HOUGHTON, N.Y.—The Greatbatch School of Music, Houghton College presents a musical adaptation of “Anne of Green Gables” on March 22 and 23 at 8 p.m. and March 24 at 2 and 7 p.m.

“Anne of Green Gables” is a classic tale of an orphan girl who rises from destitution to happiness in the farm country entirely by virtue of her personality. At the turn of the century on Prince Edward Island, Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla decide to take on an orphan boy as help for their farm. But they get an unexpected jolt when they're mistakenly sent a girl instead: Anne Shirley.

Anne is a dreamer with an unusual point of view, far removed from Marilla's pragmatic ways, and it's only on a trial basis that Marilla agrees to keep Anne...if Anne can keep out of trouble. As Anne falls into a series of scrapes, makes a bosom friend, searches for (and finds) several kindred spirits, Matthew and Marilla discover that their lives have become a great deal richer, now that Anne is at Green Gables.