Opening March 31, "The Jungle Book" will debut at Gamut Theatre for one weekend only. After the success of last year's production of "Panchatantra Tales," Gamut's Young Acting Company is looking forward to partnering again with Rasika School of Dance to present the classic story.

This play is being co-directed by Gamut's executive director Melissa Nicholson and Rasika's founder and artistic director Rachita Menon Nambiar. The show is being performed by dancers and actors ages 7 to 18.

The play is set deep in the jungles of India, where an infant "man cub" is adopted by a pack of wolves and raised as their own. The wolves name the child Mowgli. The boy grows under the watchful eyes of Bagheera the panther and Baloo the sloth bear, who must train the cub in the Laws of the Jungle. But not even their strict guidance can protect Mowgli from riotous monkeys, the vicious man-eating tiger Shere Khan and humans. The much-beloved classic by Rudyard Kipling will show audiences the importance of family, respect for nature and what it means to be human.

Show dates and times are Friday, March 31, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, April 1, 2:30 and 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, April 2, 2:30 p.m. To purchase tickets, visit http://www.gamuttheatre.org/yac or call the box office at 717-238-4111.