A herd of 50+ elementary school students from across the neighborhood and beyond have been hard at work rehearsing “The Lion King” for Fourth Presbyterian Church’s Mainstage Theatre performance this weekend.

This will be Fourth’s fourth production of “The Lion King,” following their 2020 run, which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Pastor Burns Staflield said they chose the show to accommodate a larger cast, with the encouragement of Vocal Instructor Alison Slade.

“[Slade] has a lot of the kids as voice students and was advocating for this because she had a couple of students that she thought could do parts,” Stanfield said.

There is a lot of legwork involved in wrangling a cast of this size into lions, tigers, and bears. Stanfield said sourcing help is key. A combined effort

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