School District of Rhinelander Drama Department to present ‘Tuck Everlasting’

The School District of Rhinelander Drama Department will present “Tuck Everlasting” Thursday, Feb. 27, through Sunday, March 2 at the John and Dori Brown Performing Arts Center at Rhinelander High School.

In 1880, 10-year-old Winnie Foster, trapped by the rules imposed by her strait-laced family, runs away and discovers the humble Tuck who had accidentally stumbled upon a spring long ago that gave them eternal life. Winnie promises to keep their dangerous secret but then a sinister stranger in a yellow suit arrives at their door with intentions to steal the immortal water for himself. Ultimately, Winnie must choose whether or not to drink the immortal water and join them in an everlasting adventure — or live on in a natural way, living a life full of the ordinary beauty of growth and change.

Kristin Higgins, co-director, is excited to bring this touching, poignant story to the RHS stage. 

“This is one of my favorite young adult books, which I read for the first time when I was in 7th grade at James Williams Junior High School,” Higgins said in a press release. “It’s a wonderful look at the questions, ‘What if I could live forever? What would I do?’  Everybody has worked hard to bring you an exciting experience.”

Performances of Tuck Everlasting will take place at the John and Dori Brown Performing Arts Center at Rhinelander High School on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Feb. 27 through March 1 at 7 pm, with a matinee on Sunday, March 2 at 1 p.m. Admission is free.