Published March 06. 2026 10:43AM<\/p>\n
The Orefield Middle School Theatre Department, under the direction of Sydney Sniezek, will present its spring play, \u201cThe Music Man JR.\u201d 7 p.m. March 5-7 with a 2 p.m. matinee March 7.<\/p>\n
According to Music Theatre International, \u201cBased on Meredith Willson\u2019s six-time-Tony-Award-winning musical comedy, \u2018The Music Man JR.\u2019 features some of musical theatre\u2019s most iconic songs and a story filled with wit, warmth and good old-fashioned romance. \u2018The Music Man JR.\u2019 is family entertainment at its best \u2013 a bold, brassy show that will have the whole town atwitter!<\/p>\n
\u201cMaster showman Harold Hill is in town and he\u2019s got \u201876 trombones\u2019 in tow. Can upright, uptight Marian, the town librarian, resist his powerful allure?<\/p>\n
The story follows fast-talking traveling salesman, Harold Hill, as he cons the people of River City, Iowa, into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys band he vows to organize. The catch? He doesn\u2019t know a trombone from a treble clef. His plans to skip town with the cash are foiled when he falls for Marian, whose belief in Harold\u2019s power just might help him succeed in the end despite himself.\u201d<\/p>\n
The production will be presented at the school, 2675 Route 309, Orefield.<\/p>\n
The Press was invited to a dress rehearsal where all the actors sported costumes reminiscent of the late 19th century.<\/p>\n
Cadence Adams plays Marian Paroo, the librarian. Her nemesis, at least at first, is Harold Hill played by Edan Silver. Ayla Johnson is Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn to Arlen Bello Ramos as Mayor George Shinn. Rio Hedwig is Constable Locke and Calvin Plets is Tommy Djilas.<\/p>\n
The School Board Quartet performers are Layla Kish, Ted Tharammal, Callie Boscia, and Gwyneth Hahn.<\/p>\n
Cadence Adams plays Marian Paroo in the Orefield Middle School production of \u201cThe Music Man, JR.\u201d being held in the auditorium March 5-7.<\/p>\n
PRESS PHOTOS BY LOU WHEELANDLayla Kish, Ted Tharammal, Callie Boscia and Gwyneth Hahn perform as the School Board Quartet during the Orefield Middle School production of \u201cThe Music Man, JR.\u201d being held in the auditorium March 5-7.<\/p>\n
PRESS PHOTOS BY LOU WHEELANDArlen Bello Ramos, as Mayor Shinn, Arlo Hellwig, as Constable Locke and Calvin Pletz, as Tommy Djilas confront Edan Silver, as Harold Hill during the Orefield Middle School production of \u201cThe Music Man, JR.\u201d being held in the auditorium.<\/p>\n
Ayla Johnson plays Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn in the Orefield Middle School production of \u201cThe Music Man, JR.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cadence Adams plays Marian Paroo and Edan Silver plays Harold Hill in the Orefield Middle School production of \u201cThe Music Man, JR.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published March 06. 2026 10:43AM The Orefield Middle School Theatre Department, under the direction of Sydney Sniezek, will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":131398,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120],"class_list":["post-131397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}