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The family is at the center of the Arts Express musical retelling of 鈥淭uck Everlasting,鈥� based on the much-loved 1975 children鈥檚 book by Natalie Babbitt.

Allison Jennings, 14, will play the adventure-seeking Winnie Foster, who meets the Tuck family and learns their secret 鈥� they drink from a spring that gives them the gift of eternal life.

Jennings will be joined on stage by other 蜜柚直播 high-schoolers and young adults including Sarah Maxwell, Ben Muckenthaler and Topher Esguerra, who play Mae, Jesse and Miles of the Tuck family, with Martin Lamb as Angus Tuck, the patriarch.

Nancy Davis Booth, 鈥淭uck鈥檚鈥� director, said the cast is stacked with young performers recently nominated for Monte Awards, which recognize work in high school musical theater around Southern 蜜柚直播.

Playing the bad guy is Ben Wiese as the Man in the Yellow Suit, who is hell-bent on profiting off the Tuck family鈥檚 secret to immortality. After all, who wouldn鈥檛 pay a pretty penny to stay young forever?

The Arts Express summer production will feature a 12-piece orchestra and a set equipped with real running water and a climbable tree built on the Fox Theatre鈥檚 stage.

While the Tucks may last forever, 鈥淭uck Everlasting鈥� won鈥檛; there will be only four performances, July 12-14.

The 鈥淭uck Everlasting鈥� musical by Tim Federle and Claudia Shear first debuted in 2015 in Atlanta at the Alliance Theatre before making its way to Broadway in 2016. The show, which features music by Chris Miller and lyrics by Nathan Tysen, was nominated for Best Musical at the 2016 Tony Awards.