WaterTower Theatre Announces Casting, Creative Team for TOM SAWYER PROJECT

WaterTower Theatre Producing Artistic Director Terry Martin today announced the cast and creative team for the Company's newest education initiative, The Tom Sawyer Project. This program involves local high school students in their own production of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer which WaterTower Theatre is producing January 24 - February 16, 2014. The cast will be comprised of students from W.T. White High School, Booker T. Washington Performing Arts High School and homeschooled students.

The student production of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer will be held on February 4 and 11, 2014 at WaterTower Theatre. Tickets to these two performances are $10 in advance or Pay What You Can at the door. The performances will be open to the general public. Tickets may be purchased by phone at 972-450-6232 or in-person at the WaterTower Theatre Box Office Office (Tuesday - Friday, 12pm to 6pm) Addison Theatre Centre, 15650 Addison Road, Addison, Texas 75001. Tickets go onsale December 10th.

The student cast features Gage Davidson as Tom Sawyer (W.T. White High School), Shajia Awan as Becky Thatcher (W.T. White High School), Caroline Garnett as Huckleberry Finn/Ensemble (Booker T Washington Performing Arts High School), Joe McGregor as Joe Harper/Ensemble (Booker T. Washington Performing Arts High School), Calvin Cashen as Sid Sawyer/Ensemble (W.T. White High School), Joel Jenkins as Injun Joe/Ensemble (Homeschooled), Paige Madkins as Aunt Polly/Ensemble (W.T. White High School), Dru Miers as Muff Potter/Ensemble (W.T. White High School). Jason Tarlton is the Project Technician (W.T. White High School).

The professional creative team includes director Kelsey Leigh Ervi, the Project Coordinator Janeth Farnsworth, Assistant Director Luke Norton, Scenic Designer Michael Sullivan, Props Designer Charles Wallace, Lighting Designer Dan Schoedel and Dramaturg Vicki Cheatwood.

Mark Twain's classic novel of Missouri boyhood comes to life in this high-spirited theatrical romp. Mischievous Tom and his pal Huck witness a murder, and then embark on a string of wild escapades. Becky Thatcher, Aunt Polly, Injun Joe and the rest of the group join Tom in this timeless family tale. Laura Eason's brand new adaptation of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Adapted by Laura Eason from the Novel by Mark Twain), brings out the child in all of us, as we explore the thrill of mischief-making, the fickleness of first love, the cold shivers of an adventure gone wrong, and the excitement of discovering real live buried treasure. This is a story for anyone who celebrates all that is glorious about childhood. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is sponsored, in part, by Atmos Energy and Barbara and Bob Bigham: the Baylor Oral Health Foundation.

The Tom Sawyer Project is an education program of WaterTower Theatre. Local high school aged students will perform in a student production of the play, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. They will also have the opportunity of attending some rehearsals with the professional actors in the WaterTower Theatre's production of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. WaterTower Theatre Assistant to the Producing Artistic Director Kelsey Leigh Ervi will direct and Janeth Farnsworth, Education & Community Services Manager, will coordinate the project.

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