The river runs through BRLT’s Showboat

From left, Kacy Francis, Ameesha Rowley, Ronald Smith, Robert Stewart, Derrian Tolden, Julian Taylor, Dorrian Wilson, Stephanie Roan and director Wade Russo, in foreground, go over a scene from Showboat at Baton Rouge Little Theater.

Wade Russo, a native of Abbeville who now lives in Boston, is directing Showboat, Baton Rouge Little Theater’s first show of the season.