Merle Dandridge, center, chats with Papillion-La Vista South students at the beginning of an acting workshop Saturday afternoon. Dandridge, a 1993 Papillion-La Vista High School graduate, helped the students with their production of “Once on This Island,” a Tony-Award-winning musical in which she played a major role.
Photo by Brody Hilgenkamp
Merle Dandridge, center, chats with Papillion-La Vista South students at the beginning of an acting workshop Saturday afternoon. Dandridge, a 1993 Papillion-La Vista High School graduate, helped the students with their production of “Once on This Island,” a Tony-Award-winning musical on which she played a major role.
The role in the Tony-winning musical, the acting career, the workshop with students from the school district where she graduated, the flooding, the community outpouring, the opportunity to reconnect — Merle Dandridge believes it’s all “God-ordained.”
Merle Dandridge, center, chats with Papillion-La Vista South students at the beginning of an acting workshop Saturday afternoon. Dandridge, a 1993 Papillion-La Vista High School graduate, helped the students with their production of “Once on This Island,” a Tony-Award-winning musical in which she played a major role.
Merle Dandridge, center, chats with Papillion-La Vista South students at the beginning of an acting workshop Saturday afternoon. Dandridge, a 1993 Papillion-La Vista High School graduate, helped the students with their production of “Once on This Island,” a Tony-Award-winning musical on which she played a major role.
