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Beloved classic comes to life

Concord Christian School’s high school theater class will present its production of “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” 6 p.m., Thursday and Friday, Nov. 5-6, and 2 p.m. matinee, Saturday, Nov. 7, in the First Baptist Concord’s Worship Center, 11704 Kingston Pike.

Tickets are $20 each and are available to the public. They can be purchased online or at the door. 

“The production features students in ninth through 12th grades,” said Natalie Ebnet, production director and theater teacher for the Upper School.

“Mrs. Abigail Sensing, our musical theater director, is serving as assistant director for this production,” Ebnet said. “She will be directing our spring musical, ‘The Pirates of Penzance.’

“We have 45 students involved in the cast and production,” she said. “This year, for the first time, we also have a student assistant director, Austin DeMerchant, a senior.”

Leading the cast are Jonah Dewald as Peter, Kensley Jennings as Susan, Lucas Howell as Edmund and Abigail Daugherty as Lucy.

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