3/19/2003

Contact: K.E. Schwab  -- 724-738-2199;  e-mail: karl.schwab@sru.edu

SRU TO OFFER FOUR APPALACHIAN FOLK TALES IN FIRST-EVER CHILDREN’S THEATER SHOW

          SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – Slippery Rock University theater department’s first-ever children’s theater production will be “Mountain Myths,” a collection of four, Appalachian folk tales retold in drama.

          Performances by the SRU theater students are planned for 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. March 29 and April 5 in Miller Auditorium. Tickets are $3 and may be purchased from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays from the Miller Box Office. The box office also opens one hour before curtain.

          The production was adapted and is being directed by Lars Tatom, theater instructor.

          The cast includes, Maria Leezer of Pittsburgh, John A. Dropp and Rebecca Henry, both of Gibsonia, Tricia L. Colosimo of West Sunbury, Chase Carlson as Meadville and Evan Endres of Ligonier.

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