Taking Off!

Name: Taking Off!
Start: 2025-09-19T19:30:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-19T21:30:00-04:00
Location: Pasant Theatre

Schedule

Fri Sep 19 2025 at 07:30 pm to 09:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Pasant Theatre | East Lansing, MI

Book and Lyrics: Sonya Hayden
Music: Matthew Lowy
Directed: Adam Yankowy
Music Directed: Dave Wendelberger
Location: Pasant Theatre, Wharton Center for Performing Arts
Taking Off! is a musical comedy set aboard a turbulent 1960s Panamorama Airlines flight, where an ambitious female mechanic, Amelia Darehart, trades her toolbox for a stewardess uniform—only to discover the role isn’t as glamorous as it seems. Between spilled drinks, a diamond heist gone wrong, and a dream ballet filled with terrible dancers, Amelia navigates love, ambition, and the absurd rules placed on women of the era. With high-flying hijinks and heart, Taking Off! explores the push and pull between freedom and societal expectations—all at 35,000 feet. A unique educational collaboration between Michigan State University Department of Theatre and the Institute for Arts & Creativity at Wharton Center.
Performance Dates
Friday, September 19, 2025 @ 7:30pm
Saturday, September 20, 2025 @ 7:30pm
Sunday, September 21, 2025 @ 2:00pm