SYNOPSIS

How to Enchant a Bookshop
By Todd Wallinger

Dorothy Gale, Tom Sawyer, and the other beloved literary characters from the best-selling The Enchanted Bookshop are back — for the first time — in this heartwarming prequel about how the bookshop first became enchanted. This play is simply magical, whether or not your audience is familiar with The Enchanted Bookshop. Margie has high hopes for success but soon discovers that running a bookshop is harder than expected, and rent is even harder to come by. Thankfully, Feonora, a young fairy-in-training, can’t wait to use the magic she’s learned to help Margie. The student enchantress has been warned to never use the spell that brings storybook characters to life, so, of course, Feonora does just that, bringing to life Cinderella, Don Quixote, Beatrix Potter’s Two Bad Mice, and more! Now if she could just convince the characters to give up their newly-found freedom before any human sees them! With a shorter running time and smaller cast, How to Enchant a Bookshop is sure to enchant your school and community theatre audience with the same book-loving charm that made The Enchanted Bookshop so magical!

How to Enchant a Bookshop has never been produced by TCT or HHT.

HOW TO ENCHANT A BOOKSHOP
Produced by special arrangement with Pioneer Drama Service, Denver, Colorado
(www.pioneerdramaservice.com)

TICKET DATES

Wednesday, March 5, 2025 – RESERVATIONS OPEN TO GENERAL PUBLIC

Production Staff & Cast

CAST

Margie – Anna Rosenow

Bombalurina – Stella Nixon

Ellen – Charlotte Jackson

Leonard Grimble – Elliott Brewer*

Ortensia – Lily Smith

Feonora – Emery Engelken*

Tom Thumb – Eirnín Funston

Hunca Munca – Alivia Mullins

Gilbert McAdoo – Adelyn Tanner

Cinderella – Collins Williamson

Dorothy Gale – Adalyn DiLeonardo

Tom Sawyer – Liam Nixon

Don Quixote – Maya Cabrilo

Sherlock Holmes – Evie Cathcart*

Pollyanna – Aria Lillo-Nasser

Fagin – Adam Lake

Slick – Wheeler Benson-Ross

Slack – Archer Rosenow

* Denotes TCT Oldfather Stage Debut

Thank you all to everyone who auditioned! It was a magical day! If you did not cast, please do not let it discourage you. Spring Break Camp and Spring Classes are enrolling now!

To those cast, the first read through will be Wednesday February 19^th from 6:30-8:30 pm. Please bring your class payment to this read through. Full rehearsal schedules will be passed out at the read through. Please keep an eye on your email for information regarding the show.