The St. Agnes Academy/Strake Jesuit production of the 1954 Broadway hit, The Pajama Game, was a smash! This family friendly musical based on the novel 7½ Cents by Richard Bissell was presented on February 24 and 25 and March 2 and 3

The original Broadway production opened in 1954. It was revived in 1973, and again in 2006. It won a Tony Award for Best Musical, and the 2006 Broadway revival won a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical. The cast of the 2006 revival included Harry Connick, Jr. and Kelli O'Hara.

The story of the popular musical deals with labor troubles in a pajama factory, where worker demands for a seven-and-a-half cents raise are going unheeded. In the midst of this ordeal, love blossoms between Babe, the grievance committee head, and Sid, the new factory superintendent.

The SAA/SJ joint production of The Pajama Game was a collaboration of all three St. Agnes performing arts departments: Music, Theater and Dance, with Directors Art Buckley and Felicia Miller, Musical Director Jeremy Wood and Choreographer Julie Chilton.

The student cast included: Mark Storey (Sid Sorokin), Emma Morris ("Babe" Williams), Pablo Media (Myron "Old Man" Hasler), Maggie McMeans (Gladys Hotchkiss), Ryan Lord (Vernon Hines), Jack Martin (Prez), Madeline Garvis (Mabel), Katie Butler (Mae), Nicholas Rathbeg (Pop), Christian Santillan (Max), Quoc Tran (Charley), Alex Gambini (Joe), Rachel Cantrell (Brenda), and Meg Roppolo (Virginia). Chorus members include: Caroline Bouffard, Ronald Chavis, Hannah Descartin, Tiffany Dimaano, Charlotte Friend, Leigh Fredrickson, Maddie McAllister, Caterina Nasr, Josephine Okon, Kathrine Pepin, Jared Schroeder, Kyla Sloan and Carolina Wood. The musical was supported by more than 20 crew members, lead by Stage Manager Luke Lindsay and Assistant Stage Manager Lexi Miller.

Congratulations to the cast who earned five Tommy Tune Award nominations!