A fractured fairy tale

Averitts latest youth show all about forgiveness

Shea Calhoun, left, playing the part of Elle, and Abigail McMillan, playing the part of Lizze, wrap up the first act of Forgiven: A Fairy Tale Wednesday during a dress rehearsal at the Averitt Center for the Arts. This latest production of the Statesboro Youth Theatre is directed by Mical Whitaker and will offer two performances, one at 7 p.m. Friday and another at 2 p.m. on Saturday in the Emma Kelly theater. - photo by EDDIE LEDBETTER/staff

forgiven photo — Shea Calhoun, left, playing the part of Elle, and Abigail McMillan, playing the part of Lizze, wrap up the first act of Forgiven: A Fairy Tale Wednesday during a dress rehearsal at the Averitt Center for the Arts. This latest production of the Statesboro Youth Theatre is directed by Mical Whitaker and will offer two performances, one at 7 p.m. Friday and another at 2 p.m. on Saturday in the Emma Kelly theater. - photo by EDDIE LEDBETTER/staff

Mical Whitaker’s latest production for the Statesboro Youth Theatre uses famous fairy tale characters to tell a story about forgiveness. “Forgiven: A Fairy Tale” is sponsored by Statesboro Ear, Nose, Throat, and Sinus Center and will have two public performances – Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m. – in the Emma Kelly Theatre. Directed by Whitaker, the plot centers around Elizadora, a witch wronged by her former fairy tale classmates, Goldilocks, Cinderella and King Midas.

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