Violet Sinclair, Hadley Amen, Erin Knoetzel & Graham Vlasin work with Cady Epperson from Missoula Children’s Theatre, as Autum Williams, Assistant Director looks on.
Andrew Fortkamp, Ellany Pankonin, John Adle and Rosalee Jenkins rehearse a scene from “Red Riding Hood.”
Red Riding Hood cast announced: performance to be held Friday, Saturday
Life is no picnic when you stray from the trail! Join RED RIDING HOOD and her friends on a forest adventure Friday, August 8th and Saturday, August 9th when the Missoula Children’s Theatre and 54 local students present an original musical adaptation of this classic tale.
The local cast features Hadley Amen as Red Riding Hood; and Blake Johnson, Erin Knoetzel, and Violet Sinclair as her three Girl Friends. Kollins Paisley is Little Loveable Wolf while Gina Murillo, Rosalee Jenkins, John Adle, Andrew Fortkamp, and Ellany Pankonin are featured as the Hood Family. Also featured are The Three Little Pigs played by Lily Brinkema, Leah Lambert, and Amelia Rusk; Graham Vlasin as The Woodsman; Joel Adle as The Locksmith; Jocelyn Siemers as Ranger Rooney; and Simon Leibbrandt as The Boy Who Cries Wolf. To complete the ensemble, Maria Adle, Piper Barrera, Lily Hill, Marina Hill, Sophie Fortkamp, Taylor Fortkamp, Anna McNair, Pearl Pribbeno, Austin Pursley, Bennett Smith, Bella Thomas, Benny Villareal, Booker Vlasin, Harper Way, Delaney Weiss, and Addison Wynn will appear as the Forest Shadows; Jolynn Knoetzel, Harlow Konecky, Brynn Lambert, Maddie Lambert, Devyn Mulder, Karalyn Pankonin, Tell Ringleman, Orrin Ringleman, Josie Sauder, Inara Slade as the Wolfgang; and Eudora Adle, Claire Leibbrandt, Isaac Loeffler, Gideon Pankonin, Prairie Pribbeno, Maesa Swanson, Samantha Villa, and Otto Vlasin as the rascally Raccoons. Charlie Knoetzel, Jaxon Villareal, and Autum Williams have served as Assistant Directors throughout the week.
RED RIDING HOOD will be presented at 7:00pm at the Chase County Schools Auditorium. A suggestion donation of $10 per person will be gathered at the door.
The Missoula Children’s Theatre residency in Imperial is presented locally by Chase County Area Arts Council with support from Nebraska Arts Council, National Endowment for the Arts, Imperial Lions Club, and PomPoms. For more information, call Marcia Bauerle at 308-882-8814.