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All Shook Up
by Spotlight Youth Theatre
Inspired by and
featuring the songs of Elvis Presley, Book by Joe DiPietro. Natalie, a small-town second-generation grease monkey,
dreams of a hunk a hunk of Burning Love, and gets All Shook Up
when motorcycle Roustabout Chad rumbles in, shaking the sleepy town down
to its pelvis. Yes, it’s the jukebox musical featuring the singular sound of
Elvis. The story, based on William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, is set in a small 1950s Midwest town where lonely
people Can’t Help Falling in Love,
even if that means challenging the status quo on interracial couples or, in
Natalie’s case, doing a little cross-dressing to become Chad’s new male
sidekick named Ed. THE PRODUCTION: Mark and Lynzee 4Man
direct this blast of exceptional dancing and musical comedy at Spotlight Youth
Theatre featuring an all-star cast. The story plays out against the backdrop of Bobby
Sample’s very cool 3D-ish set that includes a 50s car, vinyl record, and
blue suede shoes. When roustabout Chad rolls in on his motorcycle and shakes the
town up with C’mon Everybody,
getting them dancing to Lynzee’s dynamic choreography, the mostly
black-and-white set is cleverly transformed into a colorful set, while cast
members initially wearing bland clothes slowly filter backstage throughout the
course of the song and return wearing lively, colorful 50s outfits.
Ali Whitwell and
Hahnna Christianson shine as a
honky-tonk diner owner Sylvia and her daughter Lorraine (in this production,
demographic challenges turn the show’s interracial romantic tensions into
tensions caused by Lorraine and Sylvia working at a honky-tonk). Ali delivers
powerful vocals in There’s Always Me,
and Hahnna joins Trey DeGroodt as
Dean (the son of the town’s conservative Mayor Matilda Hyde) in a charming Romeo and Juliet romance that includes the cleverly staged It’s
Now or Never scene where Dean hops on a people-powered bus façade driving
him out of town while a sad and frustrated Lorraine pretends that she just
can’t keep up running with that slow-moving bus. Which is perfectly okay with Riley O’Conner as the mayor leading her morality campaign against
the Devil in Disguise, complete with
amusing choreography and performances by the cast of devils and angels. That ensemble is a phenomenal group of performers shaking
the sleepy town awake, kicking us off with some Jailhouse Rock, checking us into the Heartbreak Hotel, heating up the stage with A Little Less Conversation, sending us swooning into intermission
with Can’t Help Falling in Love,
getting us All Shook Up to start Act
Two, and sending us happily home warmed by a hunk, a hunk of Burning Love. Performed October 25 - November 10, 2013 Rob Hopper ~ Cast ~ Add Artist Page Natalie/Ed: Carly Grossman ![]() Jim: David Samson Sylvia: Ali Whitwell Lorraine: Hahnna Christianson Dennis: Michael Schulz Miss Sandra: Carly Makani Copp Mayor Matilda Hyde: Riley O'Conner Dean Hyde: Trey Degroodt Sheriff Earl: Ben Massouras Henrietta: Katie Czajkowski Prisoner #47: Demari Thompson Prisoner #3: Sydnie Greger Bus Driver: Taylor Bader Fella: Marshall Scott Guy 1: Demari Thompson Guy 2: Mason Reeves Featured Dancers: Marley DeGroodt Brooke Shobe Sydnie Greger ![]() Katie Czajkowski Demari Thompson Mason Reeves Samantha Isley Ensemble: Jessica Dolyniuk Britt Reid Rylee Hopson Taylor Bader Marshall Scott Addison Bowman Directors: Mark and Lynzee 4Man Choreographer: Lynzee 4Man Musical Director: Mark 4Man Costume Design: Courtney Greger Set Design: Bobby Sample Hair Design: Angel DeMichael and Brooke Shobe Make-Up Design: Jacob Hamilton Properties Design: Vicki Grossman and Bobby Sample Lighting Design: Mark 4Man Sound Design: Kenny Grossman |
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