host posted on January 25, 2012 00:37
PINE BLUFF, Ark. - The John McLinn Ross Players (JMRP) present, as their annual play for young audiences, a lively stage adaptation of the award-winning children's book Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters. Written by John Steptoe and adapted by Karen Abbott, it is a classic tale of good character featuring two beautiful sisters who travel the same road, but find themselves in wildly different circumstances. This play is a part of the 2011-2012 Lost and Found Season of theatre because, visual artist, John Steptoe was so moved by the history and beauty of the East African folktale that he created a lasting monument to it, able to be found in any public library. Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale won the 1988 American Library Association’s, Coretta Scott King Book Award for Illustration. The JMRP have not forgotten their commitment to entertain and educate young people and are offering matinees for area schools. Seeing live actors gives young people a way to retain “the moral of the story” in a much more personal way and those lessons are not just learned, but remembered.
Director of Theatre Cheryl Collins has been working hard to train young artists and is proud to introduce as the director of the production, Senior Theatre major, Desiree Lucas. “The cast is very gifted and, though it may be some of the actors’ first time on the stage, they are really stepping up to the plate,” Desiree says of the working with fresh talent. Public performances of Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters are February 16-19, 2012, on the campus of The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff in the Hathaway Howard Fine Arts Center. Call 870-575-8428 if you are looking for more information or to book seats for you or your church group.
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters
by John Steptoe
adapted by Karen Abbott
Directed by Cheryl Collins & Desiree Lucas
7:30 PM
Thursday, February 16, 2012 (UAPB Student Night)
Friday, February 17, 2012
3:00 PM
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Tickets
$10 General Admission
$5 Students with ID/ Children under 12
$6 Groups of 10+
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For more information call Alexis M. Skinner on 870-575-8428 or email skinner@uapb.edu .
Subtitle: An African Tale