Bye Bye Birdie

Ovation! is thrilled to announce its winter holiday show is the beloved family favorite BYE BYE BIRDIE!  This classic musical will feature an all ages cast singing and dancing their way through a marvelous score with a rockabilly beat. Suitable for all ages.

Rock star Conrad Birdie is the biggest thing to top the charts. Women love him, men want to be him and teenage girls around the country scream with glee at the mere mention of his name. But when the United States Army drafts Birdie, manager Albert Peterson sees his meal ticket preparing to fly the coop (much to the delight of longtime love Rose Alvarez, who can’t wait for Albert to ditch the music biz and become something respectable, like an English teacher). Desperate for a publicity stunt big enough to help them survive Birdie’s departure, Albert and Rose hatch a plan: send Conrad to small-town America to plant his goodbye kiss on one lucky fan for the entire world to see. Their selection of super fan Kim Macafee sends the wholesome enclave of Sweet Apple, Ohio into chaos. Kim’s boyfriend, Hugo, can’t take the humiliation of his lady love’s televised lip-lock. Rose can’t take another minute of Albert’s distracted ways. And Sweet Apple can’t take its teens’ riotous rebellion, inspired by the arrival of bad-boy Birdie. Will Sweet Apple ever be the same?

Bye Bye Birdie will be presented January 3-12, 2020 at the Bainbridge Performing Arts Theatre. The production will be directed by Scott Breitbarth with musical direction by Caroline Pierce, Choreography by Philippa Myler (with Cordelia Janow, Student Choreographer) and Myriah Riedel as Costume Designer (and Assistant Director).

Ovation!’s production of Bye Bye Birdie is through special arrangement with Tams Whitmark.

Meet the Cast
Daniel Opalski – Albert Peterson
Giselle Vincent – Rose Alvarez
Ross Eide – Conrad Birdie
Deborah Rice – Mae Peterson
Audrey Trabucco – Kim MacAfee
Ethan Gallahon – Hugo Peabody
Ellie Osburn – Ursula
Mino Christante – Mr MacAfee
SueEllen VanDuyne – Mrs. MacAfee
Dane Bowman – Randolph MacAfee
Genna Johnson – Harvey Johnson
Lilyane Christante – Penelope Ann
Lyra Cromwell – Margie
Wini Deitrich – Alice
Danika Logdahl – Helen
Nicole Washington – Nancy
Lizzy West – Deborah Sue
Lucas Beringer – Fred
Jeff Trabucco – Mayor, Maude’s Second Customer, Quartet
Miles Yanick – Maude’s First Customer, Quartet
Evan Lenz – Charles F. Maude, Quartet
Dana Sweatman – Mayor’s Wife
Mitzi Haley – Mrs Merkle
Helena Myler – Mrs. Johnson
Bridget Crampton – One Girl
Momoka Motonaga – One Girl
Philippa Myler – Gloria Rasputin
Trey Field-Bennet – Reporter 3
Jim Cash – Ed Sullivan

Teen Ensemble
Mirabel Christante
Ginger Jenson
Inya Olson
Olivia O’Rourke
Noa Render

Adult Ensemble
Deanna Basby
Jackie Greisen
Miranda Jorgens
Jesse Ziebart