Canfield presents ‘Modern Milly’

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Canfield High School students prepare for the opening of Thoroughly Modern Millie, which runs March 29-31. Pictured from left are Spencer Saylor (Jimmy), Jenna Scurich (Miss Dorothy), Katelyn Lisowski (Millie), Nathan Pecchia (Trevor Graydon), Kendyl Carlisle (Muzzy) and Natalie Ricciutti (Mrs. Meers).

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Neighbors | Submitted.The Thoroughly Modern Millie set will be rented from Falcon, Inc., an Ohio firm specializing in high school musical set and prop rentals.

The Canfield High School Players will present the musical “Thoroughly Modern Millie” March 29-31 at 7:30 p.m. in the Canfield High School auditorium.

The production is a high-spirited musical romp that has all of New York dancing the Charleston. It’s the zany 1920s musical that took Broadway by storm, winning six TONY Awards in 2002, including Best Musical.

Based on the popular movie, the stage version includes a full score of new songs and dance numbers. A unique feature for this production includes the rental, rather than construction of, the set. Canfield Players is using a Mayfield Heights, Ohio, company, Falcon, Inc. for the set and a number of the props such as the laundry carts and stenographers’ desks, key parts of the musical.

The set for Canfield’s production will be utilized in Mayfield Heights a few weeks before Canfield’s show, then will go on to California. The set, which goes together with a system of bolts, arrives on a semi-truck for load in, which will occur in Canfield March 17 and takes about six hours to set up.

“Producing a quality musical is our goal and the set design is a most important aspect. Renting the set and other key props helps us focus on other parts of the production. So this is a win-win situation,” said Director Becky Heikkinen.

The cast of more than 60 features Katelyn Lisowski as Millie Dillmount and Spencer Saylor as Jimmy Smith. Rounding out the cast are Hannah Abrigg, Haley Allen, Alyssa Armstrong, Samantha Armstrong, Francesca Bagnola, Caroline Bennett, Drew Bennett, Ben Bogen, Dalton Bosze, Victoria Bosze, Alisha Boykin, Paige Brucoli, Sophie Bruent, Jenna Burkert, Kendyl Carlisle, Alex Chiu, Kelly Dahman, Emily Damelio, Zack Davison, Julie Dellick, Naomi Emerick, Tori Emerick, Megan Factor, Amy Goddard, Bridget Griffin, Chris Halley, Richie Jenkins, Cooper Johnson, Maria Kenner, Rachel Kepley, Paige Kern, Tom Kupec, Krista Ladner, Ashley Mangie, Alex Manos, Marla Marucci, Mira Mikan, Ashley Milligan, Mary Elizabeth Monda, Sydney Miller, Nate Pecchia, Jonathan Palermo, Sophia Pilolli, Natalie Ricciutti, Olivia Roy, Korinne Sackela, Jenna Scurich, Nagmita Shrestha, Savannah Sizer, Kareem Soliman, Emily Stedge, Lindsay Stevens, Elise Szabo, Jordan Teutsch, Libby Urig, Hayley Ward, Michele Whiteleather, Sandra Youssef, and Lexi Zoldan.

Admission is $10 for adults and $7 for students and seniors and may be purchased in advance by visiting https://sites.google.com/site/chsalmostmaine or calling the ticket number at 330-702-7128. Tickets will also be available at the door.