‘The Play That Goes Wrong’

By Phil Cobb | March 11, 2024 |

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MARYVILLE, Mo. — Everyone knows about classic whodunnit stories involving a murder at a country manor and an intrepid inspector searching for the culprit. Well, the Maryville High School production of “The Play that Goes Wrong,” which features a group of local thespians portraying a group of thespians attempting put on one such play, offers that story and a wee bit more, like actors who forget their lines, pass out on stage, a dog that goes missing and set pieces that break.

This year’s spring play will offer audiences a chance to catch the comical catastrophe at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 15; Saturday, March 16; and 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 17, at the Lee and Nina Schneider Center for the Performing Arts.

Numerous young Spoofhounds make up this cast of convivial and entertaining actors. The production’s lone senior Brinley Conn spoke to The Forum about her last time upon the stage, noting that that she is going to be sad when it’s over.

“Being with my friends all the time,” Conn told The Forum has been her favorite aspect of acting in Maryville productions. “The people in it are probably just the best people I’ve ever met in general. I just love them all.”

To see those people and Conn in her final Maryville R-II production, purchase tickets at the door for $5 or online at bit.ly/MaryvilleSpringPlay or by scanning with your phone’s camera the QR code attached to this story.

CAST AND CREW

CAST LIST

Tallyn Haer – Annie the stage manager

Travis Salerno-Johnson – Trevor the light and sound tech

Brinley Conn – Christine the director

Shawn Mahoney – Jonathan as Charles Haversham

Alayna Pargas – Rachel as Mary Colleymoore

Julie Conn – Denise as Perkins

Isaiah Schieber – Max as Cecil Haversham

Kate Wright – Sandra as Florence Colleymoore

Aiden VanVactor – the Dog Handler as Arthur the gardener

STAGE CREW

Rafaela Costa

Brooklyn Johnson

Bea Diaferio

Ellie Parsons

Siyan Driskell

Alyssa Quimby

Paityn Hostetler

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Maryville High School student Aiden VanVactor makes the most of his character known as Dog Handler and Arthur the Gardener during a brief rehearsal last week.

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Spoofhound actors take to the stage at the Lee and Nina Schneider Center for the Performing Arts this weekend in the Maryville High School production of “The Play That Goes Wrong,” by Henry Lewis, Johnathan Sayer and Henry Shields. Student actors shown from left are: Aiden VanVactor, Brinley Conn, Shawn Mahoney, Julie Conn and Alayna Pargas.