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7B THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2017 ‘Bye Bye Birdie!’ takes off tonight in Seaside sort of happy, sad, angry, and they’re all happening at the same time. I think it is what makes this play really fun to act.” By KATHERINE LACAZE For The Daily Astorian SEASIDE —It’s the late 1950s. Rock ’n’ roll idol Conrad Birdie, who has been drafted into the U.S. Army à la Elvis Presley, is preparing to leave for the military by working alongside his man- agers to stage a public fare- well kiss with a randomly selected all-American teen- age girl. What follows, accord- ing to cast members of Sea- side High School’s produc- tion of “Bye Bye Birdie,” is a humorously dramatic, fun frolic featuring high-en- ergy music, extensive cho- reography and a plot line of “everything going all wrong at the same time and kind of resolving,” senior Zeynep Payzanoğlu said. Rehearsals The cast of 17 has been rehearsing for a couple months under the director- ship of English teacher Lee- Ann Schmelzenbach, whose first experience directing was the high school’s 2016 musi- cal “Urinetown.” The pro- duction also includes a tech- nical crew of seven people and a four-person band, fea- turing musicians Bill Siew- art, Julie Smith, Max Strozzi and Drew Weil. According to cast mem- bers, the show promises audi- ences a good time with lots of spunk, comedy, intrigue and especially memorable music. They agreed “Honestly Sin- cere” is one of the best songs in the production. Sophomore Majestik De Luz, who plays one of the Elvis-style heartthrob’s many fangirls, added, “Our ded- ication to Conrad Birdie is pretty extreme, so I think that’s probably a good aspect of the play.” Another com- ical aspect, according to senior Adam Morse, who plays Albert, is the love story between his character and Rosie — and how Albert’s mother tries to get in the way using guilt-tripping and other manipulative tactics. In general, the students anticipate the audience will enjoy themselves as much as the cast has during the rehearsal process. De Luz said one of her favorite aspects of the overall experi- ence has been “growing as a cast and really bonding with New York City The play, written by Michael Stewart with music by Charles Strouse and lyr- ics by Lee Adams, begins in New York City. Rosie Alva- rez and Albert Peterson, Bird- ie’s managers concoct their scheme involving the rock singer and choose 15-year- old Kim McAfee as the lucky girl to receive his goodbye kiss. The troupe, accompa- nied by Albert’s possessive mother, then head to Kim’s hometown of Sweet Apple, Ohio, and turn it upside down with raucous publicity, music and drama. “You see a lot of emo- tions all together — from Rosie, from Kim, from Conrad, from Albert,” said Payzanoğlu, an exchange student from Turkey who plays Rosie. “Everybody’s Katherine Lacaze/For The Daily Astorian The cast for Seaside High School’s production of “Bye Bye Birdie” is preparing for the show to open tonight. Perfor- mances also will be held Saturday and March 2,3 and 4. each other, just backstage or sitting out (in the cafeteria), waiting for our next part.” Seaside High School’s production of “Bye Bye Birdie,” presented in arrange- ment with Tams-Whitmark Music Library Production, will take place tonight and Saturday and March 2, 3 and 4. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show starts at 7. Gen- eral admission is $8 per per- son. 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