‘Once Upon a Mattress’ hits the stage at G-AHS

“Once Upon a Mattress”, a musical adapted from Hans Christian Andersen's The Princess and the Pea, will be performed this week by the Greencastle-Antrim High School Drama Club. The musical comedy, directed by Roz Bingaman, will be presented Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Tickets at $5 are available at the door.

The story follows Queen Agravain, who tries to stop Princess Winnifred from proving herself worthy of marriage to Prince Dauntless. Ladies in waiting, knights, and confidantes of the royal family sing and dance their way to the ultimate ending of any fairy tale.

Members of the cast are, in order of appearance: Brady Smith, the Minstrel; Noni Arnoult and Nikki Garns, princess no. 12 and Lady Giselle; Conor Bryant, the Wizard; Kaitlin Ganoe, Lady Merrill; Aubree Poole, Lady Rowena; Maggie Rose Crawford, Lady Larkin; Skyler Allen and Hailee Martin, Queen Agravain; Dreyphen Hepfer and Gregory Boyer, Prince Dauntless the Drab; Paul Herman, the Jester; Madeline Heraty and Lauren Durniak, Princess Winnifred the Woebegone; Jared Poper, King Extimus the Mute; Evan Smith, Sir Harry; Caleb Bartlett, Sir Ulrick; Jason Yoder, Sir Borin; Dylan Coldsmith, Sir Geoffrey; Hunter Tedrick, Sir Studley; Coby Salmon, Sir Stephen; Melissa Holmes, Lady Hildegard; Laura Yacoubian, Lady Lucille; Jane Eberhardt, Lady Emily; Margo Blattenberger, Lady Aurora; Madison Durniak, Lady Natalin; Alex Collins, Lady Jane; Caitlyn Hetrick, Lady Claire, and Alex Lukow, Lady Ella.

The stage crew consists of Cory Bontrager, manager; Hannah LeGrand, assistant manager; Tabi Rudy, Meghan Bowman, Zach Hendricks, Callie Coleman, Justina Fala, Kayleigh Smith, Mariah Martin, Lorraine Armstrong, Molly Nowell, Marie Boyer, Abby Simonds, Dara Murray and Kristin Hoffman. Other support came from Ronnie Bingaman, graphic designer; Randy Bingaman, set designer; Pam Poper, court seamstress; Randa Bingaman, Ridge Bingaman and Roz Bingaman, choreography.