Additional Material by STUART SMITH
Revised Orchestrations and Arrangements by BRETT FOSTER
Original Musical Adaptation by SCOTT COPEMAN
Performances July 16-18, 23-25, 30-31, August
1, 2010
Double Performances (Matinee & Evening) on Saturday, July 31
at
The Manahan Center 700 1st Street La Salle, Illinois
Sponsored by
Wise Guys Bar & Grill in Princeton
Peru Federal Savings Bank in Peru
Illinois Cement Company in LaSalle
FRIDAY & SATURDAY EVENING PERFORMANCES
BEGIN AT 7:30 P.M.
SATURDAY & SUNDAY MATINEES BEGIN AT 2:00 P.M.
ALL PERFORMANCES SOLD OUT!!!
Back to the Eighties follows the graduating class of William Ocean High School as they experience the fun, the heartbreak, the loves and the loneliness of growing up. The story is seen through the eyes of Corey, reflecting on his senior year 20 years later against the musical backdrop of the biggest hits of the Eighties. |
Directed by
Produced by
Choreographer
Music Direction
| Corey Palmer (Narrator) | SCOT SMIGEL |
| Corey Palmer | TOM BAILEY |
| Alf Bueller | DOMINIC PASSINI |
| Kirk Keaton | KYLE SHOWEN |
| Tiffany Houston | EMILY HANCK |
| Principal Belvedere | GARY HITCHINS |
| Harry Cocker | ZACH BUCKLEY |
| Sally Brannigan | MEGAN ZOMBORACZ |
| Michael Feldman | NICHOLAS BROWN |
| Cyndi Gibson | AMY POWELL |
| Feargal McFerrin | KEVIN ALLEMAN |
| Mel Easton | MERCEDES SKYE HENRY |
| Kim Easton | ALYSSA PLOCHOCKI |
| Billy Arnold | ROBBY HENRY |
| Lionel Astley | NOAH GILLESPIE |
| Huey Jackson | ZACH SCARBROUGH |
| Debbie Fox | SOPHIE SMIGEL |
| Laura Wilde | JILLIAN BLECK |
| Eileen Regan | MAGGIE WIECZOREK |
| Lunch Ladies | ANDREA KURTH JACKIE ZEMAN |
Ensemble
| Schwing Choir | MATT BOEHM ZACH BUCKLEY GARY HITCHINS ANDREA KURTH AIMEE TAYLOR JACKIE ZEMAN MEGAN ZOMBORACZ |
| William Ocean High School Student Body | TIFFANIE BLESSIE ABBY G. COLBY LAURA FALETTI CLARISSA GERRARD AMALIA HEISER MADDIE HUBBARD ALIKA KOWALCZYK MARY LIESSE RALEY MAUCK MARISA MITCHELL EMILY SMITH LEIGHTON JAE WILLIAMS LAURA WILSON |
| Star Wars Characters | KEVIN ALLEMAN TOM BAILEY JILLIAN BLECK MATT BOEHM NICHOLAS BROWN ZACH BUCKLEY EMILY HANCK MERCEDES SKYE HENRY ROBBY HENRY GARY HITCHINS ANDREA KURTH DOMINIC PASSINI ALYSSA PLOCHOCKI AMY POWELL KYLE SHOWEN SCOT SMIGEL SOPHIE SMIGEL AIMEE TAYLOR JACKIE ZEMAN MEGAN ZOMBORACZ |
| Bass | BEN WOLF |
| Guitar | MIKE CERQUA |
| Sax | ALEX GUERRERO |
| Drums | JORDAN KILEY |
| Keyboards | JEFF HORGER |
| Assistant Directors | REED LEOPOLD EMILY ANDERSON |
| Dance Captains | TOM BAILEY JILL BLECK SOPHIE SMIGEL MAGGIE WIECZOREK |
| Music Scoring | ALEX GUERRERO |
| Set Design | JEFF HORGER TIM HORGER |
| Lighting Design | SCOT SMIGEL |
| Set Construction | TIM HORGER |
| Painting Crew | PAULETTE HORGER TIM HORGER |
| Hair & Make-Up | SUE YOPCHICK |
| Costume Crew | MARYHELEN BIDASIO SUE YOPCHICK |
| Jedi Robes | PAULETTE HORGER |
| Props | GLEN GERRARD JOAN EIBERGER |
| Stage Manager | PHIL GRANT |
| Lights Operator | KELSEY WATTS |
| Sound Operators | KYLE FOLEY A. J. BAZNIK-WILSON |
| Spotlights | JESSICA GRAY EMMA GILLESPIE |
| Stage Hands | EMILY ANDERSON REED LEOPOLD NARISSA TOOVEY CARLY NEUBAUM RHILEY WALLACE ELIZABETH JEPPSON MICHAELA WATSON |
| Cast Mascot | APOLLO (the canine Horger) |
Coming Soon!
