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River Valley Players announces stars of the upcoming production of ‘Freaky Friday’

Ella Bergfeld and Trisha Bagby will headline the Disney production

River Valley Players has announced Ella Bergfeld and Trisha Bagby will headline the upcoming production of ‘Freaky Friday.’

Tickets will be available starting March 2 at rvphenry.org and 309-238-7878. The production will take place at 8 p.m. on April 2 and 3.

Bergfeld, a senior at Henry-Senachwine High School, will play the role of teenage Ellie as Bagby will make her debut on the RVP stage playing the role of Ellie’s mother.

‘Freaky Friday’ is the story of a teenager and her mother who magically swap bodies and have just 24 hours to get things back to normal. They must work together to solve the mystery of their inverted identifies.

By spending a day in each other’s shoes, mother and daughter come to appreciate each other in ways they never could have before.

Bergfeld lives in Henry with her mom, dad and sister and has appeared on stage in numerous RVP productions including Eileen Sherwood in ‘Wonderful Town.’

Her most notable productions include playing Cinderella in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s ‘Cinderella’ at Corn Stock Theatre and playing Ronda Peretti in ‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’ at Henry-Senachwine High School.

Bagby is originally from Petersburg and moved to Peoria in November to be closer to her nighttime job at the Barn II Dinner Theatre in Goodfield as a server and actor.

Bagby was last seen on stage at the Barn lll in ‘Is There is Life After Fifty?’ Some of her other favorite roles include Cinderella in ‘Into The Woods,’ Mary Warren in ‘The Crucible,’ and Fiona in ‘Shrek The Musical.’

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