Carrie: The Musical to be Presented as Benefit for Actors' Fund Monday

Carrie: The Musical - a one-night benefit concert will be performed in support of the Actors' Fund of Canada at St. Michael's College School Centre for the Arts in Toronto at 8 p.m. on Monday November 16th. Tickets are only $20. The event is being produced by Yes Theatre, Lili Connor, Alessandro Costantini, and Thomas Alderson.

The one-night-only concert performance of Carrie: The Musical will be a thrilling show starring Dora Award winner Lisa Horner and the Shaw Festival's Tess Benger and also features cast members from Mirvish Productions' Kinky Boots, The Wizard of Oz, Once and the Stratford Festival. All company members are donating their time and talents to make this event happen and all proceeds will go to assist entertainment professionals facing crisis situations through the work of the Actors' Fund of Canada.

The full company includes Tess Benger, Lisa Horner, Julia McLellan, Michael Cox, Jennifer Rider Shaw, JeremyWalmsley, Lili Connor, Andrew Scanlon, Tessa Gooden, Jade Repeta, Tringa Rexhepi, Isaac Bell, Alessandro Costantini, and Alex Deleo.

Carrie White is a misfit. At school, she's an outcast who's bullied by the popular crowd, and virtually invisible to everyone else. At home, she's at the mercy of her loving but cruelly over-protective mother. But Carrie's just discovered she's got a special power, and if pushed too far, she's not afraid to use it...

Based on Stephen King's bestselling novel, the musical of Carrie hasn't been seen since its legendary 1988 Broadway production. Now, the show's original authors have joined with director Stafford Arima (Altar Boyz) and MCC Theater for a newly reworked and fully re-imagined vision of this gripping tale. Set today, in the small town of Chamberlain, Maine, Carrie features a book by Lawrence D. Cohen (screenwriter of the classic film), music by Academy Award winner Michael Gore (Fame, Terms of Endearment), and lyrics by Academy Award winner Dean Pitchford (Fame, Footloose).

Tickets are available online now at https://tickets.ticketwise.ca/event/carrie