Missoula Children’s Theater Brings Back Snow White
Kids from around the area tried out for this year’s production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, lead by Missoula Children’s Theater.
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The stage was filled with dozens of kids of all ages on Monday, hoping to land a part in this years Missoula Children’s Theater production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
The yearly production is the most community interactive productions that happen and is cast with 64 local children. Those performers will range in age from kindergarten to 12th grade.
The Missoula Children’s Theater has hosted the production in Oskaloosa before, but George Daily’s Andy McGuire says that Missoula is often reworking the productions to stay as current as possible.
“I think with any of their [Missoula] fairytales that have come in, all of them have been tweaked just a little bit,” said McGuire.
The one thing that is for sure; there is a new cast of actors from the previous productions.
Each time there is a production with Missoula Children’s Theater, two directors work with and coach the kids in the week-long effort.
The directors swap their roles from location to location, one has a part in the show and is helping to guide performers on the stage. The second director is the backstage director.
“During the week though, they both do just about the same thing,” said McGuire. “In fact, they will often split into two different groups, and since both directors know the part, cause they switch off every different place, they know all the lines to go through every single part.”
Children auditioned for the show, and we cast and began rehearsal on Monday evening from 6:30 to 8:30 pm.
Then cast members would practice 4 hours every night during the week, leading up to their production on Saturday.
A young princess named Snow White finds herself in peril when her stepmother, the Queen, is told by her Magic Mirror that the princess is fairer than she! Snow White escapes with the help of a woodsman and finds a home with the Seven Dwarfs. But the evil Queen still plots to get rid of her…
The local cast features Jade Whitley as Snow White, Amber Lindley, Sarafina Gituma, and Sage Cochran as her friends Phineas, Foxy, and Fernando, and Finley Pearce as the King. Also featured are Natalie Wayne as the Queen, Elijah Pearce, and Gavin Higgins as the Queen’s Henchmen, Gabrielle Atwood as her Magic Mirror, and Molly Prendergast, Isabella Stutting, Harrison Mullens, Makenzie Banicky, Kylynne Roberts, Madison Howard, and Addisyn Edgington as the Dwarfs. Taylor Deney, Rhiya Massey, Lisa Van Donselaar, Reagan Higgins, Joanna Thury, Amari Williams-Trujillo, Morgan Drost, Brianna Davis, Abigail Lindgren, and Emma Adams will appear as Black Forest Creatures. The Bats are played by Josie Burk, Arabella Burk, Cadence Stutting, Ruby Prendergast, Tailore Chamberlin, Nicholas Skinner, Keaton Walker, Teegin Whitlatch, Alexis Anderson, Allana Anderson, Olivia Doll, Lillian Carr, Bertram Pearce, and Liam Harris. A variety of fun Forest Animals are played by Breauna Fenton, Sienna Hysell, Sophie Tower, Marshall Smith, Maxwell Pearce, Rilea Deney, Anderson Keough, Emily Dickinson, Karly Grubb, Emma Chamberlin, Briley Jordan, Anna Vermillion, Makenna Johnston, Bella Pollock, Lilia Morris, Ella Mullins, Cheyanne Mullins, Taylor Semini, and Lauren Patton. Anjilina Anderson, Tristin Delaney, Jestina Falconer, and Sariyah Clayton have served as Assistant Directors throughout the week.
“It’s nice that we’ve been able to do this for 17 years, because it shows we’ve been able to value our youth enough to make them part of our professional season. We have a great group of young people who work hard all week, and it’s really fun to see,” said McGuire.
“I always like Missoula because it is such a rush,” said McGuire. “It’s a lot to do in one week.”
Showtimes for the hour-long production are 3 pm and 7 pm on Saturday, January 27th. It’s $10 for adults and $5 dollars for kids.
Tickets are available by calling 641-672-0799, online at www.georgedaily.org, or at the George Daily Auditorium box office.
Missoula Children’s Theatre is sponsored by MidWestOne Bank and Kiwanis Club of Oskaloosa.
