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Las Cruces Community Theatre’s (LCCT) production of “Matilda, the Musical” opens Friday, Feb. 10, for a three-weekend run at LCCT, 313 N. Main St. downtown.
Mia Berkson plays Matilda. She has previously appeared in LCCT productions of “The Crucible,” “Mary Poppins,” “Annie” and “A Christmas Story,” and in Las Cruces School of Dance and Music’s 2022 production of “The Nutcracker.”
The cast also includes Melis Derya White, Bianca Castro, Mike Cruz, Francesca Perez-Wright, Caroline Stapleton, Julian Castrol, Mackynzie Barrios, Jamin Bever, Luis Castol, Kayla Bradford, Piper Gandy, Milagres Medina, Sapphira Roper, Makena Tellez, Olivia Vasquez, Scott Ludlow, Tanya Camargo, Charlie Bever, Muriel Cain, Braden Gonzales, Astrid Johnson, Kaitlyn Nelson and Zeke Wyatt.
The musical is directed by Michael Wise.
“Matilda,” the children’s novel the musical is based on, was written by Roald Dahl (1916-90), a British novelist and screenwriter, in 1988. The musical, staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company and written by Dennis Kelly, playwright, and Tim Minchin, composer and lyricist, premiered in London in 2011. That production continues at Cambridge Theatre. “Matilda” ran on Broadway 2013-17, and won Tony awards for book, featured actor and scenic design of a musical.
Dahl also wrote “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and “James and Giant Peach.”
“Matilda” performances at LCCT are 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Feb. 10-11, 17-18 and 24-25, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12, 19 and 26.
Tickets are $17 for adults, $14 for seniors, students and military and $10 for children.
Visit www.lcctnm.org.
