A cast and crew of twenty-two EP students will present a spring musical, “The Little Mermaid” on Friday and Saturday night, April 14th and 15th at 7:00PM on the Prophetstown High School stage. The production will be the first musical since 2019 due to Covid and staffing issues.
The story revolves around Ariel, a mermaid, who falls in love with a human prince and makes a deal with a sea witch to become human for a short time. The deal doesn’t go as planned with Ariel’s father, Triton, having to make a difficult decision.
PLT music teacher, Madison Fouts is the music director for the performance with assistance from 6-12 campus teacher, Tara Gabriel. Susie Schaechter, an English teacher at Erie High School is the Book Director, coaching the actors on specific scenes and dialogue. Additional help with the sets and staging has come from Paul Farrell and Darren Mosher.
Doors open at 6:30 with curtain at 7:00PM. Admission is $8 for adults and $5 for students.
Fouts summed up the feeling about the production saying, “Everyone is very excited to finally bring a musical back since the last one got cancelled due to Covid in 2020!”
The Cast:
Ariel-Heather Huizenga
Pilot-Gianna Burke
Prince Eric-Brenden Boggs-Chavez
Grimsby-Robert Winters
Flounder-Gracelyn Abell
Scuttle-Taylor Folsom
King Triton-Zakk Pritchard
Sebastian-Kai Pritchard
Mersisters-Clara Ashdown, Jillian Norman, Amber Burke, Gabbi Abell,
Izzy Gabriel, Gianna Burke
Flotsam-Owen Miller
Jetsam-Dakota Rick
Ursula-Jolene Wells
Chef-Makailey Hanlon
Ensemble: Kassady Elder, Neveah Bright, Jaelin Hawkins
