Tuck Everlasting (2022)

Book By: Claudia Shear & Tim Federle
Music By: Chris Miller
Lyrics By: Nathan Tysen
Based on the novel Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

Directed By: Rob Herriot
Musical Direction By: Ryan Sigurdson
Choreography by: Peter Mills, Dawn Moss
Set Design by: Cindy Zuby
Costume Design by: Brian Bast
Lighting Design by:  Heather Cornick
Stage Managed By: Shane Marsh
Assistant Set & Lighting Design By: Brock Keeler
Assistant Stage Manager: Claire Thornton
Scenic Painter, Props Assistant, Assistant Stage Manager: Taylor Howell
Stage Carpenter, Backstage Crew: Anthony Hunchak, Kai Yakichuk

Featuring Dancers from Celtic Ceilidh Dance Academy

Triffo Theatre at Grant MacEwan University
11110 104 Avenue NW, Edmonton (Venue is accessible)

July 13, 2022 at 7:30pm
July 15, 2022 at 7:30pm
July 16, 2022 at 1:30pm
July 16, 2022 at 7:30pm

A Broadway Musical sung in English

TICKETS:

Adult: $42
Senior: $35
Student $20

Single Tickets go on sale on June 1, 2002


Our 2022 Opera and Music Theatre Festival Individual Tickets are on sale now.


Cast List     

  July 13 at 7:30pm July 15 at 7:30pm July 16 at 1:30pm July 16 at 7:30pm
Winnie Foster Amy Bazin Amy Bazin Cassidy Galba Amy Bazin
Jesse Tuck Aiden Laudersmith Nico Maiorana Aiden Laudersmith Nico Maiorana
Mae Tuck Rhea Rodych-Rasidescu Cassidy Stahr Rhea Rodych-Rasidescu Cassidy Stahr
Angus Tuck Jayden Burrows Jayden Burrows Martin Galba Jayden Burrows
Miles Tuck Patrick Lynn Patrick Lynn Patrick Lynn Patrick Lynn
Yellow Suit Megan Strong Spencer VanDellen Megan Strong Spencer VanDellen
Hugo Nicky Lumley Kyler Humble Nicky Lumley Kyler Humble
Constable Joe Max Smith Max Smith Max Smith Max Smith
Mother Saundra Ward Olivia Charlebois-Brandvold Saundra Ward Olivia Charlebois-Brandvold
Nana Rebecca Bissonnette Rebecca Bissonnette Rebecca Bissonnette Rebecca Bissonnette
Ensemble Janaki Butterworth, Anjelique Croteau, Nohl Egan, Nicholas Gryniewski, Sarah Luedke, Cameron Mazzei, Kyle Simpson, Briana Sutherland
Dancers Alice Keeble, Amelia Mis, Jada Lemieux, Isobel Taralson, Victoria Sychuk, Brenna Bourgeios, Katie Glenn, Makayla Mills  Savannah Mills, Fiona Marchand, Kadence Puttick

Full Synopsis     

Act 1

The show opens in Treegap, New Hampshire, where the various characters name what they want most in the world: Winnie Foster, to go to the fair; Mae Tuck, to see her sons again; Jesse Tuck, to take in the familiar sights of Treegap; Miles Tuck, to be unstuck in time; and the Man in the Yellow Suit, to "learn the secret" of Treegap Wood and become immortal ("Live Like This").

Winnie goes into her house, where she spends most of her time with her mother Betsy, and her grandmother now that her father has died. She wishes for a life bigger than their living room and wants to explore Treegap Wood ("Good Girl, Winnie Foster").

After running outside once again, Winnie encounters a parade led by the Man in the Yellow Suit that leads to the fair ("Join the Parade"). Desperate to see the fair, Winnie Foster opens the gate and runs into the Wood after the faint sound of a music box ("Good Girl, Winnie Foster (Reprise)").

There she meets Jesse Tuck, who drinks from the spring. To keep her from doing the same, Jesse offers to show her what he calls the top of the world, as seen from the trees ("Top of the World"). After, he and Miles kidnap Winnie and bring her back to the Tucks' house to keep her from revealing their secret.

Back at the Foster home, Betsy has called on Constable Joe and his son Hugo to search for Winnie ("Hugo's First Case, Parts 1 and 2").

The Tucks, across the wood from the Fosters, tell Winnie the history of the Tuck family, and how they have become immortal by drinking the water in Treegap Wood ("The Story of the Tucks"). Winnie stays the night with the Tucks and, while finding clothes for Winnie to wear, Mae tells her the story of the day when her husband, Angus proposed to her ("My Most Beautiful Day"). Winnie decides that staying in the Tuck family's attic is its own kind of adventure ("The Attic"). Still, she eventually decides to sneak out with Jesse to go to the fair ("Join the Parade (Reprise)").

At the fair, Winnie and Jesse play games and decide to become friends that travel the world together ("Partner in Crime"). They leave the fair and sit on top of the Treegap water tower, where Jesse convinces Winnie to drink the water when she turns seventeen so they can be married ("Seventeen"). The Man in the Yellow Suit overhears Jesse's speech and decides to follow the Tucks to get to the enchanted water.

Act 2

The Man in the Yellow Suit celebrates his victory with those from the traveling fair ("Everything's Golden"). Back at the Tucks' house, Winnie contemplates Jesse's proposal ("Seventeen (Reprise)").

The Tucks discover that Jesse has asked Winnie to drink the water and become angry with him. Winnie talks to Miles about his son Thomas, whom Mae mentioned earlier, and Miles shares how he has not seen Thomas in eighty years ("Time"). The Tucks then lament what it means to be stuck in time forever, and aim to live more fully in the coming years ("Time (Reprise)").

The Man in the Yellow Suit visits the Fosters and convinces Betsy to give Treegap Wood to him if he can safely bring Winnie home ("Everything's Golden (Reprise)"). Constable Joe and Hugo see the Man leaving the Foster home, and remark that you can't trust a man dressed in yellow ("You Can't Trust a Man").

Angus takes Winnie fishing and attempts to convince her to live a mortal life instead of drinking the water with Jesse ("The Wheel"). Miles approaches and tells them that Jesse has gone without saying goodbye, and Winnie says they can find him at the spring in Treegap Wood. There, Jesse encounters the Man in the Yellow Suit who tells him of his long journey to find the spring and forces Jesse to take him there ("The Story of the Man in the Yellow Suit"). The Tucks and Winnie find Jesse, and the Man in the Yellow Suit offers to make them partners in his water-selling business. After the Man takes Winnie hostage, Jesse offers him a vial of water in exchange for her; before he can drink it, however, Mae hits him on the head with a rifle and kills him instantly. When Constable Joe and Hugo arrive, Winnie tells them that she killed the Man in the Yellow Suit when he tried to pull a knife on her and Jesse.

Close to being exposed, the Tucks leave town on the advice of Constable Joe. They say goodbye to Winnie and offer her their music box, thanking her for reminding them that there is "still something to live for." Jesse says he will leave instructions on how to find him and leaves her with a vial of water from the spring. Winnie contemplates drinking the water and what it means to live forever ("Everlasting"). She ultimately decides to live out her mortal life and pours the water on her toad instead.

Through a ballet sequence, the ensemble shows the remainder of Winnie's life: she marries Hugo and has a son, while her grandmother, Constable Joe, and Betsy pass away one by one. Before she dies, Winnie opens the Tucks' music box and dances one last time at the gate of the Foster home as she did when she was young.

The Tucks return to Treegap after Winnie has died and discover her grave, which is dedicated to a "cherished wife, devoted mother, and dearest grandmother." They celebrate the fact that she lived a full life and encounter the toad Winnie made immortal with the water from the spring ("The Wheel (Reprise)").