Getting Out

The Abbott and Costello comedy routine "Who's On First?," a dramatic telling of the song "You Got Trouble" from "The Music Man" and an original monologue by a local author are among the offerings at the Harstine Island Theatre Club's staging of "The Short Show II" this weekend at the Harstine Island Community Club.

Directed by Daniel Frishman, "The Short Show II" is presented at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday at 3371 E. Harstine Island Road N. Tickets are $5 and are available at Olympic Bakery and at the door.

As the title implies, the show is a sequel to a production last year that featured brief monologues and performances.

"We have more variety than last year," said Frishman, a Harstine Island resident whose acting credentials include the films "Under the Rainbow" and "Return of the Jedi," and whose TV credits include a recurring role on the sitcom "Night Court."

"It's uplifting stuff ... positive things you can see when you come in, with what's going on in the world today," he said.

Frishman supplied some of the pieces, and others were selected by the performers. The performers will be accompanied by taped music and slides projected on the screen behind them.

"It will be a multimedia show," Frishman said.

Amy Byykonen and her daughter Becca will perform "Who's on First?" routine popularized by the comedy duo of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello starting in 1937.

"I loved it as a kid," Amy said. "I had an old-school cassette of it and I listened to it all the time."

Kenny Latimer, a regular with the group, will present a dramatic reading of the song "You Got Trouble" from the 1957 musical "The Music Man."

Author Sheryl Hughey will perform a monologue from her book "Pebbles from Fallen Leaf Lake" about an adventure with her family when she was a teenager. Copies of her book will be on sale, with proceeds benefitting the group.

Performers include P.J. Hopkins, a longtime actor with the Shelton-based Connection Street Theatre, formerly known as Faith Acts; Anya Reynolds, who recently portrayed The Pirate Queen in Connection Street Theatre's staging of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta "The Pirates of Penzance"; Dee Ann Meacham, a HITC veteran most recently seen in the female version of Neil Simon's "The Odd Couple"; and HITC veteran Sheryl Fellman, who performed in the group's most recent play, "The Savannah Sipping Society."

IF YOU GO:

WHO: Harstine Island Theatre Club

WHAT: “The Short Show II”

WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday

WHERE: Harstine Island Community Hall, 3371 E. Harstine Island Road N.

ADMISSION: $5 at Olympic Bakery or at the door