Peoples Light theater hosting LGBTQ+ youth workshop [Video]

MALVERN, Pa. (KYW Newsradio) — A family holiday tradition at People’s Light theater in Malvern has expanded into an opportunity to educate the community and support LGBTQ+ youth.

For the last 20 years, the theater has produced panto shows during the holiday season — a British form of theater that puts a comedic and interactive twist on classic stories.

“It’s also a new telling of the story that puts it really in the land of imagination and in the land of play,” said Andrew Watring, director of community programs and associate producer of this year’s panto. “In the land of when you meet someone on the playground and you invent an entire new world from scratch. … That sense of play and that sense of fun and that sense of belonging is vibrant.”

This year’s panto is a musical retelling of Peter Pan, called “Peter Panto,”with an original script by Jennifer Childs and music, lyrics and …