_ . Brevard College
The Clarion May 1,2004
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Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
By Roger Miller
Article by Katherine Lobdell
Last weekend at Scott Concert Hatt m the Potter Center for the
presented the musical production of WnJrwhlch is the performance made use
This timeless tale is the first production of its kind to com
of the combined talents of the school’s music department and t eater ep
The cast for the show .s made up of BC students fac^^. aldT^nS .n se3other
of the local community . The play was first produced m Massachusetts in 1984, and play
places before finally going to Broadway in 1985.
It won seven Tony Awards diat year, and since then it
production for the Theater for the Deaf. In this case, Ae his past experiences with it.
Kyle Biery, assistant professor of ^^age-ft, chos^^^^^^^^^^^^ p
He felt it would be a great play to put on at Brevar o g theater audience! Twenty-
crew, with the show. This is a third of how many peop ® ^ work to get this
tee of diose people are cast members, and *e test are aU domg behind-the-scenes wo
performance under way.
■ r Daniel Nelson who has the role of Huckleberry
The two main leads in the play are senior music ma)o crraduate music major. Lamar is now
F.. His counter part, the slave Jmt. is played by Lamar p,,y.
the Bethel Baptist Church choir director, many mem ers
. . , 1 .hpfore Christmas break, and when they came back
Most of the preparation for the musical too p c semester, and little by litde they started
Kyle Biery’s stagecraft class started working at die beginning o ^ “Students hang out and
rehearsing. Now the group rehearses every night, sornetim Department Chair, Bob White. White is
Jo homework, while they Lit their mrn on die stage, says Theater Uep
'^ery appreciative of Biery’s directing abilities.