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PHOTOS BY CAITLIN LEIKER<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Paul Adams and his son, Eric Adams review their lines in the dressing rooms below Felten-Start Theatre inside Malloy Hall. The show will run at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 13-15, and 2:30 p.m. on Oct. 16.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Brenna Koehler straightens her ponytails in the mirror. She has been in an array of theatre productions with her homeschool group in the past, but this is her first year in a Fort Hays musical. \u201cIt\u2019s definitely been a lot more inclusive,\u201d Koehler said. \u201cAs I was doing the homeschool musicals and plays, we were already really close, but I\u2019ve definitely gotten a lot closer with some of my cast members.\u201d\n\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Chloe Mosier applies stage makeup before going upstairs to get her microphone. \u201cI grew up in a super small town with a \u2018gym-itorium,\u2019 so having a dressing room and all this technology is super fun,\u201d Chloe Mosier \u201cIt\u2019s just very different. It\u2019s what I\u2019ve always dreamed of having, and was never allowed to have.\u201d\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The pit rehearses sections of the score, led by music director Terry Crull. Promises, Promises (music by Burt Bacharach and lyrics by Hal David) was first performed on Broadway in 1968. FHSU\u2019s production will follow the 2010 revival with smoother scene changes, and edits to the script and score.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Cameron Brandenburg (left) and David Morones (right) test the cast\u2019s mics and run through sound cues. Dr. Carl Sage, Technical Director of Theatre at Fort Hays, was in charge of set construction, and he will be running the lighting for the show.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The cast warms up together on stage, singing through harmonies in \u201cI\u2019ll Say a Little Prayer for You.\u201d This song, and \u201cA House Is Not a Home,\u201d were added to the show with the 2010 revival.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Stage manager Debbie Berg stands at her post backstage, giving the first sound and lighting cues at the start of the run-through.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Nathan Leiker, playing one of the lead roles as Chuck Baxter, opens the performance with the song \u201cHalf as Big as Life.\u201d Not long after, the audience sees that Baxter, a low-level insurance worker, begins to secretly lend out his apartment on the Upper West Side\u2026for the company bosses\u2019 extramarital affairs. He uses this under-the-table advantage to climb the corporate ladder, all in an attempt to woo Fran Kubelik, a waitress in the company cafeteria.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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