March 19, 2024

Spring Play ‘Leading Lady’

April 7 and 8 in the Clarke Auditorium

Clarke students will present “Leading Lady,” written by prolific playwright James Reach, 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 7, and Saturday, April 8, in the Clarke Auditorium. Tickets for reserved seating in the front half of the theater are available for $6. General Admission is $4 for adults and $2 for students.

When starlet Norma Temple returns to the theatre that made her career, she takes audiences on a journey through her successes on stage — and her failures behind the scenes.

The cast includes Gabe Crawford, as Tom, Brittany Beckett, as Norma Temple, Maddy Mickle, as Marie Downs, Emily Barajas, as Sue Haller, Zach Smith, as Herb McIntire, John Echeveste, as Lanny Scott, Shailee Patel, as Beverly Rodgers, Samuel Reynoldson, as Conrad Marlowe, Samantha Belden, as Esther Pearson, Riley Elben, as Jack Winston, Hope Lowry, as Flo Fletcher, Kenna DeVore, as Judith Blaine, and Nathan Porter, as Armando De Cortez. Anna Sereg and Victoria Swartz are the assistant directors under the guidance of Director Don May.