Bye Bye Birdie
by Camille Lightner Playhouse

May. 10 - May. 19
Fridays-Sundays

The year is 1958, and the much-adored rock-and-roll idol -- Conrad Birdie -- has been drafted into the US army. His songwriter and agent, Albert, and Albert’s secretary and some-time girlfriend, Rosie, hatch a plan for a farewell performance to take place on The Ed Sullivan Show, which they hope will help sell Birdie’s new song “One Last Kiss,” and ultimately save Almaelou records from going under. To cap off the performance, Birdie will give ‘one last kiss’ to Kim MacAfee, an avid member of the Conrad Birdie fan club from Sweet Apple, Ohio.

When Albert and Rosie head to Sweet Apple to prepare for Birdie’s arrival, things start to unravel. Kim’s father is starstruck at the thought of being on The Ed Sullivan Show with his daughter, and Kim’s new steady, Hugo gets jealous at the thought of Kim kissing Conrad on national television.

Music by Charles Strouse, Lyrics by Lee Adams, Book by Michael Stewart

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CAST

ALBERT

Bobby Torres

 

ROSE

Sylvia Lester

 

KIM MACAFEE

Olivia Lucio

 

MRS. MACAFEE

Nancy Rodriguez

 

MR. MACAFEE

Brandon Binder

 

RANDOLPH MACAFEE

Leo Hernandez

 

HUGO

Abraham Garcia

 

URSULA

Paige Miracle 

 

CONRAD BIRDIE

Christopher Valdiviez

 

MRS. PETERSON

Martie DiGregorio

 

ED SULLIVAN/MAYOR

Jose Pereyra 

 

MAYOR’S WIFE

Jamie Lucio

 

MRS. MERKLE 

Tanya Miracle 

 

MAUDE

Emiliano Ruiz

 

GLORIA

Alexandria Sikes

 

ALICE/ONE BOY SINGER

Julianna Nicart 

 

HELEN/ONE BOY SINGER

Jaqueline Gordillo 

 

DEBORAH SUE

Mia Pruneda

 

MARGIE

Trinity Esparza

 

SUZIE

Miranda Garza

 

PENELOPE

Bailey Perman

 

NANCY

Grecia Ortiz 

 

HARVEY JOHNSON

Luc Lucio 

 

FRED

Andrew Treviño

 

KARL

Ollie Ortiz

 

ENSEMBLE 

(Quartet, Policemen, Reporters, Teen girls, Teen boys, Parents, Dancers)

Anessa Martinez

Jada Cervantes 

Chloe Burnias

Natalie Coleman

Clarise Flores

Regina Flores

Julissa Ontiveros

Samantha Perez

Natalia Antinori

Talia Treviño

Ben Alvaro

Aron Kelley 

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Bye Bye Birdie
Camille Lightner Playhouse

May 10 - 12, 17-19, 2024

Camille Lightner Playhouse, Brownsville