Backstage at the Lied Center with the Big River company, director John Morris (in purple), and retired veteran theatre teacher Glenn Edwards (in blue), who made a surprise visit to Lincoln see the Las Vegas Academy students perform.
The good people of St. Petersburg ask Huck (Taylor Laws), “Do You Wanna Go to Heaven?”
Tom (Casey Andrews) and Huck (Taylor Laws) dream about running off West.
Pap (Jesse Munoz) airs his grievances against the “Guv’ment.”
Jim (Dimon Riley) and Huck (Taylor Laws) set off down the mighty Mississippi on their raft.
Huck (Taylor Laws) and The Duke (Lucas Reilly) seal a deal with the spellbound folks of Bricktown, Arkansas.
Huck (Taylor Laws) and Jim (Dimon Riley) realize that despite their friendship, they are “Worlds Apart.”
The “Merry Murderesses” of Chicago, performed on the Festival’s final day by University Liggett School of Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan. Evidently, “He had it comin’.”
Alexander Holmes as the silver-tongued defense attorney Billy Flynn; All he cares about is love.
Alexander Holmes as the silver-tongued defense attorney Billy Flynn; All he cares about is love.
“We both reached for the gun.”
By the end of the show, rivals Velma (Susie Stefani) and Roxie (Elizabeth Drake) join forces—reluctantly.