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Local Kids Transport Audiences ‘Back to the 80s’ With Radical Play

By News Staff
  • The entire cast practicing their curtain call at Thursday’s dress rehearsal. Photos by Jeff Wick
    The entire cast practicing their curtain call at Thursday’s dress rehearsal. Photos by Jeff Wick
  • An aerobics dance scene.
    An aerobics dance scene.
  • Nerds: Jaycee Zapalac, Emma Koeth, Eliott Cone.
    Nerds: Jaycee Zapalac, Emma Koeth, Eliott Cone.
  • Video gamers Jackson Elliott, Mattie Muzny and Holden Mikulin.
    Video gamers Jackson Elliott, Mattie Muzny and Holden Mikulin.
  • Jakob Cone, Emma Haynie, Maddox Wick and Penn Wick.
    Jakob Cone, Emma Haynie, Maddox Wick and Penn Wick.
  • Levi Haynie, Charlie Samples and Lennox Samples during a talking car scene.
    Levi Haynie, Charlie Samples and Lennox Samples during a talking car scene.
  • The play’s version of The Golden Girls: Audrey Haynie, Amy Christen, Clara Kinney, Zoe Janda.
    The play’s version of The Golden Girls: Audrey Haynie, Amy Christen, Clara Kinney, Zoe Janda.
  • Anabella DelaRosa and Kylie Parsons.
    Anabella DelaRosa and Kylie Parsons.
  • The cast does a “Thriller” dance during the play.
    The cast does a “Thriller” dance during the play.
  • Sarita Kinsey, left, and Anabella DelaRosa, right, with one of the Pacers (the play’s version of The Gremlins).
    Sarita Kinsey, left, and Anabella DelaRosa, right, with one of the Pacers (the play’s version of The Gremlins).
  • Local Kids Transport Audiences ‘Back to the 80s’ With Radical Play
    Local Kids Transport Audiences ‘Back to the 80s’ With Radical Play
  • Undercover cops: Jaycee Zapalac and Mallie Toombs. Military officials Hadleigh Banks and Maddox Wick with Penn Wick, an alien.
    Undercover cops: Jaycee Zapalac and Mallie Toombs. Military officials Hadleigh Banks and Maddox Wick with Penn Wick, an alien.
  • Sarita Kinsey and Hannah Garza.
    Sarita Kinsey and Hannah Garza.
  • Apparition Apprehenders, the play’s take on the Ghostbusters.
    Apparition Apprehenders, the play’s take on the Ghostbusters.

More than 60 area kids combined for a three-night run of “Back to the 80s” last week, the annual Fayette County Community Theatre’s kids summer play.

The show was directed by recent LHS grad Hayden Splawn with assistance from another LHS grad, Bryssa Rios and adult supervisor Melissa Weltner. The kids practiced three nights a week for the past six weeks to prepare for the show. Here are the kiddos who were involved and the parts they played:

Cast

Anabella DelaRosa: Mary Fitzfry Sarita Kinsey: Heather Fitzfry Kylie Parsons: Professor Emma Gelb

Emma Haynie: Bitsy Jakob Cone: Jeff Carolina Lira : Punk, Teenage Girl 1, Troop/Leader, Sara Joelle Ballard : Punk, Apparition Apprehender 3, Ralph Emma Koeth: Nerd 2, Physician 5, Apparition Apprehender 4 Audrey Haynie : Old Lady 2, Razor, Punk, D-800

Levi Haynie : Breakdancer, Guy w/ a Mowhawk, Coati, Blampow, Tai Kwon Do Bianca Carrillo : Punk, Ironica, CiCi, Zombie Avery Smith: Angelica, Diana, Zombie, MTV Cop 1, Physician 6, Computer Kid Bailey Tousek : Aerobics Student, Dancer, Troop Mattie Muzny : Physician 4, Videogame Kid 3, Floppydisk, G.I. Jay Alice Muzny: Dancer, Aerobics Student, Pacer 3 Lily Mouton : Hairspray Girl, Dancer, Jimmy 8, Sam Landon Muzny : Physician 6, Pacer 4, Zombie Amy Christen : Old Lady 4, Troop, Zombie

Hannah Garza : Norma, Molly Smirk, Teen Boy 1, Jabber Rachel Smith : Man in Tie, Physician 7, Troop Elizabeth Shank: Rap Kid, Apparition Apprehender 1, Crowd, Waitress 1, Top Gun Clara Kinney : Old Lady 1, Marvina Scarlett Landry: Older Waitress 2, Spunky, Pacer 6 Jackson Elliott: Videogame kid 2, Boy 2, Pacer 7 Zoe Janda : Old lady 3, Young Bartender, Pacer 8

Caden Janda : Good ‘Ol Boy 1, Guy with a Cellphone, Mailman, Mr. Keapon, Quacky Layelah Martin : Aerobics Teacher, Mina, Dancer, Spork Lily Banks : Hairspray Girl, Troop Hadleigh Banks : Hairspray Girl, Voice 2, General, Theo

Violet Banks : Aerobics Student, Pacer 5, Top Gun 2, Voice 1 Elliot Cone : Teenage Boy 2, Strictly, Spotch, Computer Voice, Nerd 1 Brinley Freedman: Hairspray Girl, Apparition Apprehender 2, MYX head, Toopie, Mrs. Keapon, Team Mary, Albert Lennox Samples: Curly Hair, Lycan, Ryan, Alec Keapon, Down Vest Charlie Samples : Boy 1, Talking Car, Antonio, Green Hair Hunter Denham: Punk, Dancer Jaycee Zapalac : Nerd 3, Undercover Cop 2

Mallie Toombs : Rap Kid, Undercover Cop 1, truck/Optimo Remi Denham : Will, Beetle, Voice 3, Pacer 9, Curtis Toombs : Good ‘Ol Boy 2, Gary, Boy Holden Mikulin : Videogame Kid 1, Oldenormar Bartender, Pilky, Laportune Heston Denham : Breakdancer, Pacer 2, Troop Penn Wick : Vedo, Dancer, X.T., Evil Doll Maddox Wick : Spinoccoli, Tank Top, MTV Cop 2, Adrold, Grandpa, Captain Reeanna Ramirez: Aerobics Student, Dancer, Kid Bella Hernandez : Aerobics Student, Dancer, Pacer 1, Zombie David Collins: Chomp and Rap kid.

Crew:

Eli Martin Lily Martin Grace Green Tucker Denham Presley Landry Holly Mikulin Harper Henneke Jude Lira Katy Shank Kameron Behrens Blair Tousek Henry Hernandez Beckett Samples Dance Coach: Holly Garza

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