{"id":207803,"date":"2026-07-13T22:10:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T03:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=207803"},"modified":"2026-07-13T22:10:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T03:10:29","slug":"cast-is-set-ayat-show-ready-to-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/07\/13\/cast-is-set-ayat-show-ready-to-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Cast is set, AYAT show ready to start"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The plague has arrived, the choreography is set, and the beat is officially dropping at Van Wert Civic Theatre. Director Alyssa Taylor, Choreographer Emily Gehle and Musical Director Perri Webb are thrilled to announce the official cast for the upcoming production of The Guy Who Didn\u2019t Like Musicals<\/em>, sponsored by Biggby Coffee. Paul is an average guy who likes average things\u2014and he absolutely hates musicals. But his world turns into a singing nightmare when a mysterious plague starts transforming his town into a living, dancing horror show. Now, Paul must fight to survive as the world around him breaks into choreographed chaos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cast<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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  • Paul Matthews \u2013 Sean Carpenter<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Emma Perkins \u2013 Abbie Mengerink<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Charlotte Sweetly \u2013 Kim Salisbury<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Ted Spankoffski \u2013 Andy Walpole<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Bill Woodward \u2013 Charles Bennett<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Professor Hidgens \u2013 Carson Caprella<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Mr. Ken Davidson \/ Sam Sweetly \u2013 Evan Joseph<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Alice Woodward \u2013 Payton Frese<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • General John MacNamara \u2013 Landon Adams<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Zoey Chambers \u2013 Chloe Parker<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Nora \u2013 Ella Lamb<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Greenpeace Canvasser \u2013 Emily Gehle<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Homeless Guy \u2013 Freya Blount<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Deb \u2013 Emily Ayers<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Greg \u2013 Chloe Parker<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Stu \u2013 Emily Gehle<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Soloist Cops \u2013 Ella Lamb, Carson Caprella<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Coffee Jerk \u2013 Carson Caprella<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Colonel Schaffer \u2013 Anna Cassidy<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Melissa \u2013 Sophie Berryman<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Ensemble \u2013 Colton Easterday, Josh Hohman, Sav Merkel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    This AYAT (Adolescent and Young Adult) production has a talented group of local performers ready to take you on a wild journey into a town being taken over by a singing, dancing alien entity. Please be advised that this production contains a content warning for adult language, violence, sexual language, gunshots, drug references, smoking, blood, and gore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The box office is open now.\u00a0Tickets are $18 with a\u00a0$16 for senior presale-only price.\u00a0 All ticket sales are final. Performances will run July 23, 24, 25, and 26, as well as July 30, 31, and August 1 and 2. All performances take place on the Van Wert Civic Theatre’s main stage at 118 S. Race Street. Secure your seats early at vwct.org or call 419.238.9689.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Submitted information The plague has arrived, the choreography is set, and the beat is officially dropping at Van Wert Civic Theatre. Director Alyssa Taylor, Choreographer Emily Gehle and Musical Director Perri Webb are thrilled to announce the official cast for the upcoming production of The Guy Who Didn\u2019t Like Musicals, sponsored by Biggby Coffee. Paul […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-207803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-21 05:25:59","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207803"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207805,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207803\/revisions\/207805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}