Adaptive program participants performing in Finding Nemo Jr. in Mesa

The city of Mesa and Arizona Disabled Sports are working together with Red Mountain Theatre to present Finding Nemo Jr. at Red Mountain High School Auditorium. The cast is made up of Mesa Adaptive Program individuals with developmental disabilities and theater students from the high school who help participants with their speaking lines and choreography.

The show will be at the high school, 7301 E. Brown Road in Mesa. Tickets are available at https://www.mesaaz.gov/Activities-Culture/Parks-Recreation-and-Community-Facilities/Events/Finding-Nemo-Jr.-A-Mesa-Adaptive-Off-Broadway-Theater-Production for the following dates and times:

• 7 p.m. Thursday, June 5.
• 7 p.m. Friday, June 6.
• 2 p.m. Saturday, June 7.

It is highly encouraged to buy tickets in advance for easiest entry to the theater. The Adaptive Off-Broadway production is guaranteed to get the audience to embark on a musical journey across the ocean, a release states.

Mesa Adaptive Sports and Recreation offers sports and recreation opportunities to individuals with developmental disabilities, ages 6 or older, living in or outside Mesa. The typical program takes place weekly for up to 12 weeks in a season. Its mission is to “Let no one sit on the sidelines.”

Adaptive programs include special interest classes; outdoor recreation; social clubs; Off-Broadway productions, in partnership with Mesa Public Schools; fashion shows and adaptive sports including bocce, soccer, volleyball and track and field. The training schedule for adaptive sport programs is based on the competition schedules as determined by Special Olympics Arizona.