Experience history and mystery under the stars at the picturesque Waterside Theatre on Roanoke Island. In 1587, about 120 men, women and children established the first English colony in the New World, then vanished without a trace, leaving historians and archaeologists with one of America's most perplexing mysteries.See the compelling drama that 4 million visitors have enjoyed since 1937. Each child accompanied by a paying adult will be admitted free on Mondays and half-price on Fridays and Saturdays. Mondays through Saturdays (no performance on July 4).