Published Feb. 3, 2022
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WHAT: VAPA’s “To Kill a Mockingbird”
WHEN: 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 17, Friday, Feb. 18, Saturday, Feb. 19; and 2 p.m., Sunday,
Feb. 20
WHERE: Spyker Theatre at ULM
COST: Free for ULM students with ID, $5 for ULM staff and faculty, $10 for general admission,
tickets at Eventbrite.com
INFO: VAPA, 318-342-3811
By Ashlyn Dupree
ULM Office of Marketing and Communications
The University of Louisiana at Monroe’s School of Visual and Performing Arts and a
local youth theater, the Strauss Youth Academy for the Arts, join together to present
the play “To Kill a Mockingbird” on ULM’s campus.
Performance dates are Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, Feb. 17-19 at 7 p.m. and Sunday,
Feb. 20 at 2 p.m. All performances are in Spyker Theatre, located on the west side
of Brown Auditorium.
Admission is free for ULM students with ID, ULM faculty and staff is $5, and general
admission is $10. Tickets are available on Eventbrite (search for ULM).
The play is based on Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird,”
sharing her real-life experiences in Monroeville, Ala.
The ULM production staff includes director Mark Ross Clark, Ph.D.; technical director
Steven Burnside; costumer Margaret Hall; and producer Derle Long, Ph.D., director
of the School of Visual and Performing Arts.
“The cast of the play was chosen from talented acting students at ULM and includes
four gifted students from the Strauss Youth Academy for the Arts,” Clark said.
Principal actors cast in the play are largely double cast (*SYAA students): Atticus
Finch – Kade McKenna, Gabe Wright; Jean Louise (the mature Scout) – Cherie Mialaret;
Scout – Libbi Musgrave, Maggie Rocconi*; Jem Finch – Wesley Curtis*, Cas Fontana*;
Dill – Brunson White*; Calpurnia – Nautica Jones, Abigail Isaac; Sheriff Tate – Ryan
Kersh; Bob Ewell – Wyatt Sage; Helen Robinson – Rachel Goodly, Debra Isaac; Reverend
Sykes – Jonathan Hannon; Nathan/Arthur Radley – Nathan Switalski; Tom Robinson – James
Wright; Judge Taylor – Travis Waylne Cobb; Walter Cunningham – Jeremiah Cotton; Maude
Atkinson – Anna Clingan; Stephanie Crawford – Delaney Morgan; Mrs. Dubose – AbiGayle
Russell; Mayella Ewell – Abigail Hawthorne, Rebekah Johnson; Jessie – Rachel Goodly,
Debra Isaac; Mr. Gilmer – Westly Heflin.
