Golly Gee Whiz

By Joanne Bogart & Eric Rockwell

Directed by Ann Holmes

Winner of the National Youth Theatre Award for Outstanding New Musical and the Shubert Fendrich Memorial Playwriting Contest, this rousing show offers ten spectacular musical numbers that give every young actor their moment in the spotlight! Golly Gee Whiz! is the quintessential “backyard musical,” a loving tribute to the terrific Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland Hollywood film musicals of the 1930s and 40s.

The residents of Happyville, USA, aren’t all that happy. Usually loaded with a golly-gee-whiz sort of unstoppable optimism and ready to make the world a better place, they all seem to have come down with a case of boredom and grumps. They have good reason to feel so lousy. After all, it’s the middle of the Great Depression. But that’s when Mickey and Judy set ‘em straight and get everyone to work to put on a show! Why, if they all pitch in together, they can do something good for the town and raise some money to help out the local businesses! By working together, they put on such a great show that folks come from miles around to see it, and re-establish Happyville as the bustling town that it once was.

You can watch a trailer of Golly Gee Whiz at: youtu.be/I82wh5oDlO4

Produced by First Wing Family Theatre at St. Paul's Liberty Church Education Center, 3494 Oak Park Rd., Deerfield, WI 53531

Performances: June 23-24, 2023

Performance Times:
Friday. June 23 at 7:00
Saturday, June 24 at 2:00 & 7:00

Ticket Prices: $10 Adults $8 Seniors and youth 5-18 Under 5 free

Call 608-764-5267 for reservations or more information.