The Cumberland County High School Jet Theatrix Drama Club is preparing for its 2025 fall production of “The Little Prince” by Rick Cummins and John Schoullar.
Performances will include a friends and family preview at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12; 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13, and Friday, Nov. 14; and 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15.
General admission for public performances is $5.
Based on “Le Petit Prince” by Antoine de Saint-Éxupery, the show should run about 70 minutes and is appropriate for Pre-K through adults.
“We are excited for this to be our first fall production in the new Jets Auditorium,” said Summershea Shadden, CCHS assistant principal.
This play tells the story of a world-weary and disenchanted Aviator whose sputtering plane strands him in the Sahara Desert and a mysterious, regal “little man” who appears and asks him, ”Please, sir, draw me a sheep.”
During their two weeks together in the desert, the Little Prince tells the Aviator about his adventures through the galaxy, how he met the Lamplighter and the Businessman and the Geographer, and about his strained relationship with a very special flower on his own tiny planet. T
he Little Prince talks to everyone he meets: a garden of roses, the Snake, and a Fox who wishes to be tamed. From each he gains a unique insight which he shares with the Aviator.
”It is only with the heart that one can see rightly,” he says. “What is essential is invisible to the eye.”
At length, both the “little man” and the Aviator must go home — each with a new understanding of how to laugh, cry, and love again.
In addition to the public performances, low-cost school matinees will be presented to CCHS feeder schools at 9 a.m. and noon Friday, Nov. 14. The discounted cost for these matinees is only $2 per student ticket, with one free chaperone per 20 students.
Checks should be made payable to CCHS.
“As our new auditorium allows for no food or drink except the lobby, no concessions will be offered,” Shadden said. The show will be about 70 minutes long with an opportunity for classes to take photos onstage with the cast after each performance.”
Due to royalty contract constraints, as well as the ability to see and hear the cast from a distance, school matinee seating is limited and is by reservation only.
Contact CCHS Drama Director Angela Robbins at robbinsa@ccschools.k12tn.net or 931-335-1423 to make class reservations.