A Note from Artistic Director
Desha Crownover
Life is full of opposites, isn’t it?
The world can feel enormous and small at the same time. We can be both hopeful and anxious. We know exactly what the word “bittersweet” means. This past year has had more than the usual share of opposites: ups and downs, closeness and isolation, connection and disconnection.
So, how do we navigate impossible circumstances?
With hope. Hope makes the impossible, possible! Last year, so many of our dreams were deferred. This year, we see a light at the end of the tunnel, and what was impossible then finally seems possible today! So, in that spirit, we choose to put our faith in miracles: impossibly possible stories and plots. Tales full of opposites. Impossible circumstances but always hopeful.
What does impossible hope look like?
It looks like a special connection between two amphibious friends who weather life’s ups and downs together. It looks like a fresh, winter’s day when the only limit to your adventure is what you can imagine. Impossible hope happens in fantasy from jungles to the Underworld, from fractured fairy tales to true love. Impossible hope makes all things possible.
Welcome to Junior Theatre’s Impossibly Possible 74th Season!
We’ve missed you in this year of opposites. We can’t wait to share these stories with you as we look back in appreciation for what we learned and move forward, in hope, together.
Optimistically,
Desha
Past Shows
A Year with Frog and Toad
Directed by Desha Crownover
Music Direction by Kira Blaskovich
Choreography by Emily Shackelford
Music by Robert Reale
Book and Lyrics by Willie Reale
Based on the Books by Arnold Lobel
The Snowy Day and Other Stories by Ezra Jack Keats
Directed by Kandace Crystal
Book by Ezra Jack Keats
Adapted for the Stage by Jerome Hairston
The Jungle Book
Directed by Wilfred Paloma
Written by Greg Banks
Based on the Books by Rudyard Kipling
The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
Directed by Jason Blitman
Music Direction by Ian Brandon
Choreography by Marc Caro
Book by Joe Tracz
Music & Lyrics by Rob Rokicki
Adapted from the New York Times Bestseller by Rick Riordan
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
Directed by Hunter Brown
Adapted for the Stage by John Glore
Based on the Book by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
Head Over Heels
Directed by Blake McCarty
Music Direction by Ian Brandon
Choreography by Ricardo Valenzuela
Songs by The Go-Go’s
Based on The Arcadia by Sir Philip Sidney
Conceived & Original Book by Jeff Whitty
Adapted for the Stage by James Magruder