Keys Kids Junior and Bahama Village Music Program Present: Bye Bye Birdie

Students at Horace O’Bryant Middle School will be taking audiences back to the 1950’s with the rollicking Rock and Roll musical Bye Bye Birdie on Friday, March 2 at 7:30 and Saturday, March 3 at 2:00 p.m.  Based on the story of Elvis Presley being drafted into the Army, the main character, Conrad Birdie, sings heart rending songs to his screaming fans.  Audiences will hear familiar songs such as “We Love You Conrad,” “Put on a Happy Face,” The Telephone Hour,” and “A Lot Of Livin’ To Do.” In the show, the MacAfee family will be featured on The Ed Sullivan Show where their daughter Kim is to get “One Last Kiss” from Conrad Birdie.  Mayhem ensues when her boyfriend, Hugo, enters in a jealous rage.

Over thirty middle school students are in the cast. Main characters are Maddox Lowe as Kim MacAfee, Jarvis Moore as Albert Peterson, Angelina Diaz as Rose Alvarez, Sadie Dodds as Mrs. Peterson, Nelson Sawyer as Hugo Peabody, and Key West High School student Iain Wilcox as Conrad Birdie.

Stage direction is by Stephanie Manaher, with musical direction by Nancy 3. Hoffman, choreography by Penny Leto, technical direction by Phillip Baucom, and assistant directors, Gary and Nancy Curry. Tickets are available at the door with $3 for students, $5 for adults, and $20 for families.  This program is sponsored by the Bahama Village Music Program and sponsored in part by the Florida Keys Council of the Arts and the Community Foundation of the Florida Keys. For more information or to make a donation, email [email protected] or call (305) 504-7664.