Conestoga Valley's Gerald G. Huesken Middle School will present the original comedy "Good Knight and Goodbye," written by Peter Fenton, on Friday and Saturday, March 28 and 29, in the auditorium at Smoketown Elementary School, 500 Mount Sidney Road, Lancaster. The performance will begin at 7 p.m.

The comedy centers on the humble and legendary Sir Galahad, who has just arrived as a member of the Knights of the Square Table in the silly kingdom of Slekochovakia. Lady Heron, the king's smart and ambitious messenger, takes a liking to Sir Galahad, but Sir Galahad is focused on doing what the king and queen ask him to do - convince the headstrong, beautiful Princess Jacqueline to marry him. Sir Galahad does as he is told and heads out on his quest. He encounters two slight problems: On the quest, he rethinks his loyalty to the king and queen, and a power-hungry, jealous knight, Sir Krause, takes up the quest for Jacqueline's hand as well. The characters also include the sorcerer Merlin, a few adventure buddies, and a militant royal wedding planner.

The cast includes Zach Hallgren as Sir Galahad, Alice Reigner as Lady Andrea Heron, Gabe Hallgren as Merlin, Brooke Siegrist as Princess Jacqueline, Philippa Shea as Queen Carlotta, Caleb Kmieczak as King Victor, and Liam Hengst as Sir Krause. Also in the cast are Ava Newkirk, Madelyn Lehman, Isabelle Summerson, Layna Morrie, Emmelee Campbell, Jessika Fisher, Capri Stoltzfus, Silas Neufeld, Lily Cutrona, Emily Baughman, Maryanna Duchesneau, Kaylee Shulenberger, Riley Riggle, Julian Rosado, Clark McClune, Cordelia Hoover, Maddy Ficchi, Violette Martin, Addison Reichenbach, Reagan Reed, and Hailey Poston. The director is Suzanne Fisher. The faculty advisers include Andy Zellers, stage manager/set contractor; Kim Stamm, set designer; Burnie Smucker, technician; Lauren Allen, costumes and props; Brock Ahrens, manager assistant and audiovisual assistant; and Dara Slater, consultant.

"Good Knight and Goodbye" was written by Conestoga Valley alumnus Peter Fenton in 2009 when Fenton was an eighth-grade student in teacher Suzanne Fisher's English class. He was also a member of the play cast during both of his middle school years. Fenton proposed that he could write a better play than the one they just produced, and Fisher took him up on his challenge, promising him that if he could write a good play, she would direct it as the next year's middle school production. Fenton wrote "Good Knight and Goodbye," which became the school's 2010 spring play. He went on to write Fisher's final play, "The Thousand-Year Rose," to celebrate her retirement from Conestoga Valley in 2017.

Since then, Fenton has become a professional playwright, screenwriter, and director, and Fisher has remained his mentor and production partner.

When the opportunity arose for Fisher to direct the middle school play again this year, she reached out to Fenton to bring back "Good Knight and Goodbye" for the 15th anniversary of the show.

Fisher and Fenton invite members of the 2010 "Good Knight and Goodbye" production to attend, as well as any cast members from Fisher's 40 years of producing middle school plays at Conestoga Valley.

Tickets may be purchased at the door or at https://cur8.com/16289/project/130621. There is a discount for students.