Photo Sam Ricci (black dress), of Missoula Children's Theatre, directs auditions for "Blackbeard the Pirate" at the Joseph Charter School cafeteria on April 13. Approxomately 45 children attended the auditions.

Audiences will enjoy the April 18 performance of the swashbuckling adventure of “Blackbeard the Pirate” as over 45 local students crew up with Missoula Children’s Theatre for the 32nd consecutive year. The local cast features Jacob Falk as Blackbeard, as well as Guylen Snyder, Georgia Falk, Meredith Brann, John Paul Matthews and Isabella Brann as Blackbeard’s pirate crew.

Layla Snyder will perform as Lt. Maynard, with Molly Curry, Noah Meyer, Kamren Poulson, and Cami Word starring as his sailors. Gabriel Hawkins-Connolly, Laramie Hess, Sharon Hurley, Paige Lattin, Elizabeth Matthews and Anna Moholt star as beach bums. Hartwell Brann, Roan Flynn, Ashlynn Greer, Parker Siebe and Mary Thiel star as the cantankerous crabs. Lucy Garland, Oriahna Kyle, Iona McDonald, Ariana Samples, and Bella Snyder play seaweed creatures.

Iris DeLury, Raechel Lester, Bernadette Matthews, Mary Catherine Matthews and Charlotte McDonald will play mermaids. Mica Altringer, Cece Curry, Ellie Davis, Jacoby DeLury, Ione Flynn, Emery Schmidt, Freyja Hostetter, Kohlton Mardis, Opal McDonald, Emrys Hobbs, Annie Rose Miller, and Andrew Nordtvedt round out the cast.

The play will be staged at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. at the OK Theatre in Enterprise. Tickets are $7 for adults, $5 for students K-12, and $2 for preschoolers. Tickets available at the door. Arrive at least 15 minutes before curtain.

For more information, or to volunteer, call Terra Snyder at 541-398-2191 or Erin Baynes at 541-398-1577.