Storybook Parade performances March 15 & 16; features 75 local actors

The Rutherford County Arts Council has announced the cast for the upcoming production of "Storybook Parade," a musical play by Diane McEnnerney, which will be presented on Friday, March 15 at 7pm and Saturday, March 16 at 3pm at R-S Central High School.

The play, which has a cast of 75 local actors of all ages, features some of the most well-known stories and poems in western culture with a crazy, mixed-up twist. Seen will be many of Mother Goose's nursery rhymes characters, several boys named Jack, the big bad wolf, witches, mice, Old King Cole, cheerleaders, and many others.

The play is directed by Laura Link, with music direction by Gale Wilson and choreography by Layla Gaddy.

Tickets are $15 for adults and $12 for students and seniors, and are available now at tix.com, or at the door. Children 5 and under will be admitted free.

The cast includes, in alphabetical order: Ada Banfield - Pretty Maid, Sister (Sue); Liza Banfield - Sister (Darla); Olivia Banfield - Little Sister; Sam Banfield - Jack (the builder), Blind Mouse; Corbin Baynard - Brother (Pete); Sydney Beam - Cook, Citizen; Daniel Bradley - Inky Pig; Kat Brinnier - Baba Yaga; Will Crawford - Jack (& Jill); Brother (Benny); Colt Faulkner - BB Wolf; Sadie Ferguson - Cheerleader, Sister; Zachary Fisher - Rooster, Traveler, Blind Mouse; Sarah Fountain - Pretty Maid, Wife; Kali Fowler - Hickory Mouse; Tessa Gaddy - Cheerleader, Sister (Polly); Abby Garnett - Cow, Wife, Citizen; Denise Garnett - Tom's Mother, Citizen; Zoe Garnett - Wife, Farmer's Wife; Elias Gowan - Fiddler, Brother (Freddy); Molly Gray - Little Miss Muffett; Fisher Gray - Brother, Spider; Phoenix Green - Backup Singer, Snow White Witch; Siobhan Hamby - Cheerleader, Sister; Cora Harding - Little Sister (Mary); Elijah Hunsinger - Jack (beanstalk); Addison Hunter - Silver Bell, Wife; Kaylynn Hunter - Cheerleader, Sister; Maddison Johnson - Cockle Shell, Sister; Marilyn Johnson - Cheerleader, Sister; Keira Kegley - Dog, Sister; Donna Kersey - Rapunzel Witch; Chris Knobil - Farmer, Chamberlin; Ned Knobil - Brother, Young Mouse; Patience Knobil - Little Sister, Gretel; Charlie Knobil - Little Brother, Hansel; Layla Langley - Little Sister, Jill; Lilly Langley - Little Sister; Colin Link - Dinky Pig; Brantley Lunsford - Little Sister; Angie Malan - Dame; Emma Malan - Girl; Jaison Malan - Giant; Ley Malan - Old Woman; Lucy Malan - Pretty Maid, Sister (Molly); Kari Marsh - Cuckoo Clock; Xavier McCarthy - Little Jack Horner; Emma McEntire - Mistress Mary; Max McKeithan - Pinky Pig; Sasha McKeithan - Little Red Riding Hood; Jonah Millwood - Priest, Black Sheep, Blind Mouse; Emelia Moore - Cheerleader, Sister (Marla); Sincere Moore - Little Brother (John); Amelia Murray - Little Sister (Marla); Kyndall Murray (Golden Goose); Zoey Parker - Cockle Shell, Cat; Harley Queen - Cheerleader, Sister (Stella); Emily Roach - Silver Bell, Wife; Lydia Roach - Cheerleader, Sister; Sophia Roach - Cockle Shell, Wife; Winnie Roach - Cheerleader, Sister; Cavan Roberts - Fiddler, Tom; Ruthie Roberts - Little Sister (Penny), Daniel Rochester - Tattered Man, Master; Laurel Rochester - Silver Bell, Sister; Lindsay Rochester - Forlorn Maiden; Nora Shinn - Little Sister; Anna Sias - Cockle Shell, Wife; Madison Snyder - Backup Singer, Hansel & Gretel Witch; Jessica Spainhour - Backup Singer, Sleeping Beauty Witch; Eli Sturgill - Fiddler, Young Mouse; Christopher Voltz - Rat, Young Mouse; Alayna West - Cheerleader, Sister; Tobias White - Man, Pig's Owner; and Rusty Wilson - Old King Cole.