Centennial & South Drama Programs Join Forces for Musical Production
January 24, 2019
It’s the time of year where the drama department starts their annual musical practice; however, this year Centennial’s drama department is doing something very special. Due to the discovery that South High School was not going to be able to have their own musical this year, the drama directors from both schools decided to join the two drama departments and do a musical together. They are doing the classic musical, “Anything Goes,” from the 1930s, but they will be doing the version updated in the 1980s. The performance will take place at Centennial High School on dates which are yet to be announced.
“Anything Goes” is a crazy adventure from the 1930s. It’s about a sly, young stockbroker named Billy Crocker, and his friend Reno Sweeney, who is a famous evangelist (someone who publicly preaches the word of god) turned singer. The duo does their best to try and stop a wedding between Sir Evelyn Oakleigh (a wealthy Englishmen) and Billy’s love interest, Hope Harcourt. In order to do this, Billy sneaks onto a boat, befriends a known criminal, Moonface Martin, pretends to be a certain different passenger (which just so happens to be public enemy number one), and other crazy things you will only find in a musical from the 1930s.
The Cast List
LEADS-
Reno Sweeney: Ava Escobado
Billy Crocker: Zion Becker
Hope Harcourt: Erin Shipley
Lord Evelyn Oakleigh: Caleb Murray
Erma: Maya Maes-Johnson
Moonface Martin: Ben Murray
Evangeline Harcourt: Isabella Rodriguez
Elisha Whitney: Zachary Chavez
NAMED CHARACTERS-
Purity: Lana Kitchen
Captain: Ben Christoferson
Chastity: Matalyn Craighead
Purser: Shawn Pacheco
Charity: Kayla Slaughter
Henry T. Dobson: Devin Bell
Virtue: Cate Castelli
John: Jesse Aguilera
Old Lady: Preston Williams
Luke: Darin Delgado
Fred: Mateo Fimbres
(There are also wildly talented and fantastic people in the chorus that weren’t lucky enough to get a named part)