Get your Golden Ticket to Temple Emanu El and St. Luke's Episcopal Church's Youth Theater’s

production of Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka Jr.!
Students to Present Magical Musical
Based on the Award-Winning Book
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl on

Saturday, March 9 at 7 p.m.
And Sunday, March 10 at 3 p.m.

Metuchen, NJ – Temple Emanu-El and Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church Youth Theater will
transport Metuchen to a “world of pure imagination” with their second musical production,
Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka JR. on Saturday, March 9, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, March 10, 2019 at 3
p.m. at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 17 Oak Ave., Metuchen. Doors open 30 minutes before
showtime. Tickets are $5, and are only available at the door. For more information, call 732-
549-4442.
In Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka JR., a world-famous reclusive candy man named Willy Wonka
announces that he will offer the tour of the lifetime through his secret chocolate factory to five
children who find a golden ticket in one of his world-famous candy bars. One ticket-holder will
also win a lifetime supply of chocolate. Against all odds, an impoverished but sweet-natured
boy named Charlie Bucket wins a golden ticket. He and his fellow tour members — the spoiled-
rotten Veruca Salt, gluttonous Augustus Gloop, gum-chewing Violet Beauregarde and television
junkie Mike Teavee — spend a day traveling with the mysterious and marvelous Willy Wonka
and his crew of Oompa Loompas through the fantastical factory. The children encounter
marvelous sights and tastes along the way, including giant nut-selecting squirrels, fizzy lifting
drinks, Everlasting Gobstoppers, and a chocolate river. But each stop proves to be a test, as only
one can go on to win the Wonka prize.
Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka JR. is adapted for the stage by Leslie Bricusse and Timothy Allen
McDonald. The show features lyrics and music by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley, including
beloved songs “The Candy Man,” “I Want It Now!”, and “Pure Imagination” from the classic film
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka JR. is presented through special arrangement with and all authorized
materials are supplied by Music Theatre International 421 West 54th Street, New York, NY,
(212) 541-4684, mtishows.com.

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