The witch and her wicked shadow interpreting sidekick poke their heads out of the candy house to remind Hansel and Gretel that there is danger ahead in our Spring 1999 production of Hansel & Gretel adapted by William Glennon; Ijams Nature Center {photo credit: James Okapal}
The townspeople tiptoe quietly as they look for the dragon in The Invisible Dragon by Patricia Clapp; Fall 1999 production at Ijams Nature Center {photo credit: Joel Parton}
The rabbit and her friend, the Skunk/Interpreter, realize the Rabbit's wish may come true in The Rabbit Who Wanted Red Wings, a stage dramatization of a Southern folk-tale (adapted by Nellie McCaslin); Spring 2000 production at Island Home Park {photo credit: Beverly Walker}
The soon-to-be-queen and her shadow interpreter wish for chocolate-covered, coconut-coated, peanut butter lollipops; InterAct's Fall 2000 production of The King Who Loved His Lollipops (an adaptation of Rumplestilskin) by Lila Beldock Cohen; Ijams Nature Center
The Yellows and Blues refuse to get along as the wise Tree and Wood Spirit lament the unfortunate state of affairs; InterAct's Spring 2001 production of Just Like Us by Craig Sodaro; Ijams Nature Center {photo credit: Julie Danielson}
The world's most hypocritical Dog and her shadow interpreter schmooze up to the Farmer in 'The Dog in the Manger' from InterAct's Fall 2001 production of Three Fables, a stage adapation of several fables from Aesop written by Robert R. Lehan {rehearsal photo taken at the Tennessee School for the Deaf; photo credit: James Okapal}
Princess Gladiola gets carried away during dinner while Hyronomous A. Frog and Aunt Queen Bea look on in embarrassment during InterAct's Spring 2002 production of Edith Weiss' Hyronomous A. Frog, The Frog Prince, a modern-day adaptation of the Brothers Grimm's Frog King {photo credit: James Okapal}
Shere Khan and Bagheera square off (left) and the Monkeys are hypnotized by Kaa (right) in InterAct's Fall 2002 production of The Jungle Book, an original stage adaptation by local artist Meg Beach {photo credits: James Okapal}
The town gossips get their grubs on Mr. Ebenezer Dorset, Esquire (left); Emily Jane displays one of her imfamous pouts (center); and, Sonny, Miss Pruitt, Ma, and Ma's shadow sidekick-in-crime are not amused by Emily Jane's newest plan of torture (right) in InterAct's Spring 2003 production of The Ransom of Emily Jane, a stage adaptation of O. Henry's Ransom of Red Chief, written by Carolyn Lane {photo credits: James Okapal}