WHS is All Shook Up
Musical rolls into high school April 2-4

The Watauga High School (WHS) Chorus and Drama department will present the spring musical, All Shook Up, April 2, 3 and 4 at 7:30 p.m. in the WHS Ross Auditorium.

All Shook Up is a rock-n-roll romantic comedy that mixes a little bit of Shakespeare with a whole lot of The King, and “guarantees that your entire family will be jumpin’ out of their blue suede shoes,” a high school spokesperson said.

When “a rolling roustabout with a song in his soul and an eye for the ladies” rambles into town on his motorcycle, guitar slung over the leather jacket on his back, everyone eventually responds with new attitudes and welcome results. Just as in Shakespeare’s lighthearted comedies, everyone falls under love’s spell, but with the “wrong” person.

Dennis (Cameron Haas), the town nerd, loves grease monkey Natalie (Jessica Presnell), who loves the roustabout, Chad (Will Barbour), who’s fallen for the museum curator, Miss Sandra (Jordan Rucker), who’s a sucker for men bearing poetry, but not for Jim (Murray Nickel), the man who pines for her. It gets even more complicated, however, because—just like in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night—there’s a character that undergoes some gender-bending in order to get close to the one she loves.

“Add to all that the changing cultural climate of 1950s America and you get the best retro rock show since Grease,” the spokesperson said.

Will true love prevail? Will the power of music win the day? Will this small town in the Midwest survive getting all shook up? Come to Watauga High School April 2, 3 and 4 to find out! Tickets go on sale March 26. For more information, call the WHS Drama Department at (828) 268-0760.