The upcoming University of Mississippi Opera Theatre production of “The Light in the Piazza” does not take the stage at the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts until mid-November, but it’s already full steam ahead for the cast and production team.

“We are right in the middle of the excitement at the moment,” said Blake McIver Ewing, the Opera Theatre’s artist-in-residence and director for the production. “The cast is going between dedicated music and staging rehearsals as we begin to put all the pieces together. This is one of my favorite parts of the process!