Tickets available online or at the door!
ABOUT THE SHOW
Dessa is a 21st-century girl with no shortage of struggles, secrets and mysteries to solve. From dinosaur bones to hidden memories, the world is filled with buried treasures just waiting to be uncovered. Luckily, thanks to the mysterious appearance of a remarkable friend—the pioneering 19th-century English paleontologist Mary Anning—young Dessa knows just how to excavate them! After a field trip to a museum reveals that Mary Anning’s legacy has been buried by history because of her gender and lack of formal education, Dessa decides that she’s going to fight to earn her friend the credit she deserves. With help from her once-rival, Nilo, Dessa sets to work unearthing the secrets hidden beneath the surface of the past and present—for Mary’s history and her own future.
- Written by Laura Schellhardt
- Digging Up Dessa was commissioned by The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and was first produced at the Kennedy Center during the 2017-2018 season.
- Digging Up Dessa is produced by special arrangement with THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC., of Woodstock, Illinois.
ABOUT THE SHOW
Dessa is a 21st-century girl with no shortage of struggles, secrets and mysteries to solve. From dinosaur bones to hidden memories, the world is filled with buried treasures just waiting to be uncovered. Luckily, thanks to the mysterious appearance of a remarkable friend—the pioneering 19th-century English paleontologist Mary Anning—young Dessa knows just how to excavate them! After a field trip to a museum reveals that Mary Anning’s legacy has been buried by history because of her gender and lack of formal education, Dessa decides that she’s going to fight to earn her friend the credit she deserves. With help from her once-rival, Nilo, Dessa sets to work unearthing the secrets hidden beneath the surface of the past and present—for Mary’s history and her own future.
Tickets are available online or at the door!
Ticket Prices
*Please note: Rock Hill School District has now implemented the Clear Bag Policy at all events. Review here.*
- Thursday, September 19th @ 7pm
- Friday, September 20th @ 7pm
- Saturday, September 21st @ 2pm
- Saturday, September 22nd @ 7pm
Ticket Prices
- $5 Student
- $5 RHSD Staff
- $8 Adults
*Please note: Rock Hill School District has now implemented the Clear Bag Policy at all events. Review here.*