Mission junior Crystal Villarreal and Brad Maule, SFA theatre lecturer and former television star, rehearse a scene from Constance Congdon’s “Take Me to the River,” which will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 26, and at 5 p.m. Saturday, April 28, in the Downstage Theatre as part of the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre’s Festival of New American Plays.