The Riverside and Martin Middle School Drama Troupe recently performed two showings of "The Phantom Tollbooth," produced in a partnership with the Boys & Girls Club of East Providence and The Gamm Theater.

According to the description of the play, which is based on Norton Juster's book of the same name, the performance follows the adventures of Milo in the Land of Wisdom where he's forced think about many new things. Milo is dispatched to rescue the banished Princesses, Sweet Rhyme and Pure Reason, from the Land of Ignorance.

The knowledge and skills Milo gathers on his journey help him to save them. When he must return home, Milo is sorry to leave his friends, but enriched by his experience, he realizes his attitude towards learning will never be the same.

The playbill for the show was as follows...Production Team — Co-Director: Jared Nobrega; Co-Director: Autumn Jefferson; Tech Director: Tess Crews; Assistant Tech Director: Autumn Jefferson; Costume Design: Autumn Jefferson; Sound Design: Jared Nobrega; Education Manager: Jess Corsentino; Production Assistant: Jess Corsentino; Director of RIDE Initiatives: Chris Lavendier; RMS Site Director: Ken Smith; ; Crew — Hailey Pereira, Emily Driscoll, Frank (PJ) Patalano, Ariel Cabral and Jake Garganta

The Company— Molly Mallet, Voice 1/Giant; Hailey Frink, Lethargarian 2/Insecurity; Bella Silva, Macabre; Romola Olubode, Mathmagician; Alan Speaks-McSwain, Voice 2/Senses Taker; Kieli R. Oliveira, Definition/ Princess Rhyme; Sri Sanshitha, Shri/Townsmen/ Princess Reason; Charloe Fitzgerald, Milo; Charloe Pickering, Voice 3; Emily Alexander, Meaning; Olivia Perry, King Azaz; Aeris Frederick, Humbug; Nathan Lopes, Whether Man; Amaya Furtado, Understanding/ Wordsnatcher; Shashini Senthilkumar, Soundkeeper; Gianna Solitro, Tock; Emma O’Connell, Lethargarian 1/Trivum; Emily Malmstrom, Spelling Bee; Mila Wiaderski, Dodecahedron.

— East Providence Post and eastbayri.com contributing photographer Julie Furtado shot the accompanying gallery of photos.