Arena Stage set for A Wrinkle In Time

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater announced the cast and creative team for A Wrinkle in Time, an interstellar world-premiere musical adaptation based on the classic novel by Madeleine L'Engle that has captured the hearts and imaginations of generations. Featuring a book by Doris Duke Artist Award recipient Lauren Yee (Cambodian Rock Band) and music and lyrics by two-time Obie Award winner Heather Christian (Oratorio for Living Things), A Wrinkle in Time will run June 12 - July 20, 2025, in Arena Stage's Kreeger Theater, directed by two-time Obie Award winner Lee Sunday Evans. Press Night will be held on June 26. For more information and tickets, visit arenastage.org/wrinkle.

"A Wrinkle in Time transcends the boundaries of time, space, and even genre," said Arena Stage Artistic Director Hana S. Sharif. "It is both epic and intimate, cosmic and deeply human. To share this journey of hope, family, and radical empathy with our community is a gift. This story reminds us that we each hold the capacity to reshape the world when we lead with love."

While experimenting with time travel and the fifth dimension, Meg Murry's father disappears. In a race to rescue him, Meg, her friend Calvin, and her younger brother Charles Wallace set off-across galaxies and time itself-to bring him home. Can they outwit the forces of evil they will encounter on their heart-stopping journey through space? Guided by stars, shadowed by darkness, and armed only with her intellect, heart, and a few improbable friends...Meg will learn that love is the most powerful force in the universe.

"My grandmother loved the theater-its immediacy, its intimacy, the way it brings people into a shared moment of wonder and transformation," said Charlotte Jones Voiklis, Madeleine L'Engle's granddaughter and literary executor who is serving as a producer on the adaptation. "Seeing her story come to life through this extraordinary creative team has been deeply moving. They have honored the heart of A Wrinkle in Time while bringing a bold and beautiful new dimension to it. I can't wait for audiences to experience this journey."

Staging this intergalactic voyage will be Nicholas Barrón (New York City Center's Ragtime) as Calvin, Tony nominee Amber Gray (Broadway's Hadestown) as Mrs. Whatsit, Taylor Iman Jones (Broadway's Six) as Meg Murry, Vicki Lewis (Broadway's Damn Yankees) as Mrs. Which, Mateo Lizcano (Broadway's Kimberly Akimbo) as Charles Wallace, and Stacey Sargeant (Broadway's for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf) as Mrs. Who.

The gravity-defying ensemble for A Wrinkle in Time will include Leanne Antonio (Broadway's The Lion King), Michael Di Liberto (Broadway's Tammy Faye), Kimberly Dodson (Broadway's Summer), Andrea Jones-Sojola (Broadway's The Music Man), Aidan Joyce (Monumental Theatre Company's Spring Awakening), Rebecca Madeira (Signature Theatre's Sweeney Todd), Gabrielle Rice (Signature Theatre's The Color Purple), Jon Patrick Walker (Hamilton National Tour), Ronald Joe Williams (Arena's Unknown Soldier), and Jayke Workman (Broadway's Chicago). The company is rounded out by swings Alex De Bard (Signature Theatre's Hair), Edward Simon (Signature Theatre's Ragtime), Dillan James Smith (PAW Patrol Live!), and Alyssa Enita Stanford (Asolo Rep's Beautiful: The Carole King Musical).

"We are thrilled to join our colleagues, Charlotte Jones Voiklis and everyone at Arena Stage, in bringing this beloved and extraordinary story to life, letting this classic tale, quite literally, sing for the very first time," said veteran producers Aaron Glick and Diana DiMenna. "This stellar creative team will take us on a journey of bravery, wonder, peril, and redemption, quite unlike anything we've seen before."

Lee Sunday Evans leads a powerhouse team of creatives that includes choreographer Ani Taj (Broadway's Dead Outlaw), music director Ben Moss (Broadway's Head Over Heels), Tony-nominated set designer dots (Broadway's Appropriate), Tony-nominated costume designer Sarafina Bush (Broadway's for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf), lighting designer Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew (Broadway's Kimberly Akimbo), sound designer Nick Kourtides (Magic Mike Live), puppet designer and puppeteer James Ortiz (Broadway's Into the Woods), wig and hair designer Alberto "Albee" Alvarado (Broadway's The Outsiders), and makeup designer Kirk Cambridge-Del Pesche (Broadway's The Wiz). They are joined by associate director Katie Young, associate choreographer Veronica Sofia Burt, and associate music director Emily Whitaker. New York casting is by The Telsey Office/Rachel Hoffman, CSA, and DC casting is by Raiyon Hunter. The production supervisor is Timothy R. Semon, the stage manager is Joanne Pan, and the assistant stage managers are Dayne Sundman and Cheyney Coles.