathes upon the statues, restoring them to life. After a fierce battle, the White Witch is defeated and the children are named kings and queens of Narnia.
Fifteen years later, the siblings are hunting for a white stag when they find the lamppost in the forest. Beyond it, the branches become coats. They come through the wardrobe in Digory's house and are children once again.