ASHWAUBENON – Ashwaubenon High School performing arts students will present their 2018 production of the Broadway hit musical “Mamma Mia!”
This show includes the music of ABBA and the story of a young woman’s search for her birth father.
The tale unfolds on a beautiful Greek island paradise. On the eve of her wedding, a daughter’s quest to discover the identity of her father brings three men from her mother’s past back to the island they last visited 20 years ago.
ABBA’s songs, combined with dance numbers propel this tale of love, laughter and friendship, creating the show.
A mother. A daughter. Three possible dads. And a trip down the aisle.
AHS senior Sarah Gregory portrays Donna, the single mom who once sang in a 1970’s group called the Dynamos with best pals Rosie (Kate Stenson) and Tanya (Natalie VanDenHeuvel), and now runs a small Greek hotel.
Her daughter Sophie (Madeline Miner) and fiancé Sky (Aidan Averbeck) help her with the daily duties, but Donna is overwhelmed with the responsibilities of a hotel owner and her daughter’s upcoming wedding.
Enter the three possible dads played by Evan Larson, Sam Calaway and Elian Mejias Muniz.
Mayhem ensues as the colorful story is told through ABBA’s hit songs and toe-tapping dance numbers.
Other cast members include AHS students Elissa Baenen, Maezy Beams, Bailee Becker, Andrey Boucher, Presley Christman, Savannah DeGroot, Emma Doran, Emma Fischer, Lauren Fischer, Calie Frewerd, Mahri Hodges, Dejia Hudecek, Kevin Johnson, Kennedy Kramer, Shelly Landowski, Taurean Lister, Nick May, Brady Mennen, Trey Micoley, Mia Miner, Greta Missbach, Aryelle Moder, Alannah Oliva, Megan Oliva, Kyra Schamber, Brynn Schintgen, Ashley Snell, Sarah Swan, Hannah Thiry, Daniel Wagner, Anya Weiss and Mason Wojtyla.
Showtime is at 7 p.m. Friday Nov. 16, Saturday Nov. 17, and Saturday Nov. 24. The Nov. 25 Sunday matinee is at 1 p.m.
All shows are at the Ashwaubenon Performing Arts Center, 2391 S. Ridge Road.
Tickets are $10 for a student, child or senior citizen and $13 for adults.
Tickets are sold via Ticket Star and may be purchased online at TicketStarOnline.com, over thephone at 920-494-3401 or toll-free 1-800-895-0071, or in person at the Ticket Star Box Office, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday, located inside the Resch Center, 1901 S. Oneida St.
Ashwaubenon High School is a member of the 2018 Center Stage High School Musical Theater Awards program again this year, coordinated by the Fox Cities PAC.
Last year the Ashwaubenon performing arts students were honored to be recognized as an Outstanding Overall Musical Production for their musical, “School of Rock.”
Center Stage also participates in the 2019 National High School Musical Theatre Awards (The Jimmy Awards) in New York City.
This national program is designed to connect promising young performers to the professional theater industry and is the culmination of over 30 regional awards programs across the country.
The Ashwaubenon musical is co-directed by Bernie Rocheleau (Drama/Tech) and Helen Marcks (Creative/ Producer).
The choral director is Kristen Pfluger; pit band will be playing under the direction of Scott Konop; George Reynolds is the director of set design and construction; Sara Eastman and Hayley Eastman are the choreographers.