Local girl to star in holiday production
Samara Attridge, 14, will help save the holidays when she appears in “A Cactus Christmas” Dec. 10-24 at the Beowulf Alley Theatre, 11 S. 6th Ave. in downtown Tucson.
The former Cross Middle School student starred as Belle in the school’s musical production of “Beauty and the Beast” during the last school year.
The cast also includes Jon Benda, Sydney Flynn, Jared Stokes, Meagan Jones and Joseph Sanchez. It is directed by Pat Timm.
This original script was written for Beowulf Alley as a family-friendly tale for the holidays by Tucson’s own John Vornholt.
The story takes place in the ghost town of Wishbone, AZ., home of the Yellow Dog Saloon. It’s a broken-down place that hasn’t been used in a century or so except as a home for two “desert rats” named Pete and Alice, who have declared squatters’ rights. In reality, they’re searching for the “treasure trove of the Lost Turk.”
Their solitude is broken when visitors from the East Coast arrive unexpectedly. The group’s father, Jeffrey, got to select the family’s vacation destination and he wanted to tour ghost towns. His family members prefer the resort life.
Old Pete drums up a plan to take advantage of the situation, but the town’s darned ghost keeps interfering.
Tickets are now on sale and cost $8-$19.
To order tickets, or for more information, visit www.beowulfalley.org.
