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How to Do Homework Without Throwing Up to open at Arkansas Arts Center on January 16

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Emily Fraize, 501-396-0308
efraize@arkarts.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

How to Do Homework Without Throwing Up to open at Arkansas Arts Center on January 16

(LITTLE ROCK, AR) - The Arkansas Arts Center Children's Theatre presents How to Do Homework Without Throwing Up on January 16, 2004, at the Arkansas Arts Center, 9th and Commerce.

Adapted from Trevor Romain's popular children's book is Alan Keith Smith's story of Danny Alberts, a good kid with a big problem…homework! Danny, along with his dog Virgil, embark on a strange and wonderful journey as Danny learns to conquer his delusion of denial, perils of procrastination and angst of achievement in order to make his homework a little easier on the stomach. How to Do Homework Without Throwing Up provides students with study tips and positive reinforcement.

This production is a comedy. It is a high-spirited celebration of the absurdity of being human. The audience is compelled to root for the underdog.

The cast of How to Do Homework Without Throwing Up, directed by Bradley Anderson, includes: Justen Balay as Danny; Kristy Barrington as Stomach; Dylan Clifford as Trevor; Courtney Dorsey as Cheese Wedge; Kate Edwards as Raven; Thomas Hankins as Virgil; Faith Hurtado as Darby; Phillip McMath as Mr. Fraction; Michael McMurray as Phillip; Brandon Nichols as Andre; Tillman Ross as Todd; Jericho Steiner as Candy; Taryn Thompson as Wanda; Sara Wyatt as Miss Beatrice; and Adriana Backus, Preston Clark, Amy Dorsey, Erin Fitzpatrick, Stewart Fullerton, Felicia M. Lewis, Kyle Lovett and Laura Grace Tarpley as School Kids.

How to Do Homework Without Throwing Up runs through February 1, 2004. Additional plays this season include Animal Farm, The Adventures of Peter Rabbit and Pinocchio.

Individual tickets are $8.25 and $7.25 for seniors. Four-play packages are $30 per person and include the final four productions of the season. To reserve tickets, call the Arkansas Arts Center at 501-372-4000.

CHILDREN'S THEATRE INFORMATION
Public Showings: 7:30 p.m. Friday
2:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday

Location: Arkansas Arts Center - 9th and Commerce, Little Rock, AR 72202

Season Sponsor: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Production Sponsor: Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Hussman, Jr. and Palmer, Olivia, and Eliza Hussman

Media Partner: Little Rock Family