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    The Jefferson Performing Arts Society’s Theatre For Young Audiences is thrilled to bring Mike Artell’s “Petite Rouge: A Cajun Red Riding Hood” (book, music and lyrics by Joan Cushing, based on the book by Mike Artell with Illustrations by Jim Harris) to the stage at the Meridian Temple Theatre, 2320 Eighth St., Meridian.

    This musical retelling of Little Red Riding Hood re-imagined in the Louisiana swamps and bayous is on stage Oct. 21 and 22 on Friday at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday at 11 a.m.

    Directed and choreographed by Michael Bobbitt, Petite Rouge stars Scott Sauber, Meg McWhorter, Jason George, Anna Toujas Rosenberg, Allee Peck, Peter Elliot, Price Provenzano and Tiffany Jones. Tickets are $15 for Kids (12 and under), $20 for adults. For tickets visit www.jpas.org or call 1-877-884-JPAS.

    A Swamp Chorus sings backup to the Zydeco-driven score in this foot-stomping, family-friendly musical soaked in Cajun hot sauce! Bayou animals assume the familiar characters of the classic Little Red Riding Hood tale. In this enticing and enchanting version, Little Red is Petite Rouge the duck on her way to her Grandmere’s house dawn the Bayou. With her best friend, TeJean the Cat, the pair set out on their pirogue and find some adventure along the way. When the Big Bad Gator Claude spies tasty duck Petite Rouge heading down the bayou, Petite must lead him on a wild duck chase through the New Orleans Mardi Gras, all the way to a surprise ending.