The Lovejoy theater draws back the curtain for the 2011-2012 opening of The Ant and the Grasshopper. The play tells the story of the lives of ants as they befriend and learn to work together with a lively grasshopper for survival.
The cast consists of Drew Shafranek as the Ant, Tessa Haas as the Grasshopper, Kensey Berry as the Spider, Maggie Wright as the Ant Queen and Alex Adkins as the Ladybug, while Katie Self makes her high school theatre debut as the Butterfly. Junior Cam Casey will be stage-managing, with Erin Shafranek’s assistance, and the cast is led by student director Christina Pattakos, under the supervision of Jessica Brewster.
The LHS theatre students will be performing The Ant and the Grasshopper at the LHS Auditorium on Thursday, September 22 at 6 PM and Saturday, September 24 at 2 PM and 6 PM. Tickets will cost $5 for students and senior citizens and $7 for adults, and will be available online at the LHS school store starting on Monday, September 20.