Saint Ann School Stages 'Bugsy Malone Jr.'

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The Prohibition Era of speakeasies, hoodlums, and Vaudeville routines comes to pint-size life as Saint Ann School in Lawrence Township stages the musical Bugsy Malone Jr.  Peppy songs like “Flat Sam’s Grand Slam” and “Show Business” are complemented by Vaudeville-style skits between scenes. 

Performances are at 7 p.m. on March 24, 30, and 31 and at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 25. Advance tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for children (kids under three are free) and can be reserved by calling (609) 883-0246.

“This is a lighthearted take on the movies of Jimmy Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, and the Bowery Boys,” said director-choreographer Robin Scott.  “Through the talent of our students and the art deco sets and flapper costumes parents have created, we hope to give the audience a taste of those gangster films—only with marshmallows and silly string as ammunition, and the strongest drink in the joint is a sarsaparilla.”

David Rowcotsky and Patrick Ramsey will play the title role as part of two full casts that also include Isabella Guhl-Erdie and Mariah Kondash as the plucky Blousey Brown; Seamus Meagher and Michael Connolly as mobster Flat Sam; Faith Cowell and Alexis Staniec as rival Dandy Dani; and Angela Roberts and Eva Pierrot as showgirl Tallulah. 

Vaudeville impresarios Thelma DeVille and Louise Van Pelt will be played by Jenna Sliwinski and Reilly Bowe and by Karolina Zachor and Mary Marino, while Alexis Tyger and Francesca Iucolino will play hopeful hoofer Fizzy, Carly Rowcotsky and Lydia Moody will play narrator Molly the Mouth, and Cristina Fallon and Rosa Mia Rosado will play pampered vocalist Lena Marelli.

Others in the cast and crew include Haley Adamczak, Cindy and Ivania Asencio, Caroline and Emily Barkley, Elizabeth Bivens-Tatum, Francesca Bocchini, Gillian Castadot, Shania Dhanaraj, Isabella DiFoggio, George Drago, Cailyn Fiori, Angelina Franceschini, Emily Gerlach, Will Guhl-Erdie, Alex Hermann, Makaena Hewitt, Sean Hoffman, Natalie and Casey Klek, Natalie Kobus, Emma Lalli, Kylee Longo, Brenna McCloughan, Dena Montez, Kyle Moody, Drew Mumich, Rose Munley, Cara Nally, Nkenna Opara, Samantha Papp, Nora Peterson, Ashley Pillsbury, Alyssa Poveromo, Sarah Rulkiewicz, Gianna Santoro, Lauren Schaumburg, Kevin Scott, Victoria Seymour, Carolyn Smith, Ian Staniec, Isabella Storie, Sebastian Toala, Joey Tyger, Weronika Tyminska, and Michael Zachor.

The parent-run Drama Club’s past shows include Annie, Thankincense, Alice in Wonderland, Once Upon a Mattress, Aladdin Jr., Wind in the Willows, A Christmas Carol, Robin Hood, Peter Pan, The Wizard of Oz, and Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.