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‘Tom Sawyer’ opens this week

Skylar Hursh as Tom Sawyer

The curtain opens on Tom Sawyer this week as the Greater Escambia Council for the Arts presents the popular production.

Show dates are Thursday through Saturday, March 1 through 3, 7 p.m. each night, and Sunday, March 4, 2 p.m.

Tickets, available at Atmore News and at the door, are $10 for non-members and $7 for GECA members. Please note: Discounted tickets (member prices) are for immediate family members only.

The cast is as follows:
Tom – Skylar Hursh

Huck Finn – Trevor Miller

Aunt Polly – Sharon Poulsen

Mary – Leah Miller

Widow Douglas – Pam Dees

Mrs. Harper – Michelle Whittington

Becky Thatcher – Melody Whittington

Judge Thatcher – Joe Ray

Mrs. Thatcher – Gilda Stubben

Alfred Temple – Fletcher Culleton

Ben Rogers – Amanda Miller

Injun Joe – Nathaniel Carnley

Muff Potter – Todd Smith

Sheriff – Tom Jeter

Mr. Dobbins – Zack Smith

Amy – Montana Carnley

Susan – Elizabeth Terry

School girls – Brylee Richardson, Nevaeh Cox, Lauren Smith

Dr. Robinson – Esme Culleton

Rev. Sprague – Tom McGinty

Mrs. Walters – Grace Whittington

Joe Harper – Matt Smith

All shows are at the Greater Escambia Center for the Arts, corner of Trammell and Nashville (Highway 31), Atmore.

From left, Matt Smith, Trevor Miller, Skylar Hursh
From left, front, Leah Miller (front), Michelle Whittington, Sharon Poulsen, Pam Dees
From left, Tom McGinty (at podium), Sharon Poulsen, Leah Miller, Melody Whittington, Tom Jeter