The Kentwood High players are presenting \u201cOnce Upon A Mattress.”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The show opens Thursday, May 12 and will run May 13, 14, 19,20, 21, 26, 27 and 28 at Kentwood Performing Arts Center, 25800 164th Ave. S.E. in Covington.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The curtain rises at 7 p.m. The box office opens at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Tickets are $10 at the door and $8 with a Kentwood ASB card. You can also find tickets online at www.brownpapertickets.com but there is a $2 charge and no ASB available, so tickets are $12.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Those people who are old enough to remember Carol Burnett\u2019s Princess Winnefred in \u201cOnce Upon A Mattress\u201d know how funny this show can be.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
It made Burnett a star and inspired little girls across America to place peas under their mattress to see if the pea would keep them awake.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Kentwood senior Amanda Olsen, last seen as the nurse in “Romeo and Juliet,” will play the bold but lovable Winnefred.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
KJ Knies will play the challenged Prince Dauntless, sophomore Maggie Mosbarger as the caustic and very funny Queen Aggravaine and senior Jon Myers plays her long suffering mute husband, King Sextimus.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The cast is rounded out with great vocal work by Patrick Pham (The Minstrel), Brandon Fisher (The Jester), Brooke Bower (Lady Larken) and Shane Green (Sir Harry).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Former Kentwood player\u2019s star, Kyle Pleasant, who is now teaching dance in New York, came back to do the choreography for the show.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Berit Ballard, who is the voice teacher for many of Kentwood’s young singers, is the music director of the show.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The production is considered excellent fun for the entire family.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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