By Jennifer Eisenbart
Editor
It sounds like the setup for a joke.
Public Enemy No. 13, a stowaway, an English lord, and a former evangelist turned nightclub singer all on the same cruise ship.
Throw in some shenanigans, an adorable dog and a boatload (pun intended) of dancing, and you have the classic musical, “Anything Goes.”
Burlington High School’s theater department will open the show Friday, March 11, at 7 p.m. Shows are at 7 p.m. March 12, 18 and 19, and at 2 p.m. March 13 and 20.
Tickets are available by visiting brownpapertickets.com and searching for “BHS Anything Goes” or at the high school office.
The show, directed by BHS teacher Troy Everson and Beth Reetz, is the second “old time” musical in as many years for BHS. Last year, the school performed “Annie Get Your Gun.”
“The overwhelming response we received from the community said we could easily do another one, and people will like it just as well,” Everson said.
The show features two separate love triangles – with each trying to help the other – an overbearing mother forcing her daughter to marry, and both Public Enemy No. 13 “Moonface” Martin and the mistakenly identified Public Enemy No. 1, who is actually Billy Crocker.
Crocker stowed away on the ship to try and woo Hope Harcourt, who is engaged to Lord Evelyn Oakleigh.
“It’s very challenging,” Everson said of the show. “The music is really hard, and the choreography is also super challenging.”
The show is double cast, with two actors or actresses splitting the main roles. The only exception? Cheeky the dog, played by the Tim and Julie Gesteland family dog, Charlie.
“It’s really a very fun comedy,” Everson said. “It’s a light-hearted, very fun, energetic and funny show.”
Cast of Characters
Billy Crocker: Sawyer Gilding, Matt Koenen
Reno Sweeney: Karley Nadolski, Leah Zinnen
“Moonface” Martin: Jacob Burton, Sam Jorudd
Hope Harcourt: Ally Konz, Makenzie Ferguson
Elisha Whitney: Graeme Langley, Moses Crist
Lord Evelyn Oakleigh: Gabe King, Andrew Kawalec
Evangeline Harcourt: Abby Korb
Erma: Adia Fuller, Grace Boyle
Captain: Jovanny Estrada
Purser: Jayden Welch
Minister: Tyler Bopp, Luke Howard
Luke: Eli Trapp, Koleton Mangold
John: Andrew Lovrine, Bryar Stenzel
Reno’s Angels: Izzie Moritz, Emma Benzow, Ivy Finucane, Lauren Dujardin, Claire Turke, Reba Thomsen, Erin Penzel, Thia Brown, Morgan Barnett
Fred: Ryan Stankus
Cheeky the dog: Charlie Gesteland
Chorus: Meagan Benzow, Hannah Beyer, Mackenzie Booth, Gracie Bunker, Willow Causey, Christina Cogdill, Veronica Cruz, Meta Ehlen, Ann Erickson, Rebecca Felton, Sydney Filer, Maya Hannen, Mahala Hansen, Maggie Hartzell, Leah Joslyn, Brianna Juerke, Jane Juszkiewicz, Emma Langley, Grace Lashbrook, Madeline Morrell, Grace Peyron, Sandy Plencner, Aysha Schiller, Jessica Smith, McKenzie Swantz, Rebecca Swihart, Emma Urick, Emily Ustianowski, Autumn Williams.
Crew
Stage Manager: Elisabeth Schopp
Asst. Stage Manager: Kate McGinley
Technical Crew: Isaiah Graetz, Zach Schmidt, Jim Derksen, Steven Barnes, Mikey Wheaton
Stage Crew: Jacob Jackson, Matt Schmidt
Costume Crew: Corinne Aydelotte, Claudia Van Bolhuis
Hair and Makeup: Faith Fisher, Claire Kocha
DIrectors: Troy Everson & Beth Reetz
Vocal Music Director: Penny Yanke
Conductor/Pit Band Director: Colin Galitz
Choreography: Peggy Morgan Strimple
Technical Director: Jeremy Fitch
Lighting Director: Rob Thompson
Sound Director: Rod Stoughton
Costume Director: Tammy Albrecht
Publications: Mrs. Carrie Fidler
Band
Conductor: Colin Galitz
Accompanist: Beth Reetz
Flute: Gloria Garay
Clarinet: Rachel Briggs
Saxophone: Charlie Cantrell, Nalelly Flores-Garcia, Adam Fitch, Payton Meike, Nathan Nelson
Trombone: Darren Fitch, Hunter Hough, Jake Stonestreet, Ben Vos
Trumpet: Kaylynn Baldowsky, Brooke Chilcoat, Keifer Elliott, Mike Needham
Drums: Brian Fremgen
Bass: Nicolas Buendia
Keyboard: Carrie Fidler
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