Excelsior Springs High School Theatre Presents Brighton Beach Memoirs

The weekend of April 8th-10th, the Excelsior Springs High School’s Theatre Department presented Neil Simon’s Brighton Beach Memoirs, directed by Jeff Haney. Set in 1937 at Brighton Beach, in Brooklyn, New York, teenager Eugene (played by Isaiah Bruley) bounces between an imaginary game of baseball in his front yard, to being blamed for everything that goes wrong. When the family’s financial situation is put to the test by being in the throes of the Great Depression, Eugene’s struggle with puberty and search for identity gives the show the lightheartedness needed for such heavy world topics.

Cast

Eugene – Isaiah Bruley
Blanche – Jena Redmon
Kate – Isabella Selby
Laurie – CeeJay Hardesty
Nora – Annalise Selby
Stanley – Cristian Canales
Jack – Sean Dimes

Production

Director – Jeffrey Haney
Technical Directors – Julia Ubert and Xavier Robles
Stage Manager – Elijah Thomas
Assistant Stage Manager – Kaylee Williams
Light Board – Lainey Creason
Sound Board – Cole Dickey
Props – Lydia McLean and Emma Morris
Costumes – Brooke McAfee
Makeup – Shayla Sellers, Kaitlyn Harris, and Brooke McAfee
Set Construction – Allison Armstrong, Daniel Baker, Timothy Beloff, Macey Chaney, Mason Duncan, Conner Evertson, Kaitlyn George, Makayla Grant, Martin Hormell, Brody Hurla, Aracely Lopez, Colin McCartney, Sarah Osborne, Donovan Paige, Saydee Romp, Sierra Stodden, Domenick Thomas, Amanda Tribble, Jesafin Xiong, Kylee Baldridge, Trever Burkman, Carter Caulkins, Deja Crumley, Sean Dimes, Desirea Downey, Kaitlyn Dyjack, Judith Happy, Adyn Jordan, Olivia Kelley, Tyler Medford, Bailey Munger, Kenneth Oswald, Destiny Poe, Madison Simmons, Haley Smith, Sage Stephenson, Maddox Stewart, Kaylynn Stull, Elijah Thomas, Ryan Wartanbee, Dakota Watterson, Mykhael Webb, Kevin White, Braylissa Whitworth, Cristian Canales, Cadin George, Trystan Gilbert, Bradin Gooding, Nolan Greim, Jenna Hall, Seth Hallauer, Jackson Hartwick, Isaiah Herzberger, Caden Kutzli, Brooke McAfee, Lydia McLean, Emma Morris, Spencer Noblet, Ariana Reynolds, Makenzie Rozell, Marcus Rudesill, Ethan Sams, Gage Simmons, Pierce Taylor, Dominic Trussell, Kevin Trusty, Gannon Willis, Aaron Bowman, Jacob Bright, Isaac Coffey, Abigail Crowley, Christopher Curtis, Celest Hardesty, Presley Holman, Jackson Holmes, Brock Hurla, Sean Kephart, James McCubbin, Landon McGaugh, Dillon Noble, Kaleigh Reynolds, Sean Sawyer, Isabella Selby, Hunter Stark, Brody Taylor, Matilda Vendana, Kolt Willis