Anna Grace Chang of Daniel Island to start in 'Into the Woods'

Starring Daniel Island teen, Anna Grace Chang as Mrs. Baker, Into The Woods, the youth stage musical adaptation of the beloved Brothers Grimm Fairytales, will be performed at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. November 20 to 22 at Footlight Players Theatre by the

Lowcountry’s award winning youth company, Musical Theater Center (MTC). Admission is $15 in advance via the web or $18 at the door.

Three other Daniel Island teens, Sarah Feller, Ainsley Western, and Lexi Widenhouse, also have roles in the production.

MTC’s Company is made up of pre-professional teen actors who spend their week at the studio, training rigorously in vocal technique, music theory, acting, ballet, tap, jazz and modern dance—in addition to rehearsing for mainstage shows. All performances, including the upcoming Into the Woods, employ professional costumes, lights and sets. MTC generates the highest-caliber youth productions in the Lowcountry, as recognized by iTheatrics, the global organization for youth theatre.

MTC’s resident youth company was among only 100 global elite youth theatre troupes selected via a demanding audition process to participate in the International Junior Theatre Festival, produced by iTheatrics and Musical Theatre International in January. The group performed selections from Shrek Jr. and walked away with the prestigious ‘Excellence in Acting’ award. (MTC performed Shrek Jr. to full-house audiences at Footlight last spring.)

“Our youth company earned the highest attainable youth theatre award at 2015’s International Junior Theatre Festival, and we are thrilled to bring Into the Woods to Footlight this November,” said Courtney Sarre, artistic director at MTC.

MTC’s highly acclaimed company has performed numerous sold-out musicals at Charleston Music Hall, Woolfe Street Playhouse and Footlight Players Theatre and is a frequent guest of WCIV-TV’s Lowcountry Live!