A Comedy Production Guaranteed to Keep You Awake

 

September 16, 2020



It is a pleasure for Friends of Musselshell School, Inc, and The Illustrious Musselshell Players to invite you to a birthday party honoring 96 year old Walter Hartley when they present to you the comedy production of Happy Birthday Dear Grandpa, written by Michal Jacot for their Dinner Theatre and Matinee productions at the Musselshell School Community Center. On the evenings of Friday, September 18, and again Saturday, September 19 a three-course dinner will precede the featured production. Performances close with the Sunday Matinee on September 20.

Seating begins at 5:30 p.m. sharp on Friday and Saturday for a sit-down dinner that will consist of a mixed lettuce salad tossed with a creamy Caesar style dressing, the main course will be a generous piece of home-made lasagna, focaccia (Italian flatbread), and vegetable, and obviously the dessert course is birthday cake! After dinner is served the cast and guests move to the upstairs auditorium for the evening finale.

The cost of the dinner-theatre is $25.00 per person. RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE DINNER THEATRE. Reserve your seat today by calling 406-947-5200. If there is no answer, leave a detailed message. All messages will receive a return call. Seating is limited and tickets are sold on a first come, first served basis.

The curtain goes up promptly at 2 p.m. on Sunday when the cast returns for a matinee performance. The cost to attend the matinee is $10.00 per person (pre-school free). No reservations are required to attend the Sunday matinee. Coffee and birthday cake will be served on the main floor after the performance.

Happy Birthday Dear Grandpa is a light-hearted comedy featuring Walter “Grandpa” Hartley. He is a crusty, crabby, sour, bad-tempered man of 96 who is determined to tell the world that his grandkids are trying to kill him for their inheritance ($642 and a postcard collection). Grandpa makes sure he tells everyone he encounters how he feels. So when Grandpa suddenly slumps forward, face down in his birthday cake at his surprise party, the grandkids realize it looks like murder and they are the prime suspects!

This year’s cast includes the talents of Sherie Milburn, Ken Eickhoff, Karen Shelhamer, Lynn Retting, Norma Trent, Nathan Goffena, Nan Rademacher, Silvia Metzger, and Ralph Goffena as “Grandpa” Walter Hartley. Happy Birthday Dear Grandpa is produced by special arrangement with Eldridge Publishing Co., as directed by Dalen Keeney with set directed by Joanie Rettig. Photography is by Sandy Vongries.

Extra sanitary (COVID-19) precautions are being implemented: wear a mask if you desire, tables will be set spaciously, and all food will be served to guests.

All proceeds go to operate the Musselshell School as a community center.

 

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