Marblehead Little Theatre’s ‘Tuck Everlasting’ opens Friday
“We are in the home stretch,” said Trudi Olivetti, director of the Marblehead Little Theatre's production, "Tuck Everlasting: The Musical" as she prepared to head out for one of the final rehearsals before the premiere on Friday, Feb. 24. “We’re doing full runs in costume, figuring out where the furniture will go, and especially the lighting.”
As Olivetti explained, the lighting is a crucial element in the MLT production. “It helps identify a location, the time and tells the story.”
The musical is based on Natalie Babbitt’s timeless children’s classic written in 1975 about the friendship between an 11-year-old girl, Winnie Foster, and the Tuck family who live nearby. The Tucks drank from a magic spring which made them immortal. Jesse Tuck, who is17, asks Winnie to drink from th...