" When director CeCe Prudhomme started recruiting performers for Stratford High School's next student musical, she made the demands of the show quite clear.
Not only would students be expected to act and sing for Barnum!, they would be required to master the art of circus performing."
January 22, 2009 - Stratford High School performers find 'Barnum!' a true balancing act - Houston Chronical read more
"Characters fly through the air with the greatest of ease. They also spin plates, hang from silk ropes and walk a tightrope.
That many of them do so while also singing and telling the tale of “Barnum” is a tip-off that the musical by the Stratford Players is an ambitious high school production."
January 21, 2009 - A circus, a musical, an ambitious show - River Oaks Examiner read more
"The Circus is Coming to Stratford! SHS Playhouse presents Barnum!"
"Several students in the new production of Barnum learned the trapeze and aerial 15 to 20 feet up from the floor. For this production, the Stratford High auditorium will be transformed into circus tent..."
January 2009 - Flying trapezes swing at Stratford High - Spring Branch ISD News read more
"Circuses come from faraway places, right? Well, not since eighth-generation circus performer Fanny Kerwich married Dallas lawyer Mark Doyle and started a family and her very own Lone Star Circus Arts Center here. The nonprofit organization was incorporated in 2006 with the mission of promoting circus arts in Dallas."
