Jesse Tuck
Andrew is a senior at ACGC and has participated in several activities throughout his high school career including XC, track and field, baseball, band, choir, swing choir, All State Choir, large group and individual speech, musicals, NHS and yearbook. Andrew has participated in the following ACGC productions and large group speech musical theatre performances: Six-on-Six (Baseball Player), Godspell (Uzo), Newsies (Jack Kelly), Into the Woods (Jack), Come From Away, Hadestown, and Sweeney Todd. His performances as Jack Kelly and Jack earned Triple Threat honors through the IHSMTAs. Andrew fondly remembers his first high school show: Godspell. That was COVID year, which was already a tough year, but Godspell made it a thousand times better. The cast was so close-knit and incredible, they became like his second family. There was never a dull moment; he always looked forward going to rehearsals. The show was such a fun show with a lot of freedom and improv built into the script, and the music was also so memorable and incredible. The cast was insanely talented, yet they took in the little freshman that he was and made him feel right at home. They fueled his passion for theatre and had a part in setting him on this incredible journey he has had over the past four years of high school.

Andrew will attend Central College where he will major in Music Composition and Conducting and run cross country and track.

Tuck Everlasting is such a great show that is not given enough credit in the theatre world. It has such fantastic characters, enchanting music, and a beautiful yet unforgettable story that reminds us to make the most out of every moment that is granted to us by God in our lives. Is immortality truly the key to happiness? Come find out with this star-studded cast, crew, pit orchestra, and director with this production you won't want to miss.

Mae Tuck
Haedyn is no stranger to the stage, having participated in Newsies (Medda Larkin) and Into the Woods (Baker's Wife). Her portrayal of the Baker's Wife earned special recognition with the IHSMTAs. Haedyn is a senior at ACGC and has kept busy over the last four years with large group speech, musicals, choir, swing choir, Leo's Club, Book Club, as well as auditioning for All State Choir. Her favorite theatre memory occurred during Newsies: Haedyn was trying to sneak around backstage during the show, only for the curtains to open as soon as she started to walk in. She had to jump to the side while all of the newsies tried to drop to the floor out of sight.

Haedyn plans to attend Dordt University in the fall with intentions of earning her Bachelor's Degree in Nursing.

People should come to see Tuck Everlasting because they need a break from the mundane. Maybe by coming to see the show, you will find inspiration to live your life to the fullest. Happiness is not what you are given, it is what you make it.   

Miles Tuck
Rohnin is a sophomore at ACGC and participates in choir, swing choir, band, winter guard, large group speech, and is an All State auditioner. Previously, he played the Giant in Into the Woods and Henry/Bunsen in Newsies. Rohnin's fondly recalls being onstage with Jaya and Owen his 8th grade year. 

Tuck Everlasting is an amazing show filled with incredible music, emotional moments, and is just plain fun.

Angus Tuck
Carter is a sophomore at ACGC and participates in All State auditions, choir, swing choir, large group speech, FFA, and soccer. He was a member of the Into the Woods cast (Cinderella's Father) and played Scab #3 in Newsies. Carter's favorite theatre memory is when Brennan sang King of New York in Newsies.

This show has really good music and a deep story. People will truly understand the importance of time.

Winnie Foster
Natalie is a freshman at ACGC and participates in choir, swing choir, All State auditions, and large group speech. Previously, Natalie played Les (Newsies) and Florinda (Into the Woods). She fondly remembers working with the most welcoming and supportive cast during her first year in Newsies. That year, she earned special recognition for her portrayal of Les through the IHSMTAs.

Tuck is a lot of fun. It has good music, a good story, and great people.

Man in the Yellow Suit
Owen is a senior and is no stranger to the stage at ACGC. He earned special recognition for his portrayal of Pulitzer (Newsies) and the Baker (Into the Woods) through the IHSMTAs. Over the course of his high school career, Owen has participated in band, choir, swing choir, All State auditions, large group and individual speech. Learning the choreography to "It Takes Two" with Haedyn is Owen's favorite theatre memory.

Owen is looking forward to pursuing theatre after high school.

People should come to see Tuck Everlasting because there are a lot of insanely talented people taking the stage and this story really is worth seeing. 

Mother
Victoria is a senior at ACGC and has participated in several activities throughout high school including choir, swing choir, All State auditions, large group speech, Leo's Club, and FCCLA. She is no stranger to the stage, having participated in Newsies (Finch, Spot Conlon), Into the Woods (Witch), and ACGC's musical theatre groups: Come From Away, Hadestown, and Sweeney Todd. Victoria's favorite theatre memory was nailing "Your Fault" in Into the Woods. 

In the fall, Victoria will attend the University of Northern Iowa where she will major in Social Work.

Tuck is such a lighthearted and funny show that people of all ages will enjoy.

Nana
Kelsey has had a busy four years at ACGC. She has participated in soccer, basketball, cross country, Leo's Club, NHS, FCCLA, large group speech, All State auditions, and 4-H. Previously, Kelsey played Katherine Plumber (Newsies), Little Red Ridinghood (Into the Woods), and was a member of the Come From Away, Hadestown, and Sweeney Todd musical theatre groups. Her performance as Little Red earned special recognition through the IHSMTAs. Kelsey's favorite theatre memory is winning the banner in musical theatre at the All State Speech Festival in 2022.

Kelsey's future plans are to attend Dordt University where she will major in psychology and biology, as well as play basketball.

Tuck Everlasting is such a humorous show with fun scenes that everyone will enjoy.

Constable Joe
Tanner is a sophomore at ACGC and participates in soccer, large group speech, band, choir, swing choir, All State auditions, and 4-H. Tanner played Scab #2 in Newsies and worked backstage for Into the Woods. The Newsies and Into the Woods cast parties are Tanner's favorite theatre memories. Hanging out with "your peeps" is awesome.

People should come to our show because the cast, crew, and pit are amazing people.

Hugo
Taytum is a junior at ACGC and participates in football, wrestling, soccer, baseball, choir, swing choir, and large group speech. He previously played Morris Delancey and Darcy in Newsies and was our beloved Milky White in Into the Woods. Taytum's favorite theatre memory is being onstage with his brother and friends his freshman year.

Everyone should come to watch Tuck because we have an amazing group of kids, a great pit, and a cool director.

Carny
Jarrett is a senior at ACGC and has participated in XC, track, Leo's Club, FFA, choir, swing choir, and large group speech. Previously, Jarrett was a member of the ensemble in Newsies and played the Narrator/Mysterious Man in Into the Woods. He fondly recalls messing with Owen during Into the Woods as the Mysterious Man. 

Jarrett plans to attend Iowa State University in the fall where he will major in Ag Studies.

This show is really great. Come see it.

Ensemble Member and Featured Dancer
Emmarae is a junior at ACGC and stays busy participating in several activities: choir, swing choir, All State auditions, FFA, winter guard, band, book club, travel club, journalism club/yearbook, cross country, track, large group speech, and dance. Emmarae was recognized by the IHSMTAs as an outstanding featured dancer in Newsies, as well as played Cinderella's Stepmom in Into the Woods. Emmarae's favorite theatre memory comes from this year's first choreography rehearsal for "Partner in Crime." The "hoedown" portion was absolute chaos! There was a lot of sweating and laughter during that practice.

People should come watch Tuck Everlasting because it is such a great show. The music and choreography are absolutely awesome and the audience will get a good laugh.

Ensemble Member and Featured Dancer
Laurin is a freshman at ACGC and is making her stage debut as a featured dancer in this year's production. She participates in FFA, Leo's Club, choir, band, and track. 

Come see our show!

Ensemble Member and Featured Dancer
Allison is a freshman at ACGC and participates in choir, swing choir, All State auditions, band, large group and individual speech, swimming, track, FFA, and book club. She played Tommy Boy in Newsies and was Cinderella's Mother in Into the Woods. Allison's favorite theatre memory is the Sunday show of Newsies when Tommy surprised everyone by appearing as a nun in the first scene.

Tuck has been so much fun! Please come see all of the hard work we've put into making this production!

Ensemble Member and Featured Dancer
Cadence is a freshman at ACGC and stays busy participating in dance, XC, track, wrestling, choir, large group speech, and 4-H. She was recognized by the IHSMTAs as an outstanding featured dancer in Newsies and loved dancing in that show.

Everyone should come to see Tuck Everlasting because it is such a great show with a great cast of people. It is very entertaining!

Ensemble Member and Pre-Show Talk Extraordinaire 
Austin is a freshman at ACGC and is thrilled to be making his stage debut at the high school. He participates in band, choir, and large group speech. Austin's favorite theatre memory is learning the "Everything's Golden" choreography.

This is why people should come see our show - in no particular order: funny lines, good story and plot, interesting voices, and great acting.

Ensemble Member
Preston is a freshman at ACGC and is excited to be making his stage debut. Preston participates in basketball, XC, track, academic team, choir, swing choir, and large group speech. Preston's favorite theatre memories thus far are "literally everything about Austin."

Everyone should see this show because of the cool people involved.

Ensemble Member
Ava is a junior at ACGC and participates in track, XC, large group speech, choir, swing choir, and is an All State auditioner. Her first show was into the Woods and she played Lucinda. Getting her heel cut off during Into the Woods is Ava's favorite theatre memory.

Come see Tuck "because we slay."

Ensemble Member
Elizabeth is a junior at ACGC and stays busy participating in track, large group and individual speech, choir, FCCLA, and Art Club. She was a member of the ensemble in Newsies and helped run lights and sound for Into the Woods. Elizabeth has two favorite theatre memories: During Newsies, she, Shyann, and Haley were eating a bunch of blueberries and trying to dance at the same time. The dance was really hard and all of the blueberries went flying. She also loved learning the choreography to "Partner in Crime" this year and laughing so hard because everyone was struggling together.

Come see our show because there is a lot of fun choreography, really good songs, and the stage looks awesome with all of the cool props.

Ensemble Member
Shyann is a junior and participates in 4-H, choir, band, track, volleyball, large group and individual speech, and art club. She was a member of the ensemble in Newsies and helped run lights for Into the Woods. Shyann's favorite theatre memories are from Newsies where she got to be both a newsie and a nun.

Come see Tuck Everlasting because it's so good!

Ensemble Member
Caydence is a sophomore at ACGC and is stoked to be making her stage debut. Caydence stays busy participating in volleyball, basketball, track, softball, FFA, Leo's Club, Journalism Club, Academic Team, Book Club, Battle of the Books, band, choir, swing choir, large group and individual speech. Her favorite theatre memory happened just a few weeks ago when she proved to everyone that she could do the worm.

People should come to see Tuck because it's super fun and the audience will really enjoy it.

Ensemble Member
Lucy is a sophomore at ACGC and is making her stage debut with this production. She participates in golf, FFA, large group and individual speech, and wrestling. Her favorite theatre memory is of Caydence trying to teach her how to do the worm.

Come see our show because it's a great way to support the students in our community!

Ensemble Member
Chelsea is a sophomore at ACGC and is excited to make her stage debut. She participates in band, choir, basketball, and track. Chelsea's favorite theatre memory is practicing the "Beautiful Day" choreography and having Ava and Elizabeth stand in for Haedyn and Carter.

Everyone should come see Tuck because it's really fun and we've worked really hard to put this musical together.

Ensemble Member
Ilana is a freshman at ACGC and participates in volleyball, swimming, large group speech, choir, and swing choir. She fondly remembers getting to know all of the high schoolers during Newsies and loves learning all of the fun choreography.

People should come watch Tuck Everlasting because it's a great family show. It's humorous and silly but also is a meaningful story.

Ensemble Member
Montana is a freshman at ACGC and enjoys participating in FFA, large group and individual speech, choir, swing choir, All State auditions, band, Leo's Club, Book Club, volleyball, and 4-H. Montana was JoJo and Scab #1 in Newsies, as well as worked backstage during Into the Woods. Her favorite theatre memory is from Newsies when the lights blacked out during the big fight scene and she accidentally got punched in the face.

This is such a great show, and it's really entertaining to watch.

Ensemble Member
Lilah is a freshman at ACGC and participates in several activities: cheerleading, FCCLA, large group and individual speech, choir, swing choir, Leo's Club, student council, and FFA. Lilah played Buttons in Newsies. When considering her favorite theatre memory, Lilah says that There are so many great memories but I would have to say that my favorite(s) are probably the little mistakes that we make. Although nobody else notices them, is always something to look back on and laugh about and bond over. In the end, we aren't perfect, and the little quirks add a touch of humor both to the show and within the cast.  

People should come watch Tuck Everlasting because of all the hard work that goes into putting on a production. We have had so much fun preparing and it really shows - both on and off the stage.

Ensemble Member
Olivia is a freshman at ACGC and is officially making her stage debut in this production. She participates in volleyball, basketball, track, swimming, softball, large group speech, band, and choir. Olivia worked backstage for both Newsies and Into the Woods. Her favorite theatre memory is when everyone crashed and burned on opening night of Into the Woods. 

Anyone coming to watch this show is going to love it. There is so much fun choreography and it's been awesome doing a big show with a lot of people.