Asheville Creative Arts to Present MISS NELSON IS MISSING

Co-Founders Abby Felder and Robbie Jaeger announce that casting has been completed for Asheville Creative Arts' (ACA) upcoming production of MISS NELSON IS MISSING! with book, music, and lyrics by Joan Cushing, based upon the book MISS NELSON IS MISSING! And MISS NELSON IS BACK! By Harry Allard, to be directed and choreographed by Robbie Jaeger with music direction by Jonesalee's Gina Jones and Brenda Lee Gambill. MISS NELSON IS MISSING! will run from July 16-26, 2015, at NC Stage (15 Stage Lane), WNC's professional theater venue as part of their Catalyst Series that provides marketing and technical support.

In this classic, long suffering teacher Miss Nelson, played by ACA resident artist Gina Jones, turns up missing and the students of Room 207, played by Kelli Cayman Cozlin, Jordan Ellis, Emma Gwynneth Gutt, and Maximilian Koger, are in for a surprise when she is replaced by Viola Swamp (also played by Jones), a scary substitute. In desperation, the students set out to find their beloved Miss Nelson with the help (and hindrance) of an assortment of colorful characters, played with zest by local favorite Strother Stingley... but will they ever get her back?

ACA's work has been called "Dazzling!" by the Mountain Xpress and "Excellent!" by the Asheville Citizen Times, and MISS NELSON IS MISSING, which according to The New York Times is "a musical that will charm anyone who has ever sat in front of a schoolteacher's desk - or, for that matter, behind it," will continue the company's signature style of creating theatre that is as enjoyable to parents as it is to their children, which was established with previous hits, A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD, CHARLOTTE'S WEB, and THE TRUE STORY OF THE 3 LITTLE PIGS!.

MISS NELSON's creative team includes costumes by Caroline Bower, sets by Gian Marco Lo Forte, sound by Jonesalee, and lights by Eric Winkenwerder and Barbara Berry. Production Manager is Anthony Napoletano.

Tickets, which are $23 (adults) and $12 (students), are available at the NC Stage Box Office: http://www.ncstage.org/productions/miss-nelson-is-missing/. Contact ashevillecreativearts@gmail.com to purchase discounted $7 tickets available to Groups and Camps during weekday performances July 16, 22 and 23 at 1:00pm, which include Activity/Fun Guide developed by Lucy Hazlehurst. Questions call 914/830-3000 or 828-239-0263.