PHS to Stage ‘Once Upon a Mattress’

The Pulaski High School students will soon be performing this year’s musical, Once Upon a Mattress. Shows will be performed 7 p.m. Feb. 15 and 22 and 2 p.m. Feb. 16 and 23. Tickets are available for purchase at pulaskihs.ludus.com.

Drama director Amy Tubbs said, Once Upon a Mattress is a “comic retelling of the children’s story The Princess and the Pea. Queen Aggravain wants to find the perfect princess for her son Prince Dauntless, but everyone fails the tests that she and the Wizard create. The King has been cursed and is unable to speak, communicating only in pantomime. Because no one in the kingdom is allowed to marry before the prince, Lady Larken and Sir Harry have a problem with their baby on the way. Harry travels to another kingdom and brings back a swamp princess, Princess Winnifred, who will try to pass the test with the help of the Minstrel and the Jester.”

Also working with the students on the musical are: Music Director Kathryn Brown, Choreographer Melissa Welsing; Assistant Director Dr. Ryan Winn, Orchestra Director Abby Ruetten, Scenic Design/Construction Spencer Karls and Jaime Meulemans, Sound Designer Bryan Brown and Costume Designer Rolean Wernicke.

Cast includes: Princess No. 12, Madi Reed; Lady Larken, Ace Loehlein; Queen Aggravain, Morgan Miskulin; Jester, Evie Decker; Lady Rowena, Mia Moder, Lady Merrill, Elizabeth Dornfeld; Lady Lucille, Leatrice Dyal; Kitchen Wench, Olivia Krueger; Princess Winnifred, Gwen Rybak; Lady Mabelle, Yarelys Martinez; and Nightingale, Mady Henslin, Minstrel, Travis Krause; Wizard, Aiden Winn; Prince Dauntless, Crosby Willette; King Sextimus, Hayden Witte; Sir Harry, Dan Augustine; Sir Studley, Riley Mommaerts; Sir Luce, Samuel Sobiesczyk; first knight, Parker Bastian; second knight, Mason Winn, and third knight, Gage Younger.

Dancers include: Emma Ahlswede, Lydia Cheslock, Elizabeth Dornfeld, Leatrice Dyal, Addison Guelig, Mady Henslin, Katherine Hurley, Jocelyn Kelly, Olivia Krueger, Yarelys Martinez, Madi Reed, Emmalie Rozmiarek, Alana Stangler, and Saige Wirtz.

Chorus members are: Addie Bruckert, Addie Hoier-Mathey, Cali Karcz, Nina Mantz, Preslie Marshall, Vivienne Miskulin, Kendall Muraski, Ellie Murphy, Grace Reed, Angela Sievert, Miranda Sinkula, Rory Smet, Chloe Sobiesczyk, Emma Sobiesczyk and Talia VanHout.

Stage crew members are: Cadence Adelman, Kylie Brigham, Mai Lee Burdick, Eulalie Clair-Jadault, Marshal Cornejo, Lexi DeSwarte, Kyler Dillenberger, Alissa Fields, Kaitlyn Fields, Stella Gajeski, Joseph Hoffman, Melaney Jennings, Owen Lardinois, Charlie Lasecki, Grace Lasher, Aubrey Paitl, Vanessa Peotter, Madison Raddatz, Debra Rosenow, Emma Ruffing, Devin Schlender, Sierra Sigl, Ursula Weisensel, Ashlyn White, Kolton White, Logan Winkelman, Sophia Wlazlo-Jaklin and Samantha Wyent.

Pit band members are:  Flute 1: Paige Duffrin; Flute 2: Naomi Wilson; Clarinet: Carter Grasse; Bass Clarinet: Zeke Butler; Saxophone: Addyson Bushmaker; Trumpet 1: Henry Piczkowski; Trumpet 2: Jeffrey Sanders; Trombone: Gareth Ollmann, Emma Ruffing;  Guitar: Kaden Brown, Addison Melendy; Bass: Patrick Reynolds; Drumset: Ben Augustine and Piano: Adelaide Frank, Olivia Hodge.

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