Show Dates: November 14, 15 & 16, 2008
Lakeshore High School Auditorium,
5771 Cleveland Ave., Stevensville, MI
Rehearsals Begin September 6, 2008
Staff:
Mike Nadolski, Director
Emily Hosinski, Choreographer
Jen Cronin, Vocal Director
You are about to
go on a journey...
A journey back to a time when Michael Jackson and Rick Astley were the Kings
of Pop...
A journey back to a time when bubble skirts and blue eye shadow
were cool...
A journey back to a time when the Atari was cutting edge technology...
That's right dudes...you are about to go on a journey...
From the era
that brought the world The Rubik's Cube, Max Headroom and The Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles comes this "totally awesome" musical in the style of movies
such as Back To The Future, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Karate Kid and The
Wedding Singer.
Join the graduating class of William Ocean High School as they live through
their final senior year - as they experience the fun, the heartbreak, the
loves and the loneliness of growing up.... all set to the biggest hits of
the 80's!!
Set in the USA,
Back To The 80's
tells the story of the senior class of
William Ocean High School
that graduated in the 1980's, as remembered and seen through the eyes of
Corey Palmer,
who is now 30-something.
The then 17-year-old Corey is madly in love with his next-door neighbor,
Tiffany Houston,
one of the coolest girls in the school. However, she barely notices this, as
she is too busy mooning over
Michael Feldman,
the hottest guy around. Michael and his friends are athletic and
good-looking - the kind of guys that Corey and his two best friends dream of
being. However, while they may not be the coolest guys in school, they are
still one up on
Feargal McFerrin III,
whose best friend is his computer, and who believes the crazy notion that
one day CD's will replace cassette tapes.
The year commences with Class President Elections: Michael steals Corey's
election speech, and when he uses his ideas and promises the girls a kiss
for a vote, he becomes President, with Tiffany as his Vice-President. Corey
is left looking on despairingly.
During the year, several new students arrive at the school -
Mel and Kim Easton
(the all-singing, all-dancing twin cheerleaders) and
Eileen Reagan,
whose life becomes a nightmare when Michael and his gang start to send her
fake love letters.
Will Eileen ever make new friends at William Ocean High School?
Will Tiffany ever see the evil side of Michael?
Throw in a Star Wars dream sequence, high-energy dance routines, the
obligatory 80's party scene, copious amounts of blue eye-shadow, twenty cans
of hairspray, as well as some of the most popular songs ever written, and
the result is a musical that will not only delight and amuse an audience of
any age, but will also inspire any young cast.
Will Corey finally
get the girl of his dreams?
Will the Prom night be a success?
Will Feargal McFerrin III ever get a date?
To find out all
these answers and many more...all you have to do is take a journey...
BACK TO THE 80's!