From PEMBERVILLE OPERA HOUSE
The Pemberville Children’s Theatre will present “Night at the Wax Museum: The Musical,” Friday, Aug. 2 and Saturday, Aug. 3 at 7:30 pm and Sunday, Aug. 4 at 2 p.m. in the Pemberville Opera House, 115 Main St., Pemberville.
Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for those 17 and under. Available at Beeker’s General Store, at the door or by calling Carol Bailey 419-287-4848.
The 12th production of the PCTW, “Night at the Wax Musuem,” with book by Craig Sodaro and music and lyrics by Bill Francoeur, features a cast of 36 Northwest Ohio kids ages 7-16.
The Gale and Marlyn Williamson Performing Arts Fund provides the funding for the children’s programming at the Pemberville Opera House.
The hysterical meets the historical in this comic romp through the wackiest wax museum in history. School’s out for summer, but not for six unlucky students who don’t know much about history — they have to re-take the class in summer school. First year teacher Heather Fairchild has arranged for them to help her two aunts set up a new wax museum as a class project. Though the students’ eyes glaze over with boredom, there’s a twinkle in the wax figures’ eyes when a mysterious incantation from the back of Cleopatra’s bracelet brings them to life.
King Henry VIII finds himself smitten with Cleopatra, making his queen, Anne Boleyn, furious. If she can just not lose her head, John Adams is there to serve as her divorce attorney. When Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, Blackbeard and a bevy of lady pirates show up, everybody’s out for one thing — treasure. Supposedly, there’s a valuable one hidden in the museum.
It’s a wild goose chase to find it, with a greedy museum landlord and her bumbling son joining in the mad search. And why is Lizzie Borden lurking in the shadows, since the aunts say they never had a wax figure of her?
The magic of history comes alive — literally — when spiced with Bill Francoeur’s cinematic score, including ’Egyptian Love,’ ’Summer School’ and ’Glory Days.’
Angie Patchett directs. Patchett is thrilled to be back in Pemberville directing again for year 12. She is excited to see PCTW continue to grow with new faces every year. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and a Masters of Education in Career Technical Education, both from The University of Toledo. She is the Costuming and Fashion Instructor at Toledo School for the Arts. She is the Chair of the Education committee at The Toledo Rep, where she also designs several shows a year. She recently acquired the position of costume designer for St. Ursula’s musical. In her spare time she enjoys spending time with her family and getting to NYC as much as possible.
This is music director Vanessa Adams second show with the Pemberville Children’s Theatre. She has previously taught general music, band and choir in Ohio, Oregon and Canada. When not working with the children’s theatre, she teaches private music lessons on piano, voice and ukulele at Adam’s Music Studio in Lemoyne.
Members of the cast are: Abigail Farris, Nathaniel Lowe, Madison Overton, Deign Maxon. Shane Meehan, Caitie Meehan, Madison Fox, Luke McHaffie, Delilah Vanderwaarden, Isabelle Hayes,
Heather Forbes, Cozy Daniels, Jennifer Russell, Danielle Angel, Seamus Maxon, Ava Forbes, Karena Lowe, John Williams, Avery Patchett, Carli Allen, Adelaide Jurack, Amelia Bailey, Devon Eidenour, Neely Maxon, Finnian Maxon, Justus Angel, Ethan Headley, Eli Smith, Mercy Lanning, Rebekah McHaffie, and Eamon Maxon.
Also, Toryn Killy, Patrick Meehan, Audrey Day,Ronan Maxon, and Grace Rudd.
The technical crew and stage hands are Levi Patchett, Judah Patchett, Henri Day, Justice Lanning, and Stephen Williams.
