Theater group offers free preview show

The Young People’s Theatre Project is back at Camp Caldera on the shore of Blue Lake for its seventh straight year.

A cast of middle and high school students selected by audition from throughout the Portland area are at the camp, preparing a full-scale Broadway-style musical that will be presented in Portland at the end of the month.

This year’s show is Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, with award-winning music by Roger Miller and Mark Twain’s classic characters.

A preview performance of the show (minus the technical elements added in Portland) will be presented on Caldera’s Lake Stage on Tuesday, July 26, at 7 pm. Admission is free. Blue Lake is located just west of Suttle Lake, west of Sisters.