From staff reports
The glitz and glamour on the Keystone High School stage will no doubt keep audience members wide awake during Keystone Music Association’s presentation of “The Drowsy Chaperone.”
The show is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. today and Saturday at the high school. Tickets are $5. They will be on sale at 7 p.m. today and Saturday in the lobby of the high school prior to the play.
The production centers around The Man in Chair, a mousy, agoraphobic Broadway fanatic. As The Man in Chair seeks to cure his “nonspecific sadness,” he listens to a recording of the fictional 1928 musical comedy, “The Drowsy Chaperone.”
As he listens to this rare recording, the characters appear in his dingy apartment, and it is transformed into an impressive Broadway set with seashell footlights, sparkling furniture, painted backdrops and glitzy costumes.
The Man in Chair provides a running commentary throughout the show from the stage, though he is on the audience side of the fourth wall, invisible to the players.
In the opening number, “Fancy Dress,” the premise and characters of the show are introduced. On their wedding day, the audience meets oil tycoon Robert Martin and Broadway star Janet Van De Graaff.
Others in attendance include aging hostess Mrs. Tottendale, her loyal employee known only as Underling, Robert’s best man George, Broadway producer Feldzieg, ditzy flapper Kitty, two gangsters disguised as pastry chefs; self-proclaimed famed Latin lover Aldolpho, Janet’s alcoholic Chaperone and Trix, an aviatrix.
Gangsters try to sabotage the wedding to make sure Van De Graaff stays in show business. They enlist the help of various characters in their efforts and the story continues from there.
Numbers include “Cold Feets,” “Show Off,” “As We Stumble Along,” “I Am Aldolpho,” “Accident Waiting to Happen” “Toledo Surprise” “Message from A Nightingale,” “Bride’s Lament,” “I Do, I Do in the Sky” and more.
Cast members include Dalton Schultz as The Man in the Chair, Jenna Zacherl as Mrs. Tottendale, Isaak Rivers as Underling, Jakeb Byerley as Robert Martin, Marc Rearick as George, Broc Schoeppner as Feldzieg, Casey Mullooly as Kitty, Ethan Heeter as Ganster No. 1, Conrad Lloyd as Ganster No. 2, Mason Burns as Aldolpho, Chloe’ Bowser as Janet Van De Graff, Emily Slaugenhaupt as The Drowsy Chaperone, Alexis Thompson as Trix the Aviatrix, David Custer as Superintendent, Kara Daugherty as Reporter No. 1, Dani Larrow as Reporter No. 2, Abby Caulfield as Reporter No. 3 and Grace Hogue as Reporter No. 4.
Portraying photographers are Mackenzie Byerley, Carissa Janecek, Adam Lander and Katie Brown.
Sopranos include Abby Caulfield, Carissa Janecek, Cece Ashbaugh, Kara Daugherty, Katherine Custer, Mackenzie Byerley, McKenna Deible and Nemah Saylor.
Altos include Allison Hepler, Amber Miller, Becca Lander, Dani Larrow, Grace Hogue, Jess Servey, Katie Brown, Katie Sherman, Kelsey Burgdorfer and Shetosha Adams.
Tenors include Isaak Jones, Caleb Thompson, Logan Sell and Owen Condon.
Basses include Adam Lander, Robert Schick, Jason Curtis, Tim Baughman, Joe Wolf and Christian Burgdorfer.
Member of the ensemble include Aalaiyah Jacques, Abbey Henry, Carla Schoeppner, Corinne Lloyd, Jacklyn Frye, Mira Dixon, Rachel Jack, Rori Vickers, Talia Jones, Tessa Crider, Megan Reed, Kay Fulmer, Leia Bauer, Emily Ace, Anna Bish and Jordan Thompson.
Lexi Henry and Faith Young are among the dancers.