Published Feb. 3, 2022
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WHAT: VAPA鈥檚 鈥淭o Kill a Mockingbird鈥�
WHEN: 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 17, Friday, Feb. 18, Saturday, Feb. 19; and 2 p.m., Sunday,
Feb. 20
WHERE: Spyker Theatre at 网曝门
COST: Free for 网曝门 students with ID, $5 for 网曝门 staff and faculty, $10 for general admission,
tickets at Eventbrite.com
INFO: VAPA, 318-342-3811
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By Ashlyn Dupree
网曝门 Office of Marketing and Communications
The University of Louisiana at Monroe鈥檚 School of Visual and Performing Arts and a
local youth theater, the Strauss Youth Academy for the Arts, join together to present
the play 鈥淭o Kill a Mockingbird鈥� on 网曝门鈥檚 campus.
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Performance dates are Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, Feb. 17-19 at 7 p.m. and Sunday,
Feb. 20 at 2 p.m. All performances are in Spyker Theatre, located on the west side
of Brown Auditorium.
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Admission is free for 网曝门 students with ID, 网曝门 faculty and staff is $5, and general
admission is $10. Tickets are available on Eventbrite (search for 网曝门).
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The play is based on Harper Lee鈥檚 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, 鈥淭o Kill a Mockingbird,鈥�
sharing her real-life experiences in Monroeville, Ala.
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The 网曝门 production staff includes director Mark Ross Clark, Ph.D.; technical director
Steven Burnside; costumer Margaret Hall; and producer Derle Long, Ph.D., director
of the School of Visual and Performing Arts.
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鈥淭he cast of the play was chosen from talented acting students at 网曝门 and includes
four gifted students from the Strauss Youth Academy for the Arts,鈥� Clark said.
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Principal actors cast in the play are largely double cast (*SYAA students): Atticus
Finch 鈥� Kade McKenna, Gabe Wright; Jean Louise (the mature Scout) 颅鈥� Cherie Mialaret;
Scout 鈥� Libbi Musgrave, Maggie Rocconi*; Jem Finch 鈥� Wesley Curtis*, Cas Fontana*;
Dill 鈥� Brunson White*; Calpurnia 鈥� Nautica Jones, Abigail Isaac; Sheriff Tate 鈥� Ryan
Kersh; Bob Ewell 鈥� Wyatt Sage; Helen Robinson 鈥� Rachel Goodly, Debra Isaac; Reverend
Sykes 鈥� Jonathan Hannon; Nathan/Arthur Radley 鈥� Nathan Switalski; Tom Robinson 鈥� James
Wright; Judge Taylor 鈥� Travis Waylne Cobb; Walter Cunningham 鈥� Jeremiah Cotton; Maude
Atkinson 鈥� Anna Clingan; Stephanie Crawford 鈥� Delaney Morgan; Mrs. Dubose 鈥� AbiGayle
Russell; Mayella Ewell 鈥� Abigail Hawthorne, Rebekah Johnson; Jessie 鈥� Rachel Goodly,
Debra Isaac; Mr. Gilmer 鈥� Westly Heflin.
