She added that it was вЂњpurely coincidentalвЂќ that itвЂ™s an all-male cast. For example, we have a record player on stage for times when the script calls for music, and we have instruments that create rain and thunder and other noises.вЂќДЄdding to the directing theme, actors will be dressed in 1940s-style clothing with costume pieces that they take on and off while on stage.Д«lossom cast only six actors to play the nearly 25 different characters, meaning students will portray between four and five characters each, with the exception of the main character of Stuart. вЂњBecause it's a play within a play, every sound you hear is being made by these 1940s storytellers. вЂњWe all had so much fun collaborating,вЂќ she said. So, essentially, it's a play within a play.вЂќД«lossom wanted the students to вЂњthink outside the boxвЂќ and experiment with different objects to create the sound effects. вЂњMy overall concept for this production is that a group of actors in the 1940s come into a studio space in New York City and start using all the foley objects they can find to tell us вЂ“ the audience вЂ“ this story about a mouse named Stuart Little. вЂњThe audience will not only be able to hear the sound effects, but also see live exactly how the sounds are being made by the actors,вЂќ she said. But Blossom directs SFA actors do both of these jobs simultaneously. Historically, actors in radio plays would speak their lines into a microphone while a person in the foley booth made all of the sound effects. вЂњMen On BoatsвЂќ by Jaclyn Backhaus is also featured.ДЄccording to Blossom, radio plays were popular in the 1920s to 1950s, and the novel вЂњStuart LittleвЂќ was written by White in 1940, вЂњso it made perfect sense for me to set our production in the 1940s and deliver it to the audience as an old fashioned radio play.вЂќ The play is one of two featured in this yearвЂ™s SummerStage Festival presented June 22 through July 9 in Kennedy Auditorium on the SFA campus.

вЂњStuart LittleвЂќ will be presented in the style of a 1940s radio play with student actors not only delivering their charactersвЂ™ lines but also creating their own sound effects live on stage.

White and adapted by Joseph Robinette about the endearing mouse named Stuart Little who is born into an ordinary New York family. Austin State University School of Theatre, describes the SummerStage Festival presentation of the childrenвЂ™s favorite вЂњStuart Little,вЂќ a play based on the popular book by E.B. ThatвЂ™s how Kristen Blossom, adjunct instructor in the Stephen F. NACOGDOCHES, Texas вЂ“ ItвЂ™s a play within a play.

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