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'Indiana Squirrel Stampede' Musical Sept. 3
Indiana Ag Connection - 08/24/2016

Theater lovers can watch a new musical comedy focused on a historic "squirrel stampede" in Indiana, at Spring Mill State Park on Sept. 3. "Indiana Squirrel Stampede," will be performed at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. at the park's Lakeview Activity Center.

Indiana playwright Julie Lyn Barber was awarded an Arts in the Parks Grant to write and preform the musical at Indiana State Parks during the state's bicentennial year.

In 1822, squirrels stampeded through much of the Midwest, wreaking havoc. The event is commemorated in Hamilton County with a number of squirrel statues, and now it will be memorialized in an hour-long, family friendly, musical comedy.

Audience members will hear first-hand accounts from historical characters, as well as some wild hearsay from characters prone to exaggeration.

The play is free after paying the standard gate fee of $7 per in-state vehicle and $9 per out-of-state vehicle.

"Indiana Squirrel Stampede" will premiere at the Indianapolis Theatre Fringe Festival, Aug.18-28 in the new Indy Eleven Theatre, 719 E. Saint Clair St., Indianapolis. Tickets for the Indy Fringe shows can be purchased at indyfringe.com. There is also a performance at Mounds State Park in Anderson at 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 2.

The show is directed by the playwright, who also plays a role. Other performers include Indianapolis favorites Jenny Reber, most recently seen in "Heathers" at the Theatre on the Square, and child actors Sofia Murrell and Sage Barber Murrell, who played Belinda Cratchitt and Tiny Tim in "A Christmas Carol" at Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre

The play is a signature project of the Indiana Bicentennial Commission, and is made possible, in part, with the support from the Indiana Arts Commission and the DNR.

For more information, contact Spring Mill volunteer coordinator Coletta Prewitt at (812) 849-3534 or springmillstatepark@dnr.IN.gov.

Spring Mill State Park (stateparks.IN.gov/2968.htm) is at 3333 State Road 60 East, Mitchell.


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