In a scene from a rehearsal of the Starlighters II Theatre production of "A Keepsake in the Likeness of Mark Twain," the Clemens family gathers around the kitchen table. L to R: Dawn Griesi (Anamosa); Sydney Owen (Monticello); Rachel Hall (Monticello); Rachel Klug (Coggon); Dan Huber (Coggon); Denise Bird (Tipton).
Clara Clemens, played by Rachel Hall (Monticello), shocked by the language of their eccentric neighbor, Harriet Beecher-Stowe, puts her hands over the ears of her little sister, Jean Clemens, played by Sydney Owen (Monticello), in a scene from a rehearsal of the Starlighters II Theatre production of "A Keepsake in the Likeness of Mark Twain."
A moment of serious disagreement is reached during a no-holds-barred card game in a scene from a rehearsal of the Starlighters II Theatre production of "A Keepsake in the Likeness of Mark Twain." L to R: Larry Mann (Anamosa); Dan Huber (Coggon).
A dream sequence in a scene from a rehearsal of the Starlighters II Theatre production of "A Keepsake in the Likeness of Mark Twain." ABOVE: Larry Mann (Anamosa).
One of the lighter moments in a scene from a rehearsal of the Starlighters II Theatre production of "A Keepsake in the Likeness of Mark Twain." Grace Zimmerman (Anamosa) portrays Mark Twain's eccentric neigbor, author Harriet Beecher-Stowe.
Denise Bird (Tipton) silences the Mark Twain critics in a scene from a rehearsal of the Starlighters II Theatre production of "A Keepsake in the Likeness of Mark Twain."