Central College’s Visual and Performing Arts Department will perform “Bonnie and Clyde” at 7 p.m. April 9-12. The musical, based on the Tony-nominated production with music from the legendary Frank Wildhorn, features thrilling adventure and a non-traditional score combining blues, gospel and rockabilly music.
“‘Bonnie and Clyde’ is the electrifying story of love, adventure and crime that captured the attention of an entire country,” says C.D. Adamson, associate professor of theatre. “At the height of the Great Depression, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow went from two small-town nobodies in West Texas to America’s most renowned folk heroes and Texas law enforcement’s worst nightmares.”
Adamson will direct the musical alongside music director Sean Stephenson, assistant professor of music, Kate Kanne Smith, assistant professor of theatre, as the costume designer and Ron Rybkowski, theatre lecturer, as technical director. The Central production features Travis Mitchell, Class of 2025 from Otley, Iowa, as Clyde Barrow and Keely Krambeer, Class of 2026 from Wadena, Iowa, as Bonnie Parker. Other cast members include the following students plus two community members, Madeline Kelly and Ava McDonough.
- Brooklynn Cassens, Class of 2025 from Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Katie Fairchild, Class of 2026 from Eddyville, Iowa
- Katie Hamlow, Class of 2028 from Woodland Park, Colorado
- Silas Harris, Class of 2025 from Muscatine, Iowa
- Grant Humphrey, Class of 2026 from Pella, Iowa
- Shaffer Landuyt, Class of 2025 from Norwalk, Iowa
- Eryn Lenhart, Class of 2027 from Bondurant, Iowa
- Jose Leyva-Gramajo, Class of 2027 from Ottumwa, Iowa
- Rachel Masters, Class of 2026 from Lisbon, Iowa
- Zeke McCarty, Class of 2026 from Ames, Iowa
- David Michael Negley, Class of 2026 from Winterset, Iowa
- Sammie Pagel, Class of 2027 from Madrid, Iowa
- Evan Streit, Class of 2028 from Swisher, Iowa
- Sam Vis, Class of 2027 from Ames, Iowa
- Brooke Watson, Class of 2028 from Newton, Iowa
- Miles-Xavier Young, Class of 2028 from Akron, Iowa
Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students, available online at central.universitytickets.com. Seniors and people with a Central ID are free.