Fall 2022: Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical

Music and lyrics by Tim Minchin, book by Dennis Kelly

Based on the novel Matilda by Roald Dahl

Directed by Jennifer Boesing and Celeste Kamiya

Music Direction by Diana Lee and Eric Walton

Choreographed by Nicole Helfer

Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts, November 4–13

Roald Dahl’s beloved story of an extraordinary little girl is brought to dazzling, high-energy, and hilarious life in Matilda the Musical. Overlooked and unloved by her parents and bullied at school by the cruel Headmistress Trunchbull, 6-year-old genius Matilda finds solace in stories – in the pages of the books she devours and the tales that come tumbling out of her mind. With the help of a vivid imagination, her kind teacher Miss Honey, and an army of rebellious schoolchildren, Matilda decides to change her own story and rewrite her destiny. A winner of over 50 international awards, including five Tonys, Matilda the Musical pays perfect tribute to the absurd humor and profound heart of Roald Dahl’s original story.