July 29, 2005, Findlay, Ohio – The third and final play in The University of Findlay’s SummerStock 2005 program, “Big River,” opens Wednesday, Aug. 3.

“Big River” will be staged Aug. 3-5 at 8 p.m., Aug. 6 and 2 and 8 p.m. and Aug. 7 at 6 p.m. in the John and Hester Powell Grimm Theatre in the Egner Center for the Performing Arts.

“Big River” is directed by Jefferson Slinkard, who directed last summer’s production of “Wait Until Dark.” The play is adapted from “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain. It features music and lyrics by Roger Miller, and the book by William Hauptman. This musical brings to life the favorite characters of Mark Twain’s classic. “Big River” tells the story of how Huckleberry Finn helps his friend Jim, a slave, escape to freedom at the mouth of the Ohio River.

Tickets are $15 per person. Tickets are available by calling the Box Office at 419-434-5335.