EAHS to present comedy
What started as a pair of 14-year-old girls writing to lonely sailors takes a wild ride to the comedic side when they pretend they’re young women and the sailors on the other end of their letters be-gin to pursue them as future wives.
Such is a basis for the three-act comedy presented Friday and Saturday by students at Elkhorn Area High School.
The show begins at 7 p.m. both nights in the James A. Wehner Auditorium. Tickets are $5 in advance and $6 at the door.
The two teens, played by Ashley Van Lanen and Brittany Bates, can barely keep their heads above water when they masquerade as “women of the world” in order to en-gage the hearts of young sailors played by Alan Liner and Peyton Harmel.
But what started as an amusing diversion turns into riot of laughs when the men dock for the weekend and Aunt Sandra (played by Jennifer Mitchell) shows up to teach the girls a lesson.
The show is directed by Lisa Dettmann-Webb and Maggy Green.
Cast list
Angy: Ashley Van Lanen
Jerry: Brittany Bates
Cora: Megan Jacobson
Sandra: Jennifer Mitchell
Gadget: Jack Flannigan
Jim: Alan Liner
Helga: Kaitlyn Guzman
Commander Stone: Justin Taylor
Western Union Girl: Michaela Griffin
Parrot’s voice: Hunter O’Laughlin
Production crew
Director: Lisa Dettmann-Webb
Assistant director: Maggy Green
Auditorium manager: Jeff Kleist
Student director: Rachel White
Stage manager: Jessica Nehs
Set design and construction: Tom Kleist, Sr.
Poster and T-shirt design: Dana Anderson
Lighting director: Aaron Gottschalk
Lighting crew: Christopher Dettmann; Brenden Finley; Jonathan Palmer; Jack Zimmerman
Lead sound technician: Alejandro Hernandez
Sound techs: Victoria Brossard; Belin Garcia; Jared Lindenberg; Hailey Tyrell
Crew: Justice Bachtell; Erik Mathews; Christine Bain; Joe Polk; Jacob Beduze; Cara Schlagel; Victoria Brossard; Tessa Standal; Clara Burtard; Nate Tatem; Eli Burtard; Carmen Wells; Tera Carey; Kayla Gall; Alex Gomez; Mel Jemiola; Ben Mahon.
If you go…
What: Elkhorn Area High School presents “Act Your Age,” a three-act comedy.
When: 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 8 and 9.
Where: James A. Wehner Auditorium at EAHS.
Tickets: $6 at the door.
