From left, Grant Clark, Bonnie Klopfer, Gretchen Wilson and Chase Uram star in the Butler High School production of “Curtains.” The musical debuts at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 22 at the Butler Senior High auditorium. Tickets are $5 and available at May's Music Shoppe or at the door.

Butler High School will present the musical “Curtains” at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 22 and 23 in the Butler Senior High auditorium, 120 Campus Lane.

Tickets are $5 and are available for presale starting Monday at May’s Music Shoppe, 247 E. Jefferson St., and at the door on the nights of the performance.

It is directed by Dale VanLaningham. Danielle Smith is the choreographer.

“Curtains” is a musical with a book by Rupert Holmes (The Mystery of Edwin Drood), lyrics by Fred Ebb (Chicago, Cabaret) and music by John Kander (Chicago, Cabaret), with additional lyrics by Kander and Holmes.

Based on the original book and concept by Peter Stone (Titanic, 1776), the musical is a send-up of backstage murder mystery plots, set in 1959 Boston, Mass., and follows the fallout when the supremely untalented star of “Robbin’ Hood of the Old West” is murdered during her opening night curtain call.

It is up to Lt. Frank Cioffi, a police detective who moonlights as a musical theater fan, to save the show, solve the case and maybe even find love before the show reopens, without getting killed himself.

Nominated for eight Tony awards in 2007, “Curtains’” David Hyde Pierce won the Tony for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical.

CAST

Frank Cioffi, Chase Uram; Niki Harris, Gretchen Wilson; Georgia Hendricks, AnnMarie Lowere; Carmen Bernstein, Bonnie Klopfer;

Aaron Fox, Jacob McGough; Sidney Bernstein, Austin Gagliardi; Christine Belling, Collette Henderson; Bambi Bernet, Natalie VanLaningham; Daryl Grady, Logan Maher;

Jodi Harmon, Hannah Eberle; Oscar Shapiro, Grant Clark; and Bobby Pepper, William Terwilliger.

ENSEMBLE

Allison Bard (Detective O’Farrell), Gillian Farrell, Olivia Girdano, Meghan Hyatt (Jessica Cranshaw), Jayme Keffalas (dancer), Sarah Lindell, Haley McCreary (dancer), Giulia Pucci, Rania Rashid and Madison Uram.

PIT

Flute/piccolo, Lauren Denny; clarinet, Lauren Ban; soprano/alto saxophone, Darius Bopp; oboe/tenor saxophone, Rhiannon Kosar; tenor/baritone saxophone, David McCollough;

Trumpet I, Chloe Mellinger; trumpet II, Tyler Snodgrass; trombone I, Stephanie Pesanka; trombone II, Emily Hartman; piano, Emily Feczko;

Guitar, Jacob Cypher; bass, Abby Thompson; auxiliary percussion, Joshua Croup; and drum set, Corey Swidzinski.

STAFF

Vocal director, Alicia Pabrinkis; pit conductor, Shanna Kelly; technical director, Robert Harrison; special technical assistance, Will Eberle; costumes, Audrey Eberle; and props, Jennifer Mariacher.