What do you do when your town is overrun by ravenous rats? You call the Pied Piper! Take a trip to Hamelin Town this Friday, March 14 with the Missoula Children's Theatre and more than 50 local students as they perform an original musical adaptation of the classic tale, THE PIED PIPER.   
The local cast features Alaina Lustig as the Pied Piper, Alaina DeCaria as Sara, and Koyle Jones, Jaylin Johnson, and Brynna Schlader as the Mayor's Kids. Also featured are Neveah VanDyke, Zita Schmidt, Trenton Warden, Branch Bennett, Blake Stewart and Claire Michels as the Mayor's Council and Jaiden Ross, Brayden Watkins, Landon Jones, Corbyn Wood, Brayker Forsmann as the Cooks. The Barbers will be played by McKenna Slichter, Darby Fitch, Darryl Holcomb and Logan Latimer and the Hamelin Administrative Team (HAT) will be Lillia Kaschmitter, Moses Musik, Easton Guyer, Ava Nuxoll, Charlee Key, and Hailey Frei. To complete the ensemble, Elise Hasenoehrl, Kylee Bixby, Laura Nuxoll, Paige Quintal, Rebecca Riener, Hazel Terhaar, Lincoln Jones, Raiden Ross, Adele Holman, Gunner Chandler, Riata Granning, and Mya Meyers will appear as the Townskids of Hamelin, and Daycee Williams, Claire Turnbull, Paisleigh Underwood, Blair Johnson, Reagan Curry, Gus Terhaar, Jasper Paul, Swayzee Forsmann, Victoria Hills, Lyla Nuxoll, Ruby Nuxoll, Blake Chandler, Javier Hernandez, Sadie Holthaus, Addy Jones, and Emily Meyers play the troublesome Rats.  Along with our assistant directors, Isaac Riener, Julia Schlader, and Brylie Forsmann.  Matthew Jones is back for another year as our pianist.
THE PIED PIPER will be presented at 1:00 and 7:00 at the Prairie High School Gym. Tickets are $3.00 for students and $5.00 for adults and are available at the door.
The Missoula Children's Theatre residency in Cottonwood is brought to you by Center For Discovery with support from The Cottonwood Credit Union along with our raffle donors.   Raffle tickets may be purchased at the door.  For more information, call Erin Shears at 208-816-0202.