Troy University's Pied Pipers Set To Begin Travel December 1
By: Stephen Crews
Updated: November 29, 2010
Troy University’s popular theatre-for-youth ensemble “The Pied Pipers” takes its show on
the road Dec. 1.
The
group, sponsored by the College of Communication and Fine Arts’
Department of Theatre and Dance, will present 50-minute performances
for kindergarten through fourth grade at at 9 a.m. at Luverne Elementary
School and at 1:30 p.m. at Greenville Elementary School
The
group is selected through an audition process primarily from first-year
theatre students as part of the theatre program’s First Year
Initiative.
Dr.
David Dye, the group’s founder in 1970, serves as the director of the
fall semester ensemble and will be accompanying the group on tour.
Adena
Moree, director of theatre and dance, said that participation in the
Pied Pipers connects first year students not only to the department
but to the history of the university.
“The
public school performances also support arts education in the schools
and introduce some students to their first live theatre experience,”
she said.
Members
of the ensemble include Grace Bailey, of Bonifay, Fla.; Jacobi Hall, of
Huntsville; Connor Murphy-White, of Greenville; Amanda
Lewis, of Shady Springs, W. Va.; Tyler Wyatt, of Opp; Ryder Hollis, of
Pell City; Emmie Phelps, of Bonifay, Fla.; Quede Sewell, Stone Mountain,
Ga.; Ryan Williams, of Loxley; Jarilyn Lowery, of Alexander City;
Zachery Price, of Donaldsonville, Ga.; Colin Cahill,
of Huntsville; and Jeffrey Hawkins, of Birmingham.
