Two-time Grammy Award winner Don Schlitz has a Purl for the choice role of Aunt Polly - Linda Purl. With over 30 TV and cable credits to her name, Purl is also a theatre actress, whose most recent credit was Getting and Spending on Broadway and in San Diego. Based on the Mark Twain novel of the same name, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is the often comic tale of a young boy growing up on the Mississippi as the end of slavery draws near. Joshus Park takes the title role. Grammy Award winner Don Schlitz ("The Gambler") wrote the score with a book by Ken Ludwig (Crazy for You).