After the successful run of I Hate Hamlet, the cast for Town & Gown's next production has been selected. The Cover of Life tells the story of Tood, Weetsie and Sybil, brides in rural Louisiana in 1943. Each married a Cliffert brother. The men are off to war and a local news story about these young wives keeping the home fires burning intrigues Henry Luce, who decides that they belong on the cover Life Magazine and assigns Kate Miller to the story. Kate has been covering the war in Europe and, though she views doing a "women's piece" as a career set back, she accepts because it will be her first cover story. Kate spends a week with the Cliffert women and her haughty urban attitude gives way to sympathy as she begins to understand them while coming face to face with her own powerlessness in a man's world. Filled with charm and fun, The Cover of Life is a deeply affecting story about the struggle for self worth. The show opens November 13, 2008.


Directed by Kevin Worley, The Cover of Life cast is as follows:
Kate Miller - Bonnie Ann Cain-Wood
Tood Cliffert - Charissa Prchal
Sybil Cliffert - Ty Reiten
Weetsie Cliffert - Sarah Phillips
Aunt Ola Cliffert - Cindy Sheets
Addie Mae McGough - Glynna Worley
Tommy Cliffert - Matthew Abel

Congratulations to everyone involved!