Teens on Stage

Water for Elephants: High School Edition

Book by Rick Elice
Music and Lyrics by PigPen Theatre Co.

February 13-22, 2026

Fridays at 8PM

Saturdays at 3PM

Sundays at 3PM

Tickets $19

Water for Elephants, based on the bestselling novel by Sara Gruen, is a dazzling, heart-filled musical about Jacob, a young man desperate to escape his past, who jumps aboard a moving train uncertain of the road ahead. Finding himself on the ride of a lifetime, Jacob joins the colorful company of a traveling circus and is hired by the imperious ringmaster, August, as caretaker to the animals. Jacob soon develops an unspoken attraction to the star performer and August’s wife, Marlena. A last-ditch effort to save their struggling show brings an elephant into the troupe, drawing Marlena and Jacob dangerously close, forever changing the circus’s fate.

Directed by Lynne Czajka with choreography by Cedric James.

Recommended for ages 9+

Content Warning: This production explores sensitive topics such as domestic violence, sexual infidelity, and animal cruelty.. It also contains references to and depictions of murder.

Sensory Warning: This production utilizes gunshot sounds.

Water for Elephants: High School Edition is presented through arrangement with Broadway Licensing