Anyone who's been a parent can confirm: Even if a kid doesn't know how to dance yet, he or she already knows how to dance. It's herky-jerky and they have a tendency to fall, but it's joyful and honest, and sometimes they try to show off, just like dancers of any age.

Uriel Achilleus is a versatile young actor, but he's learned to be even more nuanced as the lead character in Mark Twain's 1898 play "Is He Dead?" "I'm a guy playing a guy playing a girl," said the Cape Girardeau Central High School junior, who will bring French artist Jean-Francois Millet to life tonight during the show's debut performance at 7 p.m. in the Richard D. Kinder Performance Hall.