Bye Bye Birdie
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Bye Bye Birdie
The first Spring Musical for MCHS, it was performed in March of 2003. Middle Creek had just opened up the previous fall, so the student population was very long on enthusiasm, but short on experience. Matt Scialdone had stepped into the breech to teach technical theater while the program was getting started. People were disappointed - the first MCHS show was supposed to be Grease, but unexpectly, a touring production of the show was coming through town, which prevented Middle Creek from getting a performance license. Bye Bye Birdie was put forward as a substitute and people eventually warmed to the show.
Cast
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Crew
- Lighting Design: Erik Minton
- More needed......
Production Staff
- Director: Mike Gilliam
- Technical Director: Matt Scialdone
- Pit Band: Tammy Holder, John Ruggero, Alan Booker
- Set Construction: Cody Janek, ......
Bye Bye Birdie Stories
First day of construction
I remember the first day of construction when I looked at the pile of brightly colored scaffolding that the Sun Belt rental people had dropped off. It looked like a huge pile of teenage sized Legos and despite my pervious theatrical experience, it was very hard for me to image that this was going to be the set of Bye Bye Birdie. But, we just started putting the pieces together and slowly the platforms took shape....... Al