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Digging Up Dessa
by Laura Schellhardt
directed by Sarah Kearney

Presented through special arrangement with The Dramatic Publishing Company of Woodstock, Illinois.

PERFORMANCE DATES
April 21 - May 7
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm 

Sundays at 2pm
*This is
 not a young audience focused production, but this show is appropriate for older elementary school grade 3 and up.

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SYNOPSIS
Dessa is a 21st-century girl with no shortage of struggles, secrets and mysteries to solve. From dinosaur bones to hidden memories, the world is filled with buried treasures just waiting to be uncovered. Luckily, thanks to the mysterious appearance of a remarkable friend—the pioneering 19th-century English paleontologist Mary Anning—young Dessa knows just how to excavate them! After a field trip to a museum reveals that Mary Anning’s legacy has been buried by history because of her gender and lack of formal education, Dessa decides that she’s going to fight to earn her friend the credit she deserves. With help from her once-rival, Nilo, Dessa sets to work unearthing the secrets hidden beneath the surface of the past and present—for Mary’s history and her own future.

CAST
DESSA: Isabelle Riley
ESTHER: Katie Rodgers
NILO: El Pitts
MARY ANNING: Amanda Clark

Support our incredible understudy cast at the April 28th performance! Learn about the use of understudies and their role as the "bedrock of Broadway" here. 
DESSA U/S: Annalise Kidd
ESTHER U/S: Katy Philp
NILO U/S: Rylan Andrews
MARY ANNING U/S: Valarie Brown
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  • Home
  • Productions
    • Digging Up Dessa
    • Two Witches, No Waiting
    • Special Events >
      • 10th Birthday Party
      • Broadway Artist Talkback
      • 'Til Death Do Us Part
      • Anne Frank: Her Photos. Her Story.
      • Finnegan's Farewell
      • Time Travelers Fall Festivals
      • Cinderella Project
      • 2020 Mayor's Ball
    • Sponsors
    • Past Seasons >
      • 2019 Season >
        • The Diary Of Anne Frank
        • Almost, Maine
        • Beauty & The Beast: Concert Edition
        • Clue: The Musical
        • The Man Who Came To Dinner
      • 2018 Season >
        • The 39 Steps
        • The Hundred Dresses
        • School House Rock Live!
        • Silent Sky
      • 2017 Season >
        • Barefoot In The Park
        • Death By Design
        • You Can't Take It With You
        • Annie
      • 2016 Season >
        • The Philadelphia Story
        • Around the World in 80 Days
        • The Addams Family: A New Musical Comedy
        • Sorry! Wrong Chimney!
      • 2015 Season >
        • The Dining Room
        • Songs for a New World
        • Twelve Angry Jurors
        • A Little Princess
      • 2014 Season >
        • Crossing Delancy
        • The Elephant Man
        • Into The Woods
        • Little Women
      • 2013 Season >
        • Suite Surrender
        • Steel Magnolias
        • The Crucible
        • If It's Monday, This Must Be Christmas
      • 2012 Season >
        • Harvey
        • The Miracle Worker
        • You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown
        • Camelot
        • Every Christmas Story Ever Told
      • 2011 Season >
        • Bus Stop
        • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
        • Three Murders and It's Only Monday
        • Happy Hollandaise
      • 2010 Season >
        • The Nerd
        • The Fantasticks
        • Dearly Departed
        • A Christmas Carol
      • 2009 Season >
        • Psycho Beach Party
        • The Odd Couple
        • Happily Ever Once Upon
        • Blithe Spirit
        • It's A Wonderful Life
  • Tickets
  • Education
    • Wizarding Workshops
    • Behind the Scenes with BCT Workshops
    • Snow Camp Workshops
    • Virtual Girl Scout Workshops
    • Snowfest
    • Youth Acting Classes
    • Adult Acting Classes
    • Troupe BCT >
      • Shrek Jr. (2020)
      • Seussical Jr. (2019)
  • Theatre for Young Audiences
    • 2019 Season >
      • Knuffle Bunny
      • Charlottes Web
    • 2018 Season >
      • Curious George and the Golden Meatball
      • The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Interactive!)
    • 2017 Season >
      • Elephant & Piggies "We're In A Play!"
      • The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (2017)
    • 2016 Season >
      • Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical
      • The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (2016)
  • Auditions
  • About Us
    • Volunteer
    • Staff
    • Board
    • Support >
      • Donate
      • Fred Meyer Community Rewards
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