Alliance High set to present 'Chicago: Teen Edition'
Students at Alliance High School are preparing to stage their spring production, “Chicago: Teen Edition.”
The show will run March 30 to April 2.
“Chicago” is based loosely off the 1920 prohibition era in a style influenced by Vaudeville. When first studying the musical, the cast spent time learning about the history of Vaudeville, a popular genre of entertainment featuring unrelated acts including acrobatics, comedians, singers, trained animals and dancers.
Music featured in the show is heavily influenced by jazz, a running theme for the AHS music department this year. The live orchestra will include a mix of student and staff musicians along with some professional musicians. When choreographing the show, it was important to Director Carrie Chunat that they stay true to the style of the original performance. They based a large portion of the choreography on the Broadway choreography of Bob Fosse.
The popular Broadway musical has been adapted for teens to perform for a target audience of preteens or older.
“Chicago” is a very different musical than last year’s production of “Disney’s The Lion King Jr.”
“When students leave Alliance High School, we want them to have experienced four very distinct shows,” Chunat said.
As always, the spring musical has seen partnership among different departments at AHS.
Olivia Hershberger from the Interactive Media Class is creating the promotional posters and material for the show, and the American Sign Language students have been preparing to interpret the show for those who are deaf or hard of hearing. The ASL interpretation will be available for the Sunday showing only, with a section of seats designated for Deaf/HOH Interpretation on the ticketing site.
The show will run at 7:30 p.m. March 30, March 31 and April 1; with a 3:30 p.m. matinee performance on April 2.
Tickets for the show are $10 for adults, $8 for senior citizens and $8 for students in kindergarten through 12th grade. Tickets aren’t required for young children who will be held on an adult’s lap for the duration of the show. Reserve seats at https://singingaviators.ludus.com/index.php. Select tickets will be available at the door.
Cast and crew for ‘Chicago: Teen Edition”
Anna Eversdyke – Roxie
Zhaniyah Wood – Velma
Caden Nicholson – MC
Andy Chunat – Amos
Elijah Chunat – Fogarty
Rylee Horning – Billy Flynn
Marcella Jackson – Mama
Sierra Brown – Mary Sunshine
Alea Simbro – Juror One
Mark Sherer – Clerk
Kevin Frazier – Reporter
Lily Walker – Harrison
Sylvia Johnson – Mona
Josie Root – Liza
Mianna Ford – June
Kacie Bench – Annie
Avery Horning – Hunyak
Kylee Puckett – Kitty
Elijah Chunat – Harry
Adam Burse – Casely
Additional female inmates – Makenna Root, Jenna Heslop and La’Kasia Williams.
CHORUS – Liz Burns, Elizabeth Recchiuti, Sarah Smith, Cassidy Mauck, Gabby Heslop, Natalie Luckner, Bailey Adkins, Brooke Fiegenschuh, Mackenzie Delcrol, Avery Lewis, Allison Stephenson and Courtney Asano
ORCHESTRA PIT – Heather Shive, Joss Bowling, Gracie Weaver, Kai Lilly, Emily Owens, Ian Sherer, Matt Stemple, Kyle Zimmerman, Cayden Monk, Eva Miller, Zach Kinser, Olivia Hershberger, Connor Bryant, Kris Byler, Emily Johnson, Aaron Farmer, Shaun Fontaine, Kaia Canavan, Gavin Fontaine and Billy Sheak
STAGE CREW – Kennedy Master, Payten Mathes, Kaitlyn Waite
DIRECTOR – Carrie Chunat
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR – Natalie Kern
LIGHTING AND SOUND – Logan McGee.
This article originally appeared on The Alliance Review: Alliance High set to present 'Chicago: Teen Edition'
