"Hansel and Gretel" to be performed Dec. 7 and 8 at MSSU

(From Southern News Service)

Southern Theatre and Show-Me Celebration Company will present “Hansel and Gretel’s Christmas Adventure” at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, and Sunday, Dec. 8,  in Taylor Performing Arts Center on the campus of Missouri Southern State University.

Hansel and Gretel’s family have no food or presents for Christmas Eve. Hansel hatches a plan to raise some money to surprise their father. When they go into the forest to gather mistletoe and sticks, they run into a lost elf from the North Pole. That is where their adventure begins, as they meet other colorful characters along the way. They even get to meet old St. Nick!

The play is written and directed by Lyndall Burrow.

Admission is $1 for adults and 50 cents for children 12 and under.

The Southern Theatre box office will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, Dec. 6. For reservations, call the box office at 417-625-3190. To purchase tickets online, go to www.mssu.edu/ticket-office.

For theater production information, contact MSSU’s Theatre Department at 417-625­9393. For accommodations related to a disability, contact Terri Spencer at 417-625-9393 at least 72 hours before the performance.

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(From left) Devri Brock, Mollie Sanders and Cameron Lopez are among the cast members featured in Southern Theatre’s production of “Hansel and Gretel’s Christmas Adventure.”

The cast for “Hansel and Gretel’s Christmas Adventure” features:

KANSAS

IndependenceJackie Webb – Junior theater/music major
Sean Botts – Freshman theater major

Neodesha
Abby Railsback – Senior theater major
Cameron Lopez – Freshman theater major

MISSOURI

Carl Junction

Devri Brock – Senior theater major

Joplin

Kelly Campbell – Junior psychology major

Christy Hernandez – Junior theater major

Sydney Holtsman – Junior theater major

Mollie Sanders – Junior theater major