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Bridge to Terabithia

Full-Length Musical, Dramatic Comedy  /  3w, 1m, 5girl(s), 4boy(s), 3any gender (adult)

Book by Katherine Paterson and Stephanie S. Tolan
Music by Steve Liebman

This powerful musical adaptation, supported by a lyrical score, captures the humor, warmth and emotional intensity of Katherine Paterson's Newbery Award-winning novel.

Bridge to Terabithia

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w, 1m, 5girl(s), 4boy(s), 3any gender (adult)
  • Duration
    Duration
    120 minutes (2 hours)
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Fantasy, Adventure, Adaptations (Literature), Theatre for Young Audiences
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for all audiences

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Summary

Jesse, alienated from the pragmatism of his family and rural Virginian culture, draws and dreams of becoming something special. Leslie, the new girl from the city and the ultimate outsider, opens a world of imagination, art and literature for him. Together they create Terabithia, a fantasy kingdom where they are safe from those who don’t understand them. Their friendship grows as Jesse’s world expands. When tragedy strikes, the strength gained in Terabithia takes Jesse forward on his own and lets him share the magic of his dreams.

History

Bridge to Terabithia premiered at Stage One at the Louisville Children’s Theatre in October 1990. It was directed by Tom Schreier.

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Performing Groups

JESSE AARONS – Age 10, Virginia farm boy who draws and runs
LESLIE BURKE – Age 10, newly arrived from Arlington, a lover of reading and fantasy
MAY BELLE AARONS – Jesse's six-year-old sister
MRS. AARONS – A farm wife and mother with little education and some religion
MR. AARONS – Part-time farmer and day laborer
BRENDA AARONS – The Aarons’ teenager, interested in clothes, boys and television
JANICE AVERY – 13 year-old school bully, large, unlovely and slow
MISS EDMUNDS – Young, pretty, generous and caring, she teaches fifth grade and music at Lark Creek Elementary
GARY FULCHER – Supposedly the fastest runner in the fifth grade
BILLY JEAN – 5th grader
GIRL 2 – 5th grader
BOY 1 – 5th grader
BOY 2 – 5th grader
THE DOG

More fifth graders may be included in the school scenes.

  • Time Period Contemporary, Present Day
  • Setting

    Rural Virginia. The present. 

  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Additional Features Animal spot
  • Duration 120 minutes (2 hours)
  • Cautions
    • Animals

Music

Act I

1. “Opening, Act I” – Piano
2. “Run, Run” – Jesse
2a. “Run Underscore, I-1” – Piano
3. “Underscore I-2” – Piano
4. “Run, Run” – Jesse, Leslie, Boys
4a. “Run Underscore, I-3” – Piano
5. “Differences” – Miss Edmonds, Ensemble
5a. “Differences Underscore, I-4” – Piano
6. “Underscore into Terabithia, I-5” – Piano
6a. “Intro into Terabithia” – Leslie
7. “Terabithia” – Leslie, Jesse
7a. “Underscore out of Terabithia, I-5” – Piano
8. “Underscoring, I-6” – Piano
9. “Underscoring, I-7” – Piano
10. “Janice Avery” – Leslie, Jesse
10a. “Janice Avery, Underscore, 1-7a” – Piano
11. “Jingle Bells Underscore, I-8” – Piano
12. “Underscoring, I-9” – Piano
13. “Spirits of the Grove” – Leslie, Jesse

Act II

14. “Opening Act II” – Piano
15. “Underscore, II-1” – Piano
16. “Sword Fight Song” – Leslie, Jesse
17. “Dandelion” – Jesse, Leslie
18. “Afraid” – Jesse
19. “Terabithia/Afraid Counterpoint” – Leslie, Jesse
20. “Afraid (Reprise)” – Jesse
21. “Underscore - Leslie’s Death, II-5” – Piano
22. “Underscore, II-6” – Piano
23. “Intro to Dandelion (Reprise)” – Jesse
24. “Underscore into Maybelle’s Rescue” – Piano
25. “Intro to Terabithia Reprise” – Piano
26. “Finale: Terabithia (Reprise)” – Jesse

  • Musical Style Classic Broadway
  • Vocal DemandsEasy
  • Orchestra Size Piano Only
  • Chorus Size No Chorus

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Authors

Author

Steve Liebman

Katherine Paterson

Katherine Paterson
Katherine Paterson is the author of more than 30 books, including 16 novels for children and young people. She has twice won the Newbery Medal, for Bridge to Terabithia in 1978 and Jacob Have I Loved in 1981. The Master Puppeteer won the National Book Award in 1977 and The Gr ...
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Author

Stephanie S. Tolan

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