ENTERTAINMENT: UCA show turns Conway into Sherwood Forest

THEATER

Making ‘Merry’ at UCA

The University of Central Arkansas Summer Theatre stages “Ken Ludwig’s Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood,” Ludwig’s “theatrical reimagining” of the tale of the legendary outlaw and his Merry Men, 7 p.m. Friday, June 25 and 26 and 2 p.m. Saturday, Sunday and June 27 and 28 at UCA’s Windgate Center for Fine and Performing Arts, 2150 Bruce St. at Donaghey Avenue, Conway. Tickets are $15. Support comes from the Conway Advertising and Promotions Commission and Engage Management. Call (501) 450-3265 or (866) 810-0012 or visit the website.

‘Legally Blonde Jr.’

Stage 13 is staging “Legally Blonde Jr.” (music and lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin, book by Heather Hach, based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the MGM motion picture), 2 and 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday at Wildwood Park for the Arts, 20919 Denny Road, Little Rock. The cast of more than 100 from 34 different schools across Central Arkansas is participating in the organization’s inaugural summer musical theater camp. Tickets are $15-$25 via the website.

Kinsley Washington plays Elle Woods in Stage 13’s production of “Legally Blonde Jr.” (Special to the Democrat-Gazette)

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Aquaculture talk

Mark Gibson, owner of Green Thumb Water Gardens, will discuss “What’s New in Aquaculture” for the Mount Holly Garden Series, 9 a.m. Saturday at the Bell House, in the center of Mount Holly Cemetery, 1200 Broadway, Little Rock. Take along a lawn chair; there will be door prizes. Admission is by suggested $10 donation; proceeds benefit the cemetery. Email [email protected].

AUDITIONS

Leonine film

Let’s Play Production holds auditions for actors of all ages for a filmed production based on the children’s book series “Addie the Lioness and Her Friends,” 9:30 a.m. June 27 at the Pine Bluff Public Library, 600 S. Main St., Pine Bluff. “We welcome individuals with a passion for storytelling and a desire to bring engaging, family-friendly characters to life,” according to a news release. For more details, call (213) 910-5750 or (870) 329-9949 or email [email protected] or [email protected].

Eric E. Harrison

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Eric E. Harrison covers classical music, theater and restaurants for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. He joined the then-Arkansas Democrat on the copy desk in June 1977 and served for 17 years (including the entirety of the newspaper war) as the paper’s entertainment editor before taking on his current role as features reporter. He is also host of the weekly classical music show “Major and Minor Masterpieces” on public radio station KLRE-FM, 90.5.

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