Follow young Jim Hawkins and his friends as they sail a dangerous sea of adventure with Long John Silver and his pirate band at the helm when the Missoula Children’s Theatre and more than 50 local students present an original musical adaption of Robert Louis Stevenson’s epic novel Treasure Island.

Jim Hawkins, a mischievous lad, lives with his mother and six sisters in a seaside village on the coast of Maine. The year is 1782 and the American War for Revolution is in its last days. Longing for adventure, Jim comes under the hypnotic spell of the legendary pirate, Long John Silver. While waiting on tables in the family Inn, Jim finds a treasure map and, with the villainous Silver as his seeming mentor, sails uncharted seas with only the ragged map and a flock of gulls as guides. Always up for an adventure, Jim’s ruffian friends say farewell to their mariner parents and serve as cabin boys for Silver and his band of hilarious (although unsavory) pirate types. Once on the island, nights are sleepless as true colors are revealed in our hero’s quest for the proverbial happy ending. Then — at last — the treasure is found and hand in hand they’re homeward bound.

Discover hidden talents in your backyard! Witness the magic as local kids and adults come together to create a heartwarming, one-of-a-kind performance.

If you go: This performance is rated G and tickets are FREE!