Salina Central Theatre
Friday through Sunday, Salina Central High School Theatre is scheduled to present Nell Benjamin's comedy, The Explorers Club.
The production is scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Running time is approximately two hours including a 15-minute intermission.
Tickets are on sale online and also will be available at performances. Ticket prices for the production are $7 for adults and $5 for students, with credit service charges added to this price if using a credit card.
This production is being submitted to the International Thespian Festival for adjudication and if the production is selected, student will present to a full theater of students and teachers from around the country and internationally in Bloomington, Ind., in June of 2023, according to Barb Hilt, Salina Central High School theatre teacher.
"This is such a fun production and the cast has really done an amazing job with their roles. We have had so much fun and laughter working on this show! The crew is amazing as well and we have excellent stage managers! I think this is one of the productions that if you miss seeing it, you will regret it because everyone will be talking about what fun they had watching for years to come!" Hilt said.
Synopsis of the play courtesy Salina Central Theatre
London, 1879. The prestigious Explorers Club is in crisis: their acting president wants to admit a woman, and their bartender is terrible. True, this female candidate is brilliant, beautiful, and has discovered a legendary Lost City, but the decision to let in a woman could shake the very foundation of the British Empire, and how do you make such a decision without a decent drink? Grab your safety goggles for some very mad science involving deadly cobras, irate Irishmen and the occasional airship.
Cast members
Andrew Graber (freshman): Lucius Fretway
Harper Johnston (senior): Phyllida Spotte-Hume
Jackson Angell (senior): Harry Percy
Benjamin Campbell (junior): Luigi
Blaise Alderson (senior): Professor Robert Sloane
Tayge Jones (senior): Bernard Humphries
Nathan Goldbach (sophomore): Professor Cope
Wyatt Angell (freshman): Professor Walling
Mac Sheforgen (freshman): Beebe/An Irish Assassin
Crew/Creative staff
Director: Barbara Hilt
Technical director: Bill Weaver
Stage manager: Chloe Highsmith (senior)
Assistant stage manager: Camille Morris (senior)
Shop foreman: Trace Horniman (senior) and Benjamin Campbell (junior)
House manager: Cadence Lane (senior)
Assistant house manager: Katherine White (senior)
Light board operator: Anastasia Corl (sophomore)
Lighting design: Barbara Hilt
Sound board operator: Vy Le (senior)
Sound assistant: Anna Kraft (freshman)
Running crew: Alyssa Maas (sophomore), Tara Dutcher (senior), Ellie Riekhof (freshman), Lin Miller (junior), Joseph Zepeda (junior), Keaton Myers (sophomore), Sam Young (freshman)
Hair design: Riley Wedgewood (sophomore), Q Duxler (junior), Michelle Simmons (junior)
Makeup crew: Mackenzie Martinez (junior), Jayda Rasmussen (sophomore), Paige Hinca (senior)
Costumes: Barbara Hilt
Costume shop first hand/lead dresser: Addilyn Jagodzinske (freshman)
Dressers: Madison Berndt (freshman), Mari Brown Mereles (freshman), Jayda Rasmussen (sophomore), Q Duxler (junior)
Set construction/scenic painting: Blaise Alderson (senior), Manuel Bailey (senior), Anastasia Corl (sophomore), Lillian Crow (sophomore), Makyla Dixson (senior), Tara Dutcher (senior), Trace Horniman (senior), Cadence Lane (senior), Vy Le (senior), Chelsea Lewin (senior), Dontai Martinez (senior), Selena Maupin (senior), Imani McFadden (senior), Lin Miller (junior), Montana Morgan (sophomore), Nikolas Lochlan (sophomore), Araceli Preciado (senior), Isabell Riedel (senior), Hunter Rogers (senior), Gavin Schneider (sophomore), Kale Shafer (sophomore), Ethan Shank (junior), Bowie Vega (sophomore), Riley Wedgewood (junior), Chloe Highsmith (senior), Harper Johnston (senior), Benjamin Campbell (junior), Kasheia Peterson (junior), Caleb Morris (sophomore), Camille Morris (senior), Q Duxler (junior), Alyx Parker (freshman), Michelle Simmons (junior), Nathan Goldbach (sophomore), Wyatt Angell (freshman), Gabriel Freeland (freshman), Andrew Graber (freshman), Anna Kraft (freshman), Brynn Shaft (sophomore), Mac Sheforgen (freshman), William Ebel (junior), Jayda Rasmussen (sophomore), Tayge Jones (senior), Tru Lawson (freshman), Bishop Talbott (freshman), Zander Flener (junior), Mackenzie Martinez (junior), Jack Angell (senior), Paige Hinca (senior)
Properties: Chloe Highsmith (senior), Blaise Alderson (senior), Cadence Lane (senior), Tara Dutcher (senior)
Poster/t-shirt design: Camille Morris (senior)
Ticket and program design: Barb Hilt