Disney’s Freaky Friday
May 18, 2025
Show Time: 2:00 pm
The Fort Wayne Civic Theatre presents Freaky Friday! When an overworked mother and her teenage daughter magically swap bodies, they have just one day to put things right again. Freaky Friday, a new musical based on the celebrated novel by Mary Rodgers and the hit Disney films, is a heartfelt, comedic, and unexpectedly emotional update on an American classic. By spending a day in each other’s shoes, Katherine and Ellie come to appreciate one another’s struggles, learn self-acceptance, and realize the immeasurable love and mutual respect that bond a mother and daughter.
The new musical, Freaky Friday, based on the beloved 1972 novel by Mary Rodgers and the hit Disney films (and developed by Disney Theatrical Productions expressly for licensing to theatres), features a book by Bridget Carpenter – the co-executive producer and writer on the beloved TV hits, “Friday Night Lights” and “Parenthood” – and music and lyrics by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey – the Pulitzer Prize-winning composers of Next to Normal and If/Then.
Show Credits
Freaky Friday
Book by Bridget Carpenter
Music by Tom Kilt
Lyrics by Brian Yorkey
Based on the novel “Freaky Friday” by Mary Rodgers and the Disney films
Orchestrations by Michael Starobin and Tom Kilt
Vocal Arrangements by Carmel Dean and Tom Kilt
Dance Arrangements and Incidental Music by Tom Kilt
Freaky Friday is presented by special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIShows.com
