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Department of Music and Global Languages & Theater Arts Department set to perform Aesop’s Fables

By Brent Menchinger | Sep 24, 2025

A Townsend, J Blankenship, T Miller, E Neville, C LaDon, S Loudin, L Bradley, L Jones

Pictured left to right: Adyson Townsend, Jake Blankenship, Theo Miller, Ethan Neville, Chloe LaDon, Serenity Loudin, Lauren Bradley, Lucas Jones

MURRAY, Ky. – The Murray State University Department of Global Languages & Theatre Arts and Department of Music will perform Aesop’s Fables, written by Kathleen Menino. Performances are Sept. 25 and 26 at 9:30 a.m. and Sept. 25 at noon (depending on preschool-third grade commitments), Sept. 27 at 2:30 p.m. in the Robert E. Johnson Theatre in the Price Doyle Fine Arts Center.

Tickets are $3. Murray State students get in free with ID. For tickets, visit . 

Mr. Tortoise and Ms. Hare are holding auditions for a new acting troupe called Aesop's Acting Ensemble. All of the actors are excited to perform the beloved fables, but the pompous acting duo of Dame Patty and Sir Reynard threaten everyone's fun. Will the duo be able to work with the rest of the group as a team? Only the timeless morals of Aesop's tales will help them to make friends and learn their lesson.

“Working on this show has truly been an honor,” said Director Billy Hobson. “I could not begin to compliment my cast enough on the amazing job they have done with helping me bring my vision to life for Aesop's Fables.”

“Working with this cast and crew has truly been an amazing experience,” said cast member Lucas Jones of Milan, Tennessee. “I was worried, coming into college, that I wouldn't know anyone or find a group, but I truly feel like I've joined a second family here at Murray State!”

Cast members:

Adyson Townsend of Paducah, Kentucky

Jake Blankenship of Evansville, Indiana 

Chloe LaDon of Murray, Kentucky

Lucas Jones of Milan, Tennessee

Lauren Bradley of Georgetown, Kentucky

Ethan Neville of Fisherville, Kentucky

Theo Miller of Murray Kentucky

Serenity Loudin of Corbin, Kentucky

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