Kara Kemp directs Huck Finn Thursday
Huck Finn’s Story is an adventure tale of excitement and suspense, delightfully sprinkled with homespun humor.
The play reveals Huck as a clever, lovable boy, who is baffled by the greed, hypocrisy and absurdity of society. During his journey, his escapes his drunken father and befriends a runaway slave, and grows up as well.
The Actor’s Co-op of Knoxville will present the play through a minimal approach, encouraging young audiences to use their imaginations to weave this legendary tale, while entertaining them with songs and storytelling.
Kara Kemp, director of the play, grew up in Beech Grove and is the daughter of Marcia Manley of Murfreesboro and Tullahoma residents, Jim and Lin Kemp. Kemp received her bachelors’ degree in theatre from the University of Tennessee and has been performing, directing, producing, and designing with the Actors Co-op since 1997.
She currently serves as the company’s managing director and artistic director. She is founder of the Beehive, a program of the Actors Co-op which provides intriguing, short plays free of charge to the Knoxville community in area restaurants, nature centers, public centers and other unexpected venues.
Kemp spent her summer in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. attending the SITI Company’s 2002 Summer Intensive Workshop on a Ruth Sweet Scholarship through the Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashville.
Tickets for the performance are $3 each.
Reservations can be made by calling the South Jackson Civic Center at 455-5321 or online at www.southjackson.org and click on “Reservations.”