THE DESERT SMELLS LIKE RAIN
The Cast is made up entirely of Homeschoolers!
Cast:
Cody Hawley
Jesse Hawley
Jessica Parsons
Meghan Parsons
Carlee Coulehan
Chloe Koebel
Kevin Poppell
Kenzie Judd
Mira Judd
Rachel Primrose
Kelly Nicole Jerman
East Valley Children’s Theatre will be participating in the Arizona Centennial with an official 2012 Legacy Project – “The Desert Smells Like Rain”.
This play has been written for EVCT by C.Lynn Johnson and is based on the extraordinary lives of three young people in Arizona who lived in the late 1800’s – Mickey Free (played by Jesse Hawley), a young boy of Irish and Mexican heritage who was captured by the Apache Indians and raised as one and later became a scout and interpreter for the army; Carlos Montezuma (played by Jesse and Cody Hawley), a young Hispanic boy who was sold to a wealthy man traveling in Arizona who sent him to medical school. As a doctor he came back to Arizona to work in the rural areas of the state; and Helen Sekaquaptewa (played by Jessica Parsons), a young Hopi girl who attended the Phoenix Indian School, and was instrumental in making changes to the school so it provided education in both Indian culture and American society.
DATE: Thursday, March 8, 2012
TIME: 9:30am (meet at the theatre by 9:00am)
LOCATION: Nesbitt/Elliott Theatre at Mesa Arts Center, 1 East Main Street, Mesa
COST: $5.00 per person
RSVP: email jan@theparsonsfamily.com to reserve your seat and receive payment information
PAYMENT DUE DATE: February 8, 2012
Remember that this theatre does NOT issue individual tickets, I will have a group invoice. Therefore, we will meet at 9:00am in front of the Mesa Arts Center's Eliott/Nesbit Theatre to gather as a group and be ready to go inside when they begin seating. Please check in with me so that I know that you have arrived. I have found that people are able to locate my identical twin daughters in a crowd easier than finding me. They always dress alike, and their photographs can be seen at http://www.theparsonsfamily.com . If you arrive late, it's possible that we've already gone into the theatre. Let the theatre company representative know that you are in Jan Parsons' Homeschool group. I always let them know if there are families that haven't arrived when we go into the theatre. It is at their sole discretion, however, on when and where you are seated. Most of the companies fill the theatre from front to back, row by row, so it's probable that you will not sit with our group if you arrive late. They may choose to seat other groups before you. If the show has already begun, they may require you to wait for an appropriate time so as not to disturb others, meaning that you may miss some of the show.
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