High School

AHS Spring Musical

Hello Dolly!

by Joan Ibarra

April 07, 2008

AHS will present Hello Dolly! as the spring musical. The musical will be directed by Randy Gifford, AHS Vocal Music instructor. He is being assisted by Mary Theresa Green, AHS Speech and Drama instructor. Assisting with choreography is Kathy Lybarger, owner and instructor of 7th Street Dance Studio. Earl Jones is assisting with set design and lighting.

Performances will be held on Friday and Saturday, April 25 and 26 at 7 PM and Sunday, April 27 at 2 PM.

The Cast (For student bio, click on "Played by... ")

Dolly Levi	Played by Kayla Batt
Horace Vandergelder	Played by Dan Marquez
Cornelius Hackl	Played by Beau Neville
Mrs. Molloy	Played by Kelli Van Meter
Barnaby Tucker	Played by Tommy Miller
Ermengard	Played by Amanda Kirchner
Rudolf Reisenweber/ Chorus	Played by Katie Berglund
Minnie Fay	Played by Natasha Turnbull
Ernestina Money	Played by Becci French

Hello, Dolly! is the story of New York matchmaker Dolly Levi, who decides to arrange a match for herself. She sets her sights on Horace Vandergelder, the well-known half-a-millionaire businessman from Yonkers. Along the way she also matches up Vandergelder’s head clerk Cornelius Hackl with hat shop owner Irene Molloy; her assistant Minnie Fay with Vandergelder’s other employee, Barnaby Tucker; and Vandergelder’s niece Ermengarde with struggling artist Ambrose Kemper.

The musical is set in Vandergelder’s hay and feed store in Yonkers, in Mrs. Molloy’s hat shop in New York, and in the elegant restaurant the Harmonia Gardens. The show features wonderful songs like “Put on Your Sunday Clothes,” “Before the Parade Passes By,” and, of course, “Hello, Dolly!”

Will Dolly succeed in capturing the heart of Mr. Vandergelder, so she can spread his money around like manure, encouraging young things to grow?

Join us in the Alliance High School auditorium on Friday or Saturday, April 25 and 26 at 7:00 PM, or for the Sunday, April 27, matinee at 2:00 PM.