What more could you ask for? This story has heroes, villains, kings, princesses, a really cute talking dog, a very, very funny talking insect, a host of other interesting characters AND (but don’t tell the kids) it has educational value! It is one of America’s most acclaimed fantasy adventures.
90 Minutes of Pure Fun for the Whole Family
PPF Phantom Tollbooth Director, Chip Gertzog says, “The young people in the audience will absolutely love the characters and the story. What I hope and believe is that the adults the children bring to the show will find themselves equally immersed in the fantasy, the cleverness of the writing, and the humor and sophistication of the language of the play. I want young and old alike to feel like they have just experienced 90 minutes of pure fun!”
Performance Dates and Times
Thursday, Friday and Saturday 7:30 p.m.
December 8 – 16
Saturday & Sunday Matinees 2:00 p.m.
December 9, 10, 16, & 17
Ticket Information:
All Tickets $17
General Admission Seating – All Great Seats at
The James Lee Community Center Theater
2855 Annandale Road Falls Church VA
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The Play
The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster’s acclaimed fantasy adventure, comes to life onstage at the James Lee Community Center Theater! Milo is bored and the Demons of Ignorance keep telling him “If you get the urge to do anything — don’t. It could be dangerous.” To the rescue comes the Phantom Tollbooth! Aided by a trusty timekeeping dog Tock, they meet many memorable characters in the Land of Wisdom on their quest to rescue the princesses Rhyme and Reason. The Phantom Tollbooth has been called an American Alice in Wonderland and Susan Nanus has faithfully adapted this classic young adult novel for the stage. The story, deceptively child-like, inspires imagination and creativity and is packed with more adult concepts including many verbal and visual puns that helps make this holiday-time offering from PPF outstanding entertainment for the whole family.
Great Theater for a Great Cause
The Phantom Tollbooth is co-produced with The Young Hearts, a group of amazing teens, who raise funds to battle blood cancers and other diseases. Half of all net proceeds from this production will be donated by The Young Hearts to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. For the past five years, PPF and The Young Hearts have partnered to raise more than $40,000 in support of this important cause.
The Providence Players, an award winning, all volunteer, non-profit community theater troupe serving Northern Virginia and the DC Metropolitan area have, once again, assembled an outstanding cast and crafted an entertaining and inventive production. The cast includes many fine DC area actors, some making their Providence Players debut:
The Phantom Tollbooth Cast
Talia Cutler – Milo
Amanda Ranowsky – Tock the Watchdog
Derek Bradley – The Humbug
Bob Thompson – Azaz The Unabridged King of Dictionopolis
Stuart Fischer – The Mathemagician King of Digitopolis
Zack Todd – Lethargarian 3, Word Merchant, Dr. Kakafonous A. Dischord, Demon of Insincerity
Susan Kaplan – The Spelling Bee, Everpresent Wordsnatcher
Tim Slattery* – The Weatherman, The Gatekeeper and The Minister of Meaning
Kathy White – The Duke of Definition, The Dodecahedron
Roxanne Waite – The Earl of Essence, The Terrible Trivium
Noor Urajah – The Count of Connotation
Krista Grimmett* – The Undersecretary of Understanding
Sara Alipanah Slattery*- Lethargarian 5, A Word Merchant, The Aweful Dynne
Fred Lash – Word Merchant (The Letterman), Senses Taker
Hazel Thurston – Princess Rhyme, Dictionopolis Resident
Grace Tarpgaard* – Princess Reason, Dictionopolis Resident
Stella Lee* – Lethargarian 1, Word Merchant, A Miner
Samuel Pounds – Lethargarian 2, The Page, A Miner
Shawn Hubbard* – Lethargarian 4, A Word Worker, A Miner
Samara Storvick* – Lethargarian 6, A Word Merchant, A Miner
Audrey Pounds – Dictionopolis Resident, A Miner, A Demon
Erin Casey – Dictionopolis Resident, A Miner, A Demon
Eliza Barnes* – Dictionopolis Resident, A Miner, A Demon
*Providence Players debut
Providence Players The Phantom Tollbooth The Wordsnatcher and the Heroes Photo by Chip Gertzog Providence Players
Providence Players The Phantom Tollbooth Opens December 8th and runs through December 17th Photo by Chip Gertzog Providence Players