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We are very pleased to announce the creation of theJason G. Fordham Memorial Endowment Fund.

Gifted by an individual who asked not to be identified, theJason G. Fordham Memorial Endowment Fund was es-tablished to honor the memory of Jason Fordham, whopassed away September 24, 2013, following a 4-yearbattle with cancer.

Jason was a supporter of the arts in Rome and FloydCounty, Georgia, particularly related to theatre and thepreservation of the Historic DeSoto Theatre and was amember of both the Rome Little Theatre Board of Direc-tors and the Historic DeSoto Theatre Foundation Board,serving as president of the Rome Little Theatre Board ofDirectors from 2009-2011.

The designated purposes of the Jason G. Fordham Memorial Endowment Fund are:(a) to honor Jason Fordham’s contributions to theatre;(b) to serve as Jason Fordham’s legacy; and(c) to provide on-going support for Rome Little Theatre and the Historic DeSotoTheatre Foundation.

The income from the investment of monies in the Jason G. Fordham Memorial Endow-ment Fund will be equally divided between Rome Little Theatre and the Historic DeSotoTheatre Foundation to be used in whatever manner the individual organizations deemappropriate in support of the arts in Rome and Floyd County, Georgia.

In addition to the $100,000.00 initial donation to establish the Jason G. Fordham Memori-al Endowment Fund, both Rome Little Theatre and the Historic DeSoto Theatre Founda-tion gladly accept donations to the Endowment Fund to honor Jason’s legacy and hismany contributions to theatre as well as provide on-going support for Rome Little Theatreand the Historic DeSoto Theatre Foundation.

Donations earmarked for the Jason G. Fordham Memorial Endowment Fund may besafely made at romelittletheatre.com or mailed to the Historic DeSoto Theatre, 530 BroadStreet, Rome, GA 30161.

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& Jonathan, Jr. Caruvana

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It has been a distinct honor to directthis wonderful play. The cast andcrew have been fantastic to workwith and I have particularly enjoyedwatching these young actors grow intheir craft.Tom Sawyer is a classic American

novel written early in Mark Twain'scareer, when humor trumped pessi-mism in his work. I have tried to em-phasize the humor in thisproduction, as well as the the sheerwonder of youth as seen throughthe eyes of Tom. It is not all fun andadventure though, as we see Tomstruggle with a crisis of conscience.Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finnare two iconic American characters,and I could not be happier with thefine young actors we have playingthem in our production. I would like to thank everyone whohelped out with this production, inparticular, Neil Brackett, who spentmany hours working on our set.Neil is extremely easy to work withand is seemingly unflappable. Iwould also like to thank the remark-able musicians who brought somuch life to the production. And Iwould like to thank Lauren Jones,my assistant director, on whoseeyes and instincts I can always rely.And I finally wish to thank the par-ents, for allowing me the opportunityto work with their talented children.

Michael Hillman

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyerholds a special significance for myfamily and me. Prior to the 2004 pro-duction, our family’s involvementwas limited to Kim’s performance inthe pit orchestra for musical showslike Oliver! and Camelot. Since Kim is a percussionist, myinvolvement was the usual role ofthe spouse of a percussionist: road-ie. The 2004 production marked thestart of greater involvement for therest of our family at the RLT. Oursons Evan and Chase auditionedand made their first appearances onthe RLT stage as fence painters. Through the show, we got to knowJohn Barnett, Debbie Brown andWanda Jones. I have to mention a few othernames from that show as well. Thiswas Jonathan Chisolm’s first showand he has graced our stage manytimes since. And, Adam Isabel per-formed as Joe Harper… Adam re-turned to the stage later in a showthat I produced a couple of yearsago, The Man Who Came to Dinner.

Another significant entry to the RLTalso occurred in the 2004 produc-tion. Grayson Keating played therole of Ben Rogers. His mom, likemyself, was just another backstageparent. Today, Megan Keatingserves the RLT as our ExecutiveDirector. In this production of The Adven-tures of Tom Sawyer, our third sonIsaac is onstage for the show, andmy own commitment to the show isfar greater. With this show I am thankful forthe growing involvement of severalother families at the Rome LittleTheatre. I look forward to seeingthese young actors grace the stagemany more times in the coming sea-sons. We appreciate all our friends andfamilies at RLT who work so hard tobring a production to its final form onour stage. Many thanks to all of youwho make the Rome Little Theatresuch a great place.

Neal Brackett

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THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER CAST

Ryan AcreeBen Rogers

Anna AmosWidow Douglas

Isaac BrackettJoe Harper

Jon Caruvana JrTom Sawyer

Joy ChristieMrs. Thatcher

Jacob FaileMuff Potter

Molly FinneganThe Minister’s Wife

Reid FinneganHooper

Rachel GilreathTownsperson

Wells HernandezSid Sawyer

Gary Allen Jones IIIHuckleberry Finn

Alex MitchellInjun Joe

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THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER CAST

Zac MitchellJudge Thatcher

Gloria MurrayBecky Thatcher

Olivia ParkerMrs. Harper

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Abbey WilliamsAunt Polly

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CASTTom Sawyer …………………………………………..…Jon Caruvana JrHuckleberry Finn ……………………………….………….. Gary Jones IIIJoe Harper ………………………………………………….. Isaac BrackettBen Rogers ……………………………………………………. Ryan AcreeBecky Thatcher ………………………………………………Gloria MurraySid .……………………………………………………….. Wells HernandezMuff Potter .……………………………………………………..Jacob FaileInjun Joe ……………………………………………………… Alex MitchellDr. Robinson/The Sheriff …………………………….. Micah ZimmermanHooper ………………………………………………………. Reid FinneganJudge Thatcher ………………………………………………… Zac MitchellThe Minister ……………………………………………………. Dalton UrdaBud Riverson ……………………………………………… Matt RodriguezAunt Polly ………………………………………………….. Abbey WilliamsWidow Douglas …………………………………………………..Anna AmosThe Minister’s Wife ……………………………………….. Molly FinneganMrs Thatcher ………………………………………………….. Joy ChristieMrs. Harper …………………………………………………… Olivia ParkerMr. Harper ………………………………………………….. Barton SopataTownspeople ………………………………………………. Phoebe Shane

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PRODUCTION TEAMAssistant Director………………..……………………………Lauren JonesAssistant Producer………………………………..…….… Naomi WilliamsCostume Design ………………………………………..…. JoAnna ParkerHair/Makeup Design …………………….……….…………JoAnna ParkerCostume Crew………………………………………………..…Kay Rusaw

Madison BrinsonKim Brackett

Hair/Makeup Crew …………………….…………....…… Madison BrinsonTina Brinson

Hannah ComachoProps …………………………………………….…….…… Michael MurrayLight & Sound Crew…………….…………………………… Chuck Morris

Dalton UrdaChris Urda

Emily ThompsonKim Brackett

Photographer ……….………………………….………….. Naomi WilliamsGraphic Designer …………………………...……..……… Megan KeatingPublicity …………………………………………………...……Tina BrinsonSet Design …………………………………….…….………. Neal BrackettSet Construction…….…………………….…..…………….. Neal Brackett

Barry ChildersMichael MurrayChris DavidsonChase Brackett

Drops ……………………….…….…………..……………… Tiff MagruderGrace McMullen

Stage Crew …………………………….………………Virginia McChesneyMichael Murray

Jim HellriegelHouse Manager …………….………………………………… John BarnettCasting Committee …………….….……………..…………. Angela Jones

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Ryan Acree - Ben RogersThis is Ryan's second production withRLT. His original breakout role wasSebastian in The Little Mermaid Jr.Ryan, age thirteen, first appeared intheatre at the age of six, performingwith Hiawassee Childrens’ Theatre andtraveling with the "Singing Stars" youthchorus until 2010. He has been cast invarious roles including the Caterpillarin Alice and Wonderland and he hadthe lead role of Peter Pan. He has alsobeen a featured performer at the Geor-gia Mountain Fair. He is active in hisschool's chorus and musical theatredepartment and is a member of theInternational Thespian Society. Hisother interests include playing the pia-no and computer gaming. He is a 7thgrader at Darlington School. Ryanthanks his mom and dad for their loveand support. He hopes you enjoy theshow!

Anna Amos - Widow DouglasAnna is 12 years old and in the 7thgrade at Rome Middle School. This isAnna's 4th production at Rome LittleTheatre. She has appeared in Alice inWonderland, Charlotte's Web and Oli-ver Twist. She also appeared as Dian-na in Anne of Green Gables at theDalton Little Theatre. Anna loves thetheatre. She loves spending time withher friends at the theatre, both old andnew. She loves bringing the charactersto life for the audience. When she isnot at the theatre she enjoys cheer-leading, swimming and singing. Shewould like to thank her family andfriends for their support and encour-agement. She hopes that you will enjoythe show.

Isaac Brackett - Joe HarperIsaac has appeared a dozen othertimes onstage at the Desoto, includ-ing roles in Scrooge: The Musical,Alice in Wonderland, Gypsy, PeterPan, Oliver Twist, as a tap dancingJitterbug in The Wizard of Oz, and inlast season’s Frankenstein. He hasalso performed in a number ofR.O.M.E. shows. He is a member ofthe Spivey Children’s Choir at Clay-ton State University under the direc-tion of Dr. Martha Shaw. He studiesdance at the Dance Centre and playssoccer. You rarely see Isaac withoutone of the many hats from his hat col-lection!

Neal Brackett - ProducerThis is Neal's tenth time in the pro-ducer's chair. Last season he collabo-rated with Virginia McChesney tobring you The Dixie Swim Club. Theywill work together later this seasonwith The Outsiders. Neal began hiscareer with the Rome Little Theatrehelping his wife, Kim, bring percus-sion equipment into the theater forthe Prospect Theater production ofKismet. His wife has appeared in theorchestra for many musicals andserves frequently with lighting designteams and as a board operator. Nealhas appeared onstage numeroustimes with the RLT including To Kill AMockingbird, Footloose and Gypsy.Neal serves the Rome Little Theatreas the VP of Public Relations. By day,Neal wears a number of other hats asthe veterinarian at North Broad Ani-mal Clinic, a father of three and a so-cial entrepreneur.

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Jon Caruvana Jr Tom SawyerJon is a home-schooled student in thesixth grade in Rome, Georgia. This isJon’s fifth performance with The RomeLittle Theatre. This adventure has beena lot of work, but he has enjoyed beingon the stage with his theatre friends.Jon loves using his imagination whileexploring outdoors, building contrap-tions, and reading a good book. Hewould like to say a big, “Thank you!” toWayne and Angela Jones who offeredhim his first adventure on the RLTstage. By jings, let’s get on with theshow!

Joy Christie - Mrs. ThatcherJoy is an eleventh grade student atModel High School. This is Joy’s fourthRLT production. Joy’s first appearancewas as an Ozian woman in the 2013

RLT musical, The Wizard of Oz. Hersecond appearance was as theNewscaster in the 2013 RLT produc-tion of The 3 Little Pigs and The Trialof the Big Bad Wolf. Joy appeared asCarlotta in the musical, The LittleMermaid Jr. Joy enjoys playing thepiano and guitar in her spare time.She also sings in the CelebrationChoir and the Youth Praise Team atSherwood Forest Baptist Church. Joywould like to thank the casting com-mittee, cast, and crew for anotherwonderful experience.

Jacob Faile - Muff PotterJacob is 16 years old and is a juniorin high school. His grades are per-fectly adequate, so quit giggling abouthis unfortunate surname. He hasstarred in many productions aroundthe world including The Taming of theMuffin, The Muffin of Venice, andMacMuffin. However, he has yet towin any awards in Guatemala, Tur-key, and Timbuktu. Jacob likes tothink of himself as a writer, philoso-pher, and comedian but in actualityhe is just a stereotypical twit with anoveractive imagination and an un-healthy obsession with muffins. Hishobbies include tracing his genealogydown to random Austrians and teach-ing penguins how to fly.

Molly Finnegan - The Minister’s WifeMolly is excited to be a part of her 7thplay at RLT! Her last role was Flot-sam in The Little Mermaid Jr.,and sheloved transferring the evil from oneplay to the next! She sings and playsguitar and is a member of FBCRome's Chapel Choir. She is a soph-omore at Providence PreparatoryAcademy where she runs cross coun-


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try and competes in her school's annu-al literary competition. She would liketo thank her parents for taking her torehearsal and the director and produc-er, Michael and Neal.

Reid Finnegan - HooperReid is an 8th grade student at Provi-dence Prep in Rome. His hobbies in-clude tennis and cross country. He isalso a member of the Chapel Choir atFBC Rome. After watching his sisteron stage for years, he decided it washis turn to be in the limelight. This isReid's first RLT production. He wouldlike to thank his parents for taking himto and from rehearsals, his friends forencouraging him to audition, and allthe cast and crew for making this showhappen!

Wells Hernandez - Sid SawyerWells,10, made his theater debut inThe Best Christmas Pageant Ever atRome Little Theatre in December2013. Since then, he’s been hooked onacting and theater! He performed therole of a seagull, sailor, and chef inThe Little Mermaid, Jr. this past Apriland can’t wait to get started in anothershow! When he is not busy on thestage, Wells can be found playing out-doors with his friends, being creative,or singing. He would like to thank theRLT family for welcoming him andhopes to learn more about acting infuture shows.

Michael Hillman - DirectorMichael is extremely honored and ex-cited to be part of this fantastic cast.Michael is an English teacher at Cal-houn City High School. Michael hasbeen involved in theater for about 10years. He has been in several produc-tions at RLT, including the role of Alan

in Play it Again, Sam, Renfield inDracula, and Tom in The Glass Me-nagerie. Prior to being involved atRLT, Michael was in several plays inCalhoun Little Theater, including therole of Tony in Dial M for Murder andMeyers in Witness for the Prosecu-tion. Michael would like to thank Lau-ren and his family for their love andsupport.

Gary Allen Jones III -Huckleberry FinnGary is a 7th grade student at RomeMiddle School, where he is a memberof Grand Illusion Show Choir. Garywrites his own songs and music andhas performed his songs, singing andplaying guitar at many venues includ-ing: Eddie's Attic Songwriter's OpenMic Night in Decatur, GA; Helen, GA;Norcross, GA; Cave Spring Arts Fes-tival; and many restaurants and lo-cales in Rome, including HarvestMoon and Schroeder's. Gary hasbeen on WUTC, 88.1 FM Radio Sta-tion in Chattanooga and on MullinsMania 97.5 The Ridge Radio Stationin Rome. He won the Sara HightowerLibrary Idol Competition. He is astraight A, honor roll student. Garyhas been in several productions atRome Little Theatre: Oliver Twist(Workhouse Boy, one of Fagin'sBoys); A Christmas Carol (Children'sChoir, mandolin player); The Wizardof Oz (Nikko, Flying Monkey Com-mander); The Three Little Pigs andthe Trial of the Big Bad Wolf (BrickPeddler, Jack Sprat); and most re-cently Gary played Flounder in TheLittle Mermaid, Jr. and won a RomanAward for that role.


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Lauren Jones - Assistant DirectorLauren returns to the Rome Little The-atre stage once again in her thirdround as an Assistant Director. Hermost recent show was Frankensteinwhere she portrayed Elizabeth Laven-za, as well as being the Assistant Di-rector. Having shared directorial dutieswith Michael Hillman twice now, Lau-ren is convinced that she and Hillmanhave uncannily similar theatrical vi-sions that provoke her to fix Hillmanwith a piercing stare that clearly says,"Get out of my head, Hillman. This isjust weird." Lauren is immensely proudof the Tom Sawyer cast and crew andis blown away by their talent and hardwork. For her day job, she works at theHospitality House for Women, Inc. asan Outreach Advocate and a freelancewriter. In her spare time, she enjoysbeing ignored by her diva cats Stellaand Bella, reading, performing mono-logues in the shower where no onecan judge her and doing yoga to calmdown.

Alex Mitchell - Injun JoeAlex Mitchell is a seventeen year oldsenior at Coosa High School. He is theson of Roy and Suzette Mitchell. Alexis overjoyed to have finally been inenough plays to be considered morethan just “Zac Mitchell’s brother.” Thisis his fourth play with Rome Little The-atre and his first play where he speaksboth before and after intermission. AlexMitchell is your regular Alabamian.He’s missin’ some teeth (seriously, hehas no bicuspids) and loves his wholefamily, especially his cousins. Alex’seyesight is terrible, and he loves himsome sweet tea.

Zac Mitchell - Judge ThatcherIt’s been a busy year on stage for theCoosa Middle 8th Grader. Aside fromthis stint as Judge Thatcher, he wasBrett in Theatre Centre’s August pro-duction of Children’s Letters to God.In May, Zac was the evil wizard Mur-lox in New Horizon’s performance ofThe Golden Knight. Back in April, Zacdonned the stage as Chef Louis inRome Little Theatre’s The Little Mer-maid, Jr. When not at rehearsals andperformances, Zac’s eclectic tastesinclude card tricks, bow ties, fedoras,and listening to the Broadway chan-nel on the radio.

Gloria Murray - Becky ThatcherGloria is a seventh grade student atSaint Mary’s Catholic School and is amember of the Drama Club. She wasrecently inducted into the Internation-al Thespian Society as a Junior Thes-pian at the end of her sixth gradeyear. Tom Sawyer is Gloria’s fourthperformance at Rome Little Theatre.She has also performed in The Wiz-ard of Oz, The Three Little Pigs andthe Trial of the Big Bad Wolf, andmost recently in The Little Mermaid,Jr. Gloria would like to thank her fami-ly and friends for their help and sup-port. Enjoy the show!

Olivia Parker - Mrs. HarperOlivia is performing in her 6th show atRome Little Theatre as Mrs. Harper inThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Sheis 13, and attends Coosa MiddleSchool in the 8th grade, where sheparticipates in Chorus, and the CoosaHigh School Marching Band. RomeLittle Theatre has really become sucha humongous part of Olivia’s life, andshe is so very grateful to have beenpart of this magnificent show, andsuch a wonderful community.


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Matt Rodriguez - Bud RiversonMatt Rodriguez is very cool and a kindperson, one who likes to act or partici-pate in plays. He has worked withRome Little Theatre's Workshops andwas in West Side Story at his highschool. He is a very trustworthy andsociable man who wants to do asmany plays as he can.

Phoebe Shane -TownspersonPhoebe is a 9th grader at Rome HighSchool. She was a member of RMSGrand Illusion Theater Troupe from2012-14 and played the part of Pinoc-chio in their production of Shrek theMusical. Phoebe has taken piano les-sons since she was 6 and played withthe RMS and district jazz bands andaccompanied the middle school cho-ruses. Phoebe performed as a memberof RMS chorus and made the 2014All-State chorus. She is also active inthe RHS band where she plays Frenchhorn and is part of the color guard.This is Phoebe's second Rome LittleTheatre production. Phoebe would liketo thank her parents for getting her toplay practice on time.

Barton Sopata - Mr. HarperBarton is a 12 year old, gifted studentin 7th grade at Model Middle School.His experience with Rome Little The-atre started with his being cast as aHeart Child in Alice in Wonderland,and it was during this experience thathe discovered his true love for theaterand performance! He's since beenseen on stage as Young Wilbur inCharlotte's Web and as Marcellus Pigin The Three Little Pigs and The Trialof The Big Bad Wolf. Barton is a 1stchair trumpeter in his middle schoolband and an active Boy Scout in Troup

113. He spends any free time, weath-er permitting, paddling his kayak,shooting his bow and arrows, andsoon on the court for middle schooltennis. Barton is the son of MeaghanSopata and Kurt Sopata of Rome, thegrandson of Bob Sopata and the lateKay Sopata of Valparaiso, IN andSherry Gatlin and the late Jerry Gat-lin, also of Rome. He has an awe-some uncle, Craig Sopata, of Buffalo,NY who also supports his love ofRome Little Theatre He would like tothank each of them for their love andsupport and for making sure hemakes it to every rehearsal and per-formance, and he hopes each of youenjoys the show!

Dalton Urda -The Minister/Assistant Stage ManagerDalton is a senior at Adairsville HighSchool and is glad to be taking thestage again in his third show at RomeLittle Theatre. Tom Sawyer is the firstshow he has appeared in since hebecame a member at RLT after get-ting his start in February working onGrease and The Little Mermaid, Jr.Dalton was most recently onstage inLegally Blonde the Musical in Julyand as soon as strike ended he hadto immediately put on his Sawyer hatand jump full force into this produc-tion. He hopes to continue volunteer-ing at RLT and to be involved in asmany ways as he can in all produc-tions and events at RLT this season.He is always looking forward to thenext show and light design in the nearfuture. Lastly, he would like to thankthe amazing directors and producerof this show for understanding hiscommitments, to Legally Blonde forgiving him the opportunity to appear

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again onstage, and to his family fortheir love and support as well as theirdependable (and not thanked oftenenough) "taxi" service. Now sit back,relax, and enjoy Mark Twain's: TheAdventures of Tom Sawyer!

Abbey Williams - Aunt PollyAbbey is a sophomore at ProvidencePrep here in Rome. Tom Sawyer is her15th production at RLT! Abbey hasbeen participating in theatre since shewas little and has always enjoyed be-ing on stage. She would like to thankher RLT family for helping her to growas an actress. Although acting takesup most of her time, Abbey also takespiano lessons with Mrs. Kathryn No-bles and takes dance at the DanceCentre. Abbey is very grateful for thiswonderful experience. She would liketo thank the casting committee for thisamazing opportunity, Michael and Lau-ren for their constant support and dedi-cation to the show, and the entire cast

and crew for making this show so en-joyable. Abbey would especially liketo thank her parents for driving her torehearsals and supporting her in ev-erything she does. She hopes youenjoy the show!

Micah Zimmerman -Dr. Robinson/The SheriffMicah is an 8th grade student atRome Middle School. This is his firstproduction with Rome Little Theater,Junior. Micah began his study of act-ing with Ms. Sherrie Bacon's Chil-dren's Theater Group in Rome, wherehe appeared in several productions.Micah also appeared in a productionof "Charlie Brown" as "Snoopy" atCave Spring Elementary School. Inaddition to acting, Micah enjoys golf,art, playing with his dog, Doc and cat,Picasso, Pizza and of course… gam-ing! A big thanks to the family fromMicah for all the support during thisproduction!

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