Matilda the Musical

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courtesy SPCT

Beau Meyer of Cottage Grove, Roman Pometto of Marshall, and Stephanie Frank of Arlington (left to right) portray the Wormwood family in the Sun Prairie Civic Theatre production of Roald Dahl’s “Matilda the Musical.”

Sun Prairie Civic Theatre production of Roald Dahl's tale of the Wormwood family, 7:30 pm on 10/1-2 & 8-9 and 2 pm, 10/3 & 10, Cardinal Heights Upper Middle School, Sun Prairie. $16 ($11 kids).

media release: Planning to attend this Friday or Saturday (October 1 or 2)?

Please plan to arrive early and give yourself extra time for parking. Homecoming activities will be taking place both nights on Ashley Field, which shares the parking lot with Cardinal Heights Upper Middle School (the location of the performances). Parking onsite will be limited. There will also be more traffic than usual around the school. 

To help make parking easier, with the gracious help of Shoreline Inclusive Camping, SPCT will be running a small parking shuttle starting at 6:30 p.m. from the Sun Prairie Aquatic Center parking lot to the school before and after the performance. To use the shuttle:

• Drop your party off at the front entrance to the Upper Middle School so they can get in line for tickets or save you a seat
• Look for the Matilda Parking Shuttle signs. There will be someone handing out maps to the Aquatic Center parking lot if you need one
• Drive your car to the Aquatic Center parking lot.
• Ride the next shuttle back to the school.

At the end of the show, the shuttle will bring drivers back to the parking lot so they can get their cars and pick up the rest of their party at the school. So as many people as possible can take advantage of the shuttle, we ask, if feasible, that only the drivers of each car ride the shuttle.

Audiences attending performances of Sun Prairie Civic Theatre’s production of Roald Dahl’s “Matilda the Musical” will see more than the imaginative story of the dysfunctional Wormwood family and their unwanted daughter Matilda. They will see the collective work of more than 75 members of the community, including multiple members of 13 families.

“Local theater is about more than putting on a show” said Artistic Director Liv Goff. “I grew up in community theater. Only community theater provides the opportunity for multiple generations and siblings, who are more than a few years apart in age, to perform together. The memories created during these shared experiences are priceless.”

SPCT’s “Matilda the Musical” cast and crew features brothers and sisters, parents and children, husbands and wives, partners and in-laws. Six parents and their children are performing together. Many of the kids are cast as classmates or schoolmates of Matilda. In some cases, their parents play their parents, the adults at the school or other character parts in the show.

For five pairs of siblings, art will truly imitate life. They all play schoolmates of each other who are in different grades or classes of the school. Similar to real life, they run into each other from time to time and share the stage.

The family ties continue backstage as well. Goff’s husband, Brian, leads the set construction crew. Her daughter-in-law, Brooke, is the stage manager. And, her son, Drew, is running spotlight. A mother-daughter team is also leading the costume and make-up areas. The producer and choreographer also have ties to cast members. Two members of the orchestra also have kids performing on stage.

Based on the award-winning, colorful children’s book by Roald Dahl, the musical tells the story of Matilda, a precocious little girl who discovers she has extraordinary abilities. Unwanted, and largely ignored by her parents, Matilda dreams of a better life.

General Admission Tickets are $16 for adults, $13 for seniors (55 and older), and $11 for Children and Students. People can also purchase a Four pack of tickets to any one performance for $49.  Buy tickets and get more information at sunprairiecivictheatre.com/matilda