Middle School thespians stage Pirates of Penzance

Pirates dropped anchor in RCS Middle School this weekend, offering a bounty of laughter and a treasure trove of fun.

Dozens of students worked through the school's Drama Club to stage the Pirates of Penzance Jr. from May 15 through May 18, Director Michelle Fenton said.

The show is described as offering a "hilarious farce of sentimental pirates, bumbling policemen, dim-witted young lovers, dewy-eyed daughters and an eccentric Major-General, all morally bound to the often-ridiculous dictates of honor and duty."

The cast included:

• Thomas Downey at Frederick

• Eugene Posniewski as Pirate King

• Maisie Snyder as Ruth

• Corey Trombley as Samuel

• Mickayla Shear as Mabel

• Abigail Cowan as Major-General

• Miranda Hyer as Edith

• Mary Doane as Kate

• Johanna Muller as Isabel

• Hannah O'Connor as Sergeant

The pirates: 

• Joseph Ennis

• Samantha Filkins

• Noelle Heath

• Ashley Houk

• Angela Matheny

• Philip McNaughton

• Roy Swann

The daughters: 

• Rebecca Adamson

• Sarah Barger-Anderson    

• Riley Cooper

• Alaina Krueger 

• Rajine Martinez

• Hannah O’Connor 

• Jessica Porter 

• Amber VanDerheyden

• Madeline Wamsley

The police:

• Chelsea Adams

• Isabelle Dewsbury

• Mariah Disorbo

• Alexandra Eddy

• Megan Miller

• Dawn Mirando

• Samantha Mosher

• Rachel Neumann

• Emily Shear

Assistant Directors

• Summer Broeckx-Smith—Stage Manager

• Gregory Myers—Lighting Technician

• Christopher Parker—Sound Technician

Treasurers:

• Mary Doane 

• Miranda Hyer 

Stage Crew:

• Annie Battaglia

• Andrew Brennan

• Nathan Dickson

• Francesca Hempstead

• Naomi Hartnagel

• Jenna Lightbody

• Abigail Place

• Katherine Weisheit

• Jenna Walton