Theatre Program

Founded in 2012 as an alternative to "traditional" theatre, the GHS Retro Radio Show proudly performs pieces from and based on the Golden Age of Radio.
Let the cast & live foley artists (sound effects artists) take your imagination on a ride like nothing you've experienced before!

"Who Goes There?": The novella that formed the basis of "The Thing" is the John W. Campbell classic about an antarctic research camp that discovers and thaws the ancient, frozen body of a crash-landed alien. The creature revives with terrifying results, shape-shifting to assume the exact form of animal and man, alike. Paranoia ensues as a band of frightened men work to discern friend from foe, and destroy the menace before it challenges all of humanity! The story, hailed as "one of the finest science fiction novellas ever written" by the SF Writers of America, is best known to fans as THE THING, as it was the basis of Howard Hawks' The Thing From Another World in 1951, and John Carpenter's The Thing in 1982. 

AUDITIONS:

TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28 & 29, 3:00 – 5:00

DRAMA REHEARSAL ROOM 102

CAST

No Role in "Who Goes There?" is gender specific.  Any role can be played by any gender.

McReady – Expedition Second in Command, Meteorlogist

Blair – Expedition Biologist

Commander Garry – Expedition Commander

Doc Copper – Expedition Doctor

Norris – Expedition Physicist

Connant – Physicist, Expert in Cosmic Rays

Barclay – Expedition Mechanic

Van Wall – Chief Pilot

Kinner - Cook

Caldwell – Expedition Archivist

Clark – Dog Handler

     The Thing – (Many Voices Combined)

     Foley Crew (Creates Live Sound Effects Onstage)

PERFORMS OCTOBER 5 & 6

REHEARSES EVERY DAY AFTER SCHOOL, 3:00 – 5:00

WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 24 – 28, REHEARSES 6:00 – 8:00 PM

WEEK OF OCTOBER 1 – 5, REHEARSES 6:00 – 8:00 PM

Directed by Larry Moss

Ticket proceeds from "The Retro Radio Show" go to funding the West Michigan Theatre Festival.

Previous Retro Radio Show Productions:
2016 - "Sherlock Holmes & The Scandal in Bohemia" Directed by Larry Moss
2015 (Fall) - "Dracula" Directed by Larry Moss
2015 (Spring) - "Tales of the Macabre" - Directed by Larry Moss
2014 - "The Invisible Man" - Directed by Larry Moss
2013 - "Flash Gordon" - Directed by Larry Moss
2012 - "The War of the Worlds" - Directed by Larry Moss

The GHS Performing Arts Department is pleased to announce the Fall Musical for 2018:

Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!

The birth of the Modern American Musical happened 75 years ago, with Rogers & Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma!”  Help bring this 75^th Anniversary Production to life on our stage!

Music By Richard Rodgers

Book By Oscar Hammerstein II

Lyrics By Oscar Hammerstein II

Original Dances by Agnes de Mille

Based on the play "Green Grow the Lilacs" by Lynn Riggs

Rodgers & Hammerstein's first collaboration remains, in many ways, their most innovative, having set the standards and established the rules of musical theatre still being followed today. Set in a Western Indian territory just after the turn of the century, the high-spirited rivalry between the local farmers and cowboys provides the colorful background against which Curly, a handsome cowboy, and Laurey, a winsome farm girl, play out their love story. Although the road to true love never runs smooth, with these two headstrong romantics holding the reins, love's journey is as bumpy as a surrey ride down a country road. That they will succeed in making a new life together we have no doubt, and that this new life will begin in a brand-new state provides the ultimate climax to the triumphant OKLAHOMA!

CHARACTERS
Aunt Eller
Curly
Laurey
Ike Skidmore
Fred
Slim
Will Parker
Jud Fry
Ado Annie Carnes
Ali Hakim
Gertie Cummings
Ellen
Kate
Sylvie
Armina
Aggie
Andrew Carnes
Cord Elam
Jess
Chalmers
Mike
Joe
Sam

Directed by: Chris Chapman
Assistant Director:  Linda Custer
Vocal Music Direction by: Krista Chapman
Instrumental Music Direction by: Susan Gould
Choreography  Joseph Curry
Technical Director: Jacquelyn Soule

Previous Fall GHS Productions:

2017-"Willy Wonka" - Directed by Chris Chapman, Music Direction by Krista Chapman

2016 - "The Addams Family: The Musical" - Directed by Chris Chapman, Music Direction by Krista Chapman
2015 - "Little Shop of Horrors" - Directed by Joel Van Houten & Chris Chapman, Music Direction by Krista Chapman
2014 - "Legally Blonde: The Musical" - Directed by Joel Van Houten
2013 - "Disney's High School Musical" - Directed by Ruth Hansen, Music Direction by Joel VanHouten
2012 - "Cinderella: The Enchanted Edition" - Directed by Ruth Hansen, Music Direction by Joel VanHouten
2011 - "Grease" - Directed by Ruth Hansen, Music Direction by Joel VanHouten
2010 - "The Sound of Music" - Directed by Ruth Hansen, Music Direction by Joel VanHouten
2009 - "Pride & Prejudice" - Directed by Laurie Timm
2008 - "Guys & Dolls" - Directed by Ruth Hansen, Music Direction by Joel VanHouten
2007 - "Footloose:The Musical" - Directed by Ruth Hansen, Music Direction by Joel VanHouten
2006 - "The Music Man" - Directed by Ruth Hansen, Music Direction by Joel VanHouten
2005 - "A Christmas Carol" - Directed by Ruth Hansen
2004 - "Godspell" - Directed by Ruth Hansen, Music Direction by Joel VanHouten
2004 - "Charlie & The Chocolate Factory" - GMS - Directed by Ruth Hansen
2003 - "Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" - Directed by Ruth Hansen, Music Direction by Joel VanHouten
2003 - "The Jungle Book" - GMS - Directed by Ruth Hansen
2002 - "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" - Directed by Ruth Hansen, Music Direction by Joel VanHouten/Keith Hudson
2001 - "The Wizard of Oz" - Directed by Ruth Hansen, Music Direction by Jim Goodrich/Jeff Ayres
2000 - "Once Upon a Mattress" - Directed by Ruth Hansen, Music Direction by Jim Goodrich/Jeff Ayres
1999 - "Bye Bye Birdie" - Directed by Ruth Hansen, Music Direction by Joel & Linda VanHouten/Susan Gould
1998 - "Annie" - Directed by Ruth Hansen, Music Direction by Linda VanHouten

GHS is pleased to present the 2019 West Michigan Theatre Festival Play Entry

By Ron House, Diz White, John Neville-Andrews, Alan Shearman & Derek Cunningham

Performs February 15 & 16, 2019

Due to Winter Weather Closures, "Bullshot Crummond" has been rescheduled to perform on February 15 & 16.  If you need a ticket refund, please email Auditorium Manager, Chris Chapman for details.

This parody of low-budget 1930’s detective movies typifies British heroism at its dumbest. Teutonic villain Otto Von Brunno and his evil mistress Lenya crash their plane in the English countryside and kidnap Professor Fenton, who has discovered a formula for making synthetic diamonds. Bullshot Crummond is called to the rescue by the professor's daughter Rosemary. The two meet at the Carlton Tea Rooms, where Crummond is convinced that their waiter is Otto in disguise. The real Otto shows up, paralyzes Crummond with a fiendish ray and crams a stick of dynamite in Crummond's mouth that will explode when the next person enters the room. Rosemary enters, but the static electricity in her fur wrap averts the detonation. Crummond and Rosemary pursue Otto and Lenya in a hair-raising car chase, only to plunge over a cliff. They survive and sneak into the dungeons of Otto's hideout - where the professor is being tortured.   How will Rosemary & Bullshot defeat the dasatardly Von Brunno?  Find out in this hysterical comedy filled with plane crashes, car chases and even a sword fight!

CHARACTERS:

Hugh “Bullshot” Crummond

Miss Rosemary Fenton

Otto Von Bruno

Salvatore Scalicio

Lenya Von Bruno

Algy Longwort

Professor Rupert Fenton

A Waiter at the Carlton

A Country Policeman

Inspector Scabbard of Scotland Yard/Wolfgang Schmidt

Marovitch

“Bullshot Crummond” continues GHS’s dedication to the West Michigan Theatre Festival.  This unique production begins in December, and cast members are expected to memorize dialog over Holiday Break.  There is little time in January to rehearse the production, so all students are expected to bring their best to working on the show.

Auditions December 4-6

Director : Mr. Chris Chapman

Past productions:

2018 - "Fahrenheit 451" directed by Chris Chapman (WMTF Participating Production)  

2017 - "The Good Doctor" directed by Chris Chapman (WMTF Participating Production)
2016 - "Defying Gravity" directed by Chris Chapman (WMTF Participating Production)
2011 - "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)" directed by Chris Chapman (MIFA State Finalist)
2010 - "The Actor's Nightmare" & "Drive-In" directed by Chris Chapman
2009 - "Story Theatre" directed by Chris Chapman (MIFA Regional Finalist)
2008 - "Bury the Dead" directed by Chris Chapman (MIFA State Finalist)
2007 - "The Good Doctor" directed by Chris Chapman (MIFA Regional Finalist)
2006 - "The Grapes of Wrath" directed by Chris Chapman (MIFA Regional Finalist)
2005 - "Becoming Arthur" directed by Chris Chapman (MIFA Regional Finalist)
2004 - "Fortress" directed by Chris Chapman (MIFA Regional Finalist)
2003 - "Bullshot Crummond" directed by Laurie Timm (MIFA Regional Finalist)
2002 - "The Diviners" directed by Amy McFadden (MIFA Regional Finalist)
2001 - "Much Ado About Nothing" directed by Larry Moss (MIFA Regional Finalist)
2000 - "Class Action" directed by Larry Moss (MIFA Regional Finalist)
2000 - "Final Dress Rehearsal" directed by Jodie Dewey

THE GREENVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL MUSICAL RETURNS IN 2019!

The exceptional tale of Milo, Tock and a certain magic tollbooth is brought splendidly to life on stage in The Phantom Tollbooth JR. Adapted from Norton Juster's beloved, award-winning children's book, this inventive musical features a melodious score by Arnold Black and witty lyrics full of wordplay by Pulitzer Prize and three-time-Tony-winner, Sheldon Harnick.

Even surrounded by dozens of toys, Milo is bored. Nothing interests him at all... until he takes a trip through the Phantom Tollbooth. Transported to the Land of Wisdom, Milo is thrust into adventure when Princesses Rhyme and Reason need rescuing in order to bring peace between two kings. The kings, from Dictionopolis and Digitopolis, are feuding over whether “words” or “numbers” are most important in their kingdoms. Knee-deep in danger, language and math along the way, Milo learns everything has a purpose. Upon his return home, he realizes there is never a reason to be bored in a world full of hidden discoveries.

Characters:

Milo

Demons

The Tollbooth

Narrators

Whether Man

Lethargarians

Tock

Azaz

Mathemagician

Rhyme

Reason

Adjective Sellers

Adverb Sellers

Noun Sellers

Pronoun Sellers

Verb Sellers

Royal Subjects

Miners

Past productions have included:

2018 - "The Odd Couple: Female Version" -  Directed by Brooke Heintz

2017 - "School House Rock LIVE! Jr!" -GMS - Directed by Brooke Heintz
2016 - "Almost, Maine" - GHS - Directed by Laurie Timm
2015 - "110 Stories" - GHS - Directed by Laurie Timm
2014 - "The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon" - GHS - Directed by Laurie Timm
2013 - "Urban Legends - GHS - Directed by Laurie Timm
2012 - "Little Women" - GHS - Directed by Laurie Timm
2011 - "Disney's Aladdin Jr." - GMS - Directed by Ruth Hansen
2010 - "Bleacher Bums" - GHS - Directed by Chris Chapman
2009 - "Charlotte's Web" - GMS - Directed by Ruth Hansen
2008 - "The Hobbit" - GHS/GMS - Directed by Ruth Hansen/Chris Chapman
2007 - "Arsenic & Old Lace" - GHS - Directed by Laurie Timm
2006 - "How the West was Dun" - GMS - Directed by Jaimee Gunn
2005 - "Don't Drink the Water" - GHS - Directed by Laurie Timm
2003 - "Ducktails & Bobbysox" - GMS - Directed by Ruth Hansen
2002 - "Brighton Beach Memoirs" - GHS - Directed by Laurie Timm
2002 - "Beauty & The Beast" - GMS - Directed by Ruth Hansen
2001 - "Get Smart" - GMS - Directed by Ruth Hansen
2001 - "California Suite" - GHS - Directed by Laurie Timm
2000 - "The Lion, The Witch, & The Wardrobe" - GMS - Directed by Ruth Hansen
2000 - "The Mousetrap" - GHS - Directed by Laurie Timm
1999 - "The Glass Menagerie" - GHS - Directed by Jodi Dewey/Lyle Fales
1999 - "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" - GHS - Directed by Ruth Hansen

We are looking for photos, programs and advertising fliers from any GHS or GMS production performed since the opening of the Performing Arts Center.  If you have anything we may borrow, please contact Cheryl Willard at 616-225-6109.

In the Theatre Archive Posters area, past programs from our productions are available as well as on the GHS Theatre Facebook Page.

Poster Archive

"School House Rock LIVE! Jr." Poster
"School House Rock LIVE! Jr." Photo Poster
"Good Doctor" 2017
"Good Doctor" 2017 Photo Poster
"The Addams Family" Photo Poster
"The Addams Family" Poster
Retro Radio Show: Sherlock Holmes poster
"Sherlock Holmes" Photo Poster
GHS Plays Tradition Poster
GHS Musical Tradition poster
One act play traditions poster
GHS Spring Play 2016, "Almost, Maine"
Photo Publicity Poster, "Almost, Maine"
West Michigan Theatre Festival 2016 Poster
GHS One Act 2016 "Defying Gravity" Cast Photo Poster
GHS One Act 2016 "Defying Gravity" Production Poster
Little Shop of Horrors GHS Musical 2015 Production Poster
"Little Shop of Horrors" poster featuring Seymour & Audrey
Retro Radio Show: Dracula Production Poster
"Tales of the Macabre" Show Poster, Ghost Cast version
Performance Poster for 2015 Retro Radio Show "Tales of the Macabre"
Production Poster for GHS Winter Play 2015, "110 Stories"
Pubilicity Poster for "110 Stories" featuring Alec Fowler, Jon Grube, Caleb Kellog and Kyle King as fireman.
Performance Poster for GHS Musical, 2014 "Legally Blonde:The Musical"
"The Invisible Man" Performance Poster, 2014 Radio Show
"The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon" Performance Poster, Winter 2014
"Disney's High School Musical" Performance Poster, Fall 2013
"Flash Gordon: The Retro Radio Show Returns!" Performance Poster, Spring 2013
"Urban Legends" Performance Poster, Spring 2013
"Cinderella: The Enchaned Edition" Performance Poster, Fall Musical 2012
"War of the Worlds Radio Show LIVE" Performance Poster, Spring 2012
"Little Women" Performance Poster, Winter Play 2012
"Grease" Performance Poster, Fall Musical 2011
"Disney's Aladdin Jr." Performance Poster, GMS Musical, Spring 2011
"Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)" State Awards Poster, One Act 2011
"The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)" Performance Poster, 2011 One Act
"The Sound of Music" Performance Poster, Fall Musical 2010
"Bleacher Bums" Performance Poster, Spring 2010
Night of One Acts "Drive-In" Performance Poster, One Act 2010
"Night of One Acts" Combo Poster, and "Actors Nightmare" Poster, One Act 2010
"Pride & Prejudice" Performance Poster, Fall Play 2009
"Charlotte's Web" Performance Poster, GMS Play 2009
"Story Theatre" One Act 2009 Performance Poster
"Guys & Dolls" Perfromance Poster, Fall Musical 2008
"The Hobbit" Performance Poster, Spring 2008
"Bury The Dead" State Awards Poster, One Act 2008
"Bury The Dead" Performance Poster, One Act 2008
"Footloose The Musical" Performance Poster, Fall 2007
"Arsenic & Old Lace" Spring 2007 Poster
"The Good Doctor" Performance Poster, One Act 2007
"The Music Man" Fall Musical 2006
"How the West was Dun" Performance Poster, 2006 GMS Play
"Grapes of Wrath" District Awards Poster, One Act 2006
"The Grapes of Wrath" Encore Performance Poster, One Act 2006
Fall 2006 "A Christmas Carol Poster"
"Don't Drink the Water" Spring Play 2005
"Becoming Arthur" Performance Poster, One Act 2005
"Godspell" Performance Poster, Fall 2004
"Charlie & the Chocolate Factory" GMS Fall 2004 Performance Poster
"Fortress" Performance Poster, One Act 2004
"Fortress" Tour Dates Poster, One Act 2004
"Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" Performance Poster, Fall 2003
"The Jungle Book" Performance Poster, GMS Play Fall 2003
"Ducktails & Bobbsox" Performance Poster, GMS Play 2003
"Bullshot Crummond" Regional Poster, 2003
"You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown" Performance Poster, Fall 2002
"Brighton Beach Memoirs" Performance Poster, Spring Play 2002
"The Diviners" One Act 2002 Performance Poster
"Wizard of Oz" Performance Poster, Fall 2001
"Beauty & The Beast" Performance Poster, GMS Play 2002
"California Suite" Performance Poster, May 2001
"Get Smart" Performance Poster, 2001 GMS Play
"Much Ado About Nothing" 2001 One Act Performance Poster
"Once Upon a Mattress" Performance Poster, Fall Musical 2000
"The Mousetrap" Performance Poster, Spring 2000
"The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe" Performance Poster, GMS Play 2000
"Class Action/Final Dress Rehearsal" Performance Poster, 2000 One Acts
"Bye Bye Birdie" Performance Poster, Fall Musical 1999
"Glass Menagerie" Performance Poster, Spring Play 1999
"Hunchback of Notre Dame" Performance Poster, Winter Play 1999
"Annie" Performance Poster, Fall Musical 1998

Program Archive

"School House Rock LIVE! Jr" GMS Musical 2017 Program
Program from 2017 Festival Play, "The Good Doctor."
The Addams Family Program
Program from 2016 Retro Radio Show "Sherlock Holmes"
Program from 2016 GHS Play "Almost, Maine."
West Michigan Theatre Festival 2016 Program
GHS One Act 2016 "Defying Gravity" Program
Program from 2015 GHS Musical "Little Shop of Horrors"
Program from 2015 Fall Retro Radio Show Dracula
Program from 2015 GHS Retro Radio Show, "Tales of the Macabre"
Program from 2015 GHS Winter Play, "110 Stories."
Program from 2014 GHS Musical, "Legally Blonde: The Musical."
Program from 2014 Retro Radio Show, "The Invisible Man."
Program from 2014 Winter Play, "The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon."
Program from 2013 Fall Musical, "Disney's High School Musical."
Program from 2013 "Flash Gordon: The Retro Radio Show Returns"
Program from 2013 "Urban Legends"
Program from 2012 Fall Musical, "Cinderella: The Enchanted Edition"
Program from 2012 Retro Radio Show, "The War of the Worlds."
Program from 2012 "Little Women"
Program from 2011 Fall Musical, "Grease"
Program from 2011 GMS Musical, "Disney's Aladdin Jr."
Program from 2011 One Act, "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)
Program from 2010 Musical, "The Sound of Music"
Program from 2010 Spring Play, "Bleacher Bums"
Program from 2010 One Acts, "Actors Nightmare" & "Drive-In"
Program from 2009 Fall Play, "Pride & Prejudice"
Program from 2009 GMS Play, "Charlotte's Web"
Program from 2009 "Story Theatre"
Program from 2008 Musical, "Guys & Dolls"
Program from 2008 GHS/GMS Play "The Hobbit"
Program from "Bury The Dead", 2008 One Act
Program from 2007 "Footloose, the Musical"
Program from 2007 "Arsenic & Old Lace"
Program from 2007 "The Good Doctor"
Program from 2006 "The Music Man"
Program from 2006 "How the West was Dun"
Program from 2006 "The Grapes of Wrath"
Program from 2005 "A Christmas Carol"
Program from 2005 "Don't Drink the Water"
Program from 2005 One Act "Becoming Arthur"
Program from 2004 "Godspell"
Program from 2004 "Charlie & The Chocolate Factory"
Program from 2004 "Fortress"
Program from 2003 "Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"
Program from 2003 "Ducktails & Bobbysox"
Program from 2003 "Bullshot Crummond"
Program from 2002 "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown"
Program from 2002 "Brighton Beach Memoirs"
Program from "Beauty & The Beast", 2002 GMS Play
Program from 2002 One Act Play "The Diveners"
Program from 2001 "The Wizard of Oz"
Program from 2001 "California Suite"
Program from 2001 GMS Play, "Get Smart"
Program from 2000 "Once Upon a Mattress"
Program from 2000 "The Mousetrap"
Program from 2000 "Class Action/Final Dress Rehearsal"
Program from 1999 "Bye Bye Birdie"
Program from 1999 "Hunchback of Notre Dame"
Program from 1998 "Annie"