Marian Catholic High Class of 2016 will present "Bye Bye Birdie" this weekend, with shows at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.

The fictional story takes place in the late 1950s, centering around Conrad Birdie, a hip thrusting rock 'n' roll superstar akin to Elvis Presley; Albert Peterson, a songwriter desperate for success; and Rose Alvarez, Albert's secretary and longtime girlfriend.Albert finds himself in trouble when Conrad is drafted into the army. He and Rose come up with a last-ditch publicity stunt to premiere Albert's final Birdie song. Before he leaves for the army, Conrad will sing the new song and give one lucky girl a kiss on The Ed Sullivan Show.The lucky girl is chosen at random from the nationwide Conrad Birdie Fan Club and that lucky girl happens to be Kim MacAfee from Sweet Apple, Ohio. Soon after Kim is chosen, Rose, Conrad, and Albert set off for Ohio to prepare for the event; however, what can go wrong, will go wrong.Kim's father becomes dumbfounded at the prospect of being on The Ed Sullivan Show. Kim's boyfriend becomes disastrously jealous of Conrad. Albert's mother tries to cut in on Rosie's dance and Conrad himself becomes tired of the show business life and tries to teach the kids of Sweet Apple how to party like a rock star.The cast includes: Tim Busher as Conrad Birdie; Sean Mick as Albert Peterson; Rose Reid as Rose Alvarez; Danielle Spillman as Kim MacAfee; Nichole Baba as Ursula Merkle; Molly Carnish as Doris MacAfee; Pete Dubravski as Harry MacAfee; Johnny Woitko as Randolph MacAfee; Nicole Ambruch as Mae Peterson; and Robbie Hinkle as Hugo Peabody.The rest of the cast includes Ryan Malarkey, Kaila Cherba, Emily Reinoehl, Sam McCarthy, Hunter Puza, Noah Goldberg, Josh Skotek, Courtney McCall, Aaron DeAngelo, Melissa Ramirez, Dominic Mussoline, Adam Michalesko, Nick Kubishin, Abby Pilla, Deaynna Koskulitz, Heather Getten, Gabby Smith, Kaitlin Kowker, Emma Macaluso, Savanna Krusinsky, Cami Wilson, Courtney McCall, and Devin Mrochko.The show is directed by Amanda Belfiore; Robert Valente is the assistant director; musical director is Michael Brimmer; stage manager and choreographer is Paul Mulhern; costumes, Anne Caggiano; scene painting, Annette Bechtel, Julianna Oberto, Rose Reid, Angelina Krupko, Molly Carnish, Gabrielle Tout and Nikki Kline; set construction, Howard Betterly and Stephen Betterly.The pit band includes Benjamin Ferko, Patrick Darrough, Kyle Karlavage, Colleen Gallagher, Abby Haas, Jakub Kantyka, Stephen Puza, Katrina Horvath, Emily Roberti, Jack Hurst, Zoryana Duda, Seth Harkins, Josh Hurst, E.J. Kolonsky.The stage crew consists of Teague Schmidt, Dante Salerno, Tyler Wackley, Nick Longanzel, Chris DeJesus, Juliana Oberto, Stephen Betterly, Tyler Martz, Tom O'Hazzo, Noah Heckman, Nick Cerimele, Jessica Ray, Nikki Kline, Brittany Friendy, Olivia Palmieri, Sam Haddad, and Kaitlin Eder.