[Nstc] Daddy Long Legs opens on Friday 11/19 at the Black Box Theatre

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“DADDY LONG LEGS” RUNS FROM NOVEMBER 19-DECEMBER 5 AT THE BLACK BOX THEATRE

“Daddy Long Legs”, music and lyrics by Paul Gordon, book by John Caird,  
based on the novel by Jean Webster and directed by Nikka Ziemer is a  
charming and thoughtful story of a young woman of eighteen named Jerusha  
Abbott played by Cristina Zermeno, who lives in an orphanage. As the oldest  
person living there, many of the responsibilities of running the orphanage  
fall on her — but when a mysterious stranger played by David Arias, visits  
the orphanage and leaves Jerusha a letter, she finds that as a result of  
articulate and humorous essay she’s written, this stranger is going to fund  
her college education in the hopes that she’ll become a great author. The  
production opens at the Black Box Theatre, 430 N Main Street in Las Cruces,  
on Friday, November 19, and runs through Sunday, December 5.

Cristina Zermeno is in her first show here at the Black Box and this is her  
first lead in a musical.  She has been seen as Amanda in “Women in  
Jeopardy” as well as Eleanor in the “Haunting of Hill House” at the El Paso  
Playhouse.  She performed as Mrs. Mayor in “Seussical” with the Sun City  
Musical Company and Dr. Madden in “Next to Normal” at El Paso Community  
College. David Arias was recently seen at the Black Box as Voltaire in  
“Emilie: La Marquise du Chatalet Defends Her Life Tonight.” Arias has also  
appeared at the Black Box in “Little Shop of Horrors, “A New Brain,  
“Photograph 51,” and “Seagulls in a Cherry Tree. The Music Director is  
Barbara Toth, Lighting Design is by Peter Herman, Costume Design is by  
Autumn Gieb, and Scenic Design is by Peter Herman and Nikka Ziemer. Bekah  
Taulbee and Casi Galban are the Light and Sound Board Operators.

Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m., Sunday matinees on  
November 28 and December 5 at 2:30 p.m., and a Thursday performance on  
December 2 at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $15.00 regular admission, $12.00  
students and seniors over 65, and all seats on Thursday are $10.00.  
Reservations may be made online on the No Strings Theatre  website (www.no- 
strings.org) or by calling the Black Box Theatre at (575) 523-1223.

The "Daddy Long Legs" invitational exhibit in thetheatregallery has  
creative and unusual artwork by Diana Ayres, Margaret Bernstein, Luci  
Bromberg, Sandy Clifford, Kris Karsteadt, Beth LeBlanc, Meredith Loring,  
Jan Minow, Lara Teich, Jan Thune, Lynn Unangst, and Kalene Womack.  
thetheatregallery is open an hour before all performances and by  
appointment by calling (575) 523-1223.