WCDS Presents the Musical ‘Magic Tree House: Pirates Past Noon Kids’

Westchester Country Day School will present its spring musical production, “Magic Tree House: Pirates Past Noon Kids” on May 5-7.

The show will be performed in Rives Hall on the WCDS campus at 2045 N. Old Greensboro Road, High Point. Show times are at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 5, and Saturday, May 6, and at 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 7.

Performances are open to the public. Tickets are $7 and will be available for purchase online in advance or at the door.

The musical production features a cast of more than 50 students from kindergarten through 8th grades. Eighth graders Maggie Mercadante and Pallavi Paruchuri are starring in the lead roles as Jack and Annie, the main characters of the Magic Tree House book series by Mary Pope Osborne. The show is directed by faculty member Emma Ruggery. The set and costumes are designed and created by Westchester students, faculty, parents and volunteers. The Upper School Play Production class also contributes to set construction, lighting and sound.

In "Magic Tree House: Pirates Past Noon Kids," two siblings, Jack and Annie, visit a magic tree house filled books that can transport the reader to the faraway settings featured in their pages. Seeing a book has been left open to a page featuring a tropical island, Jack and Annie soon discover they have arrived in the 18th century – the time of pirates. They are immediately captured by the dastardly Captain Bones with no hope of release unless they can somehow locate a legendary hidden treasure.

With a book by Jenny Laird and Will Osborne, lyrics by Randy Court and Will Osborne, and music by Randy Courts, “Magic Tree House: Pirates Past Noon Kids” is based on “Magic Tree House #4: Pirates Past Noon” in the Magic Tree House series written by Mary Pope Osborne and illustrated by Sal Murdocca. The series introduces young readers to different cultures and times in history and has instilled a love of reading in countless children all over the world. The books are number one New York Times bestsellers – more than 100 million copies have been sold in North America alone.  The series has been translated into many languages and is available in more than 30 countries around the world.