Northville High School Grad Featured in Canton Play

graduate Christine Kapusky Moore stars in the play Into the Woods at the Village Theater at Cherry Hill.

The play, presented by the Spotlight Players theater group, will show from now until April 29.

Here's more from a press release:

Into The Woods intertwines the plots of several Brothers’ Grimm fairy tales with an original story of a childless baker and his wife, who set the plot in motion by attempting to reverse a curse on their family in order to have a child. Written by James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim, the musical begins innocently as a simple wish for each of the characters in Into the Woods that sends them on a journey that changes them forever.

The characters do not all find a happily ever after ending...or at least not the one they imagined they would have at the start of the story.

“Who doesn't like a good fairy tale? Into the Woods centers around Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Jack and the Beanstalk. This is one of Sondheim's most well known musicals – its imaginative plot and brilliant music can be appreciated by children from 5 to 95," said  Kapusky Moore, who plays The Baker’s Wife. “The story is absolutely captivating in the way that all of these familiar Grimm's Fairy Tales are woven together and jumbled up to create a wild new super fairy tale. As all fairy tales do, this one has a lesson to take away about our responsibility to our community - our actions, no matter how small, have an effect on those around us in some way that may or may not be immediately known to us.”

The Baker is played by Brandon Mace of Novi. The Witch is played by Lauren Norris Moore of Canton. Cinderella is played by Melissa Perry of Walled Lake. Rapunzel is played by Olivia Rhoades of Canton. Rapunzel's Prince is Michael Petrillo of Commerce Township. Jack is Connor Rhoades of Plymouth. Jack's Mother is Linda Trygg of Westland. Little Red Ridinghood is Rachel Curtis of New Boston. The Narrator and Mysterious Man is Nick Craig of Ann Arbor. The Stepmother is Lindsay McDonald of Canton. Florinda is Kaiti Szczepanik of Canton. Lucinda is Bethany Basanese of Canton. The Steward is David Zolotarchuk of Westland. Granny is played by Lori Cairo of Ann Arbor. Cinderella's Father is played by Robert Nelson of Canton.

DATES: April 27 at 8 p.m. and April 28 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. April 29 at 2 p.m.

LOCATION: The Village Theater at Cherry Hill, 50400 Cherry Hill Rd., Canton, MI, 48187.

TICKETS: By phone at the Village Theater Box Office at 734-394-5300 or 734-394-5460, online or in person at The Summit on the Park or at the door! Box office opens one hour prior to showtime. Tickets are $18/adults; $16/seniors, $16/students under 19. Call for group rates.