Big River

While Huckleberry Finn continues his reckless, adventure-loving ways, his alcoholic and violent father, Pap, demands custody over the boy. Unable to prevent Pap from taking Huck, the Judge forces Huck to comply. Fearing for his life, Huck takes off on a raft down the Mississippi River. Along the way, he meets up with a runaway slave, Jim, who is trying to find his wife and children up North. Soon, Huck and Jim gain two new compatriots, the Duke and the King, who are really escaped convicts. After a series of adventures and reuniting with his best friend, Tom Sawyer, Huck discovers that Jim's slaveowner died and freed Jim in her will. Thus, Jim is free to find his wife and children on his own and Huck decides to move out West, where no one can civilize him.

CAST

Huck Finn - Andrew Fabris
Tom Sawyer - Chris Malliate
Jim - Ed Mafi
Alice - Donna Wainohu
Mark Twain/The King/Doctor - Julian Batchelor
The Duke/School Teacher - Murray Stanton
Ben Rodgers/First Man/Young Fool/Hired Hand - Dan Nicholls
Judge Thatcher/Lafe/Counsillor Robinson - Jaz Haynes
Jo harper/Joanna Wilkes - Kersytn Walsh
Papp Finn/Andy/Sherriff Bell - Ken Dillon
Hank/Silas Phelps - Paul Fabris
Mary Jane Wilkes - Jen Parbery
Miss Watson/Sally Phelps - Stacey Wilson
Widow Douglas/Strange Woman/Susannah Wilkes - Emma Etherington
Simon - Thomas Fredericks
The Crossing Soloist - Leslea Clements
Ensemble - Yvette Burrow, Joe Ahosivi, Ana Mafi & Phil McIntosh

Production Team

Director - Gavin Leahy
Musical Director - Dean Turner

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Photography by Grant Leslie