Amherst High School students will present ‘The Music Man’

Amherst High School students involved in the music department will present “The Music Man” musical for its spring performance.
The event will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 27-29, with a 2:30 p.m. performance Sunday, April 30. All shows will be held in the Lettie Jensen Community Center, 487 Main St., Amherst.
Ticket prices are $10 for adults and senior citizens, $8 for children/students ages 5 to 18, and children 4 years old and under will be free on adult’s lap. Checks can be written out to the “Amherst Music Department.” Tickets can be purchased at the Amherst High School office.
Taking place in July of 1912, the charming conman Harold Hill (played by Seth Barnes) rolls into River City, Iowa, for his latest scam, a boys band! He then meets the feisty and independent librarian, Marian Paroo (played by Lily Zabler), who is quick to see through his deception.
Will Harold be able to finish the scam? Does he get handed over to the mayor? River City’s got trouble my friend, trouble with a capital “T.”
Cast members: Seth Barnes as Harold Hill, Lily Zabler as Marian Paroo, Olivia Helbach as Mrs. Paroo, Trent Miller as Marcellus Washburn, AJ Zanella as Major Shinn, Jessica Gutschow as Eulalie Shinn, Ursa Anderson as Zaneeta Shinn, Chandler Benn as Tommy Djilas, Sawyer Eiden as Charlie Cowell;
Matthew Borgen as Ewart Dunlop, Ian Waldoch as Oliver Hix, Sylas Schaberg as Jacey Squires, Devin Toth as Olin Britt, Uriah Trzebiatowski as Maud Dunlop, Midajah Decker as Alma Hix, Shelby Stuczynski as Mrs. Squires, Anna Benjamin as Ethel Toffelmier, Ben Villnow as Constable Locke, Meta Cibaric as Amaryllis, Matthew Glodowski as Winthrop and Gracie Zanella as Gracie Shinn.
Supporting characters: Dahlaihuu Anderson, Tuvshin Anderson, Shailyn Brooks, Harleigh Carlson, John Carlson, Natalie Carlson, Avigail Carvajal, Kaylee Chojnacki, Sandor Cibaric, Tatjana Cibaric, Kyrsten Culver, Taylor Culver, Haydn Czech, Mason Czech, Nicki Eiden, Emily Fiest, Michael Glodowski, Brianna Gullikson;
Andrea Hellberg, Christopher Hellberg, Charley Hornick, Payton Jastromski, Meagan Kizewski, Ally Laidlaw, Grace Miller, Emily Omernik, Rachel Ostrowski, Grace Peterson, Lexie Plaski, Alexa Shulfer, Sam Stuczynski, Rebekah Stuebs, Zach Toelle, Colton VanderLaan, Cole Van Nuys, Jay Wachsmuth and Renee Wheeler.
Stage crew and set design: Amara Benn, Melissa Decker, Liz Gburek, Vince Omernik, Carson Rieckmann, Oriana Wilke, Sam Yenter and Kodee Zarnke.