By Pete Mansheffer

Sun Correspondent

GREENE – Greene Central School’s Footlights will present “Bye Bye Birdie” in the high/middle school auditorium with shows on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

“Bye Bye Birdie” is “a musical inspired by the phenomenon of Elvis Presley and his draft notice into the Army in 1957”. In the Greene Footlights’ production, rock and roll superstar Conrad Birdie (played by Trent DeHaan) is drafted into the army and, as a farewell, Conrad’s manager - and only client - Albert Peterson (Derrick Heisler), comes up with a plan to have Conrad sing “One Last Kiss” and kiss Kim MacAfee (Kelsey Wahlers), from Sweet Apple, Ohio, live on the Ed Sullivan Show. However, Kim’s father, Harry (Joshua Fowler) and boyfriend, Hugo Peabody (Ayden Doolittle) are staunchly against it.