ROCK SPRINGS – The Sweetwater Summer Stock Theatre Company and Western Wyoming Community College’s Department of Theatre and Dance will present The Boy Friend at the Broadway Theater, located at 618 Broadway in Rock Springs, beginning Friday, June 21, and continuing each Friday and Saturday evening through Saturday, July 27. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Admission is $6 for students and seniors and $10 for adults, and tickets may be purchased at the door.

The Boy Friend is a lighthearted musical comedy set on the French Riviera during the 1920s. WWCC student Alyssa Grant portrays Polly, the daughter of an English millionaire, who attends a finishing school operated by the flirtatious Madame Dubonnet, played by WWCC alumna Jasmine Anderson. To avoid falling in love with a fortune-seeker, Polly poses as a working secretary, whereupon she meets a handsome delivery boy named Tony (WWCC student Zachary Walker), who is, in reality, the son of the wealthy Lord and Lady Brockhurst. Love is in the air for Madame Dubonnet, meanwhile, as she reconnects with an old flame while her other boy-crazy pupils discover romances of their own.

Director Jamie Young promises that this humorous musical will leave audiences laughing and cheering for their favorite characters to achieve their sought-after happy endings.

“This is a tasty bon-bon of a show,” Young said. “The music is catchy and delightful. The plot is simple but humorous. The dancing is flashy and carries us to that bygone era of the 1920s. I believe this show will be a definite summer crowd-pleaser.”

“The theme of this show is probably along the lines of ‘Love conquers all,’” said Anderson, a resident of Lehi, Utah. “This entire show ends in all of these proposals despite obstacles, objections, deceit, and other trials that occur and could get in the way of these relationships being able to work out.”

Janay Hiatt, of Plano, Texas, who joins the summer company for the first time this year, said that preparing for her role as Hortense, Madame Dubonnet’s uptight maid, has aided in her growth as an actor.

“During the rehearsal process, I have personally been shown much more confidence in my ability as an actor,” Hiatt said. “The process is totally different from what I’ve done before, and it’s been helpful in developing my character and my vulnerability.”

The Boy Friend is appropriate for all age groups; however, children under the age of five will not be admitted. Tickets may be purchased at the door. For more information, contact the WWCC Theatre Box Office at (307) 382-1721 or the Broadway Theater at (307) 352-1424.