Overview
Huckleberry Finn's Big River
February 8 – March 10, 2019
World premiere co- production with The Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, in association with Rogers and Hammerstein Theatricals and First Stage
Based on the classic by Mark Twain and the Tony Award winning Big River
Book by William Hauptman
Music and Lyrics by Roger Miller
New arrangements and orchestrations by William Yanesh
Directed by Michael Baron
All performances held in Glen Echo Park
Recommended for all ages
With the support of over 100 consensus organizers (individuals and organizations serving the black community), this revision of Broadway’s Tony-Winning Musical will lift your spirit. The small-cast hour-long version of Mark Twain’s polarizing novel removes offensive language and expands the role of Jim, now the same age as Huck. Twain’s classic sweeps us down the mighty Mississippi as the irrepressible Huck Finn helps his friend Jim, an enslaved teen, escape to freedom from enslavement. This tale of friendship against all odds is recreated for young audiences as two best friends demonstrate the power children have to change the world.