Book by Michael Stewart Music by Charles Strouse Lyrics by Lee A dams
Thursday, April 19, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 21, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 22, 2:00 p.m.
Jewish Federation Theatre
Production Crew
Steve Short, Director
Alan D. Kaplan, Artistic Director
Heather MacRobie, Music Director
Lauriel Faltin, Choreographer
Rick Elliot, Technical Director
Carey Cahoon, Scenic Design
Matt Cahoon, Set Build
Mary Selvoski, Costumer
Ilene Brogadir, Co-Stage Manager
Val Harmon, Co-Stage Manager
Cast
Albert Peterson
Rose Alvarez
Kim MacAfee
Conrad Birdie
Ursula Merkle
Mrs. Mae Peterson
Mr. Harry MacAfee
Mrs. Doris MacAfee
Hugo Peabody
Harvey Johnson
Mayor
Gloria Rasputin
Mayor's Wife
Randolf MacAfee
Maude
Helen
Alice
Margy
Penelope
Deborah Sue
Nancy
Reporter
Reporter
Reporter
Ensemble
Michael Benoit
Rose Harmon
Sarah Noyovitz
Dan Merriman
Sam Jacobs
Caitlin Cole
Micah List
Amy Schunemann
Sam St. Jean
Collin Moore
Patrick Sawicki
Sandy Stonebraker
Cassie Temple
Collin Moore
Patrick Sawicki
Amy Schunemann
Rebecca Cielinski
Ryan Kangas
Caroline Cielinski
Kaylyn Mounce
Desiree Petto
Cassie Temple
Alicia Lemay
Kathryn Mayo
Melissa Baroff, Molly Feldmann,
Sam Getty, Alicia Lemay, Hanna List,
Sarah Masry, Kathryn Mayo
Synopsis
Birdie tells the story of Conrad Birdie, a rock and roll superstar (who draws the inevitable comparison to Elvis Presley), Conrad's agent and songwriter, Albert Peterson, Albert's secretary and love, Rose Alvarez, and his long suffering mother Mae Peterson. Albert finds himself in trouble when his most profitable client, Conrad, is drafted into the army so he and Rose come up with a publicity stunt to
stage one last Conrad Birdie hit before he is sent to the army. They
plan to have Conrad sing "One Last Kiss" on live television, and
give one lucky girl from his fan club a real 'last kiss' on
'The Ed Sullivan Show” before going off to war.
From there the story unfolds….
Birdie evokes many things for those of us who lived through the
innocent ‘fifties and ‘sixties – small town America, ‘going steady’,
the sanctity of Sunday night and the Ed Sullivan Hour (poignantly sung
in Hymn to a Sunday Evening), carefree teenage years – a time that
