Get your raincoats ready Baton Rouge, because "Carrie the Musical" is coming to a stage on campus soon and it will be bloody!

Date: March 4-15

Time: 7:30 p.m.

Location: Reilly Theatre (Tower Drive)

Tickets: $12 for students, $15 for seniors/faculty/staff, $20 for adults

Director Tamara Fisch and music director Matt Sherwin have been working diligently with the LSU students involved to create an amazing re-adaptation of Stephen King's bestselling novel, by Lawrence D. Cohen (screenwriter for the film) and Dean Pitchford (Fame, Footloose). 

If you're unfamiliar with the story: "Carrie the Musical," based on the Stephen King novel "Carrie," features young misfit Carrie White, who's bullied by the popular crowd and lives with her loving but cruelly over-protective mother. Carrie has just discovered she’s got a special power, and if pushed too far, she’s not afraid to use it… CARRIE received a legendary 1988 Broadway production, but was reworked by the original writers to great acclaim during the 2012 season, which is the version the LSU Theatre Department will be using.

So why should you pay to see this show? According to stage manager Sara Stevens, "It's Carrie! It's an iconic book and movie and now, musical. Everyone knows the story. Everyone wants to see the iconic scenes and blood (and there will be blood). It's definitely a fun show." 

When asked what was the most challenging part of doing this show, Stevens replied, "Doing a musical is always challenging. I would say that this is one of the biggest shows LSU has done in a while." 

In the short amount of time they had, the actors, designers, directors and crew were able to pull everything together, and are very excited to finally have an audience.

Tickets are available at www.theatre.lsu.edu.

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