NATCHITOCHES - The NSU Opera Theatre, Northwestern Theatre and Dance and the Natchitoches-Northwestern Symphony Orchestra will present The Merry Widow Nov. 11, 13 and 14 at 7:30 p.m. in the A.A. Fredericks Auditorium. Tickets are $12 for adults and $8 for senior citizens. Northwestern State, Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts and BPCC@NSU students are admitted free with a current I.D. Tickets for all other students are $8. For ticket information, call (318) 357-4483.

     Barry Stoneking is the stage director and choreographer and Michael Rorex is the musical director and vocal coach. Douglas Bakenhus will conduct the orchestra.

     The Merry Widow by Franz Lehar is the story of a rich widow who is attempting to find a husband.

     Members of the cast are Taylor Marrs of Ponchatoula as Baron Mirko Zeta, Lauren Hill of Pineville as Valencienne, Fernando Barrow of San Pedro Sula, Honduras, as Count Danilo Danilovitch, Jessica Lopez of Henderson, Texas, as Hanna Glawari, Jamie Green of Opelousas as Camille de Rosillon, Zach Judge of Natchitoches as Vicomte Cascada and Dustin Gaspard of Lockport as Raoul St. Brioche.

     The cast also includes Phillip Benson of Slidell as Bogdanovitch, Victoria Olivier of Lafayette as Sylviane, Malcolm Smoot of Cottonport as Kromov, Eileen Peterson of Woodworth as Olga, Kruz Landry of Kaplan as Pritchitch, Shannon Williams of Natchitoches as Proskovia, Taylor Anderson of Ponchatoula as Njegus and Sarah Caffey of Austin, Texas, as Madame de Maximes.

     Members of the chorus are Heather Gross of Natchitoches, Megan Adams of Pineville, Amanda Sykes of Keller, Texas, Taylor Morgan of Prairieville, David Turner of Baton Rouge, Andy West of Pitkin, Reshad Horton of Shreveport and Mathew Bernard of Cottonport.

     The dancing chorus includes Lee Cee Felix of Birmingham, Ala., Lauren Bovia of Maurepas, Rebecca Brown of Arlington, Texas, Austin Babin of Gonzales, Jacob Starks of Boyce, Gregory Spencer of Crowley, Courtney Murphy of Baton Rouge, Kristen Martino of Pearl River, Cami Ambeau of Gonzales, Stacey Ledoux of Kaplan, Hannah Smith of Pleasant Hill, Texas, and Brandi White of New Orleans.