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NOVEMBER 17�24, 2021
BEHIND THE SCENES
FROM THE
COVER
‘Tuck Everlasting’ opens
Nov. 20 at Elgin Opera House
By Lisa Britton
Go! Magazine
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Music, tears
and laughter
Terry Hale/Contributed image
April Van Tassel, left, plays Nanna and Fern McConnell is Winnie Foster in the musical “Tuck Everlasting,” which opens
Nov. 20 at the Elgin Opera House.
First Friday at Crossroads
M ud & F ire
2020 Auburn Avenue
Baker City, Oregon
541.523.5369
www.crossroads-arts.org
Genie Sue Weppner presents a First Friday exhibit
that is set ablaze with an eclectic collection of Raku ceramic pieces
which bring forth a modern take on historic techniques
Exhibition on display Friday, November 5 through Monday, November 29
Crossroads is open Monday through Saturday from 10:00am to 5:00pm
LGIN — Would you live for-
ever, if you could?
That is the question facing
young Winnie Foster in “Tuck
Everlasting,” which opens Satur-
day, Nov. 20, at the Elgin Opera
House, 104 N. Eighth St.
The musical is based on the
1975 novel by Natalie Babbitt.
“It’s going to be a lovely,
lovely show,” said Director Terry
Hale. “The music is phenomenal
— it’s beautifully written.”
Performances will be at
12:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. on
Nov. 20. After that — includ-
ing Thanksgiving weekend —
shows will be at 7:30 p.m. on
Fridays and 12:30 and 4:30 p.m.
on Saturdays through Dec. 11.
Tickets are $18 for the orches-
tra level and lower balcony,
and $8 for the upper balcony.
Purchase tickets at www.elgin-
operahouse.com or by calling
541-663-6324.
The show opens with the Tuck
family, who all drink from a spring
in the woods. When they don’t
age or die, they realize the water
made them immortal.
Decades later, a girl named
Winnie wanders into the same
woods.
“She runs into Jesse Tuck
just before she drinks from the
spring,” Hale said.
The Tuck family members
don’t agree on whether Winnie
should drink the magic water or
not. Jesse urges her to drink the
water when she’s 17, the same
age as him.
“So he doesn’t have to be
alone,” Hale said. “But we don’t
know until the end whether she
drinks or not.”
Hale describes the show as
“sad, but in a heartwarming way.”
“It still gets me every time,” he
said. “There’s something about
this show, where we are, that
makes it special.”
But it’s not all about the tis-
sues.