When you mix a love-struck stowaway, a nightclub singer, a priest, a millionaire, a proper Brit, and some gangsters, Anything Goes!
The show takes place on the S.S. American, which is setting sail from New York to England with a most unusual passenger list. Aboard is a wealthy New York businessman (Eli Whitney), his stowaway assistant (Billy Crocker), a famous Evangelist turned night club singer (Reno Sweeny), a second-rate gangster (Moonface Martin), and his bubbly sidekick (Bonnie). Also on-board are a debutante and her mother (Hope and Evangeline Harcourt) and Lord Evelyn Oakley, a wealthy Englishman who is engaged to Hope. Complications and comedy arise when Hope and Billy bump into one another on the ship, as the two are long lost loves. This comic romp is filled with mistaken identity, toe tapping ditties, and show stopping numbers!
Cast
- Billy Crocker – Michael Mensching
- Reno Sweeny – Laurie Burns
- Moonface Martin – Adam Coons
- Sir Evelyn Oakleigh – Bob Hegeman
- Bonnie – Heather D’Arcy
- Hope Harcourt – Casey Dinkin
- Eli Whitney – Bill Hickman
- Mrs. Wadsworth T. Harcourt – Rita Russell
- Chastity – Victoria Sheehan
- Purity – Melissa Beatrice
- Virtue/Dance – Captain Laura Smith
- Charity – Andrea Burger
- Ching/Sailor/Ensemble – Joel Shapiro
- Ling/Sailor/Ensemble – Casey Larkin
- Sailor/Ensemble – Kody Carpenter
- Purser/Ensemble – Joe Malone
- Steward/Ensemble – Keith Searles
- Reporter/Ensemble – Michael McDermott
- Ensemble, Captain – Ray Burns
- Ensemble – Patricia Keister, Hollie Wilkie, Laurel Burns, Rachel Newman
- Bishop – Jim D’Arcy
- Nancy’s Friend – Marlene Countermine
Production Team
- Director – Eric Shovah
- Assistant Director – Ross Synder
- Producer – Marlene Countermine
- Music Directo -r Cathy Mele
- Choreographer – Heather D’Arcy
- Set Designer – Michael McDermott and Michael Mensching
- Lighting Designer – Greg Rucinski
- Costumer – Connie Rauhauser
- Costume Assistant – Gail D’Arcy
- Stage Manager – Regina Baker
- Sound Design – Joel Lord
- Photographer – Tim Raab
- Makeup – Marcia Lenehan
- Hair – John Fowler
- Props – Adam Coons
- Board Liaison – Bob Farquharson
- Publicity – Michael McDermott
- Stage Crew – Mike Eisenstein
