Johnny Brewer and Barbara Peek are cast in the lead roles in next weekend’s ACT I production of The King and I.

Peek is Anna Leonowens, governess to the children of King Mongkut of Siam (Brewer) in the early 1860s. The plot relates to her experiences as the British schoolteacher hired as part of the king’s drive to modernize his country. The relationship between the two is marked by conflict, as well as by a love that neither can admit.

The musical, which is based on the novel Anna and the King of Siam, features many familiar Broadway tunes, “We Kiss in a Shadow,” “Hello, Young Lovers,” “Getting to Know You,” “I Whistle a Happy Tune,” and “Shall We Dance.”

Paula Sue Duebelt and Ronda Ricks are co-directors of the production.

ACT I is sponsored by the Covington Arts Council.

Show times are at 7 p.m. on Thurs., Sept. 19, Sat., Sept. 21, and Mond., Sept. 23, and at 2 p.m. on Sun., Sept. 22.

Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at Ansley Place, Brooks Hardware and Harold’s Furniture.

Cast

Captain Orgon  –  Frank Shaffer
Louis Leonewes –   Steadman Glenn
Anna Leonowens –   Barbara Peek
The interpreter  – Jeremy Boyd
Kralahome  –  Bill Alverson
King  –  Johnny Brewer
Phraaalack –   Charlie Brock
Lun Tha  –  Carlos Luckie
Tuptim   – Dannielle Hudson, Maggie Holmes
Lady Thiang –   Monica Barton, Savannah Ricks
Prince Chulalongkorn  –  Riley Shaffer
Princess ing Yaowalak   – Aubrey Nall
Princess Jasmine –   Hannah Bulger
Sir Edward Ramsay  –  Ron Picking
Prince and princesses  –  Kaitlyn Bulger, Katrine Christensen, Drew Correro, Robin Correro, Austin Fountain Daniel Gacha, Laklyn Hudson, Bailey Lewis, Bay Merrell, Ashlyn Nall, West Parker, Brenna Wells, Olivia Lane Wise
Royal Wives  –  Ali Brown, Elizabeth Christensen, Jeni Correror, Lori Couturie, Catherine Estis, Judy Johnson, Mary Johnson, Jen Nall, Lorren Shaffer
Priests  –   Jeremy Boyd, Luke Johnson, Jacob Moseley, Frank Shaffer, J.T. White
Amazons –   Jana Hudson, Mary Vines, Sandy Wiggins, Jennifer Jones
Eliza  –  Sydney Brunson
Simon Legree  –  Sneha Bang
Orchestra –   Angie Sasser (keyboard)
Steve Hubbard (keyboard)
Robert Meyer (keyboard)
Patty Meyer (flute)
Jasmine Botta (keyboard)

Seamstresses  – Joy Terry, Mary Lee Goggins, Meribel Brown, Sandra Proctor, Pat Wilcox, Pat Palmore, Mary Lee Howard, Lenora Johnson, Maria Thigpen

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