by Mary Horst, with music by John Hayden
Presented June 25, 26, 27, 2004
Benton Community High School Auditorium, Van Horne
Director:  Mary Horst
Accompanists:  Annie Horst, Nathan Horst
Set Design:  Mary Horst
Set Pieces Created by:  Dave and Mary Horst, Allen and Bonnie Lueckenotto, Tom Geistkemper, Ellie Horst, and Evan Lueckenotto

Orientation Directors:
Theresa Thompson
Kelynn Schulte
Ann Franzenburg
Lois Deerberg
Keri Brecht
Angie Hagen
Bonnie Lueckenotto

This production is sponsored by
Benton County State Bank
and
Coon Creek Telephone Company.
Thank you to these two businesses for their support of Second Stage and for being a part of ACT I's twenty-fifth anniversary season celebration!

ACT I introduces Second Stage! Summer Theatre Camp in Van Horne!

The Cast of Mother Goose Memoirs poses after their first week of rehearsals!

Campers performed five skits and a camp song, "Give Us a Rhyme, Mother Goose" for parents and friends at a Camp Open House on June 4.

Performance Photographs

Director Mary Horst introduces the show.

The children urge Mother Goose to write her memoirs.

The Old Woman in the Shoe urges Georgie-Porgie to stop kissing girls.

Jack suffers a terrible bump upon the head from falling down the hill.

The Queen of Hearts bemoans not only the loss of her tarts but also the fact that Humpty Dumpty has just fallen off their wall.

The King of Hearts laments that things are completely out of control.

All the king's horses and all the kings men fail to put Humpty Dumpty together again.

Dysfunctional couples . . . Mr. and Mrs. Jack Spratt, Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater and his wife, and the Crocked Man and his wife all appear on the Hair Springer talk show.

A commercial interruption during the talk show for Rub-a-Dub Cleaner

The Master meets the Muffin Man while Little Boy Blue remains under the haystack making Little Bo Peep feel better.

Word gets around quickly about Mother Goose's new book of memoirs, with the Muffin Man, the Master, the Dame, Little Bo Peep, Little Boy Blue, and the three little kittens and their mother, all getting into the act of spreading the word.

Channel 8 News interviews the Cat with the fiddle regarding the cow jumping incident.

The Jumping Cow along with the Cat with the fiddle are cornered by the papparazzi.

And the dish ran away with the spoon.

Everyone gathers for the book signing by Mother Goose.

Mother Goose (wearing the shawl knitted from the fleece of the black sheep) signs copies of her new book for eager admirers.

"Give us a rhyme, Mother Goose!"

This whimsical set piece was the eye popping focal point of the production and featured clever detailing detailing such as pie plates for eyelets and webbing from an old lawn chair used as a shoestring.

Rehearsal Photographs

. . . with silver bells and cockel shells . . .

. . . and the dish ran away with the spoon.

Cast of Characters

Mother Goose  Rachel Maile

Children  Madison Knaack, Anna Hagen, Kelsey Struve,
Whitney Schutterle, Ashley Mills, Hayley Frese

Old Woman in the Shoe  Annie Horst

Farmer in the Dell  Andy Schanbacher

Curly Locks  Kaelyn Knaack

Georgy Porgy  Colton Miller

Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary  Paige Namanny

  Kookaburra  Meghan McDannald

Jack  Maxwell Tiedemann

Jill  Karly Hagen

Tweedledee  Lindsey Cook

Tweedledum  Ellie Horst

Queen of Hearts  Haley Hagen

      Maid  Alex Stewart

Simple Simon  Alicia Gage

Knave of Hearts  Colton Miller

King of Hearts  Maxwell Tiedemann

Humpty Dumpty  Meghan McDannald

King’s Horses  Jenna Struve, Karly Hagen, Whitney Schutterle, Madison Knaack

   King’s Men  Ashley Mills, Anna Hagen, Ellie Horst, Lindsey Cook

Hairy Springer  Andrew Brittain

Crooked Man  Taylor Stoddard

Crooked Wife  Lindsay Struve

     Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater  Andy Schanbacher

   Patty, Peter’s Wife  Bridget Nulty

Jack Sprat  Nate Horst

Jean Sprat, Jack’s Wife  Paige Butz

Housewife  Haley Luther

Pat-a-Cake Baker  Alicia Gage

Baby Blackbirds   Taylor Gage, Holly Miller, Kaelyn Knaack, Cassidy Nulty

King of Hearts  Maxwell Tiedemann

  Announcer   Andrew Brittain

Butcher   Hayley Frese

Baker  Kelsey Struve

      Candlestick Maker  Ashley Mills

Dame  Danielle Vollbrecht

Master  Taylor Stoddard

White Sheep  Alex Stewart

Muffin Man  Andy Schanbacher

Little Boy Blue  Nate Horst

Bo Peep  Tanysha Truax

PussyCat  Bailey Moore

      Three Little Kittens  Holly Miller, Taylor Gage, Cassidy Nulty

Old Woman in the Shoe  Annie Horst

Reporter, Wee Willie Winkie  Amber Hagen

Cameraperson  Haley Luther

Tom Cat  Andrew Brittain

Bessy the Cow  MacKenzie Gage

Paparazzi  Bridget Nulty, Tanysha Truax, Bailey Moore, Jenna Struve, Paige Namanny

Dish  Morgan Butz

Spoon  Jennah Langton

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