FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
STEPHENVILLE, Texas — Theatre at Tarleton presents “Miss Nelson is Missing” — written by Harry Allard and adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher — for two performances Saturday, Feb. 2, in the auditorium of the Clyde H. Wells Fine Arts Center in Stephenville.
The curtain rises at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Tickets are $3, and all seating is general admission.
Part of Tarleton’s Spring Young People’s Series, the play is about a classroom of unruly students who treat their caring teacher with complete disrespect. Near her wits’ end, Miss Nelson, one of the nicest teachers on the planet, can’t control her crazy classroom because she’s just too nice.
One day, her students realize that she has disappeared. Seconds later, her replacement, who is the hard-as-nails, detention-loving, recess-canceling, homework-overloading substitute teacher, Viola Swamp, shows up. With the big test approaching and the police after them, the students suddenly realize how much they have missed Miss Nelson, and they’ll do anything to solve the mystery of her disappearance and bring her back.
The cast, directed by Andres Vasquez, features:
• Haley Glover, who plays both Miss Nelson and Viola Swamp
• Cheyenne Nash, who plays Principal Humleker
• Kaitlyn Dearth as Detective McSmogg
• Abigail Penn as Raymond
• Caleb Badgley as George
• Robert Green as Mouse
• Marissa Lechon as Phoebe
• Noah Luce as Elvis
• Olivia Santisteban as LaVita
• Cathryn D’Amore as Kimberly
• Micaela Medina as Kid.
Behind the scenes, Mary Claunch is stage manager, Oscar Gonzalez is in charge of set design, Toni Meyers is the costume designer, and Olivia Santisteban provides hair and makeup design.
Cameron Hardee is in charge of lighting the production, Victoria DePaola is the sound designer, Jenifer Ambrose is the prop master and Jala Watts heads publicity.
Tarleton,founding member of The Texas A&M University System, provides a student-focused, value-driven education marked by academic innovation and a dedication to transform today’s scholars into tomorrow’s leaders. It offers degree programs to more than 13,000 students at Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Midlothian, RELLIS Academic Alliance in Bryan, and online, emphasizing real-world learning experiences that address societal needs while maintaining its core values of tradition, integrity, civility, excellence, leadership and service.
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