MAC Theatre Guild to Present "The Pajama Game"

Capitalism, unions and love are the themes of Mineral Area College’s next Little Theatre Guild production, a musical called “The Pajama Game.”
 
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and performances are at 7 p.m. nightly, April 20-23, in the Fine Arts Theatre at the Park Hills Campus. Tickets are available at the MAC Bookstore or at the door on the night of the performances, and are $7 general admission, or $3 for MAC students and senior citizens. The play is rated PG.
 
In it, the Union at Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory is seeking a pay raise of seven and a half cents an hour. Factory Superintendent Sid and employee Babe are in opposite camps, yet a romance is born between them. At first Babe rejects him and Sid is forced to confide his feelings to a dictaphone. During the picnic for the factory workers he makes better progress but their estrangement is reinforced when they return to the factory. A go-slow is staged by the Union, strongly supported by Babe. Sid demands an “honest day’s work” and threatens to fire slackers. Babe is enraged by his attitude, kicks her foot into the machinery and is immediately fired by Sid. Hines, the popular efficiency expert, is in love with Gladys, the President’s secretary. Periodically, he brings a more optimistic outlook to the life of the factory. Becoming convinced that Babe’s championship of the Union is justified, Sid simulates an interest in Gladys by taking her out for the evening to the night club, Hernando’s Hideaway. Through her help he is eventually able to gain access to the firm’s books and discovers that the boss has been adding to his price the pay increase demanded by the workers. Sid then brings about his boss’s, Hasler’s, consent to a pay raise and is able to bring peace to the factory and to his love life. Everyone goes out to celebrate - at Hernando’s Hideawaydictaphone. During the picnic for the factory workers he makes better progress but their estrangement is reinforced when they return to the factory. A go-slow is staged by the Union, strongly supported by Babe. Sid demands an “honest day’s work” and threatens to fire slackers. Babe is enraged by his attitude, kicks her foot into the machinery and is immediately fired by Sid. Hines, the popular efficiency expert, is in love with Gladys, the President’s secretary. Periodically, he brings a more optimistic outlook to the life of the factory. Becoming convinced that Babe’s championship of the Union is justified, Sid simulates an interest in Gladys by taking her out for the evening to the night club, Hernando’s Hideaway. Through her help he is eventually able to gain access to the firm’s books and discovers that the boss has been adding to his price the pay increase demanded by the workers. Sid then brings about his boss’s, Hasler’s, consent to a pay raise and is able to bring peace to the factory and to his love life. Everyone goes out to celebrate - at Hernando’s Hideaway
 
“'The Pajama Game', written by the same people who brought you 'Guys and Dolls,' is just one of those classic feel good 1950's musicals with good dancing, great music, and a simple love story woven through out,” said Theatre Instructor Chuck Gallaher.
 
Little Theatre Guild’s cast list includes: 
 
Babe, Shiloh Burt, Crystal City; Sid, Danny Montgomery, Desloge; Hines, Sam Gallaher, Farmington; Gladys, Leslea Walter, Park Hills; Prez, Logan Wilmore, Farmington;  Mable, Sydney Huff,  Farmington;  Mae, Jessica Rennie, Farmington; Brenda, Rachel Gann, Farmington; Poopsie, Caitlyn Emert, Farmington;  Joe/2nd Helper, Ryan Fuemmeler, Farmington;  Max/ 1st Helper, Logan Shropshire, Desloge; Charlie/Chorus, Zach Dane, Bonne Terre; Pops, Frank Miller, ; Hassler, Blake Worley, Farmington; Carmen, Jessica Ipock, Valles Mines; Charlene, Courtlyn Dane, Bonne Terre; Sara, Jada Eve, Fredericktown.
 
Auditions for the Little Theatre Guild’s next performance, ““Oleanna” (performances June 23-25) will take place May 8, 2 p.m., in the Fine Arts Theatre at MAC in Park Hills. Roles are available for 1 man and 1 woman.