Natchitoches - Northwestern Symphony Society
Diamond Jubilee Season!
Ayden Hymel
(playing Amalia Balash)
and
Harleigh Miller
(playing Ilona Ritter)
A Natchitoches-Northwestern Symphony collaboration with the NSU Department of Theatre & Dance and Director of Musical Theatre, Dr. Sloane Artis
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April 23 & 24, 2026, at 7:30 p.m.
April 25, 2026, 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
A.A. Fredericks Auditorium
on the NSU Campus
She Loves Me! is part of your Natchitoches-Northwestern Symphony Society Season Subscription
(Visit the box office of the performance you attend and give you name as a NNSS season ticket holder).
Individual tickets can be bought online here or at the door ($15)
THE CAST: (L-R) Ayden Hymel (Amalia Balash), Ada Shoup (Amalia Balash, understudy), Dr. Sloane Artis, Director, Harleigh Miller (Ilona Ritter) and ShayAnna Beatty (Ilona Ritter, understudy)
Remaining 2025- 2026 Concert dates and venues at a glance:
“She Loves Me!” by Bock/Harnick, with NSU Music Theatre, A.A. Fredericks Auditorium
Thursday, April 23, 2026, 7:30pm
Friday, April 24, 2026, 7:30pm
Saturday, April 25, 2026, 2:00pm and 7:30pm
This will be a Natchitoches-Northwestern Symphony collaboration with the NSU Department of Theatre & Dance and the Director of Musical Theatre, Dr. Sloane Artis. “She Loves Me!” is a story from a book by Joe Masteroff inspired a play, 2 films; The Shop Around the Corner (1940) and You’ve Got Mail (1998) and 2 musicals, In the Good Old Summertime (1949) and She Loves Me (premiered on Broadway in 1963 with a revival in 2016). The plot revolves around shop employees Georg and Amalia, who, despite being consistently at odds with each other at work, are unaware that each is the other’s secret pen pal met through lonely-hearts ads. Attend any performance and visit the the box office in the lobby and give your name as a NNSS Season Ticket Holder.
Tuesday, April 28, 2026, 7:30pm Magale Recital Hall: "Handel’s Messiah, Parts 2 and 3”
The Natchitoches-Northwestern Symphony will be joined by the NSU “Cane River Singers” to perform parts 2 and 3 of Handel’s timeless masterpiece “Messiah.”
Natchitoches-Northwestern Symphony Society, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) organization, with an IRS ruling year of 1979. Our mission is to provide NSU Symphony Orchestra students scholarships to supplement tuition and books. All donations are tax-deductible.