'Tom Sawyer' to be presented at Kroc

The Inland Northwest's premiere production of 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' is being brought to the Kroc Community Theater stage by a cast of 100 local kids with a crew of adult volunteers.

This Broadway show is the adaptation of Twain's same named masterpiece. Ken Ludwig, playwright of musicals including Crazy for You, Lend Me a Tenor and An American in Paris, has provided a "theatrically lucid and intelligent adaptation of Twain's masterpiece, without sacrificing credibility to dramatic structure or moral honesty to histrionic preachiness."

The show opened in March 2001 at the Minskoff Theatre and on Broadway, it was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play, and won two Tonys, four Drama Desk and three Outer Critics Circle Awards. It has been translated into 16 languages and produced in more than 25 countries around the world. The show has been described as a "Joyous, wholesome, literate and wonderfully realized production guaranteed to dazzle children and adults alike.

Filled with foot-stomping, toe-tapping songs, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a tale of thrilling escapes, comedy and inspiration for the whole family."

Dates and times are May 20, 21, 27 and 28 at 7 p.m.; May 21, 22, 27 and 28 at 3 p.m.

Tickets can be purchased online at the CYT-North Idaho website: www.cytnorthidaho.com or by calling the CYT-NI Box Office: 277-5727. All seats are reserved and prices are $7-$12. There will also be an Ice Cream Social on May 21 from 5-7 p.m.

All tickets are $5 and include: ice cream, coffee, live entertainment and an entry into the social opportunity drawing for a basket of Tom Sawyer goodies. Ice cream social tickets can also be purchased on line or at the Ticket Office at the Kroc during the performances.

CYT-North Idaho is a nonprofit children's after-school theater arts education program and it's the largest children's theater program in the nation with 40 locations. CYT-North Idaho opened in 2007.