From the Newbery
Award-winning book by Patricia MacLachlan
Adapted by Joseph Robinette
• Recommended for everyone age 8 and older
• At the Park Street
Theatre
Set in the early 1900’s, this play brings to life
the charming, heartwarming story of a Kansas farmer, Jacob
Witting, a widower with two children, Anna and Caleb.
Seeking a wife, Jacob places an ad in the newspaper and
receives a letter from a Sarah Wheaton of Maine who writes
she will visit the family for a month to see how things work
out, “I will come by train. I will wear a yellow bonnet. I
am plain and tall.” Narrated by Anna, reminiscing on the eve
of her wedding, the story unfolds in a fascinating flashback
on that often exciting, sometimes tumultuous month when
Sarah and the Wittings came to know one another and learned
a few things about themselves as well. The joys and
challenges of everyday life are richly depicted in this
classic which the New York Times called “an exquisite,
sometimes painfully touching tale.” The School Library
Journal said the book “is filled with wisdom and gentle
humor…a tender story about the fragile beginnings of a
family relationship on its way to permanence.” Read the Dispatch
Review of Sarah Plain and Tall
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Pictured (left to right) Tory Matsos as "Sarah,"
and Emily Schwerdtfeger as "Anna"
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Pictured (seated left
to right) Sammy Lisa as "Caleb,"
Tory Matsos as "Sarah," and Emily Schwerdtfeger as "Anna."
Standing is Scott Willis as "Jacob."
Pictured
(left to right) Sammy Lisa as "Caleb,"
Tory Matsos as "Sarah," and Emily Schwerdtfeger as "Anna."
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Thursday and Friday at 7:30 pm
• Saturday at 1 and 5 pm
• Sunday at 3 pm
• $9 all seats on Thursday
• $10 - $18 Friday – Sunday
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Sarah Plain and Tall
will be Audio-Described on
Friday, March 13th at 7:30pm