Big Fish @ Goppert Theater (Avila)

Students, ages 7-19, from The Culture House School of Performances in Olathe, will take the Goppert stage at Avila to perform Big Fish, a story of sixty-year-old Edward Bloom who faces his mortality while his son, Will, prepares to become a father himself. In the storybook past, Edward ages from a teenager, encountering a Witch, a Giant, a Mermaid, and the love of his life, Sandra. The stories meet as Will discovers the secret his father never revealed. The story has drawn comparisons to The Odyssey, The Music Man, and The Wizard of Oz.