The Lost Boy is loosely based on the true story of a child’s kidnapping in Philadelphia over a century ago. Our audiences have been telling us that while they become enthralled by the story, characters, spectacle and the tightrope mystery of it all, what transports them is how the play peers into what life was like 139 years ago.

As one audience member said, “It captured the period and the issues so well; I believed every bit of it!”

In 1874, Ulysses S. Grant is president, an acre of land cost $5 and one could buy a 4-room house for $700. Jesse James and his gangs are robbing trains and banks and Levi Strauss markets the first pair of blue jeans. Women were wearing dresses with long trains, high necklines and bustles and men were just starting to wear patterned three-piece suits and bowties. Gender dress changes often did not occur until a child was five or six and the age of a boy was often deciphered based on the length and type of trousers they wore.

Your chance to travel back in time with us is dwindling – the show closes this Sunday, Feb. 10. Click here to buy your tickets to The Lost Boy today.

The Lost Boy is presented with support from City Center Parking.