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Upper Elementary

North Harrison High School Choral Music Department Presents:
FOOTLOOSE
November 7th, 8th, 9th at 7:00 PM
November 10th at 2:00 PM
Adults: $6 and Students: $5

A Sock hop will immediately follow the performance on Nov. 8th.
Music by the Wulfe Brothers

The Cast and Crew

Ren McCormick - Jesse Hochstetler, Cole Duffy
Ethel McCormick - Joyce Thompson
Rev. Shaw Moore -  Peter Robertson
Vi Moore - Kendall Crone
Ariel Moore - Melissa Hinrichs, Jessica Robertson
Lulu Warnicker - Amber Boyd
Wes Warnicker - Russ Villier
Coach Roger Dunbar - Matt Bachman
Eleanor Dunbar - Tina Whitaker
Rusty - Colleen Branham, Kim Fessel
Urleen - Katie Fonda, Nikki Limbaugh
Wendy Jo - Becca Lindsay, Jackie Beam
Chuck Cranston - Kris Kolish
Lyle - Bryce Norris
Travis - Shea Gonzales
A Cop - Brandon Eubanks
Betty Blast - Kirsten Mull
Willard Hewitt - Corey Long
Principle Clark - Brandy Bosler
Jeter - Shawn Whitlock
Bickle - Joseph Smith
Irene - Sarah Weilbaker
Country Kickers - Amanda Schmelz, Joseph Smith, Matt Zink, Shae Gonzales
Cowboy Bob - Greg Travers
Director - John Malone
Choreographer - Macie Long
Assistant Choreographer - Jason Flannery
Stage Manager - Corey Beaver, Misty Teeter
Lights - April Mills, Josh Kays
Sound - Candace Atwood, Laura Dennison
Costumes - Chelsie Nester
Set Design and Construction - Eddie Hampton
Props - April Sears, Samantha Henriques
Makeup - Teri Baylor, Chris Smallwood
Stage Crew - Brittnie Ott, Koree Wood

 

 

Stage Adaptation by Dean Pitchford and Walter Bobbie
Based on the Original Screenplay by Dean Pitchford
Music by Lyrics by Tom Snow Dean Pitchford
Additional Music by: Eric Carmen, Sammy Hagar, Kenny Loggins and Jim Steinman

 

*Town People and High School Students - Tyler Dohoney,

Matt Zink, Jessica Moore, Rachel Goble, Shayne Rhoads, Shirley Hill, Stacey Fessel, Tiffany Adams, Stephanie Bagby, Elizabeth Snyder, Kameko Lashley, Jennie Sturgeon

*Dancers. . . . . Bryce Norris, Jessica Oehmann, Melissa Langdon, Debbra Pruett, Erin Royce, Kristine Schermerhorn, Ashley Thacker, April Yocum, Carley Lenz, Marissa Crass, Christine Hopper, Sarah Brewer, Kim Jacobi, Kari Flock, Chris Smallwood

*Many students listed previously as other characters also appear as these characters but are not listed again.

Special Thanks To:
Kelly Simpson, Doug Dodge, Mrs. Malone, Amy Malone, Martha Malone, Haley Carpenter, Scott Hinrichs, Vic Hinrichs,Jason Flannery, John McClannahan, Barbara Melton, Jerry Melton, Carla Long, Colgate Baptist Church, New Salisbury United Methodist Church

Synopsis
Adapted from the 1984 film of the same name, Footloose is the story of a young man from the city living in a puritanical small town where dancing and rock 'n' roll are forbidden.

ACT I

Scene 1: The City of Chicago

Scene 2: The Church Yard

Scene 3: Behind a Gas Station

Scene 4: A High School Hallway

Scene 5: The Moore Home

Scene 6: The Burger Blast

Scene 7: The Great Plains of Bomont

Scene 8: The Moore Home

Scene 9: The High School Gym

ACT II

Scene 1: The Bar-B-Que, a Country/

Western Dance Hall

Scene 2: The Moore Home

Scene 3: Another Part of Town

Scene 4: Under the Bridge

Scene 5: The Town Hall

Scene 6: The Church

Scene 7: The Gym

Song List

ACT I

Footloose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ren and Company

The Girl Gets Around. . . . . . . . . . . . . Chuck, Ariel, Travis, and Lyle

I Can't Stand Still. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ren

Somebody's Eyes. . . . . . . . . . Rusty, Wendy Jo, Urleen, and Company

Learning to Be Silent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Vi, Ethel

Holding Out for a Hero . . . . . . . . Ariel, Rusty, Wendy Jo, Urleen

Heaven Help Me. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shaw

I'm Free/Heaven Help Me/On Any Sunday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ren, Shaw, and Company

ACT II

Let's Make Believe We're In Love. .Irene & Country Kickers

Let's Hear It for the Boy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rusty and Company

Can You Find It in Your Heart? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vi

Mama Says............ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Willard and the Boys

Almost Paradise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ren and Ariel

Dancing Is Not a Crime. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ren and the Boys

I Confess. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shaw

Can You Find It in Your Heart? (reprise) . . . . . . . . . .Shaw

Footloose (reprise) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Company

ACT 1

In a Chicago dance club, friends say good-bye to Ren McCormack. Because Ren's father has left them, he and his mother are moving in with family in Bomont, a small town where the community is carefully monitored by the powerful, local minister, Reverend Shaw Moore.

Ren quickly feels stifled by the atmosphere in Bomont. The only person who seems to rebel is the Reverend's own daughter Ariel - she's even dating bad boy Chuck Cranston. At school, Ren discovers an unlikely friend in Willard Hewitt, who is unnerved by Ren's restless energy.

Ren is stunned to discover that "no dancing of any kind is allowed within the town limits of Bomont." Rusty, Urleen, and Wendy Jo, Ariel's best friends, explain that this law dates back to a car accident five years ago that claimed the lives of four Bomont teens. They warn that conformity is part of small-town life.

Tensions rise between Rev. Moore and Ariel. His wife, Vi, tries unsuccessfully to intervene, finding friendly support in Ren's mom, Ethel.

At a local diner, Ariel and her Girlfriends bemoan the lack of exciting guys in their lives. Chuck storms in and gets tough with Ariel; Ren leaps to her defense. In appreciation, Ariel lets Ren in on her secret ritual - running through the fields of Bomont, yelling after the trains that will one day, she vows, carry her far away. Ren and Ariel find it surprisingly easy to talk, but when he walks her home, Rev. Moore demands that she never see Ren again.

ACT II

Ren drives Arie, Rusty and Willard a hundred miles outside of Bomont to a western dance hall. Willard confesses that he can't dance. While Willard, Rusty explains what she likes about this guy with two left feet.

When Ariel arrives home, her defiance provokes Shaw and he almost slaps her. Vi pleads her daughter's case, but Shaw refuses to admit his treatment of Ariel has grown severe since the death of their son, who, as it turns out, was one of the four teens killed in that fateful car accident.

Meanwhile, Ren's meeting with the Town Council to challenge the ban on dancing approaches. Willard bolsters him with loopy Hewitt-family wisdom. Ariel arrives angry and bruised; she's broken up with Chuck. She leads Ren to the railroad trestle above the river in which her brother drowned. Alone they discover that their friendship has turned to love.

At the Town Council meeting, Ren makes a convincing argument by quoting passages from a Bible which Ariel marked for him, but his motion is defeated. Ethel convinces him that Shaw Moore fixed the vote. Ren goes to church to speak to Shaw, but the Reverend throws him out. Shaw then realized how his son's death has overshadowed his life - and the lives of everyone in Bomont. A dance might be a good idea afterall. He shares his newfound peace of mind with Vi.

For the first time in years, the young people of Bomont dress up to "tear up this town"; Reverent Moore enters with Vi and all the other adults in town, making it a community celebration.