Senior Citizens Invited to Preview TYA's Children of Eden

There will be a free performance of the Trumbull Youth Association’s summer musical Children of Eden for senior citizens on Thursday, July 31. The preview show will begin at 7:00pm in the auditorium at Trumbull High School and senior citizens are cordially invited to attend.

Trumbull Youth Association (TYA) proudly presents its 2014 (and 46th) summer musical for two weekends starting on August 1. The 100 students have been working since late June to bring this uplifting production to life. Freely based on the story of Genesis, Children of Eden provides a heartfelt and sometimes humorous perspective on the timeless conflict between parents and children. The show lauds the incredible power of forgiveness and delivers a powerful and inspiring message: that “the hardest part of love is letting go.”

Click here for a sneak peek.

With music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Pippin, Godspell) and a book by John Caird (Director of Broadway’s Les Miserables) Children of Eden is a musical for audiences of all ages. The teens recently met with Stephen Schwartz for a discussion of how the musical was written. Click here to read about the Broadway legend’s visit to Trumbull.

Brett Boles returns to direct this year’s production. Brett is an award-winning musical theater composer, lyricist and librettist. He is also a performer who has appeared in over 35 productions, professionally and locally, and had the honor of performing on Broadway with the 2003 cast of Les Miserables. Brett loves working with kids and fostering their love and appreciation of theater. The TYA production staff also includes Musical Supervisor/Conductor Stephen Ferri, Choreographer Lisa Menilli and Scenic designer Martin Marchitto. Children of Eden will be accompanied by a ten piece orchestra comprised of Broadway musicians.

Children of Eden will run for two weekends: August 1, 2, 3 and August 8, 9, 10. Tickets are on sale now at www.showtix4u.com