Student actors present musical 'Nice Work If You Can Get It'
JEFFERSON TWP — Knoch High School will present the musical “Nice Work If You Can Get It” at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Knoch High School auditorium, 345 Knoch Road.
Reserved seating tickets are $10 and will be on sale through www.showtix4u.com or by calling 866-967-8167.
Jen Bronder is the director, and Diane Beckstead is the musical director.
Rick Hayden is the pit orchestra director. Emily Cramer is the choreographer.
Jeannette Adams is the technical director and scenic designer, while Scott Emmel is the sound and lighting supervisor. Nance Conlon is the costume designer.
The student directors are Paige Duke and Jessica Sent.
Set in the 1920s, “Nice Work If You Can Get It” is the story of charming and wealthy playboy Jimmy Winter, who meets rough female bootlegger Billie Bendix the weekend of his wedding.
Jimmy, who has been married three (or is it four?) times before, is preparing to marry Eileen Evergreen, a self-obsessed modern dancer.
Thinking Jimmy and Eileen will be out of town, Billie and her gang hide cases of alcohol in the basement of Jimmy's Long Island mansion. But when Jimmy, his wife-to-be and her prohibitionist family show up at the mansion for the wedding, Billie and her cohorts pose as servants, causing high jinks galore.
CAST
Jimmy Winter, Brecken Farrell; Billie Bendix, Sammy Jo Barnes; Cookie McGee, Jack Iole; Eileen Evergreen, Torrance Bajuszik; Duke Mahoney, Brady Collins; Estonia Dulworth, Dori Shearer;
Max Evergreen, Sam Thinnes; Jennie Muldoon, Caroline Tanner; Chief Berry, Chris Young; Millicent Winter, Abby McAuley; and Manager, Sarah Massa.
CHORUS GIRLS
Rosie, Chloe McAnallen; Flo, Mackenzie Protos; Dottie, Caroline Ejzak, Kendyl Steighner; Alice, Rose Mead; and Olive, Kayla Travis.
VICE SQUAD
Floyd, Nathan Ruediger; Fletcher, Nathan Glassic; Edgar, Charles Brandt; Elliott, Jack Walker; Vic, Jake Santora; and Slim, Logan McAnallen.
DANCE TROUPE
Madison Andrews, Shannon Holmes, Reilly Huff, Kate McCarty, Elizabeth Priester, Emma Venatta, Grace Venatta (captain) and Madison Zellhart.
ENSEMBLE (WOMEN)
Madison Andrews, Rachel Armour, Torrance Bajuszik, Sammy Jo Barnes, Allison Bittner, Annissa Bogan, Erin Corcoran,
Paige Degreen, Caroline Ejzak, Bailey Ferguson, Elise Hollenbaugh, Shannon Holmes, Reilly Huff, Rayna Kinney,
Lydia Knapp, Samantha Lawson, Sarah Massa, Chloe McAnallen, Abby McAuley, Kate McCarty, Anna McDeavitt, Rose Mead,
Elizabeth Priester, Mackenzie Protos, Regan Quinn, Rebekah Rader, Jordan Rumbaugh, Mia Savannah, Jordan Schlott, Lauren Schriner, Dori Shearer, Sadi Shearer,
Kendyl Steighner, Mia Stephanovich, Caroline Tanner, Kayla Travis, Emma Venatta, Grace Venatta and Madison Zellhart.
ENSEMBLE (MEN)
Charles Brandt, Brady Collins, Brecken Farrell, Jack Iole, Nathan Glassic, Logan McAnallen,
Nathan Ruediger, Jake Santora, Sam Thinnes, Jack Walker and Chris Young.
PIT ORCHESTRA
Flute: Ella DiSanti, Brianna Downing and Melanie Justi; Clarinet: Kaylynn Brumbaugh, Stephanie Justi and Riley Rohland;
Alto Sax: Noah Kane and Jake McCurdy; Tenor Sax: Ian Squyres; Baritone Sax: Josh Rohland; Trumpet: Kevin Golden, Karl Priore and Braydon Sloan;
Trombone: Jaylee Lassinger, Abby Palya and Ethan Wymer; Violin: Izzy Froedtert and Pierce Lokar; Bass: Evan Weston; Guitar: Ira Mercer; Piano: Andrew Ripper: Drum Set: Brenden Smith and Percussion: Jeremy Fink.
STAGE CREW
Jason Brahler, Charles Brandt, Sarah Csonka, Danielle Golab, Travis Grill, Shawn Gross, John Holben, Katrina Hovanec, Mara Mercer, Cate Morgus, Rhiley Snyder, Maria Squyres and Hailey Venesky.
