The Appanoose County Coalition for the Arts is proud to announce the arrival of the Missoula Children's Theatre. MCT is the nation's largest touring children's theatre and has been touring extensively for 35 years now from Montana to Japan. Guest Co-Directors LeAnn Casey Bjornrud and Brandon Price will be visitng Centerville the week of July 6-11.

They will arrive with everything that is needed to put on a play...Pinocchio!

Auditions will be held Monday July 6 at 10 a.m. at the Simon Estes Auditorium. This will be an open audition for all children, kindergarten through high school, and casts 50-60 local students to perform in the production. The show is rehearsed throughout the week and two public performances are presented on Saturday.

The first will be a scene selection performed on the Centerville Square at 10:00am during the Children's Fine Arts Festival. The full performance will be held at the Simon Estes Auditorium at 4 p.m.

Creativity, social skills, goal achievement, communication skills and self esteem are all characteristics that are attained through the participation in this unique, educational project. MCT's mission is the development of lifeskills in children through participation in the performing arts.