The Hartland Players Encore Youth Theater is presenting “The Lion King Jr.” with performances at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 24, and Saturday, March 25, as well as at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 26, at the Hartland Performing Arts Center, 9525 E. Highland Road.
The African savannah comes to life on stage with Simba, Rafiki and an unforgettable case of characters as they journey from Pride Rock to the jungle and back again. This inspiring, coming-of-age tale features music and lyrics by Elton John and Tim Rice.
Tickets are $15 and available by clicking here.
Each day from now until opening night, we’ll be featuring various cast members.
Olivia Kolke is a 7th grader at Ore Creek Middle School.
Olivia is so excited that she was picked to be apart of the amazing cast. Olivia has played in other roles with Encore and Prelude. Some of her recent roles include Bielke in “Fiddler on the Roof” with Hartland High School, “Pigtails” in Newsies Jr, Dragon in “Shrek Jr.,” Sam in “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer,” and Twin 1 in “Preludes Peter Pan Jr.”
Olivia can’t wait to get back on stage and bring Simba to life.
