Trinity Valley Community College Theatre Department is ready to take your breath away with their hit production of “Mystic Pizza.”

Based on the 1988 movie from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Motion Pictures that launched the career of Julia Roberts, “Mystic Pizza” follows three working-class girls who navigate the complexities of life, love, and family in a small-town pizza joint in Mystic, Connecticut. “Mystic Pizza” is a jukebox musical adaptation with story and characters by Amy Holden Jones and musical arrangements and orchestration by Carmel Dean. This hit musical features mega-hits from the 80’s and 90’s including “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun,” “I Think We’re Alone Now,” “Addicted to Love,” “Into the Mystic,” and so much more!

This infectious musical’s cast list includes:

Sav Holloway as Josephina (JoJo) Barboza

Brooke Rhodes as Daisy Arujo

Heidi Davis as Katherine (Kat) Arujo

Realin Evans as Leona Silva

Umonte Grant as Bill Montijo

Kam Magee as Charles Gordon Windsor, Jr.

Scott Peebles as Tim Travers

Pluto Wilson, Meadow White, and Riley O’ Donnell will portray multiple characters in the Ensemble.

There will be a live band performing alongside the actors called “The Lobster Rolls Band” and features:

Justin Legel on Keyboard

Roy Billbury, Jr. on Guitar

Joseph Wiedman on Saxophone

Connon Wilcoxson on Drums

The production is under the direction of Head of Performance Studies and Director Craig Lee, Musical Direction by Justin Legel, Costume Design by Head of Theatrical Design Elizabeth “Biz” Nelson, Choreography by Katy Lee and Technical Director Bohb Nelson.

Production staff also includes:

Graphic Designer and Wardrobe Supervisor Kalae Richey

Assistant Set Designer Kaitlin Sanders

Light Board Operator Ethan Roe

Sound Board Operator Martin Allen

Prop Master Micah Peeples

Video Engineers Robert Bowen and Micah Collard

Performances are scheduled for April 11-13 at 7:30 p.m. and April 14 at 2:30 p.m. at the Pauline Knight Perkins Auditorium on the TVCC – Athens Campus. Tickets are $10 (cash only) and will be available to purchase at the door the day of the performance. TVCC students, staff and faculty get in free with a valid TVCC ID.