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KHS Players will perform Annie Get Your Gun in new theater
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By Andrew Kuehl
akuehl@kewaskumstatesman.com
9/17/07 KEWASKUM- The cast has been picked for Kewaskum High Schools fall musical. But, thats not the best part of this show; the cast will perform in a theater that has been in the making for almost three decades.
This years musical, the first to grace the much-acclaimed Kewaskum Theater will be Annie Get Your Gun. The musical is touted as the greatest box-office triumph of Irving Berlin's Broadway career. Two senior performers will lead the performance. Julie Sargent will play the role of the rough and tough Annie Oakley. Kurtis Wetzel will be the object of Annies affection as he takes the stage as Frank Butler.
Annie, the star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and handy with a rifle betrays that she is an uncultivated female who only knows to do that which comes naturally to her. She soon meets up with Frank of Pawnee Bill's Show. He is a big, sentimental fellow who is attracted only to sweet and demure girls. Annie finds Frank appealing, but she lacks the gift of getting men to become interested in her. With only show business in common, and with Buffalo Bill they proceed to sing its praises.
Six weeks have passed. The scene shifts to a Pullman car of an Overland train speeding to Minneapolis. By now Frank and Annie have begun to manifest an interest in this thing called love. At the Arena Frank confesses that he has begun to succumb to Annie's vigorous charms.
The romance of Annie and Frank, however, encounters difficulties by virtue of the fact that they are rivals, each being a member of a different Wild West company. Annie bemoans the fact that she has been weak enough to fall for Frank, and tries finding consolation in the fact that she has a good many things to be happy over, even if love is denied her. But their problems find a near resolution when the two Wild West Shows merge into a single outfit, and Frank and Annie become members of the same company. There is still a good deal of competition between them, but the competition is now good-natured.
The cast includes: Charlie Davenport played by Daniel Parker; Dolly Tate Nicole Hallstead; Mac Sander Kiss; Foster Wilson Nic Gerhartz; Nellie Katie Dean; Jessie Kierra Kuehl; Minnie Rachel Ogi; Little Jake Alex Strack; Colonel William F. Cody a.k.a. Buffalo Bill Anthony Dobyns; Mrs. Little Horse Rachel Gavin; Mrs. Blacktooth Katie Oscar; Mrs. Yellowfoot Amanda Schmidt; Conductor Tim Boettcher; Porter Sander Kiss; Waitor Aaron Goebel; Major Gordon Lillie a.k.a. Pawnee Bill Destin Kuehl; Chief Sitting Bull Jerod Heberer; Pawnees Messenger Eric Turowski; Footman Nic Gerhartz; Mr. Schuyler Adams Michael Herriges; Mrs. Schuyler Adams Savannah Robar; Dr. Percy Ferguson Nick Groth; Mrs. Percy Ferguson Kim Petermann; Mr. T.L.C. Keefer Shawn Giese; Mr. Ernest Henderson Tyler Still; Mrs. Ernest Henderson Sarah Ries; Mrs. Sylvia Potter-Porter Lindsay Schneider; Mr. Clay Coleman Bartow; Josie Megan Ogi.
The chorus include the Wild West Folks played by Melissa Anderson, Carolin Bach, Leah Brown, Brenda Jaycox, Jodi Kerlin, Katie Peters, Brianna Rahoy, Sam Schuette, Taylor Bocher, Jocelyn Chambers, Sara Helland, Desiree Kuehl, Angela Kugler, Sam Lehnerz, Heather May, Courtney Meyer, Amanda Osswald, Brittany Barlow, Amanda Forbes, Morgan Grandinjan, Alyssa Krautkramer, Hannah Reysen, Becky Steinert, Karla Stoffel, Rachell Stoffel, Karissa Uelmen, LaurenCzarapata, Megan Gavin, Olivia Gitter, Samantha Hebbring, Kelsey Koller, Courtney Krueger, Cecily Mellenthin, Sam Miller, Valerie Paulus Courtney Weinert, Sam Zingsheim, Heather Zuehlke, Bennett Strack.
Performances will take place at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday November 2 and 3. Please continue to watch The Statesman for details when tickets go on sale.
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