Student works program begins!

Director Melissa Cassese at work

Melissa Cassese's production of I Never Saw Another Butterfly by Celeste Raspanti kicks of the new Coca-Cola Student Production Program at Daytona State College. I had the opportunity to watch a run through this afternoon and was very excited by what I saw.


Melissa has assembled a fantastic group of students who are playing a wide variety of roles from small children to Nazi soldiers in this Holocaust play. This very powerful piece of theatre is a wonderful project for both Melissa and our students. I was thrilled to see the work the students were doing this afternoon.



Melissa led the actors through a warm up, stage manager Paige Poteet kept things organized, and costume designer Kristina Lomelin conducted fittings and took notes before the run through of the show.



The run through was very successful. The company is in very good shape as they prepare for their opening a week from tomorrow. Make sure to come see them! The show dates are January 28th, 29th, and 30th at 7:30pm and January 31st at 2:30pm in the Goddard Theater on the Daytona Beach Campus.

Geoffrey Kershner
Director of Theatre