True love
prevails in
A week prior
to the show’s
opening, cast
members held
a surprise
flash mob
performance
in the cafeteria
during a lunch
period as a
marketing
tool to invoke
student
interest.
he cast and crew of Mamma Mia! brought the house down with its four
performances in late March. A cast of 35 students performed, danced, and
grooved to the well-known pop songs of ABBA in a modern-day musical set
on the fictional Greek island of Kalokairi.
The musical opened as guests descended on the island to a taverna owned
and operated by single mother Donna Sheridan. The visitors are arriving for the
wedding of Donna’s 20-year old daughter Sophie to her fiancé Sky.
Three of the guests are architect Sam Carmichael, banker Harry Bright, and
sailor Bill Austin, former boyfriends of Donna. Unknown to her, Sophie invited
the men after secretly reading Donna’s diary and discovering they were involved
in her mother’s life around the time she was conceived. Sophie surmises that
one of the men must be her dad and she has dreamed of having her father walk
her down the aisle to give her away at her wedding. Unfortunately, when the
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1. Donna, owner of the taverna, tells friends she works all day and night to pay the
bills in a performance of “Money, Money, Money.” 2. Best friends Ali and Lisa listen
as Sophie reads from her mother’s diary. She discovers that her mom was seeing
three different men some 20 years ago and wonders if one of them could be her
father. 3. A tired Donna sings: “In my dreams, I have a plan, if I got me a wealthy
man, I wouldn’t have to work at all.” 4. Sam Carmichael, Bill Austin, and Harry Bright
arrive at the taverna, recalling fond memories of the island from their last visit,
some 20 years ago. 5. A distraught Donna is comforted by friends Tanya and Rosie
after she discovers her former suitors have come to the taverna just days before her
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