The Musical-Back To The 80's


This year's musical is Back To The 80s! It was put on by students from Perry-Lecompton High School. On November 11, 2009 the musical was showed to the other students as a teaser showing. The next night, November 12, 2009 was the dinner theater showing of the musical, where guests could buy tickets and enjoy their meal with some musical entertainment! The musical was also performed on Friday, Novemeber 13, 2009 and Saturday, November 14, 2009. The musical, Back To The 80s is about senior year and how to make the best of it. In the musical, its around student election time, and three friends are up against a jock and two preppy girls and a nerd with two nerdy girls. The football playing jock doesn't really care about the elections and just wants to win because he's supposed to be Mr. Popularity. The nerd wants to win to make the school more technologically advanced, and the three friends want to win to make the senior prom everything that everybody wants it to be so that they can have fun and remember their senior prom. The main character, Corey, has a long time crush on his next door neighbor, Tiffany, and so does the football player, Michael. The election day is getting closer and Corey and his best friends have thought of a way to make prom night the best night ever, but Micheal and his group haven't even started planning. Michael and his fellow teammates jump Corey and his friends to steal their election plan. The day of the election finally arrives and Corey realizes that Michael stole part of their idea, but he can't say anything because people will just think he was being a sore loser. As the musical progresses and the school year goes on, we get introduced to a romance between Sheena Brannigan and Steve Cocker, two teachers at the school, along with a new student, Eileen Reagan. As the school year is winding down we see the football players putting fake love notes into Eileen's locker, and we see Corey and Michael each ask Tiffany out at the same time. Tiffany of course chooses Michael instead of her next door neighbor and long time friend Corey. During the drama of the musical we see Steve looking through a magazine that he confinscated from a student and finds a picture of a younger Sheena. Steve gets mad that she kept that a secret from him after dating for a year and they break up. Corey decides to have a party at his house, while his parents aren't home. Well it turns out that his parents get home earlier and bust the party, Corey gets grounded for a while and he sees Tiffany and Michael making out. As the school year comes to a close, Eileen finds out that Micheal really doesn't like her and he and his buddies were just making fun of her. Tiffany found out about what Micheal did to Eileen and she broke up with him and went with Corey to prom. Cast List Corey Palmer(Senior)-Cody Amerine Corey Palmer(Junior)-Drew Sorrick Alf Bueller-Brandon Nelson Kirk Keaton-Keegan Rupple Tiffany Houston-Breanna Robinson Cyndi Gibson-Hannah Fair Mel Easton-Morgan Brown Kim Easton-Katie Hirsch Michael Feldman-Brooks Christman Billy Arnold-Addison Jones Lionel Astley-Derrick Eddy Huey Jackson-Dennis Martins Rick Springsteen-Luke Kellum Feargal McFerrin-Josh Hurst Eileen Reagan-Taylor Easum Luara Wilde-Kayla Ledbetter Debbie Fox-Tori Crump Sheena Brannigan-Ariel Coffelt Steve Cocker-Cameron Shoemaker Female Soloists Catie Winchester, Amber Smith, Rachel Haley, Sarah Haley, Galina Kalinkina, and Lis Schaffer. Male Soloist Addison Jones William Ocean High School Students Virginia Nichols, Kelsey Harwood, Ashlee Herken, Leanna Meyers, Alexus Shoen, Kristine Packard, April Blair, Emily Schmidt, Natasha Carver, Matt Logan, Charis Fisher, Jessica Porter, Melissa Blair, Jordon Erickson, Riley Davis, Jessica Miller, Dellynn Hansen, Kyley Coffelt, Mikaela Kelley, Clara Foster, Lis Schaffer, Brady Carver, Chelsea Stanwix, Josey Lust, Brittany Nemecheck and Mary Stewart. Directors Music Director-Nicholas Griggs Drama Director-Jamie Harwood Music Assistant-Gary Keller Drama Assistant-Alayna Powell Construction and Set Directors Jamie and Frank Harwood Choreography Jamie Harwood, Alayna Powell and Mikaela Kelley. Crew And Make-Up Ethan Merritt, Erin Seargent, Trevor Dark, Katie Volle, Josey Lust, Anna Seib, Emily Mulvihill, Kelsey Kasson, Jamie Child, Ryan Maline and Lucas Rombach Musical Pit Piano 1-Gary Keller Piano 2-Nicholas Griggs Saxaphone-Nancy Zahniser Trombone-Mike Maloun Percussion-Rich Galbraith Guitar-Melissa Schmidt
Last Updated (4-20-10) Pictures Taken By: Erin Hayes, Emily Schmidt, and Ashlee Herken Created By: Emily Schmidt and Erin Hayes

This year's musical is Back To The 80s! It was put on by students from Perry-Lecompton High School. On November 11, 2009 the musical was showed to the other students as a teaser showing. The next night, November 12, 2009 was the dinner theater showing of the musical, where guests could buy tickets and enjoy their meal with some musical entertainment! The musical was also performed on Friday, Novemeber 13, 2009 and Saturday, November 14, 2009.

The musical, Back To The 80s is about senior year and how to make the best of it. In the musical, its around student election time, and three friends are up against a jock and two preppy girls and a nerd with two nerdy girls. The football playing jock doesn't really care about the elections and just wants to win because he's supposed to be Mr. Popularity. The nerd wants to win to make the school more technologically advanced, and the three friends want to win to make the senior prom everything that everybody wants it to be so that they can have fun and remember their senior prom. The main character, Corey, has a long time crush on his next door neighbor, Tiffany, and so does the football player, Michael. The election day is getting closer and Corey and his best friends have thought of a way to make prom night the best night ever, but Micheal and his group haven't even started planning. Michael and his fellow teammates jump Corey and his friends to steal their election plan. The day of the election finally arrives and Corey realizes that Michael stole part of their idea, but he can't say anything because people will just think he was being a sore loser. As the musical progresses and the school year goes on, we get introduced to a romance between Sheena Brannigan and Steve Cocker, two teachers at the school, along with a new student, Eileen Reagan. As the school year is winding down we see the football players putting fake love notes into Eileen's locker, and we see Corey and Michael each ask Tiffany out at the same time. Tiffany of course chooses Michael instead of her next door neighbor and long time friend Corey. During the drama of the musical we see Steve looking through a magazine that he confinscated from a student and finds a picture of a younger Sheena. Steve gets mad that she kept that a secret from him after dating for a year and they break up. Corey decides to have a party at his house, while his parents aren't home. Well it turns out that his parents get home earlier and bust the party, Corey gets grounded for a while and he sees Tiffany and Michael making out. As the school year comes to a close, Eileen finds out that Micheal really doesn't like her and he and his buddies were just making fun of her. Tiffany found out about what Micheal did to Eileen and she broke up with him and went with Corey to prom.

Cast List

Corey Palmer(Senior)-Cody Amerine
Corey Palmer(Junior)-Drew Sorrick
Alf Bueller-Brandon Nelson
Kirk Keaton-Keegan Rupple
Tiffany Houston-Breanna Robinson
Cyndi Gibson-Hannah Fair
Mel Easton-Morgan Brown
Kim Easton-Katie Hirsch
Michael Feldman-Brooks Christman
Billy Arnold-Addison Jones
Lionel Astley-Derrick Eddy
Huey Jackson-Dennis Martins
Rick Springsteen-Luke Kellum
Feargal McFerrin-Josh Hurst
Eileen Reagan-Taylor Easum
Luara Wilde-Kayla Ledbetter
Debbie Fox-Tori Crump
Sheena Brannigan-Ariel Coffelt
Steve Cocker-Cameron Shoemaker

Female Soloists
Catie Winchester, Amber Smith, Rachel Haley, Sarah Haley, Galina Kalinkina, and Lis Schaffer.

Male Soloist
Addison Jones

William Ocean High School Students
Virginia Nichols, Kelsey Harwood, Ashlee Herken, Leanna Meyers, Alexus Shoen, Kristine Packard, April Blair, Emily Schmidt, Natasha Carver, Matt Logan, Charis Fisher, Jessica Porter, Melissa Blair, Jordon Erickson, Riley Davis, Jessica Miller, Dellynn Hansen, Kyley Coffelt, Mikaela Kelley, Clara Foster, Lis Schaffer, Brady Carver, Chelsea Stanwix, Josey Lust, Brittany Nemecheck and Mary Stewart.

Directors
Music Director-Nicholas Griggs
Drama Director-Jamie Harwood
Music Assistant-Gary Keller
Drama Assistant-Alayna Powell

Construction and Set Directors
Jamie and Frank Harwood

Choreography
Jamie Harwood, Alayna Powell and Mikaela Kelley.

Crew And Make-Up
Ethan Merritt, Erin Seargent,
Trevor Dark, Katie Volle,
Josey Lust, Anna Seib, Emily Mulvihill,
Kelsey Kasson, Jamie Child,
Ryan Maline and Lucas Rombach

Musical Pit
Piano 1-Gary Keller
Piano 2-Nicholas Griggs
Saxaphone-Nancy Zahniser
Trombone-Mike Maloun
Percussion-Rich Galbraith
Guitar-Melissa Schmidt

Last Updated (4-20-10)

Pictures Taken By: Erin Hayes, Emily Schmidt, and Ashlee Herken

Created By: Emily Schmidt and Erin Hayes