Published February 29. 2016 11:00PM
The lively musical "Thoroughly Modern Millie" opens Thursday in the auditorium at Saucon Valley HS in Hellertown. The popular play, set in New York City during the roaring 1920s, is produced by the Saucon Valley Theatre Department and directed by Chad Miller, a music teacher and first-year director at the high school. A cast of 54 students has just completed a series of dress rehearsals for the production scheduled for March 3, 4 and 5 at 7 p.m. and March 6 at 2 p.m. Ticket information is available at SVSDTheatre.com and 610-838-7001.
Millie Dillmount (Lauren Skillinge) arrives in New York and discovers the upbeat and modern-day lifestyle of the Roaring 20s she's read about in her small hometown of Salinas, Kan.