College announces cast for upcoming production of The Rocky Horror Show

November 22, 2016

Anoka-Ramsey Community College is proud to announce the student-actors recently cast in its winter production of The Rocky Horror Show by Richard O’Brian. The play is set to hit the Coon Rapids Performing Arts Center Feb. 10, 11, 16, 17, and 18 at 7:30 pm.

Congratulations to:
(role, student name, hometown)

• Rocky: Robert Bower, Oak Grove
• Columbia: Jamie Costello, Anoka
• Dr. Scott: Jack Fish, Spring Lake Park
• Eddie: Samuel Fish, Spring Lake Park
• Magenta: Sarah Miller, Elk River
• Brad: Chisom Owhonda, Anoka
• Dr. Frank ’N’ Furter: Brandon Osero, Blaine
• Janet: Courtney VonVett, Coon Rapids
• Riff Raff: Trenton Wyman, Rogers

Narrator

• Richard Ondigi, Blaine

Chorus

• Cody Johnson, Blaine
• Jeremy Pettis, Minnetonka
• Grace Rondeau, Big Lake
• Robert Simonson, Andover
• Lexie Ward, Zimmerman
• Bridget Welsh, Blaine

“We had a record number of students audition for this play, providing the production with a very talented cast,” said Blayn Lemke, the play’s director and Theatre instructor. “When you perform Rocky Horror you anticipate voluntary audience participation–singing along, shouting comments. The messaging is based on awareness of differences and acceptance. No matter what you identify as, everyone is accepted and welcome. Please come and dance the time warp with us in February!”

More about The Rocky Horror Show by Richard O’Brian
The Rocky Horror Picture Show, written by Richard O’Brien, premiered in 1973. The musical is set on a fateful night when Brad and his fiancée, Janet — innocently set out to visit an old professor. Unfortunately for them, this night out is destined to be one they will never forget. A thunderstorm and a flat-tire force them to seek help at the castle of Dr. Frank ’N’ Furter, an alien, transvestite scientist with a manic genius and insatiable libido. Brad, Janet, and Frank’ N’ Furter’s cohorts are swept up into the scientist’s latest experiment. The night’s misadventures will cause Brad and Janet to question everything they’ve known about themselves, each other, love, and lust. A loving homage to the classic B sci-fi film and horror genres with an irresistible rock’n’roll score, The Rocky Horror Show is a hilarious, unforgettably wild ride!

The Rocky Horror Show
Feb. 10, 11, 16, 17 and 18, 2016
7:30 pm
Anoka-Ramsey Community College Coon Rapids Campus
Performing Arts Center
Tickets: $8 

For more information about the production or the Theatre Department at Anoka-Ramsey Community College, visit: AnokaRamsey.edu/academics/departments-faculty/theatre/