Perry County Middle School’s drama club is in rehearsals for a show about a disaster. No, it’s not a flood or earthquake — the internet has gone down! “The Day the Internet Died” is a one-act play set in a Perryville few will recognize, as pandemonium spreads while the wifi is out of service for an entire week. How will society function? Not well as it turns out. “’The Day the Internet Died’ hilariously explores how inept we are at dating, research, and basic human interactions when we don’t have a screen to look at,” said Director Robbie Riehn.
Shows are at 7 pm Thursday-Saturday, April 28-30 at the Old Senior High Performing Arts Auditorium at Perry County School District 32. Tickets can be purchased at at http://pcmsd.booktix.com with a credit card (reserved seating) or cash only at the door (general admission). Children 2 and under are free.
“This modern-day play will leave you laughing at all the useful and dumb things we use our phones and the internet for in today’s world,” Mr. Riehn said. “’The Day the Internet Died’ is produced by special arrangement with Stage Partners. Running time is about 40 minutes, and there is no intermission.
Stage Partners has given us permission to adapt this play to be set in our own town, so it’s been a lot of fun! From drinking coffee at Villainous Grounds, being offered free doughnuts from Hoeckle’s Bakery and Deli, to attending a date night sponsored by the Perry Park Center and the Bank of Missouri, it’s been so much fun mixing theater and our community together to produce this show with a twist of Perryville thrown in!”
Cast and crew
MAYOR ANNE, mayor of the town-Chloe Cox
AGNES, a concerned citizen-Laura Dunn
ERICA, a Ryan Gosling fan-Sophia Coppaway
LILY, interviewing for a job-Lily Choate
RAEGAN, an online dater-Raegan Mattingly
BUCK, a duck hunter-Zachary Seyer
JARED, obsessed with likes-Jared Stortz
MONTANA, an emailer-Montana Lawless
KURT, an online dater-Riley Kemp
ANNE, checks social media irregularly-Chloe Cox
HARRIET, the librarian-Desirae Cottner
RILEY, a music lover-Riley Kemp
HELEN, a cat lady-Lelou Barks
ANNE, a businesswoman-Chloe Cox
UNCLE DAVE, an email spammer-Lynlea Seabaugh
EMMA, a postal worker-Emma Fetterhoff
JULES, an Amazon Prime subscriber-Shalynne Tolliver
CLARICE, a clothing store worker-Ziva Thurman
BETTY, a coupon code lady-Abigail Bridges
HUNTER, a coffee drinker-Hunter Esselman
LUCY, a coffee drinker-Lucy Wibbenmeyer
HERBERT, an ad banner rep-Peska LaGrone
BOND, JAMES BOND, National Security Agency-Zachary Seyer
SECRET AGENTS-Brody Schamburg & Riley Kemp
ANNOUNCER, a game show host-Emma Fetterhoff
MISTY, an online dater-Taylor Cox
CRYSTAL, an online dater-Braelynne Pingel
JESS, an online dater-Sophia Coppaway
MILLIE WHITE-a partygoer-Camryn Heim
COLE, a partygoer-Brody Schamburg
DIRECTOR-Mr. Robbie Riehn
STAGE MANAGERS-Ryleigh Schulein & Karlie Kannenberg
LIGHTS-Paige Flentge & Kinsley Balsman