Adventures of Huckleberry Finn *
Adaptation by Randal Myler from the book by Mark Twain
Directed by Cathy Field
Our summer family show is an adaptation of Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” – a timeless tale of friendship, laughter and humanity. Through many thrilling adventures, Huck eventually finds his own moral compass in a world of corruption and hypocrisy.
AUDITION DATES: Monday and Tuesday, May 21 and 22, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. in the East Theater, Varsity Center for the Arts, 418. S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale.
CAST: 10 males., 4 females. Ages range from high school and older.
PERFORMANCE DATES: July 12,13,14 and 15.
REHEARSALS BEGIN: Tuesday, May 29th.
A playbook is available on the reserve list at the Carbondale Public Library. Ask for the title under The Stage Company’s reserve file. The book can not be checked out, but must be read in the library.
Relive the great riverboat days of the Mississippi with Huck Finn, Tom Sawyer and Jim in this new adaptation which premiered at the Denver Center Theatre Company.
The Denver Post said, "Splendid new adaptation... A remarkable job of capturing the range and spirit of Twain's novel... It should become a classic: Myler has done for Twain what some British theater companies have done for the novels of Charles Dickens." The Rocky Mountain News continues the praise, "It's genuine Americana. Twain's jokers and liars come alive in this panorama filled with tall tales." Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a folktale chock-full of outlandish episodes, as two outcasts, fleeing down the Mississippi on a makeshift raft, yield to a current that brings a new view of their society and, finally, themselves.
