Colony Drama Club to feature ‘Tarzan the Musical’

WASILLA — Colony High School’s Drama Club will perform “Tarzan the Musical” at the Glenn Massay Theater on the campus of Mat-Su College Feb. 3, 4, 10 and 11.

The two-act play is based on the Walt Disney animated classic by the same name and features songs written by Phil Collins. Disney’s film was adapted from the 1914 novel by Edgar Rice Borroughs.

The classic centers around an infant boy, washed up on the shores of West Africa, and raised by gorillas which name him Tarzan. Apart from striving for acceptance from his ape father, Tarzan’s life is mostly monkey business until a human expedition treks into his tribe’s territory, and he encounters creatures like himself for the first time. Tarzan struggles to navigate a jungle, thick with emotion, as he discovers his animal upbringing clashing with his human instincts.

Curtain for each performance is 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 for students and $15 for adults. For more information, call 861-5541.

Running through the list of characters, the play features: John Bruhaney as the father, Anissa Baggett as the mother--and also an understudy for Jane, Andrew Cooley as Kerchak, Jessica Rentz as Kala, Steven Sutcliffe as young Tarzan--and also an understudy for Porter, Rebekah Sutcliffe as young Terk, Naomi Winders at Terk, Bronson Stewart as Tarzan, Rheanon Williams as Jane, Luke Johnson as Porter — and also an understudy for Tarzan — Ian Duffy as Clayton, Noah Valadez as Snipes, and Grace Eldridge as Leopard.

The cast also features a number of gorillas played by Savvanah Fager — and also a understudy for Kala, Eli Cooley —and also a young Tarzan understudy, Charlie Rentz--and also a young Terk understudy, Elizabeth Coleman, Kobe Kramer, Hayley Pritchett, Rebecca Hall, Hannah Holtz, Emily Markee, Isabella Graham, Makenzie Lawyer, Kristina Jean, Sadie Pead, Grace McDonald, Jordan Julich, Emerald Babbitt, Katelyn Hoage, Emma Clark, Tyler Eldridge, Jade Price, Annika Maher, and Sierra Wake. Aydan Pavia-Jones, Isaac Cooley and Joe Pavia-Jones will play expedition crew members. Alexis Kerst is serving as stage manager.