“Diary of a Wimpy Kid” opens Friday, June 21, at The Raleigh Playhouse

BECKLEY, WV (WVNS) — A cast of young performers in Beckley were preparing for opening night of “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” on Monday, June 17, 2024.

The musical opens Friday, June 21, 2024, at the Historic Raleigh Theater on Neville Street.

The show’s director, Jason Lockart , said “Diary of Wimpy Kid” will run throughout the weekend and is the grand finale of a theater camp hosted by the non-profit arts group WV Collective.

“Last year, we did it sort of as an experiment, and we put on a very small show, and this year, Crystal Yost , who’s my partner in this, came to me with a full-on Broadway musical production, with 23 songs and 250 pages, and we’re putting it together in two-and-a-half weeks,” said Lockart, who is creative director of WV Collective.

He said some of the cast members had previous theater experience but others will make their onstage debut during “Diary of a Wimpy Kid.”

Tickets are available on the WV Collective website .

Showtimes are Friday, June 21, and Saturday, June 22, 2024, at 7 P.M., and Sunday, June 23, 2024, at 2 P.M.

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