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"No One Will Marry a Princess With a Tree Growing Out of Here Head"

The Dakota State University Theatre will be presenting a November children’s musical, “No One Will Marry a Princess With a Tree Growing Out of Her Head,” By Michael Elliot Brill and David Jackson. The performance dates will be November 8-10 at 7:30pm in the Dakota Prairie Playhouse. Admission is $3 or free with a valid student ID.

““No One Will Marry A Princess With a Tree Growing Out of Her Head” is an imaginative and entertaining fairytale with a lot of humor, mystery, music and song, well-drawn characters--and of course a happy ending,” said Susan Conover, DSU director of theatre. “It is a delightful show for the whole family.”

It concerns the plight of a princess, played by sophomore Tracy Steed, a marketing major from Kingman, AZ, who has just turned 21 and is about to start the process of finding a prince when a tree starts growing out of her head, the work of an evil wizard in the neighborhood named Wartstitch, played by junior Bob Davidson, a business for information systems major from Kadoka.

There is also a good wizard, Gimlet, played by sophomore Dan Iverson, a computer information systems major from Watertown and his friends the South Wind, played by senior Mary Gerhardt, a computer science major from Blaine, MN; the North wind, played by senior Matt Gappa, a elementary education major from Nicollet, MN; The East Wind, played by freshman Amy Horter, a computer science major from Bristol and the West wind played by junior Matt Wilson, a information systems major from Beresford.

Also in the play is the King, played by freshman John McClaren from Sioux Falls; the Narrator, junior Nicole Bockelmann, a elementary education major from Volga; Lord #1 and Lord Chancellor played by sophomore Brian Lebrun, an English major from Dell Rapids; Lord #2 and Prime Minister played by freshman Chris Ahrendt, a computer science major from Renner; Lady #1 played by junior Amanda Johnson, a business major from Lake Preston; and Lady #2 played by sophomore Jacque Miller, a health information management major from Hartford.

The Technical Director for the show is Bill Henjum and the Stage Manager is Sarah Spellbring

For information call the Dakota Prairie Playhouse at 256-5666.