November 20, 2015
Theatre 草榴社区 will present the new children?s classic play,鈥Gooney Bird Greene and Her True Life Adventures鈥燚ecember 5 at 7:30 p.m. and December 6 at 2:05 p.m. in the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts on the 草榴社区 campus.
It?s a boring, long day at school. The kids don?t want to be there. But鈥suddenly, the classroom door bursts open and there?wearing pajamas and cowboy boots?stands red-headed Gooney Bird Greene! With her outrageous outfits and outlandish stories, Gooney mesmerizes the class with her adventures of traveling around the world on a flying carpet, leading a symphony orchestra while driving through town, and finding her precious diamond earrings in an exotic palace.鈥犫燘y sparking their imaginations, Gooney Bird shows the students that their lives are as unique as hers, as they can cast themselves as the heroes in their own tales of discovery.?
The cast for鈥Gooney Bird Greene鈥爄ncludes Distinguished Theatre 草榴社区 Alumni Tyler Beadle, Ariah Burkhalter and Lauren Pace, all of Mount Pleasant, and Marcy Logan of Omaha. Other cast members include Elizabeth Griffin, Kaitlyn Currey and Briniqua Stephens, of Mount Pleasant; Bethy Taraba, Bri Stacks, Jake Lain, Ben Ruland, Justin Mejia鈥犫燼nd Guy Stillwell, of Pittsburg; Cassia Rose and Hunter Williams, of Winnsboro; Corin Carter, of Gilmer; Trace Lewis, of Redwater; Nathan Johnson, of Mt. Vernon; and Beka Hall, of Leesburg. The production is directed by NTCC Professor of Theatre, Douglas Hoppock.
Admission is $7 for adults, $3 for age 17 and under, Sr. Citizens and NTCC Faculty and Staff. Reservations are not required.
Gooney Bird Greene and Her True Life Adventures鈥爄s written by Kent R. Brown and is based on the Children?s Book by the same title by Lois Lowry. It marks the 25th鈥爕ear that Theatre 草榴社区 has produced a children?s play at Christmastime.鈥犫營n those years, the plays have been seen by more than 110,000 area school children.
It?s a boring, long day at school. The kids don?t want to be there. But鈥suddenly, the classroom door bursts open and there?wearing pajamas and cowboy boots?stands red-headed Gooney Bird Greene! With her outrageous outfits and outlandish stories, Gooney mesmerizes the class with her adventures of traveling around the world on a flying carpet, leading a symphony orchestra while driving through town, and finding her precious diamond earrings in an exotic palace.鈥犫燘y sparking their imaginations, Gooney Bird shows the students that their lives are as unique as hers, as they can cast themselves as the heroes in their own tales of discovery.?
The cast for鈥Gooney Bird Greene鈥爄ncludes Distinguished Theatre 草榴社区 Alumni Tyler Beadle, Ariah Burkhalter and Lauren Pace, all of Mount Pleasant, and Marcy Logan of Omaha. Other cast members include Elizabeth Griffin, Kaitlyn Currey and Briniqua Stephens, of Mount Pleasant; Bethy Taraba, Bri Stacks, Jake Lain, Ben Ruland, Justin Mejia鈥犫燼nd Guy Stillwell, of Pittsburg; Cassia Rose and Hunter Williams, of Winnsboro; Corin Carter, of Gilmer; Trace Lewis, of Redwater; Nathan Johnson, of Mt. Vernon; and Beka Hall, of Leesburg. The production is directed by NTCC Professor of Theatre, Douglas Hoppock.
Admission is $7 for adults, $3 for age 17 and under, Sr. Citizens and NTCC Faculty and Staff. Reservations are not required.
Gooney Bird Greene and Her True Life Adventures鈥爄s written by Kent R. Brown and is based on the Children?s Book by the same title by Lois Lowry. It marks the 25th鈥爕ear that Theatre 草榴社区 has produced a children?s play at Christmastime.鈥犫營n those years, the plays have been seen by more than 110,000 area school children.
