'The Neverending Story' closes run
Finley Schumacher Sandberg as Atreyu in dress rehearsal for The Neverending Story. In the background is Atreyu’s trusty horse Artax played by Bauer Hollman. (Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)
Three shows remain this weekend for the Whitefish Theatre Company’s fantastic tale of “The Neverending Story.”
Performed at the O’Shaughnessy Center in Whitefish, final shows for this young-actors production are on March 3 and 4 at 7:30 p.m. and on March 5 at 4 p.m.
Adapted from the 1979 novel and 1984 film, “The Neverending Story” is the fantasy tale of a boy whose wholehearted belief in a story, and eventually in himself, saves everything. The story begins with Bastian Balthazar Bux, a lonely boy who stumbles upon a strange book, “The Neverending Story,” in a curious bookshop. Upon opening it, he learns of a land called Fantastica, where a vast, black emptiness, called The Nothing, is taking over the magical world. Quickly drawn into the story of Atreyu, an unlikely hero who has been tasked to save this world, the story’s adventure takes Bastian and a happy luckdragon named Falkor to the far corners of Fantastica, through the Swamp of Sadness, the cave of a giant spider, and the maze of the Southern Oracle.
Tickets are $18 for adults, $16 for seniors, and $8 for students with reserved seating. Tickets can be purchased at the Box Office at 1 Central Avenue in Whitefish or by calling 862-5371. Box Office Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and one hour before a performance. Individual tickets can also be purchased online at www.whitefishtheatreco.org.