The cast of “Jungle Book” is pictured. It includes: Zack Fisher of Sabbattus, Eric Gilbert of New Gloucester, Tatiana Morrell of Windham, Brogan Kelley of Gray, Kate Walker of Poland, Amanda Peterson of New Gloucester, Dexter Castro of New Gloucester, Katie Gordon of Gray, Hannah Brackett of Gray, Siana Emery of North Yarmouth, Morgan Brann of Gray, Olivia Giles of Gray, Cynthia Bugenski of Gray, Ethan Gray, Gage Wentworth, Lillian Wilson, Molly Vincent, Hannah Brackett, Casey Cleaves, Adam Dale, Sydney Thomes, Allie Peary, Killian Berry, Hannah Merrill, Zoe Adams, Dante Castro, Andrew Peterson, Angelique Walker, Tommy Gordon, Marissa Page, Gabriel Jones, Melody Larson, Olivia Gerben, Ceara Buzzell, Bronwyn Gray, Miles Jackson, John Sullivan, Peter Sullivan, Sabrina Fisher and Emma Matasuvich.

Fiddlehead will stage ‘Jungle Book’

GRAY – More than 40 children ages 5 to 14 from throughout the Lakes Region will appear in the Fiddlehead Players production of Disney’s “Jungle Book – Kids.”

The play features the adventures of Mowgli, who is raised by wolves and taught the ways of the jungle by a lazy, but wise bear. Mowgli will outwit a power-hungry tiger and will discover his own identity through his adventures.

Songs included in the production will be “Bare Necessitities” and “I Want to Be Like You.”

The production marks the launch of a pilot program at the center which incorporates theater classes with a staged production. Students have been participating in voice, set design, storybook theater and dance with a “Jungle Book” theme, and most of the students from the classes will join the actors on stage during the production.

The pilot program is designed to provide a theater experience for children onstage and backstage. The production is partially funded by a grant from the Davis Family Foundation.

Performances will be at 7 p.m. Friday, March 6; Saturday, March 7; Friday, March 13; and a matinee at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 14, at the Gray-New Gloucester Middle School aduitorum, 31 Libby Hill Road.

Tickets are $5 and are available at www.fiddleheadcenter.org, by phone at 657-6643 or at the door.

For more information, contact Fiddlehead Center, 25 Shaker Rd., at 657-2244 or e-mail [email protected].