The Pendragon’s take on this jukebox musical transports the audience through the hits of the 1950s and 1960s, giving new life to songs by Karen Chandler, Patti Page, Dusty Springfield, Aretha Franklin and more onstage in Saranac Lake this month.

The show will run from July 9 to July 21 at 7 p.m., with a few matinees at 2 p.m., according to Artistic Producer Sarah Norris.

The show starts in the 1950s with four girls on their prom night and then jumps ahead 10 years to the 1960s for the second act, when the girls, now grown women, have their 10-year high school reunion.

Norris said Pendragon chose to put on this show because they wanted to do

Miranda Macasero sings during dress rehearsal for “The Marvelous Wonderettes” at Pendragon Theatre Tuesday. (Enterprise photo — Galen Halasz)

she said.

Wall and McCarty had been featuring in plays at the Pendragon for a number of summers, with Wall also directing children in Camp Pendragon for her third summer. Feinberg and Macasero are both at Pendragon for the first time. Despite half of the cast being new, Norris said they have great chemistry together, which is clear from watching the way they build off each other’s energy on stage.

All four cast members are professional performers, all coming from different backgrounds in theater. Wall, McCarty and Feinberg have all performed in notable productions off-Broadway, while Macasero is a rising BFA Musical Theater senior at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Norris said they reached out to these actors in a couple of different ways. For the returners, they directly offered a part.

she said.

Hannah-Kathryn Wall (Missy) and Julia Feinberg (Suzy) perform during dress rehearsal. (Enterprise photo — Galen Halasz)

Norris said they connected with the newcomers by advertising the show through theater job sites online, such as Playbill, and through their networks. Sometimes people will recommend friends and colleagues as well. Then theater staff held auditions for the actors who showed interest, having them send videos of themselves singing and acting. Director and Choreographer Jessica Wagner reviewed the submissions to determine who they chose to offered the parts to, according to Norris. She said they needed to chose and that Wagner did great making that happen.

Norris said her role as artistic producer is to help the directors put together the cast and design team and planning seasons of shows to figure out

Norris hailed Pendragon’s design team as valuable to making the production happen. Like the cast, some are newer to Pendragon while others are returning artists and designers, but she said they have put together Many local volunteers have been a part of helping out with the production, preparing costumes and props for the show.

Prom decorations are set up in the theater lobby, and anyone who comes to see the show dressed as though they are going to prom will get a dollar off of their drinks at the bar, according to Norris. There is a tasseled arch in one corner of the lobby where people can take their and the theater will be giving out goodie bags.

Norris said.

Kelly McCarty (Betty Jean) sings during dress rehearsal Tuesday. (Enterprise photo — Galen Halasz)

Norris said her favorite thing about the show is the music.

she said.

She said that having a live band to back up the singing was exciting. Many of the band members are local, except for Hawkins Davis Gardow, the keyboardist and conductor, who is here for his second summer.

Wagner said what she loved about this production was the show is

she said.

Miranda Macasero (Cindy Lou), Kelly McCarty (Betty Jean), Hannah-Kathryn Wall (Missy) and Julia Feinberg (Suzy) rehearse a scene for “The Marvelous Wonderettes” at Pendragon Theatre Tuesday. (Enterprise photo — Galen Halasz)

Wagner acted in a few shows at Pendragon before coming taking on her current directorial role, first for the Muppet Cabaret, and now for this show. This is her third year coming back to work with Pendragon. She said that she loves it here.

Wall, who plays Missy, said she likes doing everything that has to go into a successful production, but her favorite moments are whenever the cast is having fun with each other.

she said.

Like Wagner, the actors said they love coming to Saranac Lake.

Feinberg, who plays Suzy, joked.

Julia Feinberg (Suzy) strikes a pose during dress rehearsal for “The Marvelous Wonderettes” at Pendragon Theatre Tuesday. (Enterprise photo — Galen Halasz)

Macasero, who plays Cindy Lou, added.

Coming up at Pendragon this summer will be Camp Pendragon’s from Aug. 8-18 and which will be hosted at the Lake Clear Lodge and Resort, the Sunset Bistro at Ampersand Bay Resort, The Garagery and the Bluseed Pavilion. The return of Pendragon’s Winter Carnival show, will be Aug. 1-2 and a new play called by Paula Stanic will show Sept. 3-7. Stanic will be coming to Pendragon from London to be there while the workshop her script before Pendragon premiers the show off-Broadway in New York City.