Water for Elephants | A Teens on Stage Production
Fri, Feb 20
|Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck
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.


Time & Location
Feb 20, 2026, 8:00 PM – 10:30 PM
Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, 661 NY-308, Rhinebeck, NY 12572, USA
About the event
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.
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