From left, Aiyanna Goodnight as Flora Limetree, Arrianna VanWey as Mabel Belfry and Ace Crock as Bubba in “The Creepy Creeps of Pilgrim Road.” The production by the Mid Ohio Valley Junior Players opens at 7 p.m. Friday for a three-day run. (Photo Provided)

MARIETTA — The Mid-Ohio Valley Jr. Players return with “The Creepy Creeps of Pilgrim Road” at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at the Players Theatre, 229 Putnam St.

Tickets are $10 and are available at midohiovalleyplayers.com or at the box office beginning 90 minutes before each show.

The family Creeps of Edible Falls every year enter the All-American Street Contest and every year Pilgrim Road loses. Tarantula and her husband Sinbad are the owners of Creep Mansion, where the Gothic-style house doesn’t fit in with the other homes on their road.

Neighbor Flora Limetree has her eyes on the prize and will make sure the Creeps don’t ruin her chance at victory. Throw in a visiting prince, pet crocodiles, a talking painting and a pirate treasure to get a musical comedy.

Junior Players are actors ages 8-16. Long time Junior Players director Kay Doak chose the show because of the music and the variety of characters.

From left, Gunnar Brookover, Josh McClung and Sophie Yoke as Scooter Belfry, Matt Collins and Sally, respectively, rehearse a scene from “The Creepy Creeps of Pilgrim Road” opening at 7 p.m. Friday at Players Theatre in Marietta. (Photo Provided)

“There’s a lot of kids who worked hard and there’s some new ones who are making so much progress,” she said.

Sophie Yoke plays Sally, Sinbad’s niece, who is usually seen with her friends, writer Matt and Scooter, who has a crush on her.

“My character is different from the rest of the Creeps because she’s more normal,” she said.

The show marks Yoke’s first time on stage, but she already plans to audition for other local plays.

“I’ve been having a lot of fun,” Yoke said.

From left, Dorothy Evalena Clark as Nana and Caleb McClung as Mortimer Weird in the Mid-Ohio Junior Players production of “The Creepy Creeps of Pilgrim Road” that opens at 7 p.m. Friday at the Players Theatre, 229 Putnam St., Marietta. (Photo Provided)

Caleb McClung returns to the stage as Mortimer Weird.

“He’s a creepy little guy who showed up at the Creeps house and is staying as a boarder,” McClung said. “He gets to do a lot of fun stuff. I like getting to do a large variety of roles and this one is dissimilar from others I’ve done.”

McClung is 16 this year. The show marks his final Junior Players play.

“I’ve had a lot of fun and I’ve made a lot of friends,” he said. “I’m sad to see this go but I’m happy to be in different and more adult shows.”

Dorothy Evalena Clark portrays Nana, Sinbad’s mother.

Actors from a scene of “The Creepy Creeps of Pilgrim Road” are, from left, Raianne Farrar, Caleb McClung and Miles McGregor in the roles of Evangeline, Mortimer Weird and Prince Un Ravel. The show opens at 7 p.m. Friday with additional performances at 7 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at Players Theatre, 229 Putnam St., Marietta. (Photo Provided)

“She’s a very lovely and explosive character who ends up having an unexpected romance with houseguest Mortimer,” said Clark, who is excited for people to see the show.

“People should see this because it is hilarious and people will love it,” she said. “This show has given opportunities to actors who are here for the first time and it would mean so much for everyone to come watch.”

“The Creepy Creeps of Pilgrim Road” was written by Tim Kelly with music by David Reiser. It is produced by special arrangement with Pioneer Drama Service, Englewood, Colo.

Sponsors are The Original Pizza Place and supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council.

The cast is:

* Bunny Lange – Gabrielle Schall

* Helen Hotchkiss – Charlie Brewer

* Jackie Jenkins – Aayla Elliott

* Nana – Dorothy E. Clark

* Billy – Kanan Elliott

* Sinbad – Leon Elliott

* Flora Limetree – Aiyanna Goodnight

* Maybelle Belfry – Arrianna VanWey

* Tarantula – Ryleigh Kostelnik

* Clock – Coulson Elliott

* Telephone Operator – Ford Schwendeman

* Uncle Warlocky – Zackary Lantz

* Sally – Sophie Yoke

* Matt Collins – Josh McClung

* Scooter Belfry – Gunnar Brookover

* Mortimer Weird – Caleb McClung

* Bubba – Ace Crock

* Eugene Evermore – Coulson Elliott

* Henrietta Stonehedge – Jaiden George

* Gertrude Ginsengweed – Violet Miller

* Gretel Nesselrode – Aayla Elliott

* Lullaby Jones – Lily Lipscomb

* Ophelia Overstreet – Harper Cameron

* Evangeline – Raianne Farrar

* Photographer Patty Paul – Paisley Green

* Assistant Millicent Murphy – Rileigh Trembly

* Prince Un Ravel – Miles McGregor

* Dulcy Burnside – Lola Ashby

* Cordelia Spring – Milo Ashby

* Officer Tess Throckmorton – Addie Spurgeon

* Officer Rita Ringwald – Ryanne Shannon

* Babette Bouvier – Harper Cameron

* Carmencita Cooliosa – Aayla Elliott

* Desiree Dewitt – Charlie Brewer

* Ferdinand Finkelstein – Ford Schwendeman

Directors are Doak and Nicholas Rake with assistance from Tia Brookover and choreography and vocal coaching by Melanie Elliott.