March 18, 2025
Trine University Theatre will present a free matinee of “The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood” to local school groups and homeschool students grades K-5 in the Ryan Concert Hall of the T. Furth Center for Performing Arts beginning at noon on April 3.
Interested elementary groups and homeschool students can register at trine.link/robin-hood. The show lasts approximately two hours.
In “The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood,” the titular hero is reimagined as a swashbuckling, egocentric superhero. The legendary legend, in his never-ending quest to aid the needy, encounters a lovely damsel-in-distress (oddly obsessed with skin conditions); an ever-scheming sheriff who would rather bowl a strike than hit a bull's-eye; a gold-hoarding, bad-guy monarch wannabe; and a good-natured "Town's Gal" who manages to make her way into every scene, whether she belongs there or not.
Combine them with an expandable band of spoon-wielding Merry Men whose collective IQs equal six, and you've got an irreverent, Monty Python-esque jaunt through Sherwood Forest you won't soon forget!
The play will be performed for the general public at 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday, April 3 and 4, and 2 p.m. Saturday, April 5.
Tickets are on sale for $10 each, $5 for students ages 5-17 and non-Trine students, and free for Trine students and employees. They are available at trine.edu/furthtickets.
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